Proposition 209 as Proposition 14 (as Amendment 2): The Unremarked Death of Political Structure Equal Protection

This study presents an interdisciplinary approach towards a critical analysis of some impacts of crude-oil exploration in Niger Delta and polemics of viable conϐlict resolution framework. This approach involves analysis of Ahmed Yerima’s creative portrayal in Hard Ground which revolves around the variables activating conϐlicting emotional interests in matters concerning ‘black gold’ in Nigeria, and how these variables resonant in debates and demands for Nigeria’s polity restructuring because of perceived resource mismanagement. More so, our scope includes an analytical attempt at illuminating elaborately our interpretation of the dimensions to the loud and shrewd inclinations subsuming what some see as solution to the lingering conϐlict, and the suppositions explaining why others see the debates and demands on polity restructuring as dark convoluted ploys aimed at hidden agenda. Hence, through select theories of victimhood, this study attempts to elucidate on the variables propelling conϐlicting emotional interestsabout oil exploration in Niger Delta, by looking interpretively hard and deep on the perspectives, views and suppositions deϐining the ideologies and inclinations propelling them. In the end, this study notes that the disenchantments and troubles with Nigeria’s polity framework and structure as it relates to oil exploration in Niger Delta are subsumed in Hard Ground’s creativecontribution as a means of assessing the points to the fault-lines that characterize the subsisting socio-political structure upon which Nigeria stands and wobbles.

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Jewish religious communities in Kuban and Terek regions at the second half of the XIX - the beginning of the XX centuries

OOO Zhurnal Voprosy Istorii ◽

10.31166/voprosyistorii202010statyi11 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2020 (10) ◽

pp. 165-178

Author(s):

Ekaterina Norkina

Keyword(s):

Religious Communities ◽

Religious Institutions ◽

Political Structure ◽

Small Communities ◽

Religious Buildings ◽

History Of

The article is devoted to the history of the formation and features of the functioning of Jewish religious institutions outside the Pale of Settlement in the second half of the XIXth — early XXth centuries. The study is based on the materials of the Kuban and Terek regions, which had a somewhat different administrative and political structure from most other regions. Historically, the peculiarities of these areas influenced the policy of the authorities in towards the Jews, which influenced the activities of rabbis and synagogues. Despite the fact that the activities of rabbis and synagogues were constantly interrupted due to a number of external circumstances, members of local Jewish societies actively engaged in dialogue with the authorities and sought to revive religious buildings to life. Even small communities of Kuban and Terek tried to support their religious institutions and preserve the traditions of Judaism.

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The issue of akcja ‘Wisła’ in the activities of the association of Lemkos in Poland (OLP) throughout 1990-2003

Історико-політичні проблеми сучасного світу ◽

10.31861/mhpi2017.35-36.182-191 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 182-191

Author(s):

Roman Drozd

Keyword(s):

Political Structure

After the memorable elections of June 1989, Poland underwent crucial changes that essentially changed the socio-political structure of Poland. Due largely to these shifts and transformation, the Ukrainian minority began to seek the condemnation by the Sejm of the Vistula operation and the elimination of its consequences. Importantly, the Association of Lemkos in Poland (OLP) initiated the idea. Keywords: Ukrainian minority, Operation Vistula (Polish: Akcja ‘Wisła’)

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