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Preparing the General Budget based on the Principles of Governance (Applied Study on a Sample of Government Units)

Preparing the General Budget based on the Principles of Governance (Applied Study on a Sample of Government Units)

Author(s): Latfe Alhusseinawi / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: Foundations of governance; General budget;

The study aims to apply the foundations of governance in reducing the problems of the general budget in government units from a study sample in the city of Nasiriyah. The opportunity of application was assessed by using a questionnaire distributed to a sample of government units for 2018. To achieve the research objectives, the research was divided into three sections - the first section includes the framework of the research methodology, the second section covers the theoretical background on the general budget and governance and the third section includes the practical aspect of the research and analysis of the sample responses to the questionnaire.

Impact of the global crisis on the economic performance of Central and East European countries

Impact of the global crisis on the economic performance of Central and East European countries

Author(s): Włodzimierz Dymarski / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: CEE countries;European Union;crisis 2008+;economic growth and development;consumption;employment;

In this chapter the focus is on the specific influence of the crisis on the countries of Central and Eastern Europe. Author reveals significant contrasts between the macroeconomic performance of CEE economies since 2007, with severe, two-digit recessions in the Baltic states and uninterrupted growth in Poland, underscoring the relative vulnerability of the smaller economies with its stronger domestic demand factors. However, even in those economies that show some signs of recovery, chronic levels of youth unemployment indicate serious challenges for both domestic and European policy-makers.

Revelations of science: discussing images of prenatal development by Ernst Haeckel and Lennart Nilsson.

Revelations of science: discussing images of prenatal development by Ernst Haeckel and Lennart Nilsson.

Author(s): Matylda Szewczyk / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: Ernst Haeckel; Lennart Nilsson; fetal images; embryo images; pregnancy

The paper discusses images of prenatal development created by Ernst Haeckel and Lennart Nilsson. Despite the obvious differences between a 19th-century biologist and philosopher of nature and a 20th-century photographer, substantial similarities exist in the way their respective narrations situate embryos and fetuses within the cultural realm. The paper traces the processes of creating the representations of stages of embryogenesis and the controversies surrounding them, analyzes the discursive frame within which the images are produced and function, and discusses their media specificity. It also examines the metaphysical ambitions surrounding the process of producing embryo- and fetal identities and the relation of these identities to the important cultural characteristics of their historical epochs.

“THE GUEST DOESN’T LIKE ANOTHER GUEST, AND THE HOST LIKES NEITHER'': SOMALI REFUGEES FORGOTTEN IN A SATELLITE TOWN

“THE GUEST DOESN’T LIKE ANOTHER GUEST, AND THE HOST LIKES NEITHER'': SOMALI REFUGEES FORGOTTEN IN A SATELLITE TOWN

Author(s): Ayşe Yıldırım / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: migration; anthropology; guest; host; Somali refugees; Turkey; Burdur;

Without doubt, every migratory wave begets serious problems with many dimensions in the fields of education, employment, integration, or gender issues. A recent mass migratory move, if more numerous, can cause delays in policies towards an older refugee group. The Syrian war and the subsequent mass migration towards Turkey channeled both academic and administrative focus towards this group. As the transformative power of migration increases, so does the academic interest in this topic. In this respect, we can understand the abundance of research on Syrians compared to the paucity of studies on African refugees as a reflection of the size and impact of the Syrian stock and flows.

‘A Forest with many trees’ - Mapping migration governance and the dispersion of authority in Europe

‘A Forest with many trees’ - Mapping migration governance and the dispersion of authority in Europe

Author(s): Lisa Marie Borrelli,Rebecca Mavin,Giorgia Trasciani / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: Europe; authority; migration; governance; politics; illegal labor market; EU; Germany; UK; Italy;

The effective governance of migration has become a key issue in contemporary politics, on both the national and international levels. While attempts have been made to lock down border zones – for example, in the Schengen area or the Mexico-U.S. border – the so-termed ‘migration crisis’ and summer of migration in 2015 has shown the permeability of borders, the agency of migrants, and the diversity of actors involved in the migration process more generally.

