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Język polski na Uniwersytecie Łotewskim w Rydze

2015

The Polish language at the Latvian University in RigaThe history of teaching of Polish language in the University of Latvia (LU) starts soon after its establishment in 1919. In the 1930s thanks to such famous scientists as Julian Krzyżanowski and Stanisław Kolbuszewski, the number of subjects connected with the Polish culture has increased at the Faculty of Philology and Philosophy and the Latvian society was introduced to the numerous works of these professors, published in different publications in Latvia. After the Second World War, Polish language has been taught within Russian philology with the aim of comparison Eastern and Western Slavic language groups. At the same time scientific w…

An overestimated relationship? Violent political unrest and tourism foreign direct investment in the Middle East

2010

Although the tourism industry is increasingly globalising, empirical research on the accompanying foreign direct investment (FDI) is surprisingly lacking. Furthermore, the nexus of political risk, violent political unrest and tourism FDI has been relatively neglected. Using Egypt as a heuristic case study and adopting a qualitative methodology, this paper explores the question of how political risk and violent political unrest influence tourism FDI. Surprisingly, the results are not able to corroborate a clear relationship between the two. In contrast, these results indicate that the role of stability and security for tourism FDI in developing countries has largely been overestimated in the…

Willingness to Communicate in a Foreign Language: Evidence from Those Who Approach and Those Who Avoid L2 Communication

2014

It is still unclear why some learners are willing to communicate in a foreign language while others are disinclined to do so. One of the most promising paths of inquiry in this respect is the study of willingness to communicate (WTC), focusing on the volitional process of initiating, maintaining, and terminating communication. That is the reason why the main purpose of this paper is to investigate the testimonials of Polish students with persistently low or high L2 WTC scores obtained during their 3-year secondary grammar school experience. The qualitative results of the study appear to demonstrate that, independently from the individual’s general predilections towards communication in the …

Book Review: EU Foreign Investment Law, written by Angelos Dimopoulos

2014

Annals of the 'Constantin Brrncuui' University of Targu Jiu: Letters and Social Sciences Series No. 4/2014 (Analele Universitatii 'Constantin Brancus…

2014

English Abstract: In this issue are included scientific articles who debate problems from social science fields: modernity crises, lean startup, action research, federative states, Russia grand strategy, Europe, joint investigation teams, Emile Zola, iconography, George Bernard, negation, foreign language, revolution of December 1989, management, development, teaching English, political power, criminal procedure, demographic change."Constantin Brancusi" University Annals from Targu Jiu, Letters and Social Sciences Series is published by "Academica Brâncusi" Press of "Constantin Brancusi" University from Targu-Jiu, a state university, institutionally certified. The journal includes articles …

El Control de las Inversiones Extranjeras Directas (Control of Foreign Direct Investment (Table of Contents))

2018

Spanish Abstract: Las tres ultimas decadas han sido testigo de un crecimiento constante de la inversion extranjera. La situacion, sin embargo, parece que comienza a cambiar. La crisis economica de los ultimos anos y el acelerado proceso de liberalizacion de las economias que ha conducido a la privatizacion de grandes y relevantes sectores de estas, unido a la aparicion de novedosos actores economicos, y a los cambios geoestrategicos vinculados a la consolidacion de nuevas potencias economicas, han puesto a la defensiva a ciertas economias desarrolladas. Un numero creciente de paises observan con preocupacion como importantes sectores de su economia, infraestructuras y tecnologias criticas o…

The EU and global imbalances

2015

The EU’s Role in Fighting Global Imbalances looks at the role of the European Union in addressing some of the greatest challenges of our time: poverty, protectionism, climate change, and human trafficking. Contributions from ten leading scholars in the fields of economics, law, and political science provide in-depth analyses of three key dimensions of EU foreign policy, namely: the internal challenges facing the EU, as its 28 member countries struggle to coordinate their actions; the external challenges facing the EU on the global arena, in areas where global imbalances are particularly pervasive, and where measures taken by the Union can have an important impact; and the EU´s performance o…

Foreign Direct Investments and Economic Growth in Central and Eastern Europe: A Panel-Based Analysis

2018

One of the most discussed issues related to foreign direct investments (FDI) refers to the impact they have on the economic and social welfare of a country. Moreover, if these effects are positive, the question is to what extent and by what instruments they can be enhanced by host country governments. In recent decades, the general political opinion on FDI changed, as they are rather understood as generating competitiveness and growth for host countries and less in terms of their negative effects on the economy. Our paper investigates the relationship between FDI flows and economic growth in countries from Central and Eastern Europe that are also EU members using the panel methodology and i…

Attempts at diversification: Mexico and Pacific Asia

2002

This article aims to explain the development of Mexico's relations with Pacific Asia. Based on the historical background of Mexico's relations with Asia and on internal and international transformations, we identify the interests of Mexican political actors in Pacific Asia. We provide an overview of the existing political and economic relations between Mexico and Pacific Asia, demonstrating that the success of diversification has been very limited. By trying to explain the gap between the strategic goals and the existing relations we focus on the domestic politics in Mexico. We conclude that intra-elite conflicts had a negative effect on the diversification attempts, since those conflicts p…

Warfare in Livonia at the beginning of the 18th century in relations of English ambassador Philippe Plantamour from Berlin

2019

An important element in current historical research is the analysis of diplomatic relations focusing on the PolishLithuanian Commonwealth. They show the history of the Polish-Lithuanian state, its internal and foreign policy from a different historical perspective. In 1700, the Great Northern War broke out and changed the political power system in Central and Eastern Europe for the next decades. Diplomats from foreign courts were interested in this war, including Philippe Plantamour, secretary of the British embassy in Berlin. He sent his reports to the British Isles in which he posted information on warfare in Livonia. The aim of the article will be to analyze diplomatic reports that can h…