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Measuring Populist Attitudes on Three Dimensions
2018
Theoretically, populism has been conceptualized as a political ideology with three sub-dimensions: anti-elitism attitudes, a preference for popular sovereignty, and a belief in the homogeneity and virtuousness of the people. However, empirical research to date has treated populist attitudes as a unidimensional construct. To address this issue, we propose to conceptualize populist attitudes as a latent higher-order construct with three distinct first-order dimensions. A 12-item inventory was developed using two survey studies conducted in Switzerland in 2014 and 2015. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were used to test the construct validity of this measure of populist attitudes. …
Through the Looking Glass: The Attitudes of Polish Political Parties towards the EU before and after Accession
2009
Abstract The objective of this paper is a comparison of the attitudes of parliamentary parties towards the European Union in terms of Poland's accession to the European Union. Therefore the parliamentary parties' attitudes after the elections in 2001 and 2005 have been analyzed and compared. Another significant aim of this paper is the identification of factors conditioning these attitudes as well as changes in them. The change from a candidate to a member of the EU forced the political parties to redefine their attitudes towards Europe since the character of the European issue itself also changed. This especially applies to those parties which strongly opposed Poland's accession to the EU.…
National identity and Europeanization in post-communist Romania. The meaning of citizenship in Sibiu: European Capital of Culture 2007
2008
The structure of the requirements for citizenship in a Romanian city differs by and large from the structure of the same requirements in other European cities. The peculiarity lies in the lack of distinctiveness between the origin, the ethnic aspect and the civic aspect of citizenship and also in the emphasis on the language requirements for citizenship. The explanations could be traced back to the previous century and to the cultural and political project of state and nation-building. But the importance assigned to the national identity and national sovereignty issues in Romania may affect the European integration by hindering the feelings of European belonging and solidarity.
Thomas Hobbes on fear,mimesis,aisthesisand politics
2011
Hobbes's theory of fear has two major implications for his political theory. One implication is how men's mutual fear is the source of a commonwealth by institution. The second implication is that sovereign power is the source of fear, and that sovereign power also uses that fear to govern people. These two implications have not been analyzed fully in past studies. In a way, a sovereign captures mutual fear reigning in a multitude and transforming it into a political tool designed for government of the subjects. Possessing the right and power to cause death, a sovereign takes the place of God on earth. A sovereign has certain expectations of citizens: they should obey and honour the soverei…
Intercultural Communication in Teaching Chinese to European Students
2015
Abstract The major goal of the present study is to highlight to tight connection and interdependency between language and culture from both theoretical and applied perspectives, with special focus on the reciprocal influence and impact on teaching Chinese language and literature to foreign students, particularly in the European context. Famous scholars have wisely noted the sine-quanon relation of society, culture, history, geography and language evinced in the process of communication, at large, and most notably in translation, literary studies and language learning, which are complex processes requiring a thorough and conscious immersion in the context of the language. The paper also incl…
Rīgas iedzīvotāju attieksme pret ārzemnieku apmešanos uz pastāvīgu dzīvi Latvijā
2018
Bakalaura darba nosaukums ir “Rīgas iedzīvotāju attieksme pret ārzemnieku apmešanos uz pastāvīgu dzīvi Latvijā”. Darba mērķis bija noskaidrot kāda ir Rīgas iedzīvotāju attieksme pret ārzemnieku apmešanos uz pastāvīgu dzīvi Latvijā. Pētījuma uzdevumi bija noskaidrot, 1) kas ietekmē attieksmes veidošanos pret ārzemnieku integrēšanos Latvijā, 2) kāda ir Rīgas iedzīvotāju attieksme pret ārzemniekiem Latvijā, 3) kas veicina Rīgas iedzīvotāju toleranci pret Latvijā dzīvojošajiem ārzemniekiem. Darbā tika analizēta G. Olporta starpgrupu kontakta teorija un starpgrupu konfliktu teorija, kas noderēja aptaujas anketas izstrādē un iegūto rezultātu interpretēšanai. Pētījumā tika pielietota kvantitatīvā …
Atšķirīga sabiedrības attieksme Latvijā: ārvalstu studentu pieredze ikdienas un studiju dzīvē
2017
Bakalaura darba “Atšķirīga sabiedrības attieksme Latvijā: ārvalstu studentu pieredze ikdienas un studiju dzīvē” mērķis ir noskaidrot, kādu sabiedrības attieksmi ikdienas un studiju dzīvē izjūt ārvalstu studenti Latvijā. Darba teorētiskā daļā izmantota teorija par attieksmes veidošanos un indivīda sociālās realitātes konstruēšanu sociālā konstruktīvisma perspektīvā. Pētījumā izmantotas tādas kvalitatīvās datu ieguves metodes kā ekspertintervijas un daļēji strukturētas intervijas. Ekspertintervijas veiktas ar izglītības nozares speciālistiem ārvalstu studentu jautājumos ar mērķi izpētīt situācijas raksturojumu Latvijas augstskolās. Lai izpētītu ārvalstu studentu pieredzi Latvijā attiecībā pre…
Foreign Direct Investment, Terms of Trade, and Quality Upgrading: What Is So Special about South Asia?
2016
The existing literature has highlighted the positive effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on export upgrading and associated terms of trade in developing economies. However, the FDI effect has been found to be negative in South Asia. In this paper, we elaborate on the South Asia-specific effect by emphasizing the role of human capital in the positive link between FDI and terms of trade. We argue that education levels in South Asia have lagged behind those in East Asia and other developing regions. This has resulted in a world market integration strategy in South Asia that specializes in less skills-intensive products and generates associated FDI flows. We demonstrate these patterns fo…
A model of the Islamic sovereign wealth fund
2019
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to propose a model of the Islamic sovereign wealth funds (ISWFs) based on Islamic finance principles to modify the precarious image of SWFs from Muslim countries. The Shariah laws are the cardinal direction for this study. Design/methodology/approach The authors applied a qualitative research technique that consists of three approaches: exploratory case study approach to critically examine and rank the existing status of SWFs; descriptive analysis; and content analysis to present a model of ISWFs in comparison of conventional SWFs. Findings The authors propose a model of the “Islamic Sovereign Wealth Funds” based on four key pillars: the major Shariah p…
Risk management optimization for sovereign debt restructuring
2015
Debt restructuring is one of the policy tools available for resolving sovereign debt crises and, while unorthodox, it is not uncommon. We propose a scenario analysis for debt sustainability and integrate it with scenario optimization for risk management in restructuring sovereign debt. The scenario dynamics of debt-to-GDP ratio are used to define a tail risk measure, termed "conditional Debt-at-Risk". A multi-period stochastic programming model minimizes the expected cost of debt financing subject to risk limits. It provides an operational model to handle significant aspects of debt restructuring: it collects all debt issues in a common framework, and can include contingent claims, multiple…