scholarly journals Privileged Rebels: A Longitudinal Analysis of Distinctive Economic Traits of Catalonian Secessionism

Genealogy ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 19
Author(s):  
Josep M. Oller ◽  
Albert Satorra ◽  
Adolf Tobeña
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Longitudinal Analysis ◽  
Economic Recession ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Economic Traits ◽  
Political Struggles ◽  
The World ◽  
Data Points ◽  
Family Language ◽  
The Impact

During the last decade, the Catalonian secessionist challenge induced a chronic crisis within Spain’s politics that does not offer hints of a viable arrangement. The rapidly escalating demands for secession ran almost in parallel with the accentuation of the economic recession that followed the disruption of the world financial system in 2008–2010. Such secession claims reached maximums during 2012–2014, attaining support levels of nearly 50% of citizenry in favour of independence. These figures subsequently diminished a bit but remained close to that level until today. Despite the coincident course, previous studies had shown that the impact of economic hardships was not a major factor in explaining the segregation urgencies, connecting them instead to triggers related to internecine political struggles in the region: Harsh litigations that resulted in an abrupt polarization along nationalistic features in wide segments of the population. In this longitudinal analysis based on the responses of 88,538 individuals through a regular series of 45 official surveys, in the period 2006–2019, we show that economic factors did play a role in the secessionist wave. Our findings showed that the main idiomatic segmentation (Catalan vs. Spanish, as family language) interacted with economic segmentations in inducing variations on national identity feelings that resulted in erosions of the dual CatSpanish identity. Moreover, our findings also showed that the more privileged segments of Catalonian citizenry where those that mostly supported secession, whereas poorer and unprotected citizenry was clearly against it. All the data points to the conclusion that the secessionist challenge was, in fact, a rebellion of the wealthier and well-situated people.

Colonization, Decolonization, and Power: Ruptures and Critical Junctures Out of Dominance

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
James H. Liu ◽  
Felicia Pratto
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
National Identity ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Social Structure ◽  
Critical Junctures ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
European Colonization ◽  
Historical Trajectory ◽  
The Impact

Colonization and decolonization are theorized at the intersection of Critical Junctures Theory and Power Basis Theory. This framework allows human agency to be conceptualized at micro-, meso-, and macro-levels, where individuals act on behalf of collectives. Their actions decide whether critical junctures in history (moments of potential for substantive change) result in continuity (no change), anchoring (continuity amid change with new elements), or rupture. We apply this framework to European colonization of the world, which is the temporal scene for contemporary social justice. Several critical junctures in New Zealand history are analyzed as part of its historical trajectory and narrated through changes in its symbology (system of meaning) and technology of state, as well as the identity space it encompasses (indigenous Māori and British colonizers). The impact of this historical trajectory on the social structure of New Zealand, including its national identity and government, is considered and connected to the overarching theoretical framework.

Technology and culture

2011 ◽  
pp. 273-285 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alev M. Efendioglu ◽  
Vincent F. Yip
Keyword(s):  
Local Environment ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Technology And Culture ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
The World ◽  
Different Characteristics ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Socio Economic Factors

The number of Internet users around the world has been steadily growing and this growth has provided the impetus and the opportunities for global and regional e-commerce. However, as with the Internet, different characteristics (infrastructure and socio-economic) of the local environment have created a significant level of variation in the acceptance and growth of e-commerce in different regions of the world. Our research focuses on the impact of these infrastructure and socio-economic factors on e-commerce development in China and the findings provide insights into the role of culture in e-commerce, and the factors that may impact a broader acceptance and development of e-commerce in China. In this chapter, we present and discuss our findings, and propose some strategies for success for e-commerce in China.

scholarly journals FOOD SECURITY AND AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN UZBEKISTAN

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
I.I Khamidov
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Economic Recession ◽  
World Health ◽  
Food And Agriculture ◽  
Food And Agriculture Organization ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
The Impact

Since January 2020, the world faced one of the largest outbreaks of human history that coronavirus (Covid-19) began spreading among countries across the globe. Plenty of research institutes developed insights and estimations regarding the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on agriculture and food security system. The UN estimations indicate that more than 132 million people around the world may have hunger due to the economic recession as a result of the pandemic. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is pushing forward the strategies in order for increasing food supply in developing countries and providing assistance to food producers and suppliers. World Health Organization (WHO) indicated that the pandemic may not finish by the end of 2020 and countries should be prepared for longer effects within 2021. In this regard, ensuring food security as well as sufficient food supply would be one of the crucial aspects of policy functions in developing countries.

