scholarly journals Reflections on the organization of the Brazilian union in the age of the precariat

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 2420-2439
Author(s):  
Tiago Seixas Themudo ◽  
Ana Virgínia Porto de Freitas
Keyword(s):  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Private Law ◽  
Paradigmatic Shift ◽  
New Class ◽  
Union Movement ◽  
The World ◽  
Union Model

Abstract This study discusses the paradigmatic shift in the world of work triggered by globalization and the use of telematics and assesses the (in)adequacy of the Brazilian union model to represent the new class of precarious workers. We carried out an exploratory study using a systemic and deductive approach to review bibliographic sources and legislative texts. A perspective of redefinition of the union movement is proposed and we emphasize the importance of collective autonomy as an institute of Private Law for the reconstruction of pacts of collective organization against hegemonies.

Films and Destination Promotion: An Exploratory Study

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (1and2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Parvi Bharti
Keyword(s):  
Significant Role ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Tourism Promotion ◽  
The World ◽  
The Government

Film tourism is quite a new concept, it is also referred to as film-induced or movie-induced tourism. It promotes the tourism advantage induced for any destination or country due to its exposure to public through the film media. This concept is at its nascent stage in the world. Many countries are found to work on this concept after realizing the benefits which can be reaped by their people, society and economy as a whole. Every theory, if advantageous, also tends to present some challenges. This mode of tourism promotion has its own benefits and challenges too for the administration, but, it depends on the government: local and central both, to make use of the concept in the manner befitting most for the locales and the economy. The international or worldwide famous films have been found to do wonders to the inflow of tourist for the country and shooting destinations in specific. Various governments have also started playing a significant role, and contributing by providing assistance to the film producers. In India we have had films promoting various destinations in the country itself through our own Bollywood, whereas some films under the international banner also have had some scenes or part of the film shot in the country. It would be of immense benefit to use this concept for the tourism industry of the country, but before that, it is essential to be prepared to deliver the required infrastructure and facilities. The study of this model is quite complex and requires an exhaustive research to understand the benefits (in exact measures) any country can reap for its economy. This paper aims to induce further research in the field and integrate the efforts and research in the field of tourism and management.

scholarly journals An Exploratory Study of the Political Abuse of Women in Afghanistan

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 381-391
Author(s):  
Isra Sarwar ◽  
Shabnam Gul ◽  
Muhammad Faizan Asghar
Keyword(s):  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
The Political ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Political Interests ◽  
The World ◽  
Political Dimensions ◽  
Abuse Of Women ◽  
Status Of Women

Women, the 48.45% of total Afghan population usually termed and referred as the most victimized clan of Afghanistan. It is engendered notion and perceived as reality around the world. Undoubtedly, Mujahidin and later the Taliban have made the situation miserable for women. But, comparatively, women in Afghanistan did not face as many cruelties earlier during Taliban regime as they suffering today. They were secured, honored and allowed to participate equally in all spheres of life ranging from socio-economic to religio-political during the reign of Taliban. Majority of the religious elite among the Muslims interprets the religious teachings according to its own requirements to assure legitimacy particularly in the context of women. Same is the case with Afghanistan, which, being the buffer state, had been remained epicenter for political interests of world powers and who used its soil to expand or legitimize their authority, violate human rights specifically women as wartime strategy to achieve the goals. This intricate study with reference to the manipulated status of women is based on qualitative method and will explore the political dimensions where women have been used as wartime strategy to legitimize the power. It is based on explanatory and exploratory goals of the study. The thematic and observational approach will be used to analyze the available qualitative data by using secondary sources.

scholarly journals Proposing an Integrated Islamic Microfinance Model in Alleviating Poverty and Improving the Performance of Microenterprises in Indonesia

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 135-154
Author(s):  
Weni Hawariyuni ◽  
Salina Hj. Kassim
Keyword(s):  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Economic Aspects ◽  
High Demand ◽  
Muslim Countries ◽  
The World ◽  
Islamic Microfinance ◽  
Major Factors

Objective – This study proposes an integrated Islamic microfinance model in alleviating poverty and improving the performance of microenterprises based on a case study of Indonesia, by focusing specifically on BRI Microbanking. Design/methodology – This study adopts the exploratory study to construct the integrated Islamic microfinance with the purpose to alleviate poverty and enhance the business performance of enterprises. Results – As Islamic microfinance is known widely due to the high demand from Muslim countries. Since, it plays a crucial role effectively in alleviating poverty and developing the business performance on enterprises, particularly on microenterprises. Presently, many scholars attempted to build a successful Islamic microfinance model by using Islamic financing instruments such as mudarabah,  musyarakah, and murabahah. This study attempts to build an integrated Islamic microfinance model by using BRI Syariah Micro as a case study. It is expected that this integrated Islamic microfinance model can enrich existing models in terms of social and economic aspects. Originality/Value – This research concentrates on proposing an integrated Islamic microfinance model based on the case study of BRI Syariah Microbanking. There seems to be a gap in the literature on the actual implementation of integrated Islamic microfinance in the world. The study highlights major factors to be emphasized to ensure the effectiveness of proposing an integrated Islamic microfinance model for BRI Syariah micro banking to alleviate poverty and to improve the performance of microenterprises. 

