Emerging Life-Style Movements: Alternative to Overdevelopment?

1979 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 275-305 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bart van Steenbergen ◽  
Gordon Feller
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Life Style ◽  
Potential Role ◽  
Voluntary Simplicity ◽  
Life Styles ◽  
The North ◽  
Industrialized Nations ◽  
Potential Impact ◽  
First World

This essay looks at the actual and potential role of emerging alternative life-style movements in dealing with the crisis of overdevelopment in the advanced industrialized nations. It examines the problems posed by overdevelopment and shows how two alternative life-style movements - the North American Movement for Voluntary Simplicity and the New Life-style Movement in the Netherlands - represent positive responses to them. Their values, objectives, as well as their potential impact upon their societies are analysed and critically examined. In this critique, the authors consider the conditions under which alternative life-styles might be more widely adopted in First World societies in general.

scholarly journals Armenia’s transport security within the framework of ITC TRACECA and “North-South”

2018 ◽  
Vol 212 ◽  
pp. 05004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vahe Davtyan
Keyword(s):  
National Security ◽  
Potential Role ◽  
Transport Policy ◽  
Integration Process ◽  
The North ◽  
International Transport ◽  
Transport Safety

The issues of transport policy of Armenia in the context of integration into the international corridors (ITC) TRACECA and the "North-South" are considered. The key geopolitical factors impeding the integration process are identified. The basic threats to Armenia’s transport safety as an important component of national security are determined. The potential role of Armenia in the implementation of the TRACECA transport corridor at the opening of the Armenian-Turkish border is identified. The possibility of Armenia’s integration into the international transport corridor "North-South" through the implementation of the project of construction of Iran-Armenia is revealed.

scholarly journals ‘In the interest of peace and quiet in Europe’: The military and strategic role of Dutch neutrality, 1890-1940

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-63
Author(s):  
Wim Klinkert
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Defence Budget ◽  
The First World War ◽  
Security Problem ◽  
Strategic Role ◽  
The Stability ◽  
The Military ◽  
First World

The Netherlands is positioned amidst three major powers and controls the mouths of three main European rivers. Until the First World War, its choice for armed neutrality (1840-1940) seemed to be the most fitting answer to its security problem. After 1918, the Netherlands had difficulties adjusting to modern war, having decreased its defence budget substantially, and lacked a coherent political-military answer to the interwar strategic and operational challenges. Old notions of the Netherlands as a vital element of regional peace and as a country that could influence the behaviour of its large neighbours no longer fitted reality. Neutrality ceased to provide security to the country, thereby also endangering the stability in Western Europe to which the Dutch so wholeheartedly aspired.

scholarly journals The role of majority and minority language input in the early development of a bilingual vocabulary

2015 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 191-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
JELSKE DIJKSTRA ◽  
FOLKERT KUIKEN ◽  
RENÉ J. JORNA ◽  
EDWIN L. KLINKENBERG
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Early Development ◽  
Minority Language ◽  
Language Minority ◽  
Receptive Vocabulary ◽  
Home Language ◽  
The North ◽  
Language Input

The current longitudinal study investigated the role of home language and outside home exposure in the development of Dutch and Frisian vocabulary by young bilinguals. Frisian is a minority language spoken in the north of the Netherlands. In three successive test rounds, 91 preschoolers were tested in receptive and productive vocabulary in both languages. Results showed a home language effect for Frisian receptive and productive vocabulary, and Dutch productive vocabulary, but not for Dutch receptive vocabulary. As for outside home exposure, an effect was found on the receptive vocabulary tests only. The results can be explained by the amount of L2-input that participants received. The Dutch input is higher for participants with Frisian as home language compared to the Frisian input for participants with Dutch as home language. The conclusions lead to further implications for language professionals working in language minority contexts.

scholarly journals The EU’s Potential Role in the Six Party Talks and the North Korean Nuclear Crisis

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 247-283 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew S. Millard ◽  
Chae-Deug Yi
Keyword(s):  
Soft Power ◽  
Potential Role ◽  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Northeast Asia ◽  
Nuclear Program ◽  
Building Trust ◽  
The North ◽  
Nuclear Crisis ◽  
The Eu

AbstractDiscourse on the Six Party Talks has focused solely on denuclearisation. Through the power struggles of the members and the refusal of the People’s Democratic Republic of Korea (DPRK) to return to negotiations, the Six Party Talks have been stalled since 2008. Due to current increased tensions and the use of brinkmanship tactics the Talks must be restarted, albeit under a reformed shape. This paper analyses the potential role of the EU in furthering the peace process in Northeast Asia. This paper suggests that the EU needs to be more assertive and the Talks should focus on building trust and cooperation, not on the DPRK’s nuclear program. With its impartiality, experience in integration and use of soft power, the EU can act as an effective mediator building trust.

