International Phenomenon Research Articles

Homo Lyricus, or Lyric Song in the Ethnomusicological Stratigraphy of “Folkloric Culture”: Notes for a Monograph (part 2)

"Authors concentrate on the very fact that there existed among the cultures of Eurasia songs resembling Japanese oiwake, this uniquely sophisticated form that were also in some respects analogous to it in significance. That solo-performed lyric “long” song is an international phenomenon, one that is found to this day along practically the entire length of the Great Silk Road. Such masterworks constitute one-of-a-kind creative products that are, as it were, Mona Lisas of oral tradition. Authors gave the creator of lyric songs, the lyric singer and poet, the name Homo Lyricus. The article consists of six sections: Just how unique is oiwake? (preface); Methodological foundations (after Boris Putilov); Toward future research: hypotheses and limitations; Lyric drawn-out song in the great expanse of typological succession; On the problem of authorship in Eurasian drawn-out song; Some concluding theses on freedom as the essence of lyric song; and a musical supplement. Note: “folkloric culture,” as opposed to “folk culture,” the term is Boris Putilov’s. Keywords: ethnomusicology, folkloristics, lyric singer and poet, lyric long solo song, drawn-out song, oiwake, urtyn duu, ozyn кüi, hora lungă, typological succession, Great Silk Road, Eurasia, Boris Putilov. "

The foreign policy of the United States under the Biden Administration on the strategic competition with China: the analysis from the individual level in international relations

The United States foreign policy greatly affects the nature and evolution of the United States-China strategic competition, especially since 2017. The paper uses an individual-level analysis approach in international relations to analyze the U.S. foreign policy on the U.S.-China strategic competition under President Joe Biden. In studying the foreign policy of a country, it is equally necessary for many individuals to participate in foreign policy making or influencing. With the complicated development of an ongoing international relations phenomenon, the paper focuses on “The foreign policy of the United States under the Biden Administration on the strategic competition with China: the analysis from the individual level in international relations” to provide more multi-dimensional interpretations of how the United States reacts to the current U.S.-China strategic competition. The study delves into and analyzes individual characteristics, including personality, work experience, etc. of President Joe Biden and the implementation of the U.S. foreign policy on the strategic competition with China through various methods of international relations research, international event analysis, and especially the individual-level analysis. Research results show that despite continuing the strategies of Donald Trump on the strategic competition with China, Joe Biden deployed the softer, more cautious, and limited confrontation with China. The individual aspect is one of the factors affecting the U.S. policy making and implementing.

НАЦИОНАЛЬНЫЕ ПРЕДМЕТНЫЕ ОЛИМПИАДЫ В КИТАЕ: ТРАДИЦИИ И ИННОВАЦИИ

The Olympiad movement of schoolchildren is a ubiquitous driver of the search for talented young people and an international pedagogical phenomenon. The study of national experience in the implementation and preparation for school subject olympiads in China is the goal of our study, the relevance of which is determined by both the mass participation of Russian schoolchildren in intellectual competitions and the dominant role of Chinese teams in international olympiads in natural science disciplines. The approaches used in the study, on whose principles we relied: systemic, activity, cultural. Among the theoretical methods we apply are the study of domestic and English-language scientific literature on the topic, generalization of ideas, categorization. At the empirical level, we have studied the regulatory documents of the Chinese government in the field of education in English, which are publicly available for international scientific cooperation. Many sources were found in the Chinese database of research papers cnki.net. As a result of the study, the following features of the Olympiad movement in China were revealed: strict selection of applicants for national teams in various subjects, a multi-level dropout system for schoolchildren, the presence of training camps for the backbone of teams, from which participants in international competitions are determined (usually 6 people). Government support is implemented through the activities of the Chinese Association of Science and Technology. Despite the success of Olympiads, in recent years, the mass participation in China has decreased, since the Ministry of Education has banned directly accepting the winners of Olympiads to universities without specialized selection. In the Chinese tradition, successful contestants are perceived as “supernormal” teenagers with outstanding abilities, whose number a priori cannot be large. China’s success in economic and technological paths speaks of the effectiveness of educational technologies, which forces domestic teachers to analyze the eastern path of development of giftedness in school.

