Greek Tourism, Economic Crisis and Political Turmoil, Between Scylla and Charybdis

Prospects for Venezuela to end-2018

Emerald Expert Briefings ◽

10.1108/oxan-db235465 ◽

2018 ◽

Keyword(s):

Economic Crisis ◽

Presidential Election ◽

Content Type ◽

International Response ◽

Political Turmoil

Subject Prospects for Venezuela to end-2018. Significance Political turmoil and economic crisis will not abate, but the dynamics of Venezuela’s crisis are set to change. The boycott of the May 20 presidential election by key opposition groups has eroded any legitimacy President Nicolas Maduro had hoped to obtain. The critical international response has been particularly wounding, with Maduro emerging from the election more isolated and vulnerable.

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Indonesia: From economic crisis to political turmoil

Strategic Analysis ◽

10.1080/09700160008455302 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 24 (8) ◽

pp. 1517-1537

Author(s):

Udai Bhanu Singh

Keyword(s):

Economic Crisis ◽

Political Turmoil

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The Image of Syrian Refugees in the Lebanese Press: Case of Al-Akhbar Newspaper

Žurnalistikos Tyrimai ◽

10.15388/zt/jr.2020.1 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 ◽

pp. 8-26

Author(s):

Hatem El Zein

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Analysis ◽

Economic Crisis ◽

Media Representation ◽

Syrian Refugees ◽

Negative Images ◽

Positive Representation ◽

The Media ◽

Political Turmoil ◽

Journalistic Practice ◽

Significant Attention

This paper investigates how Syrian refugees are portrayed in the Lebanese press, namely in Al-Akhbar Newspaper. Although there are existing studies that focus on the media representation of Syrian refugees, they allot significant attention to negative images of Syrian refugees presented by a number of Lebanese media outlets. In addition, there is a dearth of studies that scrutinise positive representation of Syrian refugees in the Lebanese press. Owing to these problems, this paper bridges the gap in the current literature through paying further attention to the positive media representation of Syrian refugees in the Lebanese press taking the case of Al-Akhbar Newspaper. In answering the question: how Al-Akhbar depicts Syrian refugees who fled to Lebanon, this paper analyses samples of articles published in Al-Akhbar to highlight the discourse of this Newspaper relating to Syrian refugees. The paper draws on qualitative analysis to arrive at its conclusion. The findings of the paper are significant because they reveal journalistic practices and agenda towards one of the serious issues in Lebanon which suffers from political turmoil and severe economic crisis. As this paper distinguishes between what it calls antagonist and protagonist discourses in reporting Syrian refugees in the Lebanese press, it recommends paying further attention to the protagonist discourse because it reflects good journalistic practice.

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US Venezuela 'military option' warning will backfire

Emerald Expert Briefings ◽

10.1108/oxan-db223768 ◽

2017 ◽

Keyword(s):

Economic Crisis ◽

Sovereign Default ◽

Credit Crunch ◽

Content Type ◽

White House ◽

Constituent Assembly ◽

Political Turmoil ◽

Political Backlash

Significance Trump’s statement will provide a fillip for President Nicolas Maduro. This will prove temporary, though. The country faces a spiralling economic crisis and a debilitating credit crunch, with bond repayments of 3.8 billion dollars falling due in October and November. Impacts Amid the economic and political turmoil, expectations of a sovereign default will heighten. The new Constituent Assembly will be emboldened to adopt more aggressive measures against government critics. Regional neighbours that agreed the Lima Declaration face a possible political backlash if seen to be at the bidding of the White House.

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Reconciliation and Peace Opportunity: A Peace Psychology Analysis on Venezuela Crisis

Indonesian Journal of Peace and Security Studies (IJPSS) ◽

10.29303/ijpss.v2i2.35 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 30-42

Author(s):

Umar Mubdi

Keyword(s):

Natural Resources ◽

Economic Crisis ◽

Moral Disengagement ◽

Humanitarian Intervention ◽

Health Issues ◽

Poverty And Health ◽

Peace Psychology ◽

Political Turmoil

The Venezuela crisis is an intersection between political turmoil, economic crisis, mismanagement of natural resources, poverty, and health issues. The root causes of the crisis can be examined by using a peace psychology analysis, chiefly the concept of moral disengagement. This perspective is useful for looking at the Venezuelan crisis in a different approach and, at the same time, addressing peace efforts. One of the things that need to be pursued by domestic actors and humanitarian intervention is reconciliation. This reconciliation must meet the pre-conditions for the dialogue and peace agenda.

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Mental representation of economic crisis in Italian and Swiss samples 1The authors would like to thank Maurizio Mistri for his help in the construction of items. This research was supported by a grant from the Italian Murst (ex 40%).

Swiss Journal of Psychology ◽

10.1024//1421-0185.60.1.11 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 60 (1) ◽

pp. 11-14 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Lucia Savadori ◽

Eraldo Nicotra ◽

Rino Rumiati ◽

Roberto Tamborini

Keyword(s):

Economic Crisis ◽

Mental Representation ◽

Mental Representations ◽

Social Contexts ◽

Raw Material ◽

National Context ◽

Cluster Procedure ◽

Total N ◽

Two Samples ◽

Important Symptom

The content and structure of mental representation of economic crises were studied and the flexibility of the structure in different social contexts was tested. Italian and Swiss samples (Total N = 98) were compared with respect to their judgments as to how a series of concrete examples of events representing abstract indicators were relevant symptoms of economic crisis. Mental representations were derived using a cluster procedure. Results showed that the relevance of the indicators varied as a function of national context. The growth of unemployment was judged to be by far the most important symptom of an economic crisis but the Swiss sample judged bankruptcies as more symptomatic than Italians who considered inflation, raw material prices and external accounts to be more relevant. A different clustering structure was found for the two samples: the locations of unemployment and gross domestic production indicators were the main differences in representations.

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