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Wage Differences by Caste and Religion in India 印度种姓和宗教的工资差异

Culture Area Studies eJournal Pub Date : 2016-06-04 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2839695

Shamim S. Mondal

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EU Citizenship and Withdrawals from the Union: How Inevitable Is the Radical Downgrading of Rights? 欧盟公民身份与退出欧盟:权利的激进降级有多不可避免?

Culture Area Studies eJournal Pub Date : 2016-06-01 DOI: 10.2139/SSRN.2797612

D. Kochenov

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引用次数: 15

Perceptions and Use of English by Secondary School Students from Central Asia 中亚中学生对英语的认知和使用

Culture Area Studies eJournal Pub Date : 2016-06-01 DOI: 10.17323/2411-7390-2016-2-2-23-32

Flora Komlósi, S. Ferdinand

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引用次数: 1

Improving Access to Livestock Markets for Sustainable Rangeland Management 改善牲畜市场准入，促进牧场可持续管理

Culture Area Studies eJournal Pub Date : 2016-05-01 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2777391

E. Kihiu, Franklin Amuakwa-Mensah

引用次数: 1

Coercion, Prohibition, and Great Expectations: The Continuing Failure of the Common European Asylum System 强制、禁止与远大期望:欧洲共同庇护制度的持续失败

Culture Area Studies eJournal Pub Date : 2016-03-30 DOI: 10.54648/cola2016059

M. den Heijer, J. Rijpma, T. Spijkerboer

引用次数: 77

A Study on Urban Working Women’s Attitude towards Mutual Fund Investment: With Special Reference to Jaipur District, Rajasthan 城市职业女性共同基金投资态度研究——以拉贾斯坦邦斋浦尔地区为例

Culture Area Studies eJournal Pub Date : 2016-03-16 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2748489

H. Purohit, Ravisha Chutani

引用次数: 1

China's Economic Diplomacy and the Politics-Trade Nexus 中国经济外交与政贸关系

Culture Area Studies eJournal Pub Date : 2016-03-01 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2743520

A. Fuchs

引用次数: 0

‘Wings to Fly’- But to Where? Menstrual Hygiene, Marketization and Vulnerability Among Subaltern Women in India “飞翔的翅膀”——但飞向哪里?印度下层妇女的经期卫生、市场化和脆弱性

Culture Area Studies eJournal Pub Date : 2016-02-13 DOI: 10.2139/SSRN.2757513

Subhasis Ray, Paromita Goswami, P. Roy

引用次数: 2

Attitudes Towards Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in Latin America 拉丁美洲对亲密伴侣暴力侵害妇女行为的态度

Culture Area Studies eJournal Pub Date : 2016-02-01 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2857151

Marisa Bucheli, Máximo Rossi

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引用次数: 7

Struggling to Belong: The Collective Memory of Immigrants from Argentina in Israel 挣扎着归属:阿根廷移民在以色列的集体记忆

Culture Area Studies eJournal Pub Date : 2016-01-21 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3217646

Y. Bayer

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