scholarly journals National Blockchain Laws as a Threat to Capital Markets Integration

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthias Lehmann
Keyword(s):  
International Institute ◽  
Private Law ◽  
Private International Law ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Legal Rules ◽  
Trade Law ◽  
International Trade Law ◽  
Commercial Code ◽  
The World ◽  
The Usa

Abstract Various states have started providing private law frameworks for blockchain transfers and crypto assets. France and Liechtenstein have adopted the first acts, while a commission of the British government sees no difficulties in extending property protection under the common law to crypto assets. In the USA, an amendment to the Uniform Commercial Code has been suggested, which has not stopped some states going their own, different way. The aim in all cases is to promote the use of modern distributed ledger technology and enhance investor protection. While these initiatives will increase legal certainty, they differ significantly. This has an important downside: there is a strong risk that the blockchain will be made subject to diverging legal rules. Similar to the world of intermediated securities, various national laws will need to be consulted to determine the rights and privileges of investors. This may increase transaction costs, thwart interoperability, and produce thorny conflict-of-laws problems. Markets risk being fragmented into national segments, with an inevitable diminution of their depth and liquidity. As a remedy, this article suggests developing uniform rules for the blockchain. Before national legislators and judges once again divide the world through idiosyncratic rules, the private law of crypto assets should be harmonized to the highest degree possible. Uniform rules should ideally be forged at the global level, by fora like the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT), the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), and the Hague Conference on Private International Law. In the absence of worldwide rules, uniformization of private law should take place at the regional level—for instance, by the European Union. The article makes specific suggestions as to how this can be achieved and what the content of those rules should be.

DIGITAL FINANCIAL TOOLS FOR SOCIALIZING PRIVATE LAW

2021 ◽  
pp. 208-224
Author(s):  
Julia S. Kharitonova ◽  
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Larisa V. Sannikova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Relations ◽  
The United States ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Private Law ◽  
Property Relations ◽  
The World ◽  
The Law ◽  
Private Investors ◽  
The Way

Nowadays, the law is being transformed as a regulator of relations. The idea of strengthe-ning the regulatory role of technologies in the field of streamlining public relations is making much headway in the world. This trend is most pronounced in the area of regulation of private relations. The way of such access to the market as crowdfunding is becoming increasingly widespread. The issuing of the so-called secured tokens is becoming popular for both small businesses and private investors. The trust in new ways of attracting investments is condi-tioned by the applied technology - the use of blockchain as a decentralized transparent data-base management system. Under these conditions, there is such a phenomenon as the democ-ratization of property relations. Every individual receives unlimited opportunities to invest via technologies. Thus, legal scholars all over the world face the question about the role of the law and law in these relations? We believe that we are dealing with such a worldwide trend of regulating public relations as the socialization of the law. Specific examples of issuing tokens in Russia and abroad show the main global trends in the transformation of private law. The platformization of economics leads to the tokenization and democratization of property relations. In this aspect, the aim of lawyers should be to create a comfortable legal environment for the implementation of projects aimed at democratizing property relations in Russia. The socialization of private law is aimed at achieving social jus-tice and is manifested in the creation of mechanisms to protect the rights of the weak party and rules to protect private investors. Globalization requires the study of both Russian and foreign law. To confirm their hypothesis, the authors conducted a detailed analysis of the legislation of Russia, Europe and the United States to identify the norms allowing to see the process of socialization of law in the above field. The generalization of Russian and foreign experience showed that when searching for proper legal regulation, the states elect one of the policies. In some countries, direct regulation of ICOs and related emission relations are being created, in others, it is about the extension of the existing legislation to a new changing tokenization relationship. The European Union countries are seeking to develop common rules to create a regulatory environment to attract investors to the crypto industry and protect them. Asian countries are predominantly developing national legislation in isolation from one another, but most of them are following a unified course to encourage investment in crypto assets while introducing strict rules against fraud on financial markets. The emphasis on the protection of the rights of investors or shareholders, token holders by setting a framework, including private law mechanisms, can be called common to all approaches. This is the aim of private law on the way to social justice.

