Scholars' Guide to Humanities and Social Sciences in the Soviet Union and the Baltic States
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Estonian Academy
Georgian Academy
Great October Socialist Revolution
independent decision-making
Institut Istorii
institutional restructuring
Kazakh Academy
Latvian SSR
Linguistic Atlas
Lithuanian Academy
Oriental Manuscripts
political emigration studies
post-Soviet transformation
refugee policy analysis
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Russian Academy
Russian Language
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Ukrainian Academy
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- ISBN 9780873328319
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 178 x 254mm
- Publication Date: 31 Aug 1992
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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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.
Tigan Martirosyan, Silvia Maretti, Frederick S. Starr