Simulation of communication and transportation of the wounded in a medical facility

The current modern world, relationships between individuals and the rapidly changing security environment bring with it the possibility of various crisis phenomena. The latest international crisis phenomena are the global pandemic and the war conflict in Ukraine. The mentioned crisis situations also have an impact on the normal operations of organizations, which, however, must also relate to individual other crisis situations that can reach a level of preparedness for their occurrence.When an emergency occurs, it is important to ensure a timely and adequate response to its occurrence. Therefore, it is necessary to create internal guidelines which all employees of organisation must be familiar with. Employees need to be aware of their duties, responsibilities and procedures are for dealing with an emergency as part of prevention and education of employees to ensure required level of preparedness for dealing with an incident. The article is focused on trauma plan, which needs to be activated in a medical facility after emergence of a crisis phenomenon with a mass threat to people. In event such an emergency, two key factors must be met - communication and transport.

«IDEOLOGY AT ITS PUREST»: ЧИЙ МОДЕРНІЗМ?

In this review, I aim to analyse the catalogue «In the Eye of the Storm: Modernism in Ukraine, 1900–1930s». The project bearing the same name, for which the catalogue was prepared, commenced in the autumn of 2022 at the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum (Madrid), essentially becoming the first extensive exhibition dedicated to the work of modernist artists in the territory of contemporary Ukraine since 2007. Modernism is an international phenomenon characterised by various movements and ideas, that incorporate local elements into art. However, post-Soviet states instrumentalised knowledge of modernism, seeking to recreate a «tradition» disrupted by the Soviet regime. This involves juxtaposing the modernist movement with socialist realism. The authors of the reviewed publication also adopted this approach: to construct a «national» past, they resorted to the cultural nationalisation of modernism. This is achieved, in part, by using terms such as «Ukrainian modernism/avant-garde», blending ideological traditions of modernity and modernism, and so on. In my text, I aim to clarify these processes and demonstrate the inappropriateness of defining the national identity of artists who worked in the territory of contemporary Ukraine from the 1900s to the 1930s, as well as the appropriation of modernism by one country or another.

What Can a Few Make of Mankind?

Abstract Harlan Grant Cohen and Timothy Meyer present International Law as Behavior as a collection that aspires to exemplify and set an agenda for an interdisciplinary movement of scholars studying the ‘behavioral roots of international law’. This review essay places the book within a larger context of interactions between behavioural psychology and social sciences. Identifying the origins of contemporary behavioural international law scholarship in behavioural economics, and especially the 1970s work of the psychologists Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman, this essay questions the plausibility of the model of human motivation theorized in International Law as Behavior. Moreover, detailed analysis of the consequences of explaining international law phenomena using behavioural concepts demonstrates that responsibility is systematically under-attributed to the powerful and over-attributed to the vulnerable. Ultimately, this essay contends that viewing legal and social phenomena through behavioural psychology offers little explanatory power, while inuring us to a condition of passivity and control, seeking to replace politics with technique.

‘The Jews are our Misfortune!’ Contemporary antisemitism as a hydra-headed phenomenon

ABSTRACT Antisemitism has once again proven itself to be an international phenomenon, crossing borders and cultures with ease and adept at finding major issues in the public square, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, upon which to hang its claims. This article argues that antisemitism currently takes four major forms: Anti-Zionist antisemitism, which targets the State of Israel as a Jewish collectivity; Neo-Traditionalism, which revives pre-modern anti-Judaic notions in contemporary guise; Holocaust relativisation, which involves instrumentalizing and distorting the nature of the Holocaust without denying it outright; and anti-Judaism, which manifests in efforts to ban circumcision, kosher slaughter and other core Jewish rituals. The article concludes by examining whether the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Working Definition of Antisemitism is an adequate tool for engaging with a growing problem, suggesting ways in which the definition might be amended to make it more effective.

Informal Self-Employment in the Market of Tutoring Services: International Experience of State Regulation

Private tutoring is currently an international phenomenon and, as research in this field demonstrates, has a pronounced upward trend in many countries around the world. At the same time, the issues of functioning and development of the tutoring services market remain insufficiently covered due to the lack of reliable information on tutoring services, imperfect legislative framework in this area, as well as due to the complex changes in the educational system and in the socio-economic life of society in general, to which the analyzed market is extremely susceptible. Therefore, the purpose of the article is to reveal the features of approaches and methods used in the international practice of regulating the tutoring services market.The article reveals that tutoring services market in any country, despite the sufficient openness to new participants, operates under certain restrictions: natural and unnatural barriers. The former is conditioned by the peculiarities of natural development and scale of the market; the latter are created through administrative control of tutoring activities. The classification of barriers is given, which makes it possible to single out state regulation of self-employment in the tutoring services market into a separate category. The types of state policy of different countries in relation to tutoring activities are presented. It is revealed that the current system of state regulation of the tutoring services market in Russia is characterized by a focus on tax control without considering the social significance of the nature of tutoring services and its impact on the state education system. In this regard, it is necessary to analyze international experience, especially about the possibility of implementing the most successful solutions of state regulation of the tutoring services market in relation to Russian conditions.

