The Greater Eurasian Partnership (GEP), introduced by Russia in 2015, is a regional integration project that aims to encompass the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). With this broad spectrum, it embodies various forms of regionalism, arranges a flexible instituti…
A current and central concern for all those who are concerned with 'peace' in the Middle East is the manner in which the Israeli Labour Party will handle the politically negotiated peace settlement with the Palestinians, and thus fulfil its primary election pledge. In particular, such observers are concerned with the important implications of such a political settlement, which will necessarily …
This paper surveys sociological approaches to the study of markets. After considering the economic approach, I delineate the wide range of theoretical schools, including alternative schools in economics, economic anthropology, cultural sociology, the embeddedness approach, and the new political economy. I also briefly discuss recent debates on the transition from planned economy to market and o…
Government policy has played a crucial role in driving the development of broadband technology in New Zealand, but this has evidently been shaped by the interplay of different ministerial imperatives and rationales under different administrations. The Labour-led government's 2005 Digital Strategy primarily aimed at increasing consumer uptake of basic broadband to overcome the 'digital divide'. …
In The Accumulation of Capital (1913), Rosa Luxemburg offers a sophisticated account of the foundational role of colonialism in the development and expansion of the capitalist world system. By interrogating the blind spots in Marx's account of capitalist political economy, Luxemburg emphasises the importance of 'non-capitalist strata and countries' in the production of surplus value. Crucial to…
A review of literature on intercultural communication reveals that the research community has failed to provide sufficient illumination on the role of gender in the discussion of intercultural communication and international business. Gender issues of a culture are as crucial as any other research or training influences being examined by researchers. Gender plays an important cultural role in t…
Journalists covering business and economics need to emphasize simple questions that help explain complex issues such as tax cuts or deficit reduction. Reporters too often merely catalog the most recent developments in the marketplace. Instead, journalists should view explanation as their primary task. They should not be afraid to ask 'stupid' questions that may be on the minds of most Americans.
Based on a literature review and interviews with scholars, this article recaptures and evaluates the political-economic approach to the Dutch media during the 1970s and its subsequent disappearance. The objective of this paper is to contribute to reinstituting that approach. Additionally, this article argues for its heightened salience, as the commercialization of the Dutch media has much incre…
Our study presents the connection between extraversion, entrepreneurial intention, and perceived social support among college students, and draws from entrepreneurial event models, career choice theory, resource dependence theory, and buffer theory. We aimed to construct a relationship model linking extraversion, perceived social support, and entrepreneurial intentions, focusing on perceived so…
The introduction of subscription video-on-demand (SVoD) services has transformed the media landscape in the television market of Arab Gulf countries. This article adopts Silverstone's domestication theory as a conceptual framework to analyze how users, as individuals and households, incorporate Netflix and engage with its content, how they create their own symbolic meanings and social practices…