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Contradiction of Form and Content in Religious Ritual following in Azerbaijan
In August 2014 the government of Azerbaijan took, at first sight, a seemingly strange initiative − it outlawed serving any food or ...
Turkhan Sadigov received his PhD in Political Science from SUNY in 2016. He is interested in the impact of political culture, informality, and collectively shared ideas on citizen pro-activism and the development of political institutions in post-Soviet societies. He has published articles in journals such as the Journal of Civil Society, East European Politics, and Problems of Post-Communism, among others.
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In August 2014 the government of Azerbaijan took, at first sight, a seemingly strange initiative − it outlawed serving any food or ...
Vicken Cheterian
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Atakhan Abilov
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