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Post-soviet chaos violence and dispossession in Kazakhstan / by Nazpary, Joma

Table of Contents: “…People and places -- Bardak : elements of chaos -- Networking as a response to the chaos -- Women and sexualised strategies : violence and stigma -- Construction of the alien : imagining a Soviet community -- Ethnic tensions -- Conclusions in a comparative perspective : whose transition?.…”
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Armenia portraits of survival and hope / by Miller, Donald E. (Donald Earl), 1946-

Table of Contents: “…Massive destruction : the 1988 earthquake -- Random violence : pogroms in Azerbaijan -- Fighting for survival : the war of independence in Nagorno-Karabakh -- Surviving the winter : paying the price for independence -- We live with hope : reflections on conditions in Armenia -- Concluding reflections : the meaning of being human -- Epilogue : ten years after independence.…”
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Globalization, negotiation, and the failure of transformation in South Africa revolution at a bargain? / by Allen, Michael H., 1952-

Table of Contents: “…Theory and context -- 3. Violence, capital flows, and bargaining power -- 4. …”
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Gangs of Russia : from the streets to the corridors of power / by Stephenson, Svetlana, 1962-

Table of Contents: “…In the shadow of the State -- The history of street organizations and gangs in Russia -- The transformation of gangs in the 1990s -- The business of gruppirovki: from predation to assimilation -- Gang organization -- Street trajectories -- The gang in the community -- Life according to the poniatiia: the gang's code -- Navigating the world of violence -- Gang culture and the wider Russian society.…”
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Envisioning African Intersex : Challenging Colonial and Racist Legacies in South African Medicine / by Swarr, Amanda Lock

Table of Contents: “…Pathologizing gender binaries : intersex images and citational chains -- Colonial observations and fallacies : "hermaphroditism" in histories of South Africa -- "Intersex in four South African racial groups in Durban" : visualizing scientific racism and gendered medicine -- Defying medical violence and social death : Sally Gross and the inception of South African intersex activism -- #HandsOffCaster: Caster Semenya's refusals and the decolonization of gender testing -- Toward an "African intersex reference of intelligence" : directions in intersex organizing -- Reframing visions of South African intersex.…”
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