Impact of Public Complaints Commission as Viable Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanism in Administration of Justice in Nigeria

The concept of ombudsman has become an international phenomenon. This study examined the impact of mechanism of dispute resolution with particular reference to Public Complaints Commission (PCC) which is the Nigeria version of ombudsman. The study explores quantitative analysis to address the task. It revealed that PCC has made positive impact in nation building such as checks and balances, timely and free cost of settlement, and watchdog of happenings in the society to mention a few. Despite the laudable achievements of the commission, the study noted inadequate funding, lack of adequate infrastructures, poor publicity, shortage of qualitative manpower and inadequate training, and poor salary scale for the staff as the obstacles militating against the effective delivery of the commission. The study concluded by recommending adequate funding of the commission, conducive office environment, intensive public enlightenment programme, qualified and well trained staff, and improvement of staff remuneration.

ECONOMIC DIPLOMACY IN NEW PROJECTIONS OF ACTIVATION

The purpose of the article is to analyze the previous widely used approaches to the analysis of the phenomenon of economic diplomacy and to search for new approaches to its consideration in view of the new projection of the process of activation at the global level. Globalization and economic achievements of many countries in the field of international relations lead to the development of various models of diplomacy for an adequate response to challenges and threats. The subject of the study is the phenomenon of economic diplomacy in the context of a new projection of activation. Among these prerequisites were identified: international relations and international dialogue expand the range of functions of diplomacy in order to protect the interests of countries in the international arena; strengthen the format of consolidation of countries based on security systems; change the structure of negotiations, ensure the functioning of institutions and networks of cooperation. Methodology. The set of studies was based on the analysis of previous widely used approaches to the consideration of economic diplomacy. A new consideration is applied, where the new structure is considered through modern projections of activation associated with new internal features. It is in this context that economic diplomacy has the nature of an international phenomenon, which is associated with its new projections of activation, where the signs of status, integration, adaptability and mobility can radically change the perception of its potential and scope. Results. It is noted that the interpretation of the concept of "economic diplomacy" takes into account the interaction of different actors: state and non-state. Approaches to a deep understanding of the concept of "economic diplomacy" are presented in articles and studies of many modern scholars. However, the discourse of "economic diplomacy" is multidimensional and therefore needs to be developed on the basis of other scientific approaches, not only within the "systemic approach". When defining the essence of diplomacy, the following approaches should be taken into account: 1) activity; 2) communicative; 3) presentation; 4) image; 5) management; 6) environmental. Practical implications. In general, it is summarized that the availability of the above-mentioned approaches is due to the processes of modernization of the diplomatic systems of countries to form a qualitatively new line of international relations, positioning of the national economy and use of resources to ensure its full status in the geopolitical space. In modern trends of activation, it is globalization, digitalization and democratization that expand the professional boundaries of diplomacy, increase the number of alternative and independent diplomatic actors. It is summarized that the impact of the environmental factor on the competitive advantages of countries stimulates them to develop new forms of cooperation, including diplomatic. Value/originality. It was emphasized that in the current conditions economic diplomacy remains in line with the foreign policy of different countries, and, no doubt, the foreign policy of Ukraine as well. Ukraine's economic integration with the EU is deepening not only by strengthening trade and economic opportunities of the Association Agreement, but also by intensifying all spheres and levels of international relations and active diplomatic cooperation.

Characterization and prediction of gambling behavior in adolescents using the COM-B model.

Gambling is an international phenomenon, posing a serious threat to adolescents who begin gambling at a young age. This study aims, to explore gambling behavior in adolescents and interpret its risk factors. We conducted a three-waves cohort longitudinal study assessing gambling and associated risk factors in south-eastern Spain. Data were analyzed using the Capabilities, Opportunities, Motivations, Behavior (COM-B) model and the partial least squares path modelling (PLS-PM) technique. Gambling was measured by frequency and money spent; associated factors were knowledge about gambling, parental attitude towards gambling, risk perception, normative perception, and intention to gamble. These items were assigned as indicators of each construct of the COM-B model-capability, opportunity, motivation, and behavior-using the theoretical domains framework. Once the behavior was performed, feedback on future capability, opportunity, and motivation was observed. Results show that capability, determined by past experience, and opportunity, determined by parental attitudes, motivates adolescents to seek gambling experiences in the future. Identifying such factors that affect gambling behavior in adolescents and establishing relationships between them through a robust theoretical model is essential for designing effective interventions.