Policing Migrants in Transit and Upon Arrival: The Bordering Tactic of Integration in Austria and Germany

Policing Migrants in Transit and Upon Arrival: The Bordering Tactic of Integration in Austria and Germany

Author(s): Olivia Johnson / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: Austria; Germany; migration; migrants in transit; policing; integration; policy; incarceration; Asylum law;

Since 2015, over a million refugees have crossed into Europe. While small in comparison to other places, this number has had a tremendous impact on the policies governing Europe’s borders. This attention is in part owing to the growing nationalistic sentiments in Europe and anti-immigrant rhetoric. This piece is a critical look at the consequences of a shared asylum policy for refugees in Europe. Although asylum policy is widely reported to be rooted in humanitarian ideals, I argue that EU asylum policies expand systems of incarceration through heightened surveillance, detention and physical barriers to accessing asylum. In part one of this article, I look at how integration processes purposefully restrict asylum seekers to the periphery of the state. I then explicitly look at the resources available to asylum seekers and how lack of access to the labor market keeps asylum seekers to the margins of society. In part three I argue that this liminality is a tool used to facilitate the smooth deportation of unworthy asylum claimants. Using the case of integration in Austria and Germany, I explore how asylum seekers are kept to the margins, why they are marginalized and the larger implications of this marginalization in relation to the carceral state.

Power and Sandwiched Sovereignty: Nepali Migrant Workers in the Gulf Countries

Power and Sandwiched Sovereignty: Nepali Migrant Workers in the Gulf Countries

Author(s): Hari KC / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: Gulf Countries; migration; Nepal; Nepali migrant workers;

Nepal is relatively a new entrant to global labour markets. Nevertheless, over the past few decades, a huge portion of its population has migrated abroad for employment, changing the image of Nepal from a country of “global warriors to global workers” (Rajauriya, 2015). In particular, the political change of 1990 that ushered Nepal into a multiparty democracy triggered the globalizing processes. Unlike during the King’s regime, obtaining passports became easier even for general people, affording them more agility and freedom to travel outside the country (Tiwari & Bhattarai, 2011). Further, the government formed after the 1992 elections embraced a policy of fast-paced economic liberalization, connecting Nepal with global economy and global labour markets (Labour Migration for Employment Report: 2014).

Politically Motivated Migration: The Case of Turkish Migration to Northern Cyprus

Politically Motivated Migration: The Case of Turkish Migration to Northern Cyprus

Author(s): Sertaç Sonan,Yücel Vural,Başak Ekenoğlu / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: Turkey; Northern Cyprus; migration; political motivation; peace and conflict; citizenship;

Introduction The political relations between Turkey and Turkish Cypriot community intensified in the mid-1950s before the violent eruption of inter-communal conflict in Cyprus. The involvement of Turkey in the Cyprus dispute took place amidst the Cold War, which resulted in a process of transforming the major conflict between the Greek-Cypriot nationalist movement and British colonial administration into a Greek-Turkish politico-military confrontation at regional level and a Greek Cypriot-Turkish Cypriot contradiction at local-national level.

Embodiment of Recognizing Differences: Alevis in Germany

Embodiment of Recognizing Differences: Alevis in Germany

Author(s): Deniz Coşan Eke / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: Islam; Alevism; Germany; migration; recognition;

Recognition is a form of respecting or valuing another (human) being (the different meanings of recognition are described in Inwood, 1992: 245-47; and Margalit, 2001: 128-129). Perhaps the most influential formulation of this concept is Hegel’s “struggle for recognition” argument. Hegel discusses as Inwood (1992) states, recognition in mainly three implications which are identification, detecting and honouring the status of others in order to gain 'self-consciousness or self-knowledge'. Generally, we can argue that recognition is also one of the most complicated topics because it involves political results and legal effects.

Amicable Division of Property Acquired in Marriage (de lege lata and de lege ferenda)

Споразумна диоба у браку стечене имовине (de lege lata и de lege ferenda)

Author(s): Stanka Stjepanović / Language(s): Serbian / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: Distribution;Common property;Notarized documents;Creditor;Debtor;Court;

