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Liberal Spaces in an Illiberal Regime: Environmental NGOs, State Sovereignty and the Struggle for Nature
In the post-Soviet period, Russian environmental activists, supported by transnational networks, have contested the Russian government’s environmental policies. Invoking international norms and rules and advocating for the public's, Russian environmentalists in effect have struggled with the state over sovereignty. Transnational discourses, resources and collaborations have promoted a liberal model of environmental governance. However, the Russian political context has grown increasingly illiberal and exclusionary. Based on qualitative fieldwork and analysis of state documents and data, we examine this struggle in periods of constructing and transforming networks that span the global–local interplay where struggles over the non-human world take place.
Diskin E., Вопросы государственного и муниципального управления 2026 № 1 С. 144–169
The article analyzes the introduction of the national messenger Max into the system of electronic interaction between citizens and the state in the Russian Federation. Federal Law No. 156 of June 24, 2025 established the legal framework for integrating the messenger into the unified ecosystem of government digital services, including the Unified Identification and Authentication ...
Added: May 1, 2026
Routledge, 2015.
This entry explores the current public assistance policies in Brazil, their structure, and effects. A majority of these policies have been developed and implemented gradually in response to the mandated universalization of social security in Brazil's 1988 Federal Constitution. Especially since 2000, Brazil achieved significant success in combating poverty and reducing inequality. This is due, ...
Added: May 1, 2026
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
Shcheglova D., Garmonova A., Opfer E. et al., Кубанский научный медицинский вестник 2026 № 2 С. 92–110
Introduction. The study analyzes the structure and volume of workload for faculty at Russian medical universities amidst increasing student numbers, rising demands for students' clinical training, scientific output, and continuous professional education. The relevance of the topic stems from the contradiction between official regulatory requirements and the actual excessive workload of medical educators. The aim is to provide ...
Added: April 29, 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 ...
Added: April 28, 2026
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 ...
Added: April 28, 2026
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 ...
Added: April 27, 2026
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 ...
Added: April 25, 2026
Radygina A., Zaripova J., Semenova D. et al., FRONTIERS IN NUTRITION 2026
This paper introduces a novel, open-access dataset designed to advance research into early childhood eating behaviors and their familial determinants. The dataset integrates anthropometric measurements (weight, height, age, BMI, and Estimated Energy Requirement) from 203 children aged 4–14 years alongside rich, granular data on food selection behaviors gathered via Dish-I-Wish—a custom, gamified web application developed ...
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Пермь: ФКОУ ВПО Пермский институт ФСИН России, 2026.
В сборнике опубликованы материалы XIII Всероссийской научно-практической конференции «Пенитенциарная система и общество: опыт взаимодействия», проведенной в ФКОУ ВО Пермский институт ФСИН России 02-03 апреля 2026 г. ...
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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, ...
Added: April 23, 2026
Ismagilova A., Тетради по консерватизму 2025 № 4 С. 84–95
This article examines American national conservatism—a political and intellectual movement that emerged as a response to the crisis of the liberal global order and neoliberalism. The author demonstrates how Natcons, relying on a network of foundations, media outlets, and personnel projects, have become one of the key centers of influence in the second Trump administration, ...
Added: April 15, 2026
Kryazhkov V., BRICS Law Journal 2026 № 13(1) С. 178–197
This article focuses on specialized federal strategic planning documents in the field of “aboriginal” relations. These relations are considered as an additional legal instrument that has been used for several decades in national practice to ensure a comprehensive and coordinated approach by state bodies to solving socio-economic and cultural problems related to the life of ...
Added: April 14, 2026
Di Puppo L., Roy Chowdhury A., Globalizations 2026 Vol. 23 No. 1 P. 1–9
In this special issue, we bring together the post-colonial and post-socialist conditions of the post-Soviet space and the Indian subcontinent through the study of human–nature relationships. Not only are these two regions entangled through the Eurasian geography, but they also both represent hybrid modernization trajectories characterized by varying socio-political responses to Western modernity and the ...
Added: March 27, 2026
Klementev I., Флагман науки 2025 № 2(25) С. 387–390
The article examines the key positions of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation regarding issues of Russia’s federal structure. In its rulings, the Constitutional Court interprets Russia as a constitutional (but not contractual) federation, in which the sole bearer of sovereignty is the people of Russia. Accordingly, the constituent entities of the Russian Federation ...
Added: March 24, 2026
Баранов В. М., Баранова М. В., Губаева Т. В. et al., М.: Издательство Проспект, 2025.
The textbook reveals both the fundamental foundations and applied aspects of the technical and legal registration of regulatory, interpretative, law-enforcement state decisions. Legal technique is a powerful organizational and managerial system that affects not only the form, but also the content of legal prescriptions. The book consists of 32 sections. It is an attempt at a ...
Added: February 23, 2026
Баранов В. М., Баранова М. В., Губаева Т. В. et al., М.: Издательство Проспект, 2024.
he textbook reveals both the fundamental foundations and applied aspects of the technical and legal registration of regulatory, interpretative, law-enforcement state decisions. Legal technique is a powerful organizational and managerial system that affects not only the form, but also the content of legal prescriptions. It is an attempt at a detailed systematic presentation of the main ...
Added: February 23, 2026
Korolev A. S., Galimullin E. Z., Kramarenko A. et al., Мировая экономика и международные отношения 2026 Т. 70 № 3 С. 17–28
This article presents a comparative analysis and conceptual differentiation of the terms “World Majority” and
“Global South”, both of which have gained prominence amid the ongoing transformation of the international order.
Special attention is given to their genesis, ideological foundations, and political-identificational characteristics. To this
end, the authors develop a framework of three analytical dimensions encompassing demographic, institutional-legal ...
Added: February 19, 2026
Shishkin S., Sheiman I., Potapchik E. et al., BMC Health Services Research 2026 Vol. 26 Article 370
Background
In some post-socialist countries, the rules of free and paid healthcare are not clear. We study Russia as an example to explore the combination of these rules and their role in the healthcare system.
Methods
We analyze the legislation defining the rules of free and paid healthcare; compare spending on free and paid services using statistical data; ...
Added: February 16, 2026
Чихачев А. Ю., Международная аналитика 2025 Т. 16 № 3 С. 175–192
The article explores France’s participation in international scientific and technological cooperation (ISTC) in the field of defense. It proceeds from the premise that the policy of France is characterized by variations between openness, which implies active participation in ISTC, and sovereignty, which means self-reliance in military research and development (R&D). The paper aims to identify ...
Added: December 30, 2025
Pochekaev R. Y., Крымское историческое обозрение 2025 Т. 12 № 4 С. 129–143
This article examines the writings of European contemporaries (primarily diplomats and travelers who visited the Crimean Khanate and the Ottoman Empire during the period under review) on the specifics of the Girays’ status with the Ottomans in the 18th century. The article analyzes the notes of French authors–diplomats and writers A. de La Motraie, A. ...
Added: December 23, 2025