Turkish Islam-Nationalism Under AKP: A New Model for the Muslim World? by Fredy B. L. Tobing, Agung Nurwijoyo

“…In a much broader context, this article attempts to contribute to academic discussions on the relationship between religion and states which undergo the process of democratisation.…”
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两种文化民族主义——评“文化民族主义论纲”及“甲申文化宣言” (Two Types of Cultural Nationalism) by Sylvia Chan

“…The article concludes that the latter kind of cultural nationalism is not incompatible with the democratisation of China, nor is it necessarily anti-West.…”
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(Re)discovering the Familial Past and Its Impact on Historical Consciousness by Emma L. Shaw, Debra J. Donnelly

“…Due to the growing democratisation of digital access to documents and the proliferation of family history media platforms, family history is now challenging traditional custodianship of the past. …”
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The COVID-19 pandemic: Streamlining or capsizing the global higher education revolution by Charste Wolhuter, Lynette Jacobs

“…This article first outlines the societal drivers of this revolution, being demographic shifts, increasing affluence, the rise of knowledge economies, the neo-liberal economic revolution, the information and communication technology (ICT) revolution, the rise of multicultural societies, democratisation, individualisation and the rise of the creed of human rights and next key features of the revolution will be surveyed. …”
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The new trends in the luxury market in the 21st century by Dominika Bochańczyk-Kupka

“…In the part devoted to the period before the pandemic, the following market trends will be described: the democratisation of luxury, brand consolidation process, the emergence of Generation Alpha, the evolution of masstige goods relied on fast-fashion processes, "Chinese bulimia", market ”retailization” processes, the growing importance of mono-brand stores, rejection of online sales by European brands, e-commerce development, and growing environmental awareness. …”
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The Change Is in Me. The Transformation of Adults to the Role of the Montessori Guide. Qualitative - biographical Research Study by Jarosław Jendza

“…In the conclusion, the author observes that the educational reforms (in the perspective of the gathered narratives) cannot be imposed and suggests favourable conditions that may enhance changes: giving teachers freedom to decide, create their authorship didactic solutions, democratisation of this sector of public service and supporting teachers’ sense of dignity.  …”
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Informal networks and interstitial arenas of power in the making of civil society law in Serbia by Mikuš Marek

“…These findings challenge the assumptions about the relationship between civil society participation and democratisation as well as the ideology of legalism.…”
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Políticas culturais de museus em Portugal: ciclos e processos de reflexão estratégica participada by José Soares Neves

“…In this regard, I discuss in more detail two major orientations of cultural policies – cultural democracy, which I associate with the RPM, and democratisation of culture, to which the GPMF is predominantly affiliated – and the participatory paradigm in public policies, present in both initiatives.…”
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How Has the Pandemic Affected Access and the Feeling of Belonging in Portuguese Higher Education? by Susana da Cruz Martins, Rosário Mauritti, Bernardo Machado

“…On a more structural level, these results also emphasise the importance of political choices in the process of democratisation and extending the system to new segments of the population.…”
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Politics and Religion in Montenegro—From “Theocracy” to a Civic State by Danijela Vuković-Ćalasan, Rajka Đoković

“…The early phases of democratisation in the last decade of the 20th century induced further change in the nature of the relationship between political authorities and religious communities, which continued in the new context of civic and multicultural Montenegro.…”
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A democratização da Educação Física na França by Marcelo Moraes e Silva, Daniele Cristina Carquejeiro de Medeiros, Evelise Amgarten Quitzau

“….; Saint-Martin, J. (2021) “L’education physique de 1945 à nous jours: les étapes d’une démocratisation”. Paris: Armand Colin. A obra em questão, publicada pelos professores Michaël Attali (Universidade de Rennes 2) e Jean Saint-Martin (Universidade de Strasbourg), foi primeiro publicada no ano de 2004, com reedições em 2009 e 2015. …”
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Challenges to Asian public intellectuals by Kuo, Pao Kun, Wee, C. J. Wan-Ling

“…Kuo reflects upon the Pacific War and what he feels holds post-war Japanese culture back from attaining “genuine greatness,” given a capacity enabled by its early modernising efforts for “the liberation of the self, the democratisation of society and … the realisation of the knowledge-based mode of production and exchange.” …”
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The global significance of national inequality decline by Simson, R, Savage, M

“…This suggests some common trends across the globe, including the role of democratisation, the rise of new social movements, and the expansion of education and social safety nets and favourable commodity prices, in reducing income disparities. …”

Interferences in match kernels by Murray, N, Jegou, H, Perronnin, F, Zisserman, A

“…They differ by the objective function that is optimised to compute those weights. The first is a "democratisation" strategy that aims at equalising the relative importance of each descriptor in the set comparison metric. …”

From autocracy to oligarchy : elite adjustment and authoritarian legacies in the Jokowi’s administration by Taufik, Muhamad M. N. Nadzri, Jamaie Haji Hamil

“…Based on these two conceptions developed by James Loxton and elite adjustment by Panji Anugrah Permana, this article explores the resilience of authoritarian legacies in post-Reformasi Indonesia, particularly among the authoritarian diaspora and its influences on Indonesia’s democratisation, particularly during the Jokowi years. …”
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Postscript ―― Thirty Years after the Tiananmen Protests and June Fourth Massacre: Requiem for a Chinese Dream – and Recharting the Path of Nonviolent Action and Civil Societal Move... by Emile Kok-Kheng Yeoh

“…Without any impending national economic crisis, military defeat or internal power struggle severe enough to destroy the CCP’s ruling echelon from within and with no sign of the weakening of the State’s will and machinery to suppress those who dare to challenge the CCP’s self-justified legitimacy to rule without being elected to do so, the Party’s rule looks set to continue to stay strong and political democratisation of China seems destined to be long in coming. …”
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Some legal aspects of Russian policy towards neighbouring countries by George Goradze

“…The only way for peace between Russia and the world is the democratisation of Russia, which is only possible through international legal coercion, as happened in the case of Nazi Germany. …”
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De Luther Blissett à Wu Ming : d’une culture de la réception à une culture de la participation. by Irène Cacopardi

“…Le collectif italien Wu Ming représente à plusieurs égards les changements advenus dans le roman italien contemporain qui altèrent l’orographie de la littérature : le processus de démocratisation de l’accès à la culture, l’utilisation des innovations technologiques comme moyen de communication et de diffusion de ses œuvres et le « narrative tour », ce tournant qui transforme les récits en une modalité privilégiée de connaissance. …”
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O teatrze bulwarowym: Szkic by Dobrochna Ratajczakowa

“…This is where modern popular culture has been born, in a home to a variety of trading, entertainment, and consumption practices that welcomed a large number of private stages that, supported by the processes of democratisation, were cropping up after the Revolution abolished theatre monopolies. …”
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The Role of Air Transport Infrastructure Towards Breaking Seasonality in Emerging Tourism Destinations: A Qualitative Study of Akureyri, North Iceland by Carlos Pastor Chan Santana, Julie Madsen, Saverio Francesco Bertolucci

“…Through extensive qualitative interviews and literature reviews from stakeholders, policymakers, and academics, the research synthesises how an airport expansion offers democratisation of tourism mobilities and connectedness with the outside world for remotely located communities in the region. …”
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