Amicable division of property acquired in marriage may be the desire of spouses to their undetermined interests. This can happen during marriage and at point of dissolution of marriage. The focus of this paper is on amicable division of property acquired in marriage. But the agreement does not always reflect the free will of the contractor; usually it is the pressure of one spouse which leads to violation of the rights of another spouse. The analysis of consensual division leads to a conclusion that there is a need to amend the law regulating mandatory form of such an agreement. Amicable division of property acquired in marriage has two dimensions: the constitutionally guaranteed freedom of contract and equality of spouses and at the same time limits the freedom rights of third parties, in particular, freedom rights of public bodies. Therefore, amicable division of property acquired in marriage should always take the form of a court settlement. If the spouses have minor children or children over whom they have extended parental rights and guardianship, representative of authority should be present at the proceedings. The court should require that the parties make a statement, under civil and criminal liability, that they have no debts to third parties. If, however, parties do have debts to third parties, the said third party(ies) should submit statements confirming they are familiar with the agreement of the spouses, and that this agreement is not contrary to their interests. This would prevent abuse of the rights of spouses to amicably division. It is also important that the judge at the hearing carries out detailed examination in order to make sure that neither of the spouses was forced or tricked into concluding such an agreement. In legal theory and jurisprudence there are different possible interpretations of using the Paulian claim in canceling agreement on division of property acquired during marriage. Paulian claim is possible in these cases, but anyway, it is better to prevent a lawsuit being filed before the court by corroborating an agreement with participants and creditors.

PROTECTION OF THE RIGHTS AND SAFETY OF THE OLDER PERSONS IN TRANSPORT

PROTECTION OF THE RIGHTS AND SAFETY OF THE OLDER PERSONS IN TRANSPORT

Author(s): Biljana Činčurak Erceg / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: older passengers; passengers rights; transport law; difficulties in transport; safety issues;

Older persons naturally become less mobile (due to their age, health, lower income, etc.). However, does age necessarily have to mean the termination of traveling and use of transport? Whether drivers, pedestrians, or passengers, each of these forms carries specific issues and problems for the elderly. Although they have more free time, it often happens that because of reduced mobility and inaccessibility of public transport older persons stay at home. This not only limits the quality of their life in the tourist, leisure, cultural and social sense, but can also have an impact on the quality of getting e.g. health care. For these reasons, mobility is important to them and therefore transport must be easily accessible and adjusted for use. To use public transport in the best possible way, all passengers, and especially the elderly, must be familiar with the rights specifically provided for them and the procedures for exercising them. Progress has been made within the European Union to protect the rights of older passengers. Specifically, the European Union has adopted regulations to guarantee additional rights for persons with disabilities and persons with reduced mobility (including the elderly). A particular problem regarding older persons in transport is related to traffic safety issues. Statistics show ‘interesting’ data when it comes to the elderly, whether they were involved in traffic accidents as drivers or pedestrians. The most important problems related to mobility and public transport are presented in the paper. The paper also analyzes the most important provisions of European regulations on the rights of passengers with reduced mobility. Data on road accidents involving the older persons are also analyzed and an attempt is made to answer whether they are a threat to road safety. Finally, certain measures will be proposed to reduce the inaccessibility and unavailability of public transport. It is also suggested to conduct additional research on the number of older persons traveling and the problems encountered in transport.

Constitutional Characteristics of National and State Integrity

За някои конституционни аспекти на националното и държавното единство

Author(s): Blagoy Deliev / Language(s): Bulgarian / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: National integrity; state integrity; constitution; equality; sovereignty; fundamental right

The Preamble of the Constitution of the Republic of Bulgaria commits awareness of the irrevocable duty to safeguard the national and state integrity of Bulgaria. This is the responsibility of the current, past and future members of the nation and their representatives. If this irrevocable duty is fulfilled, there would be constitutional order and irrevocable fundamental rights. The development of national and state integrity is in direct connection with the symbols and world of the individual. This must be reflected in the Constitution.