scholarly journals Shareholder short-termism in the UK: The kay review and the potential role of corporate law

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 166-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas Kokkinis
Keyword(s):  
Potential Role ◽  
Equity Markets ◽  
Voting Rights ◽  
Corporate Law ◽  
Executive Remuneration ◽  
Potential Impact ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Short Termism

This paper examines the notion of short-termism and assesses the potential impact of short-termist shareholder pressures on corporate governance in light of available empirical evidence on the effects of institutional shareholder ownership on corporate performance. Its main aim is to evaluate the adequacy of the recommendations included in the influential Kay Report and to assess the legal efficacy of the regulatory tools advocated by Kay. It is argued that although most of the Report’s recommendations are likely to alleviate the consequences of short-termism, the Report does not go far enough to ensure a definite change of culture and practice in equity markets. Therefore, further reforms are necessary in the area. In particular, it is expedient to robustly reform the structure of executive remuneration, facilitate a dialogue between companies and long-term investors, and reform shareholder voting rights to deter short-termist behavior and reward long-term investors

Raetic and Runes

2020 ◽  
Vol 73 (1) ◽  
pp. 153-192
Author(s):  
Corinna Salomon
Keyword(s):  
Potential Role ◽  
Detailed Comparison ◽  
The North ◽  
Current State ◽  
State Of Research

Abstract The paper investigates the potential role of the Raetic inscription corpus for the derivation of the Germanic futhark. It gives an overview of the North Italic corpora and the current state of research, focussing on the Raetic epigraphical evidence. A detailed comparison of the grapheme inventories of Raetic and Runic as well as their respective epigraphical characteristics shows that the Raetic alphabets do not serve as convincing models for the Runic script.

scholarly journals Spring fuelling by arctic Dunlins Calidris a. alpina in the southern Baltic and the potential role of a changing climate

Ornis Svecica ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 22 (3–4) ◽  
pp. 80-92
Author(s):  
Johan Stedt ◽  
Åke Lindström
Keyword(s):  
Potential Role ◽  
Average Rate ◽  
Baltic Region ◽  
Spring Temperature ◽  
The North ◽  
Warming Climate ◽  
Breeding Grounds ◽  
The North Sea ◽  
The Baltic

In spring, Dunlins Calidris a. alpina put on substantial fuel stores in the North Sea region before a long flight to breed in northwest Russia. There are hitherto no well-described fuelling sites in the Baltic region. In May and early June in 2004–2010 we trapped more than 1000 Dunlins at Ottenby, south-east Sweden. Most birds carried substantial fuel loads already when first trapped (much more than in autumn) and, more importantly, 37 within-season re-traps increased in mass at an average rate of 1.2 g/d. This corresponds to a fuelling rate of about 2.6% of lean body mass per day, among the highest recorded for this species. Stopover times were short; only 3.5% of the birds were re-trapped and they stayed on average only 2.2 days. Since the late 1970s, increasing numbers of Dunlins stop over at successively earlier dates. This coincides with an increase in spring temperature of 1.1–2.0°C in 1977–2010. Possibly, a warming climate has facilitated and selected for a gradual shift of the final fuelling sites closer towards the breeding grounds.

scholarly journals Potential impact of primate-specific SVA retrotransposons during the evolution of human cognitive function

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Olga Vasieva ◽  
Sultan Cetiner ◽  
Abigail Savage ◽  
Gerald G. Schumann ◽  
Vivien J. Bubb ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Genome ◽  
Brain Function ◽  
Potential Role ◽  
Parental Behavior ◽  
Modern Human ◽  
Human Central Nervous System ◽  
Behavioral Features ◽  
Ontological Categories ◽  
Potential Impact

The SVA family of hominid-specific non-LTR retrotransposon comprises the youngest group of transposable elements in the human genome. The propagation of the most ancient SVA subfamily took place about 13.5 million years ago, and the youngest SVA subfamily appeared in the human genome after the human/chimpanzee divergence. Functional analysis of genes associated with SVA insertions demonstrated their link to multiple ontological categories, with one of the major categories being attributed to brain function. Further analysis of this subset demonstrated that SVA elements expanded their presence in the human genome at different stages of hominoid evolution and were associated with progressively evolving behavioral features that indicate a potential impact of SVA propagation on the cognitive ability of a modern human. Our analysis suggests a potential role of SVAs in the evolution of human central nervous system and especially in the emergence of functional trends relevant to social and parental behavior. Coevolution of behavioral features and reproductive functions are suggested by our analysis and discussed.

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