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Career Barriers in Ghana: Evidence from Female Civil Servants
Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Политология. 2022. Vol. 24. No. 1. P. 166–174.
Utkina V., Efimova A.V.
Ghanaian civil service is a classic example of a “gender pyramid” where top positions tend to be occupied by men, while women (more than 50%) face gender discrimination. Gender stereotypes about women are a major barrier to women’s career advancement in Ghanaian civil service. Based on a series of in-depth interviews with women in the Ghanaian public authorities, we identified the main problems women face in the Ghanaian civil service, such as patriarchal practices, gender discrimination, and harassment, including sexual harassment. Our study aims to show the practitioners why it is hardly possible to call public service a “comfortable job” for women in Ghana
Mylonas Y., L.: Routledge, 2026.
This book presents a critical examination of how cultural forms, ranging from cinema and TV to literature, address class within the overarching context of a crisis conjuncture, specifically the period following the 2008 financial crash. It demonstrates how culture serves as a crucial site for capturing the contemporary "structure of feeling", publicly mediating the period's ...
Added: April 30, 2026
Гацковская В. А., Курбатов Д. М., Международная аналитика 2025 № 16(4) С. 158–170
The article analyzes the political discourse (including expert and media discourse) in post-socialist
Central and Eastern European countries regarding the 2024 Russian presidential election.
The authors consider the discourse on Russian electoral processes as a tool for constructing
European identity based on the “friend-foe” divide. The study aims to identify the influence of
domestic political processes in Russia on ...
Added: April 30, 2026
Zhu Z., Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy 2025 Vol. 19 No. 4 P. 914–932
Purpose
This paper aims to offer a systematic examination of the core challenges and opportunities associated with the implementation of artificial intelligence (AI)-driven automation via autonomous vehicles (AVs) in urban governance (UG), and to explore their implications for ethical AI governance.
Design/methodology/approach
This conceptual analytical framework is grounded in a socio-technical structure for ethical AI governance, complemented by ...
Added: April 30, 2026
Simonova O. A., Метаморфозис 2026 Vol. 10 No. 3 P. 103–116
This article presents a paper delivered at the 5th International Sociological Association Forum held in July 2025 in Rabat, Morocco, during the session “The Affective and Emotional Dimensions of Alienation: Modern Societies, Agents, Structures, and Processes” of Research Committee No. 36 “Theory and Research on Alienation”. The article examines emotional labor as a sociological object ...
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Перминова А. А., Россия и современный мир 2025 № 4(129) С. 56–72
The article examines the educational dimension of the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) humanitarian policy in Central Asia at the present stage. Drawing on Chinese documents, bilateral agreements, and empirical materials, it outlines the institutional, organizational, and substantive formats of China’s educational engagement with Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan. It demonstrates that China’s educational ...
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Энчилл Г. Л., Iarskaia-Smirnova E. R., Asia and Africa today 2026 No. 3 P. 57–65
This qualitative study examines barriers to implementing gender equality laws in rural Ghana that
occur despite progressive constitutional provisions. Drawing on in-depth interviews with 15 experts from
NGOs, government, and academia, the analysis applies Margaret Archer’s morphogenetic theory of
structure, culture, and agency. Structural barriers include institutional underfunding and weak enforcement
mechanisms. Cultural conditioning manifests in entrenched norms such ...
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Ermolin I., Suvorkov P., Conservation Biology 2026 No. e70300 P. 1–10
Illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing driven by artisanal small-scale fisheries is a critical threat to global biodiversity and is exemplified by the commercial extinction of Caspian sturgeons (Acipenser and Huso). A key knowledge gap persists regarding the scale and behavioral dynamics of these operations.We tested the hypothesis that persistent high-volume sturgeon poaching is sustained ...
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М.: ИНИОН РАН, 2026.
В сборник включены статьи и фрагменты классических работ Р.Э. Парка, У.А. Томаса, Э.У. Бёрджесса, Р. Маккензи, Э. Фэриса, Л. Вирта, Э.Ч. Хьюза и других представителей Чикагской школы социологии. Второе издание значительно расширено по сравнению с предыдущим. Часть переводов публикуется в новой редакции, некоторые тексты переведены на русский язык впервые.
Во второй том включены тексты, представляющие эмпирическую классику Чикагской школы.
Для социологов, философов, ...
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Rovnov Y., American Journal of International Law 2026 Vol. 120 No. 2 P. 371–379
This is a case note of two WTO panel reports in recent Palm Oil disputes. After providing an overview of the panel findings under Article 2.1 of the TBT Agreement, the note discusses what appears to be a modified legal standard for non-discrimination applied by the panel under this provision and the continued use of ...
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Ankudinov I., Социология: методология, методы, математическое моделирование 2025 № 61 С. 165–203
The changing political mood of Russians is a constant subject of interest for sociological agencies. With the development of the Internet, conventional questionnaire research began to be supplemented by online surveys and, despite some skepticism, by social media mining. This article attempts to adjust an accidental web-sample so as to bring its estimates closer to ...
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Калинин Н. А., Миссия конфессий 2025 Т. 14 № 84 С. 120–125
The article analyzes the phenomenon of inclusivity in social theatre. The theoret- ical foundations of inclusion and social theatre are examined, highlighting the role of theatrical practices in the social integration of individuals with disabilities. The author reviews Russian and international case studies, demonstrating the success and diversity of inclusive theatre projects, and describes the ...