Unaccompanied Minor Refugees’ Vulnerabilities in Sweden: Testimonials from a Voluntary Support Network

Unaccompanied Minor Refugees’ Vulnerabilities in Sweden: Testimonials from a Voluntary Support Network

Author(s): Amber Horning,Sara Jordenö,Tanja Dejanova / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: Unaccompanied; Minor Refugees; Vulnerabilities in Swedan; Voluntary Support;

The Vocational and Voluntary Network #VISTÅRINTEUT (Eng. “We Can’t Stand It”, abbreviated: VSIU) was founded in September 2016 by a teacher, two social workers, and an educator. Using Facebook as a way to connect across Sweden, the VSIU network includes nearly 11,000 professionals and individuals who meet and support UMRs. The VSIU network includes teachers, social workers, physicians, psychologists, guardians, welfare officers, counselors, school nurses, and others who came in contact with UMRs at their places of work or in their communities. The VSIU network works to support UMRs in Sweden by organizing protests in connection to deportations, by helping to appeal asylum cases and providing support in the process, by alerting media and the UN to the injustices in the asylum processes and documenting how Swedish society is denying UMR’s their fundamental human rights. Most of all, they voluntarily provide housing and emotional support to UMRs. The VSIU network took on the role of the State that, in many cases, stopped providing support for UMRs when Sweden deemed that they were 18 or denied their asylum cases.

The Basic Characteristics of the New Croatian Act on Navigation and Ports in Internal Waters (2007)

Zakon o plovidbi i lukama unutarnjih voda Republike Hrvatske iz 2007. godine - osnovne značajke

Author(s): Dragan Bolanča / Language(s): Serbian / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: Croatia;Navigation in internal waters;EU law

In this paper the author describes in detail the basic characteristics of the new Croatian Navigation and Ports in Internal Waters Act (2007). He elaborates nine parts of the mentioned act: 1. basic provisions, 2. safety of navigation, 3. nationality, identification, registration and deregistration of vessels, 4. waterways, ports and harbors, 5. carriage and contracts on carriage, 6. navigation incidents, 7. port offices and inspection control, 8. navigational misdemeanors and 9. transitional and final provisions. In conclusion he points out that new act follows acquis communitaire and represents an improvement in the development of Croatian navigation in internal waters.

Corporate Governance in the Region

Корпоративно управљање у земљама региона

Author(s): Miodrag Mićović / Language(s): Serbian / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: Model;System of management;Administration;Director;Supervisory Board;

This paper analyzes the models of (one-tier, two-tier and mixed) governance in comparative law, but also the systematic and individual solutions for management issues that have been adopted in the region, i.e. in the countries of the former Yugoslavia. Based on the analysis, it is evident that in most countries of the region (Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Macedonia) a mixed system of governance is adopted. The system is based on the principle of freedom of contract and effect of the peremptory norms to a certain extent, which leaves enough space for the companies to decide on the model of governance. In any case, the system must comply with the material and personal substrate of the company.

THE ORGANIZATIONAL-ECONOMIC CONCEPT FORMATION OF ENTERPRISE ENERGY SAVING

THE ORGANIZATIONAL-ECONOMIC CONCEPT FORMATION OF ENTERPRISE ENERGY SAVING

Author(s): Inna Miniailenko,Volodymyr Byba / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

Romanian social house in an European context

Locuinţa socială din România în context european

Author(s): Daniel-Gabriel Valceanu / Language(s): Romanian / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: Romania; social housing; Europe

The chapter presents an analysis of theRomanian social house in an European context.

Dynamic Capabilities and Option Thinking for a Spectral Portfolio Management

Dynamic Capabilities and Option Thinking for a Spectral Portfolio Management

Author(s): Mircea Boscoianu,Costel Ceocea / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: alternative investment funds AIF; spectral portfolio management; frontier-capital market; emerging markets; knowledge- based economy KBE; dynamic capabilities for portfolio management (DCPM)

