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• Ukloneniye ot Prizyva (Russia)
  | definition = Informal and semi-legal strategies for avoiding compulsory military service. It often includes the use of personal networks, bureaucratic looph ...nd socially embedded strategies through which citizens navigate compulsory military service.
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• Katta-yoshli zobitlar hukmronligi (Uzbekistan)
  ...hli zobitlar hukmronligi, translated as rule by senior officers, refers to military hazing – practices of abuse, extortion, and violence – often committed | categories = [[Informal Governance]] – [[Military]] – [[Ethnicity]] - [[Extortion]]
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• Pokhorony okurka (Russia and USSR)
  ...:Category: FSU| FSU]] – [[:Category: Army| Army]] – [[:Category: Military| Military]] – [[:Category: Public service| Public service]] – [[:Category: Hierar [[Category: Military]]
  11 KB (1,667 words) - 11:46, 7 February 2020
• Cyberattack (Political)
  ...e Politics of Security: The Strategic Deployment of Lawyers in the Israeli Military. Plymouth: Lexington Books.</ref>). ...ef>Sigholm, J. 2013. Non-State Actors in Cyberspace Operations, Journal of Military Studies, 4(1).</ref>) hypothesises that should such laws be introduced, cov
  16 KB (2,186 words) - 17:24, 16 May 2019
• Egunje (Nigeria)
  ...olitics of settlement’ is a form of political patronage established by the military government, where it lavishly deploys state funds to enrich political sycop ...r’Adua and Jonathan) in the country’s relatively recent history, since the military regimes gave way to the civilian government in 1999.
  12 KB (1,771 words) - 15:19, 29 June 2020
• Nakhlebnichestvo (Russia, Ukraine, and FSU)
  ...ery exhibition attracts the GRU’s interest, whether it be an exhibition of military electronics, tanks, cats, agricultural machinery, or flowers... Who goes to Suvorov, V. 1985. The career and defection of a Soviet military spy. Harper Collins Publishers
  9 KB (1,315 words) - 09:54, 6 April 2022
• Ahbap-çavuş ilişkisi (Turkey)
  ...cing since 1963, Turkey continues to enlist its army through conscription. Military recruits establish strong bonds due to the considerable amount of time spen
  11 KB (1,606 words) - 08:37, 11 May 2020
• Hyvä Veli (Finland)
  ...che’ sports clubs, business networks, religious groups, minorities and the military. ...re leaders. [Online]. Available at: http://finland.fi/life-society/finnish-military-fosters-future-leaders/ [Accessed: 1 May 2016].</ref>). After graduation th
  14 KB (1,986 words) - 14:04, 30 April 2020
• Allegados (Chile)
  ...hile’s housing scene following the social-housing projects launched by the military regime of 1973-1990. These were large-scale projects, constructed mainly by ...f the big cities, in Chile such land occupation fell drastically under the military regime because of violence towards illegal occupants. In circumstances wher
  13 KB (1,869 words) - 20:42, 15 May 2019
• Kormlenie (Pre-Soviet Russia)
  ...ents of princely power charged with responsible administrative, fiscal and military duties who did not receive any salary for their work (Veselovskii 1947: 267 ...cross the country, but only in those territories where it was fiscally and military expedient, or where the local population was particularly restless and wher
  15 KB (2,115 words) - 13:49, 17 May 2019
• Songbun (North Korea)
  ...ween the two. A series of lengthy investigations into the colonial era and military activities of every North Korean’s male relatives (the DPRK is patrilinea ...can adversely affect a person’s life in a very diverse range of ways. The military does not allow those of the very lowest ''songbun'' to serve. Poor ''songbu
  12 KB (1,722 words) - 14:16, 23 May 2019
• Duang muang (Thailand)
  Panpeerapit, K. & Pongsawat, P. 2019. ‘The Relationship Between Astrology and Military Coup in Thailand’, ''Journal of MCU Buddhapanya Review'', 4: 115–132 ...naj [Understanding Thai Astrologers : When ''Duang Muang'' Complements the Military], 20 January, https://www.the101.world/thai-astrology/. Accessed on June 28
  11 KB (1,540 words) - 15:33, 6 November 2020
• Jirga / Shura (Afghanistan)
  ...greement of 2001 intended to re-install the Afghan government after the US military intervened in Afghanistan in response to the 9/11 attacks. Signed by twenty ...se their power base before the convening of the ''Loya jirga''ʼ, with some military leaders commanding ʻmore than 15,000 troopsʼ (2002). ʻArmed political gr
  11 KB (1,643 words) - 17:10, 24 April 2020
• Otzhim (Russia)
  ...emerged and evolved. Mass unemployment and reduction in the number of the military, police, and special forces personnel provided a steady supply of young qua ...otzhim'' stage received two new figures, the state official and the former military or security staff turned politician, called ''silovic'', who started perfor
  11 KB (1,530 words) - 10:53, 17 November 2021
• Mertvye Dushi (Russia, 1700s-)
  ...ber of peasants were on the run as a result of the tax reform and frequent military campaigns (see also [[krugovaia poruka]]). Active in the early 1740s, the s Hellie, R. 1971. ''Enserfment and Military Change in Muscovy''. Chicago: University of Chicago Press
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• Meso (Cyprus and Greece)
  ...s, other stakeholders act as ''meso'' power brokers or dispensers, such as military officials, civil servants, and ranking members of the clergy. For instance, ...employment, promotion, and transfer in the public, private sector, and the military.
  12 KB (1,576 words) - 11:48, 5 July 2022
• Zersetzung (GDR)
  ...n the run-up to the Second World War, ''Wehrkraftzersetzung'' (undermining military force) was declared a criminal offence. Under Germany’s Wartime Special P ...unist Party of Germany (KPD) disseminated subversive propaganda within the military, the Social Democratic Party, and the Stormtroopers.
  12 KB (1,736 words) - 22:00, 17 May 2019
• Favela (Brazil)
  ...it public support of such practices. As a result, certain divisions of the military police have continued to ‘clean up’ ''favelas'' by killing drug traffic
  13 KB (1,873 words) - 15:50, 29 September 2019
• Campamento (Chile)
  ...'campamento'' literally means a ‘camp’ and is an explicit reference to the military camps of Chile, from which it acquired three distinct features- the settlem ...' that exist today were created in the twenty years between the end of the military dictatorship in 1990, and 2010, a period characterised by a strong State em
  16 KB (2,321 words) - 11:23, 11 May 2020
• Ehsan (Azerbaijan)
  ...ent and foundations in the country to commemorate servicemen fallen during military operations (Anews 2016). Ultimately, the usage of the term in both Ashura a
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