scholarly journals EDITORIAL: COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND INTERNATIONAL TOURISM DEMAND

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tri Haryanto
Keyword(s):  
Global Economy ◽  
Economic Recession ◽  
International Tourism ◽  
Tourism Demand ◽  
Research Topics ◽  
Global Issue ◽  
The World ◽  
Global Economic Growth ◽  
The Impact

COVID-19 pandemic has become a global issue. Many experts predict that this pandemic will cause global economic growth to decline this year, or even the global economic recession. All efforts conducted by many countries in the world massively to prevent its spread such as social distancing, self-isolation, and similar actions to lockdown may have a major impact on tourism demand in many countries. The next section sequentially will discuss a brief review of the role of international tourism on the economy, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the global economy and international tourism, and further research topics for the next edition.

scholarly journals The Dietary Trend in the World particularly in China and India

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kiran Yadav
Keyword(s):  
World Population ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Food Groups ◽  
Young Population ◽  
Fat Consumption ◽  
The World ◽  
Diet Pattern ◽  
The Impact ◽  
India And China ◽  
Socio Economic Factors

Objective: Evaluate the trend of dietary convergence in the world. How specifically do Indian and Chinese diets have changed and middle-class consumption and evaluate their dietary trend? Methodology: The paper analyses the diet patter of India and China from 1990 to 2019. The paper is particularly keen to analyse the impact of income, urbanization and proportion of the young population on diet pattern. The data of food balance for these two countries is taken from FAOSTAT. To measure the income effect, the GNP per capita data is taken from World Bank. The population and urbanization data is taken from UN world population prospects 2019 and UN world urbanization prospects 2018. The linear regression model is used to analyse the impact of socio-economic factors. Results: The analysis has found that rise in income is positively associated with the macronutrients diet for Indians particularly for carbohydrates consumption whereas for Chinese the reverse is true. The study found that urbanization of the population is highly positively associated with the consumption of carbohydrates diet for Chinese whereas, for India, urbanization is negatively associated with fat consumption. The change in young age population negatively impacts the fat consumption for China while positively impact the consumption of carbohydrates for Indians.Conclusion: The gap between dietary pattern is found to be reduced globally. Consumption of many food groups shows convergence for a different region. The consumption of macronutrients between India and China from 1990 to 2019 shows the converging trend in the early 1990s but after that, it shows divergence. In both countries, socio-economic factors push more toward carbohydrates diets.

Conflicts within the Idea of the Liberal Tradition

1963 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 274-278 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harry V. Jaffa
Keyword(s):  
American Politics ◽  
Color Blindness ◽  
The Other ◽  
Liberal Tradition ◽  
Political Struggles ◽  
The World ◽  
Democratic Revolution ◽  
The Impact

The aspect of Professor Hartz's book which I find particularly challenging, but with which I cannot wholly agree, is his view that American politics is characterized by an absence of fundamental conflicts. I do agree that American political struggles have been different from those of Europe, and that this difference can be aptly characterized as a consequence of the fact that, in the Tocquevilleian formula, we have arrived at a state of democracy without having had to endure a democratic revolution. Americans have seldom experienced the particular passions engendered by the impact of the idea of equality upon class distinctions derived from a feudal regime. But it seems to me that the conflicts of American politics, while in one sense attenuated by the comparative absence of a feudal inheritance, in another sense have been intensified by this very fact, by reason of the immediacy of the demands of equality. If all Americans did not accept with such thoroughness. the pre-eminent “Lockeian” tenet, there would not be the persistent record of violent anger and frustration attending what each group of Americans regarded as its just inheritance from the operation of that tenet. To take the single most overpowering present-day example: where in the world but America could there be such simultaneous demands for color-blindness and color-consciousness in the regulation of all institutions patronized by law? Yet both the power and the simultaneity of these demands are assertions of the claims of equality: one side insisting that no law is valid which recognizes inequality of rights; the other insisting that none is valid which does not incorporate their uncoerced opinions or consent. Hartz does not examine the genuine difficulties which inhere in the attempt to create a society dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. He observes the virtual unanimity with which Americans have been committed to it, and he observes that they have nonetheless gone on quarreling. He concludes wrongly, however, that they have therefore quarreled over phantoms or irrelevancies. The reason for this mistaken judgment is the implicit thesis that quarrels which are genuine and profound are always quarrels in which the idea of equality is in competition with its opposite.

