Around the Bloc: Court Extends Tajik Islamic Party Lawyer’s Detention
Buzurgmehr Yorov was arrested in September soon after agreeing to represent now-banned Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan.
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Buzurgmehr Yorov was arrested in September soon after agreeing to represent now-banned Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan.
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The crisis in Great Britain during the 1970s became dramatic in winter 1978/1979 known as Winter of Discontent. Dissatisfactions expressed in strikes were not only the sign of workers’ turmoil for realization of social rights but also a deeper indicator of serious state crisis. Thatcherism appeared as the answer to disorder in economic, political and social life and it marked the beginning of the Great Britain transformation.Thatcherism is based on strong beliefs and political will to implement them into life. Internalization and loyalty to ideas such as free market, individualism, freedom and self-responsibility resulted in Thatcherism and respectful political longevity. Every politics is determined by values advocated by political leaders and success greatly depends on how much leaders are truly devoted to values they advocate. Revolutionary changes, Thatcher conducted, made her one of the greatest but also controversial political personalities of the 20th century.
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In the specific literature, religious diversity has received important attention. The present study contributes to the literature of economics of religion by examining the impact of religious freedom and other specific variables of freedom (like economic freedom, political freedom and civil liberties) on the Gross Domestic Product per capita PPP. Following Alon and Chase (2005), in the sections that follow we develop a rationale as to whether the selected variables of freedom, including the religious one, should affect Gross Domestic Product per capita PPP and, then, discuss the results and their importance.
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In recent years, a peculiar phenomenon has happened time and time again and aroused hot social discussions in China. It is the fact that when an old man (or woman) falls down on the street, most passers-by dare not to help him, or in other cases, when one of them does offer his (or her) help, he might be accused of having knocked the old man down. As a result, nowadays in China, most people will not help a fallen old man for fear of being falsely accused. From an economic point of view, this paper points out that this peculiar phenomenon, which I call it a moral dilemma of helping a fallen old man, not only is a moral issue, but also closely relates to the intrinsic defects within China’s current institutions. In order to solve this moral dilemma, some improvement measures have to be taken not only in public moral education, but in the legal institutions, civil administration, health care system and public opinion guidance as well.
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The concept of co-production of the public service caught the attention of public authorities starting with the 80s when the paradigm of the new public management was extended. This notion involves the participation of citizens together with competent authorities in the entire process entailed by the public service: from planning to implementation and feedback. Thus, the citizen becomes a co-producer or even producer of added value. This article reviews how this concept has been approached in the scholarly literature until now, the mechanisms involved, its advantages and disadvantages, especially in the public sector. The theoretical approach is supported by several examples from practice.
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In this article, the author analyzes the content and function of posters created by members of the Ukrainian resistance movement in occupied Kherson. Due to its literalness and bluntness, even brutal- ity, street propaganda is mainly used to intimidate the opponent. The threat concerns specific people collaborating with the Russians as well as soldiers of the enemy army. Posters also serve to maintain the “resistance spirit” and bring hope for imminent liberation. The author also discusses the problems and dilemmas of a researcher writing a text on current and “hot” social topics, such as the ongoing war and the dynamic change of the described situation.
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