Labour Market Dynamics and Labour Market Policies – Case Study Kosovo

Over the last decades, in Kosovo and in many Western Balkan countries, there have been processes of political, economic and social transformations. The object of this study was to analyse the linear trends, employment and unemployment correlation through Gross Domestic Production (GDP) and its growth, Consumer Prices Index (CPI), Import and the role of employment policies in Kosovo. The methods used for this study were: linear econometric models, correlation, comparative methods ect. Although there have been improvements in socio-economic indicators in Kosovo, the economy still has a higher unemployment rate compared to the countries of the region. The approach of linear relationships for econometric models is usually preferred to research the socio-economic situation and dynamics of labour market trends. Labour market analysis is a measurement unit and assesses the economic forces and demographics such as education and trainings on the one hand and employment on the other. According to the results conducted from the quantitative study, it turns out that the employment variable in Kosovo has a complex relationship with a set of other parameters where GDP and GDP change carries the main weight, etc.

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More Lessons to Learn: Thomas Piketty’s Capital and Ideology and Alternative Archives of Social Experience

Analyse & Kritik ◽

10.1515/auk-2021-0007 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 43 (1) ◽

pp. 125-146

Author(s):

Andreas Langenohl

Keyword(s):

Economic History ◽

International Political Economy ◽

Democratic Governance ◽

Liberal Democratic ◽

History Of ◽

The One ◽

Historical Trajectory ◽

Political Economic ◽

Alternative Archives

Abstract Thomas Piketty’s Capital and Ideology has been written with the intention to offer lessons from the historical trajectory of economic redistribution in societies the world over. Thereby, the book suggests learning from the political-economic history of ‘social-democratic’ policies and societal arrangements. While the data presented speak to the plausibility of looking at social democracy, as understood by Piketty, as an archive for learning about the effects of redistribution mechanisms, I argue that the book, or future interventions might profit from integrating alternative archives. On the one hand, its current line of argumentation tends to underestimate the significance of power relations in the international political economy that continued after formal decolonization, and thus form the flip side of social democracy’s success in Europe and North America. On the other hand, the role of the polity might be imagined in a different and more empowering way, not just-as in Piketty-as an elite-liberal democratic governance institution; for instance, it would be interesting to explore the archive of the French solidaristes movement more deeply than Piketty does, as well as much more recent interventions in economic anthropology that deal with ‘economic citizenship’ in the Global South.

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The role of parents in the professional choice of young people

All Ukrainian scientific-practical magazine Principal of School Liceum Gymnasium ◽

10.37836/2309-7744-2019-6-12 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 93-99

Author(s):

T. A. Udovytska ◽

M. V. Savokhina

Keyword(s):

Young People ◽

Labour Market ◽

The Other ◽

Other Hand ◽

Parents And Children ◽

Role Of Parents ◽

The One

The article deals with the analysis of parents’ role in young people’s professional choice. The main aspects of this impact, traditionally considered in literature on these kinds of problems, have been mentioned in this article. A typology of interaction between parents and children in the process of professional choice has been given, based on this analysis. Moreover, the factors, which influenced the change of parents’ role in the professional choice of modern youth, have been considered in this article. These factors have led, on the one hand, to the increase of young people’s independence in choosing professions, which are quite new on the modern labour market and parents do not always know these professions. In addition, on the other hand, these factors have led to the decrease of the same independence, caused by the increase in the number of those who study on the contract basis, which is financially supported by parents. Based on this analysis, contradictions in interaction between parents and children in the process of professional choice have been found.

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Vulnerability and Resilience in the Caribbean Island States; the Role of Connectivity

Networks and Spatial Economics ◽

10.1007/s11067-021-09533-w ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Edwina E. Pereira ◽

Albert E. Steenge

Keyword(s):

Important Variable ◽

Small States ◽

Caribbean Island ◽

Island States ◽

Caribbean Area ◽

The Caribbean ◽

The One ◽

Dutch Caribbean ◽

Political Economic

AbstractIt is well-known that small states, because of their size, tend to be less endowed with natural resources than big ones. This makes small states vulnerable and raises the question if specific policies can be implemented to offset the drawbacks of their small size and to increase resilience. We address this question in this paper, thereby focusing on the role of connectivity – between states, organisations, parties, or otherwise – in understanding a country’s vulnerability and resilience. Here ‘policies’ are interpreted as ‘institutions’ in the sense of Douglass C. North (1990), i.e. as ‘humanly devised constraints that structure political, economic and social interaction’. We focus on the Caribbean area, which is characterised by a wide variety of small states, each with its own set of rules and regulations. Within this area, we concentrate on the relationship between three Dutch Caribbean islands, i.e., Aruba, Curaçao, and Sint Maarten, on the one hand, and the Netherlands, the former colonizer, on the other hand. As a first step we have measured the economic vulnerability and resilience of 17 Caribbean island states, both dependent and independent, employing the theoretical framework proposed by Lino Briguglio. The outcomes show that the three Dutch island states are performing comparatively well, although there are individual differences. We provide a first effort to explain this outcome in terms of the continuing interest of the three island states to keep their ties to the former colonizer viable. Here the presence of ‘systemic interest’ as shown by the stakeholders appears to be a most important variable.