scholarly journals UKRAINIAN ELECTRONIC MUSIC IN GLOBALISATION AND NATIONAL REVIVAL

10.23856/4301 ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 43 (6) ◽  
pp. 9-15
Author(s):  
Andriy Bondarenko
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Electronic Music ◽  
World Culture ◽  
Music Culture ◽  
Stages Of Development ◽  
Musical Culture ◽  
The World ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
The Impact

The article considers the impact of globalisation and national revival processes on the development of electronic music in Ukraine. It is shown that in the early stages of development (the late 1990s – early 2000s) Ukrainian electronic music is dominated by the focus on Western European music culture, and early festivals of dance electronic music (“The Republic of Kazantip”, “Ultrasonic”) also borrow Russian traditions, which indicates the predominance of globalization and peripheral tendencies in this area. At the same time, the first creative searches related to the combination of electronic sounds with the sounds of Ukrainian folklore are intensified. In particular, the article considers the works of the 2000s-2010s by O. Nesterov and A. Zahaikevych, representing folk electronics in the academic sphere, and works by Katya Chilly, Stelsi, Kind of Zero representing folk electronics in non-academic music. The aesthetic basis of such combinations was the musical neo-folklore of the last third of the XX century and the achievements of folk rock in the late 1990s. Intensification of these searches in the late 2010s, in particular the popularity of such artists as Ruslana, Onuka, Go_A allow us to talk about intensifying the national revival processes in the musical culture of Ukraine and involving Ukrainian music in the world culture preserving its national identity.

Impact of Global Economic Challenges on the Development of Future Markets

2019 ◽  
pp. 34-42
Author(s):  
Yu. G. Lavrikova ◽  
E. L. Andreeva ◽  
A. G. Tarasov ◽  
A. V. Ratner
Keyword(s):  
International Economic ◽  
World Economy ◽  
Economic Recession ◽  
Service Development ◽  
Economic Relations ◽  
Stage Of Development ◽  
Global Challenges ◽  
International Economic Relations ◽  
The World ◽  
The Impact

The topic of the study is relevant due to the fact that the world economy and international economic relations are influenced by global challenges. In this context, the formation of a new technological paradigm based on digitalization is an important trend.Aim. The presented study aims to determine the effects of global economic challenges on the development of future markets.Tasks. The authors determine the essence of global challenges at the current stage of development of the world economy and specific aspects of international economic relations; substantiate the emergence and nature of future markets and analyze the impact of global challenges on their development.Methods. The major modern global challenges are systematized with allowance for their current and potential impact on the development of future markets. The essence and nature of the current development of future markets are analyzed. This study uses the methods of comparative analysis and economic-statistical (including correlation) analysis to examine and compare the dynamics of the indicators of future markets and indicators of world economy development.Results. The analysis shows that future technology markets have their own features, such as customization of production, after-sales service, development of cross-sectoral ecosystems, etc. The identified global challenges include global economic recession, growth of trade barriers, and increased global competition, which can be both limiting and stimulating for future markets.Conclusions. On the global economic scale, future markets can be identified as a competitive path towards solving environmental, technological, socio-economic, and other global problems. The corresponding markets can ensure significant potential for economic growth.

scholarly journals THE IMPACT OF SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS ON PATIENTS WITH ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL INJURIES

InterConf ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 275-285
Author(s):  
Maria Cook ◽  
Dumitru Hîțu
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Social Status ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Maxillofacial Injuries ◽  
Dental Surgery ◽  
Common Diseases ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Insight Into

Oral pathologies are among the most common diseases in the world. However, they do not affect all members of the population to the same extent, with differences based on various geographical, social, and economic factors of a given patient. The article has the aim of getting an insight into this matter, by analyzing the social status of 150 patients with OMF injuries, who were treated in the department of Dental surgery at the Dental Municipal Center in Chișinău, throughout the year of 2020.

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