Even if the macroeconomic indicators are impressive, and the individual performances of the companies selected by MCSI are very good, Romanian capital market is still a frontier-market and investors are still waiting for the signal toward the status of emerging market. The good news in Romanian capital market are related to the emerging interest in alternative investments and Alternative Investment Funds (AIF). After decades of indicial management, the mutual fund market is ready to engage in other strategies that could offer a better profile of performance- risk- liquidity triangle. Fund managers are open now for innovative architectural configurations and the portfolio managers try to adapt their instruments to this trend. In addition the new configurations could offer synergies with co-investments, public- private partnerships (PPP) and the expansion via retail. The actual interest of investors oriented toward superior long- term returns will contribute to the process of closing financial gaps, the growth of the interest in initial public offerings IPO, with direct impact on the development capacities of Romanian capital market. Alternative investments via AIFs (both closed- end and open- end investment funds) are still limited and only recently authorized (2017-2018), but they prove professionalism and transparency, together with real capabilities to exploit the market opportunities and to control the risks. Romanian AIFs demonstrated that portfolio managers understand the realities in the market and flexible adapt their strategies to offer performance and stability These trends could benefit by the governmental support regarding the development of the alternative investment culture, the acceleration of the specific regulatory infrastructure, the institutionalization of specific processes, public- private partnerships PPP and retailization. AIFs could benefit from the actual context and could also offer new paths in the development of Romanian capital market, with capacity to build buffers of liquidity and automated natural stabilization of segments of market and also a robust impact on the capacity to finance projects in the real economy. AIFs could also contribute to the market discipline and the operational practices. In a frontier-capital market with low liquidity and a lot of opportunities but also frictions, the managers should also integrate the new concept of spectral portfolio management, represented by a set of rotating sub- portfolios that activate around a core stable sub- portfolio. In this case it is possible to capture the spectral dynamics that characterize frontier capital markets, with the interactions between a rigid or inactive central portfolio and the set of active sub- portfolios with styles of management (hedge fund style, private equity/ venture capital fund style). Fund managers and especially portfolio managers try improve their performance together with the qualitative elements in their search for a robust alpha- Jensen. In this case, we propose a second contribution to the art of portfolio management in frontier/ emerging markets, regarding the integration of the new concept of dynamic capabilities as a paradigm for portfolio strategic management together with option thinking (real options on sub- portfolios), as a paradigm for tactical portfolio management.

Border Imagery And Refugee Abjection In Contemporary Visual Art

Border Imagery And Refugee Abjection In Contemporary Visual Art

Author(s): Balca Arda / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: traditional media; information; public; global migration; new digital media technologies; social media; migrants; artistic terms; critical anthology; migration; art; migration; local cultures; gender;

This chapter examines the reflection of border imagery in various artistic productions related to refugeehood and theoretically analyzes its relation to abjection. The prominent role of border priority in its theories and practices on abjection makes contemporary art a decisive field of inquiry to conceptualize terms of artistic reconciliation and oppositional trends against otherization while popularization of isolationism prevails at global level. I contend that the contextualization of politics of pity versus politics of justice provides a better understanding on the potentiality of these artistic practices to reach anti-migrant sensibilities deriving from the notion of ableism for citizenship with specific criteria of “merit”. Ableism generically defines migrants as ‘harmful’ to the host national community’s “health”. Throughout this survey, I explore how difference produced through refugee abjection has been contested and whether such creative interventions address alternative belonging precepts. I question what kinds of representational projection can reconcile the conflicts of interests between various publics that constitutes the society, including host and incoming members.

The New Diaspora’ And Interactive Media Campaigns: The Case Of Romanians Migrating To The Uk After Brexit

The New Diaspora’ And Interactive Media Campaigns: The Case Of Romanians Migrating To The Uk After Brexit

Author(s): Bianca-Florentina Cheregi / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: The new diaspora; migration; interactive media campaigns; Brexit; multimodality;

This chapter focuses on discourses and counter-discourses in the specific context of Romanians migrating to the United Kingdom. The analysis reveals the role of Romanian and British journalists in the problematization of migration, taking into account two different contexts: the freedom of movement for Romanian and Bulgarian citizens to work inside the United Kingdom, starting with January 1, 2014 and the British referendum in June 23, 2016. In doing so, the corpus covers five interactive mass-media campaigns on Romanian migration - Don’t Come to Britain! (The Guardian, January 2013), Why Don’t You Come Over? (Gândul, January 2013), Let’s Change the Story! (Gândul, January 2014), The Truth about Romanians Migrating to the UK (Adevărul, March 2014) and Romanians Adopt Remainians (Gândul, June 2016) and 100 news articles around the campaigns. Methodologically, the analysis is based on qualitative research methods, combining multimodal analysis (Iedema, 2003; Kress & van Leeuwen, 2006) with critical discourse analysis (Van Dijk, 1993; van Leeuwen, 2008) and dispositif analysis (Charaudeau, 2005; Lochard, 2005, 2006; Soulages, 2007). Generally, the analysis proves that Romanian journalists have overcome their role as professionals (they no longer adopt a traditional role), by involving the citizens in the public debate on migration, and, more extensively, on the country image problem.