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Nobility, And Schooling In Russia, 1700s-1760s: Westernization Of An Elite As A Social Process

Fedyukin, Igor - National Research University Higher School of Economics - 2014

, young members of the elite were allowed to express their preferences regarding enrolment in specific schools or branches of … towards schooling. While wealthier nobles tended to opt for state schools, especially the Noble Cadet Corps, the poorest … apply for state schools, preferring instead to enlist directly into regiments as privates. Despite numerous attempts, the …

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Different levels of social organization in the formation of anti-school attitudes among adolescents

Ivaniushina, Valeria; Alexandrov, Daniel - National Research University Higher School of Economics - 2013

-level regression approach on a sample of 7300 students from 104 public schools from St.Petersburg. Our findings show that: 1.) Socio …-economic differentiation of Russian schools does not lead to a polarization of pro-school/anti-school attitudes in different types of schools …

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Real Police And Fictional Police: A Study Of Public Perceptions Through Online Commentaries

Khitrov, Arseniy - National Research University Higher School of Economics - 2015

Contemporary police scholars have argued that it is important to study “how representations of the police and policing are produced and received” (Loader, 1997: 5) and what social meanings are created by them. Police scholars have claimed that police television series produce media images...

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Two-Faced Status Of History: Between The Humanities And Social Sciences

Savelieva, Irina - National Research University Higher School of Economics - 2015

In modern academia, history is occasionally classified as a social science. My aim is to demonstrate why history has not become a ‘real’ social science, although historians who represent the most advanced trends within the discipline aspired to this. Two-faced status of history is...

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Malcolm’s Version Of The Ontological Argument: Several Questionable Aspects

Gorbatova, Yulia V. - National Research University Higher School of Economics - 2014

This article deals with the version of the ontological argument (OA) for existence of God proposed by Malcolm and Hartshorne. The study has three aims: to outline the role of de re modality in the OA, to reinvestigate the de re / de dicto distinction, and to reflect on the possibility of an a...

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Twelfth-Century Rise Of Spelling Reforms: The Ormulum And The First Grammatical Treatise

Volkonskaya, Maria A. - National Research University Higher School of Economics - 2014

The twelfth-century renaissance was a new stage in European intellectual life. This paper examines the works of two distinguished medieval phonologists and spelling reformers of the time, namely Orm’s Ormulum and the so-called First Grammatical Treatise, which mark a significant step in...

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Feudal Formulas In Love Lyrics Of William Ix Of Aquitaine

Yatsyk, Svetlana A. - National Research University Higher School of Economics - 2014

William, Ninth Duke of Aquitaine (1071-1127) was one of the most powerful feudal lords of his day. Probably inspired by the intricate verse forms he discovered in Arabic Spain and Syria, he seems to have created the first troubadour lyrics (in his own words, “a chansoneta nueva” (new song),...

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Shia-Sunni Interactions In Greater Cental Asia: Retrospective And Current States

Alexeev, Anton K. - National Research University Higher School of Economics - 2014

This paper analyzes the Shia-Sunni interactions in northeastern Iran (Khorasan) and Central Asia. The Shia-Sunni disputes in the region date back to the Middle Ages after the establishment of the Safavids (1501 – 1722) in Iran and the Shibanids (1501 – 1601) in Mawara al-nahr at the...

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Master Or Servant: Language In Thomas Hobbes’ Political Philosophy

Pleshkov, Alexey A. - National Research University Higher School of Economics - 2014

Language theory is an important part of Hobbes’ intellectual legacy. Nevertheless, it seems that the value of language can be understood only within political sphere. The role and place of language in Hobbes’ political theory should be examined intimately. What can language say about...

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The Reform Of Skill Formation In Russia: Regional Responses

Remington, Thomas F.; Marques, Israel - National Research University Higher School of Economics - 2014

How and when do employers and governments cooperate to overcome skill shortages? Existing literature in the VOC tradition distinguishes between coordinated market and liberal market economy approaches. So far, however, little research has addressed this problem in the context of emerging market...

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