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Котельников А. В., Этнографическое обозрение 2025 № 6 С. 212–233
The article presents research of one of about two dozen (known to the author) St. Petersburg communes based on living together in large apartments. The commune is considered by the concepts of scale by Marilyn Strathern and the concept of nonscalability by Anna Tsing. Scaling refers to the homogenization of practices and actors by integrating ...
Added: April 22, 2026
Калинин Н. А., Миссия конфессий 2025 Т. 14 № 84 С. 102–105
The article examines the main theoretical aspects of the formation of an inclusive socio-cultural environment as a necessary condition for the full development and participation in social life of people with disabilities. The definition of the concept of “inclusive socio-cultural environment” is given, the prerequisites for its emergence and the reasons for the need to ...
Added: April 22, 2026
Bulchenko N. V., INTERaction. INTERview. INTERpretation 2026 Vol. 18 No. 1 P. 127–145
This article uses a case study of the first and only female railway engineer in the large northern region of contemporary Russia to examine informal gender discrimination in male-dominated industries. Despite the abolition of legal prohibitions in 2021, women remain severely underrepresented in locomotive crews due to informal barriers. Four in-depth interviews were conducted during ...
Added: March 26, 2026
Issaev L., Зинг М. Й., Неприкосновенный запас. Дебаты о политике и культуре 2026 Т. 165 № 1 С. 45–55
Со времен обретения странами Африки независимости проблема сецессии остается для них в ряду наиболее острых. Оставшиеся после ухода колонизаторов государственные границы во многом оказались искусственными, что впоследствии превратило Африку в один из самых нестабильных континентов. Обретение государственного суверенитета поначалу подталкивало африканцев к обсуждению вопроса о пересмотре границ, однако опасения по поводу еще большего нагнетания межгосударственных ...
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Trifonova D., Вестник российского корееведения 2024 № 14 С. 102–111
In recent years, there has been a growing discussion and debate in Korean society regarding the 'No Kids Zone' phenomenon. This refers to a practice that prohibits children under a certain age from entering certain public spaces, such as cafes and restaurants. More than half of the population in the Republic of Korea supports the ...
Added: February 8, 2026
Kotelnikov M., Журнал социологии и социальной антропологии 2025 Т. 28 № 4 С. 146–176
The article is devoted to the analysis of socio-cultural reasons influencing the choice of "literary" specialties by young people from families with low socioeconomic status, as well as the contradictions, difficulties and advantages associated with this choice. Based on in-depth interviews with 11 informants from various cities of Russia (current and recent students), the author ...
Added: December 2, 2025
Баранников К. А., Ananin D., Стрикун Н. Г. et al., Вопросы образования 2023 № 2 С. 33–69
The paper delivers the results of the study analyzing the established advanced practices of combining distance and face-to-face forms of learning in higher education. The key criterion for hybrid learning is the ratio of synchronous and asynchronous online formats in the learning process, and its essential basis — the learner’s agency. The praximetric analysis of ...
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Fu L., Tomsk State University Journal of Philosophy, Sociology and Political Science 2025 No. 86 P. 116–127
China has shifted from the one-child policy to the two- and three-child policies to cope with the low fertility rate and the aging of the population, but the fertility rate continues to be declining. The aim of this research is to answer the question: What paradoxes do Chinese women face under these pro-natalist policies? Through ...
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Zolotareva A., Психиатрия 2025 Т. 23 № 3 С. 67–74
Background: the Perceived Devaluation and Discrimination Scale (PDDS) is an important instrument for diagnosing stigmatization in the practice of clinicians and researchers. This study was aimed to adapt the Russian version of the PDDS. Participants and Methods: a total of 1,303 volunteers completed the PDDS and the Mental Health Knowledge Questionnaire (MHKQ). Results: psychometric analysis ...
Added: September 8, 2025
Вомбеого М., Alisa R. Shishkina, Micah Y. B. Zing, Международная аналитика 2025 Vol. 16 No. 2 P. 159–176
Compared to other African countries, Ghana is known as a relatively stable democracy. However, there are various forms of social, political, ethnic, and religious instability that have persisted
in Ghana for many decades and posed some risks for the indigenous Ghanaian diaspora. These instabilities are typically categorized as either inter- or intra-ethnic conflicts. The article gives
an ...
Added: September 3, 2025
Shishkina A., Korotayev A., Вестник РГГУ. Серия «Политология. История. Международные отношения» 2024 No. 5 P. 12–34
Recently, West Africa is represented in the research literature as the epicenter of socio-political instability. That is most relevant for such countries asMali, Nigeria or Burkina Faso. However, it is worth saying that, despite a number of factors that could lead to potential destabilization in Ghana, the country has been characterized in recent years by a ...
Added: August 11, 2025
Borisova T. Y., Журнал региональной истории 2024 Т. 8 № 1 С. 51 – 84
Статья посвящена сюжету, обойденному вниманием историков, – деятельности Ивана Сергеевича Аксакова в качестве ревизора земского и уездного судов Астраханской губернии. Обращение к отчетам, подготовленным титулярным советником Аксаковым по особой, им самим разработанной системе, позволяет увидеть, каким образом начинающий чиновник-правовед представлял программу переустройства провинциальных судов в дореформенное время. В рабочих документах и литературном наследии Аксакова отчетливо ...
Added: June 8, 2025
Marey M., Философия. Журнал Высшей школы экономики 2025 Т. 9 № 1 С. 121–142
The article is a study of the ethical and political motives behind the behavioral strategies of the main female characters in the novel “Fire and Blood” and its HBO adaptation “House of the Dragon”. Special attention is given to how female characters develop their own identity formation strategies, distinct from those expected of them based ...
Added: May 16, 2025