В статье идет речь о возможных формах реализации политической функции древнеегипетского искусства. Автор пытается разобраться в том, каким именно образом...

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Economic reform is difficult to carry out because it often undercuts teh status and economic advantage of the rank-and-file officials to whom authorities must turn to implement market-based changes. Drawing on new longitudinal data collected between 1991 and 1994 in a representative rural county...

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