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Cybersecurity Politics – Conceptualization of the Idea

Polish Political Science Yearbook ◽

10.15804/ppsy202112 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 50 ◽

pp. 1-19

Author(s):

Marek Górka ◽

Keyword(s):

Political Science ◽

New Technologies ◽

Human Life ◽

The State ◽

State Institutions ◽

The One ◽

Social And Cultural Factors ◽

Almost All ◽

Political Economic

The cybersecurity issue discussed in the paper is seen from the perspective of political science with the indication that the subject under discussion concerns the multifaceted nature of the state’s actions, which consists of political, economic, social, and cultural factors. At the same time, the work also intends to prove that cybersecurity is not only a domain of technology because it is the mentioned aspects that shape the conditions of stable development of the state and its citizens in a space dominated by cyber technology in a much more decisive way. Given the growing role of cybertechnology in almost all areas of human life, its importance also forces and inspires political science to question the shape and model of modern policy, which is significantly evolving under the influence of new technologies. On the one hand, emerging cyber threats reveal the weakness of the state and the dependence of state institutions on cybertechnologies, but on the other hand, existing cyber incidents may also motivate many governments to take action to increase the level of cybersecurity.

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Nabil’s Predicament

A Garland of Bones ◽

10.12987/yale/9780300222807.003.0001 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 1-31

Author(s):

Jonah Steinberg

Keyword(s):

Peer To Peer ◽

The Political ◽

Cultural Form ◽

Running Away ◽

Economic Forces ◽

The One ◽

Political Economic ◽

Culture Tradition

This chapter begins with the author's account of the life of child runaway Muhammad Nabil. It then sets out the book's purpose, which is to examine not only what makes a child leave home, but what makes children in certain situations likely to leave home; and further, what are those situations and configurations that tend to produce this likely departure, and why and how widely are they shared. It seeks to make sense of whether it is culture, tradition, or rite, on the one hand, that generates child departure or, alternatively, the political-economic forces embedded in history, debt, and rule—or both. If running away is to be taken as an existing cultural form that children may mobilize or manifest, a blueprint that they follow, then a secondary question becomes how is information—instructions, methods, practices, itineraries—transmitted peer to peer or through public texts and images.

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Zarządzanie w antropocenie, czyli co w czym i co z tego. Analiza literatury dotyczącej splotu zjawisk

Przegląd Kulturoznawczy ◽

10.4467/20843860pk.21.002.13456 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 26-42

Author(s):

Małgorzata Ćwikła

Keyword(s):

Ongoing Debate ◽

Related Factors ◽

Economic Forces ◽

The Status ◽

The Will ◽

Negative Environmental Impact ◽

Human Responsibility ◽

The One ◽

The Mind

Management in the Anthropocene and What Comes Out of It. Analysis of the Literature on the Entanglement of Phenomena The Anthropocene is a term that not only conjures up all kinds of images in the mind but provides an impulse to reconsider the scope of human responsibility for man-triggered processes and its place in the system of related factors on our planet. At the same time, it is a term treated by many with ambivalence, reluctance, and caution, as it often harbingers the imminent environmental doom, the awareness of which may change the current balance of political and economic forces. Additionally, it is still involved in emphasizing the central role of the human, it is sometimes romanticized and can lead to an aestheticization of the climate catastrophe instead of taking actions resulting not from the will of heroism, but from humility. The ongoing debate on the Anthropocene in the field of management studies is of extraordinary importance, because it provides a framework for undertaking any activity – the activity which either aggravates or alleviates the negative environmental impact. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the contexts in which the scientific literature in the field of management talks about the Anthropocene and to explore the level of gravity that is assigned to management in this conventional geological and cultural era. Particular attention is paid to the dominant trends of reflection which illustrate a wide variety of attitudes towards the Anthropocene, including the one that places the Anthropocene against the background of efforts to maintain the status quo and the one that perceives it as a prelude to concocting alternative or even anarchist visions of management. The paper focuses on theoretical voices, which determined the method of analysis based on the study of language and the interpretation of narratives and metaphors.

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Making Jerusalem “Cooler”: Creative Script, Youth Flight, and Diversity

City and Community ◽

10.1111/cico.12339 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 17 (4) ◽

pp. 1209-1230

Author(s):

Noga Keidar

Keyword(s):

Economic Growth ◽

The Political ◽

New Destinations ◽

Development Models ◽

Creative City ◽

Elite Networks ◽

Economic Forces ◽

Growth Coalitions ◽

Political Economic

The creative city approach, already one of the most popular urban development models in recent years, continues to spread to new destinations. When urban scholars explain how ideas become canon, including the particular case of the creative city approach, they usually focus on political–economic mechanisms, the role of global elite networks, and the interests of local economic growth coalitions. These explanations are insightful but miss the political–cultural projects that cities pursue concurrently to the creative city approach, two aims that sometimes reinforce each other and sometimes contradict. Using interviews and fieldwork, I follow the importation of the creative city approach to the contested city of Jerusalem, and argue that the drive to adopt the creative script cannot be explained only by political–economic forces, but also by the local political–cultural projects of preserving Jerusalem as a Zionist city. Moreover, I suggest three directions for interpreting the role of local forces in the adoption and translation of urban ideas.

