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Last several decades have shown a steady broadening of national security issues’ spectrum along with an increase in the strictness of international competition driven by advances in high technologies and other factors. National security agenda is nowadays comprised not only of defense issues...
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. On the one hand, people are becoming more educated, urbanized etc., which means the continuation of modernization. On the …
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. It also contributes fruitfullyto the discussion about modernization and modernity …
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This article deals with the influence of cultural background on the sources of social capital. We analyse four different culture groups – Czechs and Russians representing post-modernized cultures and Dagestanis and Chechens representing traditional cultures. Applying univariate comparisons and...
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suggest that the degree of modernization influences SWB levels very strongly. For older people, the country in which they live …
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In the present paper we analyze transformations in the life of rural population in the Belgorod region, Russia, in the … transformations are seen through the prism of “modernization” concept: agroholdings promote advanced agricultural technologies … modernization in Belgorod region. The traditional understanding of “modernization” in sociology implies a progressive transition …
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This paper reveals variations in value change (namely the substitution of materialist priorities for post-materialist) in Europe, and substantiates that post-socialist societies follow a similar path of development to advanced Western Europe. The linear decomposition analysis showed that...
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Innovations and related knowledge are important drivers of corporate success in modern economies. However the crisis of …
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This paper analyzes the growth and evolution of Knauf CIS Group from 1992 to 2012. The study defines the features and characteristics of the firm’s corporate policies including production and operations, marketing, HR management, and societal engagement. These policies have enabled Russian...
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This paper discusses the set of tools of government enacted in 2009–2013 in Russia to provide support to socially … missions. In Russia this approach is considered a serious policy innovation since government policy to date vis-a-vis the …
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