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Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies: Recent submissions
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Reference Group Perspective on State Behaviour: A Case Study of Estonia's Counterterrorism Policies
(Taylor and Francis, 2009)For over a decade Estonia has been untouched by terrorist violence. However, notwithstanding the lack of a viable terrorist threat, the Estonian government adopted extensive counterterrorism measures. What explains the ... -
Between Commitement and Pragmatism: Assessing International Influence on Human Rights Practices in Georgia
(Taylor and Francis, 2010)What explains the discrepancy between the avowed commitment of the Georgian government to human rights and praxis of human rights in the post-Rose Revolution republic? This article engages with this question and attributes ... -
Ethnic Dimension of Religious Extremism and Terrorism in Central Asia
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Values and Ethics of Global Civil Society Actors: Insights from a Survey and Content Analyses
(Taylor and Francis, 2006)This study examines values, ethics, and principles of conduct that underlie activities of global civil society organizations. It uses an international web-based survey, and a content analysis of the codes of conduct for ... -
Combating Terrorism in Central Asia: Explaining Differences in States' Responses to Terror
(Taylor and Francis, 2007)This work examines differences in the level of violence of counterterrorism measures adopted by Central Asian states. Why do some Central Asian governments opt for wanton repression in the name of the struggle with terrorism, ... -
Security Rights Violations in Context of Counterterrorism: Analysis of the Post-Soviet Nations
(Taylor and Francis, 2010)This study purports to explain security rights violations of the suspected terrorism. It develops a theoretical model and assesses its predictions on a sample of post-Soviet states. The author uses original data on security ... -
The Illyrian Movement: A Croatian Vision of South Slavic Unity
(Oxford University Press, 2011)The article appears in a handbook that demonstrates the interconnection between language and ethnic identity, providing a systematic treatment of language and ethnic identity efforts, assessing their relative successes ... -
Planting Food or Fuel: Developing an Interdisciplinary Approach to Understanding the Role of Culture in Farmers’ Decisions to Grow Second-Generation Biofuel Feedstock Crops
(Comparative Technology Transfer and Society, 2009-12)Recent interest in biofuels as an alternative energy source has spurred considerable changes in agricultural practice worldwide. These changes will be more pronounced as second-generation biofuels, such as switch grass, ... -
Študent naj bo na ameriškem kolidžu
(Založba Aristej, 2007)The essay in the form of a diary describes for Slovene readers the process of deciding on a college in the United States. The essay presents the family dynamics as well as social and economic tensions of the decision. -
U Gorskome kotaru kao na Strawberry Hillu
(Hrvatska matica iseljenika, 2012-07)Students of Croatian working under the supervision of their instructor, Marta Pirnat-Greenberg, interviewed and wrote an article on the Croatian-American photographer Don Wolf, a native of Strawberry Hill, Kansas City, ... -
Marijanin Strawberry Hill
(Hrvatska matica iseljenika, 2012-06)KU students of Croatian, under the supervision of their instructor, Marta Pirnat-Greenberg, interview artist Marijana Grisnik, a painter in the Croatian naive style living in Strawberry Hill, Kansas City. This is the first ... -
Implicit Discount Rates and the Purchase of Untried, Energy-Saving Durable Goods
(1983-09)Many consumers appear to rationally calculate the net worth of a household investment, but a substantial minority may lack the skills or alertness to perceive an investment opportunity and initiate analysis. Intentions to ... -
The Foreign Policy of Józef Piłsudski and Józef Beck, 1926-1939: Misconceptions and Interpretations
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“The American Model”: English Only or Engagement with a Multi-Polar World?
(Inštitut za narodnostna vprašanja, 2011)The paper discusses language policy in the US and the lack of it. Traditional neglect and erosion of foreign language study competes against new global realities, which paradoxically—in the context of global English—require ... -
Восток всегда славился длинными носами и фиговым деревом.
(2011-12-20)Abstract: A political cartoon satirizing Turkey’s unwillingness to cooperate with Germany, their allies. In Russian, ‘fig’ has a double meaning: fig tree and rude hand gesture with sexual overtones. In this cartoon Turkey ... -
Balkanizem v srednji Evropi? Realni in nerealni naklon v odvisnikih v prekmurščini
(Berzsenyi Dániel Tanárképző Főiskola Szláv Filológiai Intézete, 2011)The paper treats the opposition between realis and irrealis marking in the Prekmurje Slovene complementizers ka ≠ da, comparing them with a parallel opposition in the languages of the Balkan Sprachbund (Albanian, Bulgarian, ... -
The Faces of Haiti: Resolute in Reform, Resistance and Recovery
(2011-10-25)This report describes the activities and findings of the University of Kansas Haitian Research Initiative team that travelled to Haiti in July 2011. The purpose of the visit was to assess the current research and educational ...