A Scholars' guide to humanities and social sciences in the Soviet successor states : the Academies of Sciences of Russia, Armenia, Azerbaidzhan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kirghizstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Tadzhikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan

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A Scholars' guide to humanities and social sciences in the Soviet successor states : the Academies of Sciences of Russia, Armenia, Azerbaidzhan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kirghizstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Tadzhikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan

Institute of Scientific Information in the Social Sciences (INION), Russian Academy of Sciences [and] Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

M.E. Sharpe, c1993

[2nd ed.]

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A Scholars' guide to humanities and social sciences in the Soviet Union : the Academy of Sciences of the USSR and the Academies of Sciences of the Union Republics

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"Project supervisors: Vladimir Vinogradov and Blair A. Ruble; project editors: Mark H. Teeter ... [et al.]; project working group: Valerii Osinov ... [et al.]"--p. ii

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In the years since the first edition of the "Guide" was published, the research institutions of the academies of sciences of the USSR and the republics have undergone several, sometimes radical, reorganizations and reaffiliations. This guide to academy institutions supplies names, addresses, and historical, research, and organizational profiles for each institution, with summary information on staffing, current projects, special facilities, and libraries. The end of the Cold War has brought with it many changes of attitude and policy in the political arena; however, nowhere has change been so emotionally charged as in the area of politically-based emigration. Refugee policy is the driving force behind many of today's headlines, influencing both foreign and domestic policy. In Desperate Crossings, authors Norman L. and Naomi Flink Zucker chronicle and analyze the phenomenon of mass escape that began with the Haitians, but exploded into the American consciousness in the spring of 1980 with the Mariel boatlift and the subsequent mass exodus from Central America, and was most recently manifested in the Haitian and Cuban exoduses of 1994. In a compelling and carefully documented narrative, they identify the troika of interests - foreign policy, domestic pressures, and costs - that have controlled and determined the American response to refugees since before the Second World War, continuing until today. Desperate Crossings concludes by proposing a comprehensive and politically palatable approach to future refugee flows, both in our hemisphere and for the world community-at-large - including Europe and Asia. The authors suggest how, by changing the course of its refugee policies and programs, the United States can better respond to both the needs of refugees and the demands of its citizens.

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A New Social Science, Russian Academy of Sciences, Armenian Academy of Sciences, Azerbaidzhani Academy of Sciences, Belorussian Academy of Sciences, Estonian Academy of Sciences, Georgian Academy of Sciences, Kazakhstani Academy of Sciences, Kirghizstani Academy of Sciences, Latvian Academy of Sciences, Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, Moldova Academy of Sciences, Tadzhikistani Academy of Sciences, Turkmenistan! Academy of Sciences, Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Uzbekistan! Academy of Sciences

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