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UNINA990004717700403321 |
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Gadolin, Anitra |
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A theory of history and society : With special reference to the Chronographia of Michael Psellus 11th century Byzantium / by Anitra Gadolin |
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Stockholm : Almquist & Wiksell, 1970 |
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Acta Universitatis Stockholmiensis. Stockholm studes in history of literature ; 11 |
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Monografia |
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UNINA9910714781303321 |
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Vaughn Kronstadt |
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Nepal / / Kronstadt Vaughn, Bruce Vaughn |
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[Place of publication not identified] : , : [publisher not identified], , 2007 |
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[[Library of Congress public edition].] |
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Report / Congressional Research Service ; ; RL31599 |
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The CRS report home page provides access to all versions published since 2018 in accordance with P.L. 115-141; earliest version dated 2007. |
Report includes illustrations. |
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Report includes bibliographical references. |
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The three-way contest for control of Nepal-among King Gyanendra, a coalition of seven parties seeking democracy for the country, and the Maoists-ended with the king relinquishing power to the democrats in April 2006 after large scale popular demonstrations against him. King Gyanendra's inability to subdue the Maoist insurgency and his repression of pro-democratic elements in the country undermined his legitimacy and led to his fall from power. The United States sought to assist the government of Nepal in its struggle against the Maoist armed insurgency and has promoted the democratic development of Nepal. It has also sought to promote stability in Nepal to keep it from becoming a destabilizing element in the region. This shift of power from monarchy to democracy was followed in November 2006 by a peace agreement between the Maoists and the new government which led to the laying down of arms, a parliament that includes Maoists, and the scheduling of elections for a constituent assembly. The constituent assembly is to address the question of whether the king is to have a place in the future government of Nepal and, if so, to what extent. The constituent assembly is also expected to act on calls for Nepal to become a republic and redraw constituencies to more equitably represent the Nepali people, particularly in the Terai in southern Nepal, which experienced much unrest in 2007. A landlocked Himalayan kingdom between India and China, Nepal ranks among the world's poorest countries. In 1990, following a democratization movement, it became a parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarch. Although this led to a process of economic restructuring and market liberalization, the country's economic growth and reform effort was undercut by political instability and years of increasingly dire internal security challenges brought on by the civil war with the Maoists. Compounding the country's difficulties was the June 2001 tragedy in which ten members of the royal family, including King Birendra, were killed in an assassination-suicide, reportedly carried out by Crown Prince Dipendra. Nepal has a long way to go before its democratic gains can be effectively consolidated. The need to more fully integrate the Maoists into the political process and ensure that they, or any splinter groups, do not resort to the force of arms or coercion in the lead-up to the constituent assembly elections remains a key challenge. In addition, mounting political tension over Madhesi calls for greater representation in the political process will demand attention. The Madhesis are an indigenous ethnic group that inhabit the lowlands of Nepal who feel they have not been fairly represented. Some Madhesi demonstrations have turned violent. The need to develop the economy and bring prosperity to the people will remain whatever the outcome of the constituent assembly election. |
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UNINA9910136642203321 |
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David-Fox Michael |
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Revolution of the Mind : Higher Learning among the Bolsheviks, 1918-1929 / / Michael David-Fox |
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Cornell University Press, 1997 |
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Ithaca, NY : , : Cornell University Press, , [2016] |
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©2016 |
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1 online resource (199 pages) |
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Studies of the Harriman Institute |
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Communism and education |
Education, Higher - Soviet Union - History |
Communism and education - Soviet Union - History |
Communism and culture - Soviet Union - History |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Glossary of Terminology, Abbreviations, and Acronyms -- INTRODUCTION. The Bolshevik Revolution and the Cultural Front -- 1 Communist Institutions and Revolutionary Missions in Higher Learning -- 2 Power and Everyday Life at Sverdlov Communist University -- 3 Political Culture at the Institute of Red Professors -- 4 Science, Orthodoxy, and the Quest for Hegemony at the Socialist (Communist) Academy -- CONCLUSION. The Great Break in Higher Learning -- Selected Bibliography -- Index |
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Using archival materials never previously accessible to Western scholars, Michael David-Fox analyzes Bolshevik Party educational and research initiatives in higher learning after 1917. His fresh consideration of the era of the New Economic Policy and cultural politics after the Revolution explains how new communist institutions rose to parallel and rival conventional higher learning from the Academy of Sciences to the universities. Beginning with the creation of the first party school by intellectuals on the island of Capri in 1909, David-Fox argues, the Bolshevik cultural project was tightly linked to |
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party educational institutions. He provides the first account of the early history and politics of three major institutions founded after the Revolution: Sverdlov Communist University, where the quest to transform everyday life gripped the student movement; the Institute of Red Professors, where the Bolsheviks sought to train a new communist intellectual or red specialist; and the Communist Academy, headquarters for a planned, collectivist, proletarian science. |
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