527,756 research outputs found
Diasporas and democratization in the post-communist world
No full textIf diaspora communities are socialized with democratic values in Western societies, they could be expected to be sympathetic to the democratization of their home countries. However, there is a high degree of variation in their behavior. Contrary to the predominant understanding in the literature that diasporas act in exclusively nationalist ways, this article argues that they do engage with the democratization of their home countries. Various challenges to the sovereignty of their homelands explain whether diasporas involve with procedural or liberal aspects of democratization. Drawing evidence from the activities of the Ukrainian, Serbian, Albanian and Armenian diasporas after the end of communism, I argue that unless diasporas are linked to home countries that enjoy both international legal and domestic sovereignty, they will involve only with procedural aspects of democratization. Diasporas filter international pressure to democratize post-communist societies by utilizing democratic procedures to advance unresolved nationalist goals
Pipss.org - Issue 17 - Women in Arms: from the Russian Empire to Post-Soviet States, May 2016
No full textWomen in Arms: from the Russian Empire to Post-Soviet States, May 2016 http://pipss.revues.org/4072 Amandine Regamey et Brandon M. Schechter Introduction by Amandine Regamey and Brandon M. Schechter (17th Issue Editors) Women in Arms: from the Russian Empire to Post-Soviet States - Articles (5) Anke Hilbrenner The Perovskaia Paradox or the Scandal of Female Terrorism in Nineteenth Century Russia Brandon M. Schechter “Girls” and “Women”. Love, Sex, Duty and Sexual Harassment in the Ran..
Letter: Herbert Postto Ida M. Tarbell, February 14, 1896
No full textHandwritten, 3 pages, writes of Springfield's reaction when Lincoln was nominated for President in 186
- …