A Review on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency

Blockchain and cryptocurrency Blockchain generation and cryptocurrencies have emerged as groundbreaking innovations with some distance-attaining implications for finance, era, and beyond. This research paper delves into the multifaceted global of blockchain and cryptocurrency, seeking to explore the underlying generation, its diverse applications, and the ability of monetary and societal influences. The look delves into the intricacies of blockchain's decentralized ledger and cryptographic security, inspecting its evolution from a spot generation to an international phenomenon. With a focal point on the maximum well-known cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, and its broader implications, the paper assesses the transformative ability of blockchain in domains like finance, delivery chain, and identification verification. Furthermore, it seriously analyzes the challenges and regulatory considerations surrounding this nascent industry. In a technology characterized by way of technological advancement and monetary disruption, this research paper presents a vital framework for understanding the intricacies, capacity, and inherent dangers of blockchain and cryptocurrency.

Redefinition /redirection and incremental change: A systematic review of innovation in teacher education research

This systematic literature review shows how innovation is used within teacher education research; how conceptualised; and whether different types of innovation can be distinguished. 156 studies met the selection criteria. Analysis comprised: frequency of use; research design; and type of innovation, adapting Sternberg et al.’s (2003) typology. Demonstrating that the use of innovation is an increasing, international phenomenon in the field, predominant types of innovation are identified – creative contributions towards new directions and others representing incremental change. However, innovation is often left un-theorised. We suggest that, without theorisation, such studies may have limited value in developing practice and policy.

Review: Razabilly: Transforming Sights, Sounds, and History in the Los Angeles Latina/o Rockabilly Scene, by Nicholas F. Centino

Book Review| November 01 2022 Review: Razabilly: Transforming Sights, Sounds, and History in the Los Angeles Latina/o Rockabilly Scene, by Nicholas F. Centino Nicholas F. Centino. Razabilly: Transforming Sights, Sounds, and History in the Los Angeles Latina/o Rockabilly Scene. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2021. 224 pp. Paperback $29.95. Jorge N. Leal Jorge N. Leal JORGE N. LEAL is an assistant professor of Chicanx/Latinx history at the University of California, Riverside. He earned his PhD in U.S. history at the University of California, San Diego. He is currently working on a manuscript that examines how Latinx youth-culture participants have reshaped the urban space and advocated for more expansive notions of belonging in late twentieth-century Southern California. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar California History (2022) 99 (4): 108–110. https://doi.org/10.1525/ch.2022.99.4.108 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Jorge N. Leal; Review: Razabilly: Transforming Sights, Sounds, and History in the Los Angeles Latina/o Rockabilly Scene, by Nicholas F. Centino. California History 1 November 2022; 99 (4): 108–110. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/ch.2022.99.4.108 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentCalifornia History Search In this concise history of Los Angeles’s Rockabilly scene, Nicholas Centino examines a critical period in the remaking of the city, the near-present, as he delves into the first decades of the twenty-first century. In this critical era, Latinas/os became close to half of the population of Los Angeles County. However, their presence continued to be marginalized socially and demonized politically, and their economic and educational progress in “de/postindustrial” Los Angeles was impaired by entrenched systemic racism. In four chapters, Centino presents the Rockabilly scene as an international phenomenon and examines how it took root in 2000s Latina/o Los Angeles. A revival genre, Rockabilly combines elements of Black R&B and white country music from the 1950s. By the late 1990s, the genre had gained strong acceptance and popularity in Greater Los Angeles, where Chicanas/os and Latinas/os became the driving force of the Rockabilly scene as performers, event organizers, and participants.... You do not currently have access to this content.

Inggris dan Perancis pasca Brexit: Sengketa Jersey sebagai Hasil dari Trade and Coooperation Agreement (TCA)

Britain's separation from the European Union led to changes that needed to be re-adjusted by both parties. The European Union-United Kingdom Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) is the result of an adjustment between the UK and the European Union, but does not yet involve the financial sector as one of the crucial sectors. In 2021, there was a blockade by French fishermen of the main Jersey port. As Jersey is a part of the Crown’s Dependency, the foreign affairs of Jersey are also the responsibility of the UK government. This blockade then invited military ships from Britain and France to secure a situation that increased the intensity between the two countries, coupled with a French bluff to block the British process from entering as an external party in the European Union financial sector. This paper discusses the factors that prompted France to issue this response through an economic constructivism approach that looks at the social aspects of the international political economy phenomenon. Based on the results of the discussion, the driving factors for France's attitude were protests by fishermen, perceptions of changes in Jersey maritime activity regulations, as well as uncertainty arising from the post-Brexit situation and regulations arising from TCA.