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Imprensa, raça e civilização: José de Fontes Pereira e o pensamento intelectual angolano no século XIX

Afro-Ásia ◽

10.9771/aa.v0i61.31466 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Eduardo Antonio Estevam Santos

Keyword(s):

Nineteenth Century ◽

The Political ◽

Colonial Administration ◽

Administrative Positions ◽

Social Transformations ◽

Political Role ◽

The Face ◽

Political Economic

Neste trabalho, procuramos interpretar e analisar por meio dos artigos publicados nos principais periódicos de Luanda o pensamento intelectual de José de Fontes Pereira. Buscamos analisar o conjunto de reflexões deste “filho do país” numa articulação complexa entre imprensa, civilização, raça e a burocracia colonial. Apresentamos, também, a força da emergente imprensa angolana na segunda metade do século XIX em meio às transformações políticas, econômicas e sociais, e o papel político de José de Fontes Pereira diante das tensões raciais envolvendo as disputas por cargos administrativos em Angola.Palavras-chave: imprensa - civilização - raça. Abstract: In this work, we try to interpret and analyze, through the articles published in the main periodicals of Luanda, the intellectual thinking of José de Fontes Pereira. We seek to analyze the set of reflections of this "son of the country" in a complex articulation between press, civilization, race and the colonial administration. We also present the strength of the emerging Angolan press in the second half of the nineteenth century amidst political, economic and social transformations, furthermore the political role of José de Fontes Pereira in the face of racial tensions involving disputes over administrative positions in Angola. Keywords: press - civilization - race.

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PROBLEMAS NA EDUCAÇÃO CONTEMPORÂNEA? REFLEXÕES SOBRE O CAPITALISMO E SUAS IMPLICAÇÕES AO CURRÍCULO ESCOLAR

Professare ◽

10.33362/professare.v7i3.1830 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 7 (3) ◽

pp. 47

Author(s):

Juliana Pedroso Bruns ◽

Joel Haroldo Baade

Keyword(s):

Karl Marx ◽

School Curriculum ◽

Possible World ◽

Capitalist System ◽

Social Transformations ◽

De Se ◽

Political Economic ◽

Reflexive Analysis ◽

Mode Of Production

Este artigo objetiva realizar uma análise reflexiva acerca do modo de produção capitalista e como a organização curricular e as práticas educacionais vivenciadas nas escolas estão intimamente relacionadas com essa lógica. Considerando a importância de organizar uma proposta curricular que propicie a emancipação de sujeitos críticos e autônomos, diferente das concepções impostas pelo sistema capitalista. Para alcançar este objetivo realizou-se uma pesquisa qualitativa de caráter bibliográfico e exploratório. Para tal, utilizou-se de teóricos como Mészáros e Karl Marx, que dialogam sobre o capitalismo e suas consequências para a sociedade nas últimas décadas, apresentando uma contribuição singular sobre o papel da educação na construção de um outro mundo possível, já que o grande desafio que se impõe é o de se constituir uma educação que realize as transformações políticas, econômicas, culturais e sociais necessárias, capazes de romper com a lógica alienante do capital.Palavras-chave: Capitalismo. Contemporaneidade. Currículo escolar. ABSTRACTThis article aims to carry out a reflexive analysis about the capitalist mode of production and how the curricular organization and the educational practices lived in the schools are closely related to this logic. Considering the importance of organizing a curricular proposal that favors the emancipation of critical and autonomous subjects, different from the conceptions imposed by the capitalist system. To achieve this goal a qualitative bibliographic research was carried out. For that, we used theorists such as Mészáros and Karl Marx who talk about capitalism and its consequences for society in the last decades, presenting us with a singular contribution on the role of education in the construction of another possible world, since the The great challenge that must be faced is to create an education that will bring about the necessary political, economic, cultural and social transformations that are capable of breaking with the alienating logic of capital.Keywords: Capitalism. Contemporaneity. School curriculum.

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You Are the One I Want to Communicate With!

Social Psychology ◽

10.1027/1864-9335/a000097 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 44 (1) ◽

pp. 16-25 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Sabrina Pierucci ◽

Olivier Klein ◽

Andrea Carnaghi

Keyword(s):

Memory Bias ◽

Shared Reality ◽

Communication Partner ◽

Shared Reality Theory ◽

The One ◽

Study Participants

This article investigates the role of relational motives in the saying-is-believing effect ( Higgins & Rholes, 1978 ). Building on shared reality theory, we expected this effect to be most likely when communicators were motivated to “get along” with the audience. In the current study, participants were asked to describe an ambiguous target to an audience who either liked or disliked the target. The audience had been previously evaluated as a desirable vs. undesirable communication partner. Only participants who communicated with a desirable audience tuned their messages to suit their audience’s attitude toward the target. In line with predictions, they also displayed an audience-congruent memory bias in later recall.

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