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Showing 1 to 20 of 48 for “"Uzbekistan"”.
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Facade Democracy: Democratic Transition In Kazakhstan And Uzbekistan
… in the transition to democracy in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. According to their constitutions, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan are democracies. In actuality, however, there is little evidence to support that these are democratic systems. These states' post-Soviet constitutions outline them as …
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Financial sustainability of public Higher Education Institutions in Uzbekistan
… in 1991, a central topic of higher education in Uzbekistan has been how to fill the gap left by the reduced government funding at public Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). The majority of the Uzbek universities, as in many other countries, have responded to the decline in public allocations …
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Hybridizing Sovietness, Modernity, Nationality and Provinciality in Uzbekistan, 1941–1984
This dissertation is focused on post-WWII Uzbekistan as a space of multifaceted interactions of the local Uzbek population with the war evacuees from European regions of the Soviet Union. This topic, just as the problem of postwar social experiences in Uzbekistan in general, is a major lacuna in …
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State-sanctioned torture in Uzbekistan and beyond : a legal analysis
… torture that is being committed in Uzbekistan. In the early chapters, the definitions, meanings and understanding of what torture is and represents in a contemporary society are investigated, whilst the historical origins, uses and justifications for torture are also explored. …
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Language Practices and Processes in English-Medium Higher Education in Uzbekistan
… Processes in English-medium Higher Education in Uzbekistan" critically evaluates the current state of English Medium of Instruction (EMI) and English Medium Education (EME) in the country, looks at the dichotomy of EMI and EME practices and processes at the state and international institutions …
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Labor Migration from Uzbekistan: Social and Economic Impacts on Local Development
… and incoming remittances on local development in Uzbekistan. The study consists of seven chapters, where a thorough analysis of existing literature and studies in field was done and based on empirical analysis and survey results and case study findings graphic models of the impact of labor …
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An Assessment of the Major Security Problems in Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan
… Asian states: Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. The primary focus of the study is on the indigenous security issues facing these three states. Sources of instability internal to the region include ethnic and sub-ethnic tensions, Islamic radicalism, porous state borders, and the …
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Habitat, abundance and productivity of the Asian Houbara Chlamydotis macqueenii in Uzbekistan
… across 14,500 km2 of the Kyzylkum Desert in Uzbekistan. Contrary to expectations, there appeared to be no negative landscape-scale association between livestock density and the abundance of male houbara, and no grazing effect on desert shrub vegetation. Habitat characteristics selected by …
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Central Asian Civil Society: Dynamics of Associational Life in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
… society practised in contemporary Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan and provides a common thread on which to base a Central Asian understanding of civil society. I look to find out factors and constituents, which on the surface might be different from a classical liberal concept of civil society. The …
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Redefining historical Bukhara : professional architectural vision of the national heritage in late Soviet Uzbekistan (1965 - 1991)
… journal, Architecture and Construction in Uzbekistan (ACU). Using these journals, this thesis illustrates how architectural professionals engaged in creating new meanings for Bukhara's historical environment, as an important part of the new identity construction shaped in conditions of …
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Inclusive education for children and young people with disabilities in Uzbekistan: The perspectives and experiences of key players
… conditions for children with disabilities in Uzbekistan and the current development stage of inclusive education there. Of particular interest was how various groups perceived and understood the concept of inclusive education, what they saw as the critical issues in introducing inclusive …
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Non-Governmental Organizations and the Implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women in Uzbekistan
… to the implementation of norms of CEDAW in Uzbekistan. Thanks to their symbiotic relationship with governmental authorities and the Committee and as shadow reporters, information providers and advocates NGOs have significantly contributed to the country's noticeable but still limited embrace …
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Democracy - a tree without roots on the steppes of Central Asia
… the obstacles to democracy in Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. The transitology approach analyzes the impact of domestic political factors (clan politics, corruption, and political Islam) and external influences on each countryâ s transition to post-communist rule. The structural analysis focuses on …
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What explains authoritarian success and failure in Central Asia? : Exploring regime stability, economic performance, and governance strategies
… Three countries, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan were selected for the case study. The economic and social characteristics of these countries, as well as the governance strategies adopted by their regimes, were then evaluated in detail. The sources utilized in the analysis included …
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The Rural Settlements of Hellenistic and post-Hellenistic Central Asia: an Archaeology of Indigenous Life under Colonial Rule
… modern nations of Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. Most notable is the excavations of the Hellenistic “new foundation” at Ai Khanoum in the Dasht-i Qala Plain of northeast Afghanistan. This dissertation approaches Greek rule in Central Asia from a post-colonial perspective in decentering …
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Discursive (in)stability: Moral subjectivities and global hierarchies in transnational migrant women’s narratives
… themselves, focusing on the case of women from Uzbekistan living in the United States. While research has highlighted how transnational movement destabilizes identity and communicative practice, I focus on the ways in which migrant women use discursive moves to (re)organize their social …
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When a Pound Weighed a Ton: The Cotton Scandal and Uzbek National Consciousness
… about the massive amount of corrupt activity in Uzbekistan by utilizing cotton, Uzbekistan’s most important export, to build his network.Rashidov siphoned billions of rubles away from Moscow by falsely reporting cotton harvest numbers. But simply labeling Rashidov as a corrupt official or what …
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The Repeasantization of an Uzbek Kolkhoz: An Ethnographic Account of Postsocialism
… parallels and contrasts are drawn between Uzbekistan and other socialist/postsocialist settings, such as China, Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania. Repeasantization is a process whereby the focus of economic activity in villages becomes further centered on households and the pooling of family …
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