Search results for "Reign"

From the poster boy of Europeanization to the sick man of Europe: thirty years (1990–2019) of Poland’s European policy

2021

The Eurosceptic turnabout which has taken place in the CEE constitutes one of the most significant factors weakening the cohesion of the EU. In this group, Poland is the key element in view of its size and the status of the ‘poster boy’ of Europeanization acquired in the previous years. This paper analyses the major trends in the European policy of the Polish governments in the long-term period of 1990–2018 on the basis of standardized data (addresses by the Polish ministers of foreign affairs) and a quantitative analysis. These data also shed light on the essence of changes taking place in Poland’s EU policy. What appeared to be important was both the change in the country’s status after j…

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

Empowerment – a Double Edged Sword?

2015

The concept of empowerment is a democratic tool and a logical next step in the evolution of public administration. In this article we explore the possibility of this concept to be used as a tool of unconventional warfare under a certain set of conditions. The carried out case study of the recent events in Ukraine, Crimea allows to conclude that empowerment can indeed be used to compromise the territorial integrity of a sovereign country.

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…