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Foreign Aid, Development Cooperation and International Relations
"Despite the dominance of development economics in the study of foreign aid and development cooperation since the 1950s, particularly with the emergence of modernization theory, an examination of academic..." – By Bernabé Malacalza
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Popular Culture and World Politics
"Popular culture covers a wide range of cultural products, practices, and industries, embraced by the public, immersed in everyday life, and both structuring of and structured by politics..." – By Aida Hozić and Matt Davies
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In August 2024, 131 full new articles, 13 revised articles, and 0 summary articles, spread across 23 subjects, have been published on the Oxford Research Encyclopedias platform.
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