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Second-Language Learners from Collectivistic Societies own Self-Efficacy Effects on Performance and Self Perception of Career Success.

Carlos Parra, Nanci Geriguis · La Sierra University, California, USA
In reference to cultural patterns in collectivistic societies, teaching and learning are greatly influenced by the teachers’ collectivistic or individualistic cultural orientation (Kaur & Noman, 2015). However, in dealing with both audiences and their teaching platforms, a chasm appears bet…
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SMEs’s potentials of Research and Development and the European Union Prospective. A Literature Review

Loreta Isaraj · Sapienza University, Italy
SME-s role in the economic development and economic structure is changing drastically, as it is gaining new dimensions the role they have as social agents. This becomes particularly present in the paradigm shift of the EU funding schema and priorities, for member and candidate states, indi…
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No Capitalism Without Nationalism

Zlatko Hadžidedić · Center for Nationalism Studies, Sarajevo, BiH
Most theories of nationalism labelled as ‘modernist’ tend to overlook the fact that the phenomenon to which they vaguely refer as ‘Modernity’ is defined by a single, very precise and consistent socio-economic system, that of capitalism. However, this fact makes nationalism and capitalism, rather tha…
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The Eagles Belt: The Unsuspected Stage of the Great Power Competition

Emanuel Pietrobon · InsideOver,Il Giornale, Osservatorio Globalizzazione, O…
The Balkans are one of the main stages of the so-called Cold War 2.0 between the United States and the Russo-Chinese axis, but, to a greater extent, they are also an important battlefront of the broader great power competition, a hegemonic confrontation fought by a number of European and non-Europea…
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A Pioneer of Women’s Liberation

Jerca Legan · Femmes​ Sans​ Frontières​ Foundation,​ Slovenia
Gabrielle ​Bonheur ​“Coco”​Chanel” ​is ​a ​creative ​icon​ who ​has ​freed​ the​‘new’​woman​ from​ the​ millennium​ of​ dictated​ dress​ codes,​ stereotypical​ behaviors​ and​ clichéd​ sexual​ and​ status​ simplification.​ The​ little​ black​ dress​ has​ become​ synonymous​ of​ sophistication,​ to​…
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From the concept of Environmental Reason To a Global Ethics project

António Dos Santos · University of Lisbon, Portugal
The contribution of the environmental philosophy to the XX and XXI centuries philosophy renovation and their capacity to be applied to all aspects of social life is the core of this essay.The history of philosophy on the West is focused on the human condition, the environmental philosophy …
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Playing across the social zone - Animal Crossing, gaming communities and connectedness in a time of crisis.

Sofia Gandolfi, Enrico Gandolfi · Holden School, Kent, Ohio, USA
This proposal focuses on the multifaceted interplay between video games, connectiveness, and online communities in a time of emergency; COVID-19 has presented challenges for teenagers, forcing them to re-mediate their interactions with peers. Digital entertainment has been frequently accused to be a…
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A Cultural Perspectıve to Leadership Practices in Balkans

Nizamettin Doğar · Çukurova University, Turkey
The question of whether a single leader type will emerge as one of the possible effects of globalization has required research on the subject. In the context of culture, Hofsthede, Brodbeck et al, and GLOBE studies, revealing that different leadership characteristics come to the fore in different ge…
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Analysis of the treatment of the police informer in different legal systems

Adrián Marchal · University of Nebrija, Spain
Increasingly, the use of different means of investigation is enabling the authorities to clarify the facts and to arrest the perpetrator of the crime more quickly and effectively, within the different means of investigation available to police authorities, one of which and the most common in all …
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Has the USA Educational System Failed? Why it Has Failed and What can be Done.

Andrew Schatkin · Hunter College and Princeton’s Theological Seminar, USA
This essay examines the reasons for the current education crisis in the USA, it analyzes and considers the matter and subject of the USA educational system, factors of failure and suggests potential solutions as remedies.
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Are the United States still the «God’s Country»?

Franco Ferrarotti · Prof. Emeritus of La Sapienza University, Italy. Founde…
Arriving to the «new world» across the Atlantic Ocean from England, the Founding Fathers, as an act of thankfullness to God’s guidance, called the United States the «God’s Country». On the other hand, serious scholars would call them the «unfinished country» and quite a few political scientists woul…
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Typology of think tanks: A comparative study in Finland and Scotland

Neil Freshwater, Markus Mykkänen · Queen Margaret University, Scotland, UK
This paper provides a comparative analysis of current Finnish and Scottish think tanks and reviews how think tanks in these countries have evolved, how think tanks seek to influence decision making and engage with their stakeholders. To address the ways of influence this paper looks how Finnish and …