M-Learning

2014 ◽  
pp. 261-296
Author(s):  
Jean-Eric Pelet ◽  
Jashim Khan ◽  
Panagiota Papadopoulou ◽  
Emmanuelle Bernardin
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Smart Phones ◽  
User Generated Content ◽  
Free Access ◽  
User Friendliness ◽  
Mena Region ◽  
The World ◽  
E Learning

From the perspective of improving e-learning, the free access and user friendliness of User Generated Content (UGC) tools, such as social media, embedded onto mobile devices, such as smartphones and tablets, make them attractive to be adopted by students and professors in many institutions around the world. This chapter presents the results of an exploratory study on the use of smart phones and social media, identifying differences among countries, focusing on the MENA region (Middle East and North Africa). The objective is to facilitate the understanding of the rapidly evolving and expanding technology of smart phones and social media and explore its potential for m-learning purposes. Results show that social media and mobile devices can be effectively combined in a promising way to enable m-learning.

Youth Bulge in a Pandemic-Stricken World

2022 ◽  
pp. 30-51
Author(s):  
Madiha Batool
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Social Media ◽  
International Relations ◽  
Political Psychology ◽  
Political Violence ◽  
International Security ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Paradigmatic Shift ◽  
The World ◽  
Youth Bulge

As the year 2020 dawned, the world underwent a paradigmatic shift that impacted all aspects of life. While it is axiomatic that the coronavirus pandemic left an indelible effect on all age groups, the author is especially interested in analysing the impressions that the pandemic can leave on the lives of youth. With history providing anecdotes of contagions having led to political violence and widespread massacres, this chapter will explore how the current pandemic can lead to youth radicalisation in an age of social media and in countries witnessing youth bulge. This study will be carried out at the intersection of international relations, international security, and political psychology and within the parameters of youth bulge, social-psychology, and radicalisation. In doing so, the author will propose a prognostic approach to provent youth radicalisation rather than prevent it in retrospect.

An Exploratory Study on Personal Finance in the Context of COVID-19

2022 ◽  
pp. 54-64
Author(s):  
José G. Vargas-Hernández
Keyword(s):  
Health Insurance ◽  
Gross Domestic Product ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Cell Phone ◽  
Medical Insurance ◽  
Personal Finance ◽  
Bank Loans ◽  
Domestic Product ◽  
Financial Decisions ◽  
The World

The world is currently experiencing a dramatic crisis that has not yet reached bottom. In Mexico, in the second quarter of 2020, there was a drop in the gross domestic product of 18.9% compared to the same quarter of 2019. In this context, the objective is to identify types of personal expenses in households located in Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico as of July 15, 2020. The main results were that most of the respondents' budgets spend according to their income, have had no problem paying their bank loans on time, would consider a fund for future contingencies, have not purchased health insurance, have not bought a computer or cell phone, among other issues analyzed. The main findings are oriented to the fact that the studied population has not acquired additional medical insurance despite the pandemic. It is also concluded that the population under study has become aware of having savings for contingency funds and that digital life still shows resistance in making personal financial decisions.

scholarly journals Understanding the Motivations Influencing Ecological Boycott Participation: An Exploratory Study in Viet Nam

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 4786
Author(s):  
Thanh Nguyen ◽  
Hai Ngo ◽  
Pham Ngo ◽  
Gi-Du Kang
Keyword(s):  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Meaning In Life ◽  
Viet Nam ◽  
Environmentally Sustainable ◽  
The Past ◽  
Health Consciousness ◽  
The World ◽  
Valid Knowledge ◽  
Depth Interviews

Over the past years, the world has witnessed the growth of ecological boycotts and its impact is increasing leading to the need to better understand this field. Following this movement, Viet Nam, located in Southeast Asia has also swiftly been paying attention to ecological concerns, which have resulted in a variety of ecological boycotts in recent years. While motivations for economic, religious, social, and political boycotts have previously been investigated, the motivations for participation in ecological boycotts have not yet been considered appropriately. This study highlights that a means-end chain (MEC) theory provides an influential method which helps reveal the motives that drive consumers to participate in the ecological boycott in Viet Nam. Processing several in-depth interviews of 60 Vietnamese boycotters and performing MEC analysis, results have shown five major motivations for participation in ecological boycotts, comprising environmentally sustainable consciousness, health consciousness, self-enhancement, meaning in life, and security. The findings are expected to contribute towards both academic aspects (additional understanding related to ecological boycott) and practical aspects (providing valid knowledge for organizers of boycotts and targeted companies to evaluate the ecological boycott and determine factors that can be modified).

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