The Convergence of Digitalization and Internationalization: A Literature Review and Future Research Agenda

The interplay phenomenon of digitalization and internationalization (IDI) is gaining scholarly traction in the recent two decades when digitalization acts as an effective fuel for internationalization and internationalization activities reciprocally cry out for a greater digitalization revolution. Digital companies (DCs), born-digital companies (BDCs), and born-global companies (BGCs) are the new entrants to the literature. Despite burgeoning scholarly interest in this research domain, it is a relatively young research domain with limited scholarly literature. This paper aims to provide a clear picture of this interplay phenomenon and offers useful insights for future research to further enrich the extant literature on digitalization and internationalization. What do we know about the interplay phenomenon of digitalization and internationalization and what else should we investigate further in this domain? This paper reveals that despite the recent mushrooming literature on both digitalization and internationalization themes, there lie great research opportunities in topics related to IDI, and international business theories (IBT) for both large and small multinational enterprises (MNEs) as well as risks associated with digitalization and internationalization. The study contributes to the literature by discussing the gaps in the literature and offering academicians and researchers new research venues to enrich the extant literature in this domain.

Comparison of the Factors Behind K-Pop’s International Success and the Popular Music Industries of its Neighbors

Unlike the widespread success of K-Pop, the popular music industries of neighboring Japan and China did not enjoy a similar level of global success. This paper examines the success of the South Korean popular music industry that transformed K-Pop from a national pop genre to an international phenomenon through three factors: the top-down approach taken by the K-Pop industry, emphasis on exporting its contents, and the absence of government suppression. It then explores possible reasons as to why the pop music industries of Korea’s neighbors, Japan, and China, did not achieve a similar level of global success by “testing” them to the factors that led to the popularity of K-Pop. On comparing the circumstances in these nations to the three factors examined in this paper, J-Pop did not adapt a top-down approach in its industry nor did it produce content designed appeal to export markets. C-Pop, in addition to these two factors, did not meet the third factor.

Henrik Ibsen and Conspiracy Thinking: The Case of Peer Gynt

Henrik Ibsen and Conspiracy Thinking: The Case of <i>Peer Gynt</i>

Loneliness and lack of belonging as paramount theme in identity descriptions of Children Born of War

ObjectiveChildren Born of War (CBOW) are an international and timeless phenomenon that exists in every country involved in war or armed conflict. Nevertheless, little is known on a systematic level about those children, who are typically fathered by a foreign or enemy soldier and born to a local mother. In particular, the identity issues that CBOW often report have remained largely uninvestigated. In the current qualitative study we began filling this gap in the scientific literature by asking how CBOW construct their identity in self-descriptions.MethodWe utilized thematic content analysis of N = 122 German CBOWs' answers to an open-ended questionnaire item asking how they see themselves and their identity in the context of being a CBOW.ResultsWe identified five key themes in CBOW' identity accounts. Loneliness and lack of belonging appeared as a paramount aspect of their self-descriptions next to narratives about belonging and positive relationship. On a less interpersonal basis, we found fighting and surviving and searching for truth and completion overarching aspects of their identities. There were also few accounts growing up unaffected by the fact of being born a CBOW. Although all themes portray different perspectives, they all (but the last one) clearly indicate the impeded circumstances under which CBOW had to grow up.ConclusionsIntegrating our findings with existing interdisciplinary literature regarding identity, we discuss implications for future research and clinical and political practice.

THE IMPORTANCE OF WORKFORCE DIVERSITY MANAGEMENT AS A GLOBAL IMPERATIVE – A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

Workforce diversity is an international phenomenon in developed and developing countries. Diversity is an issue that has gotten a lot of attention in many fields; diversity and inclusion have become accepted as a global business topic. Workplace diversity (WPD) is a holistic concept that refers to company employees’ disparities. It refers to the complex physical, sociological, and psychological characteristics characterising an individual or group, such as gender, race, sexual orientation, and religious or political beliefs. Academics and practitioners alike are paying increased attention to workforce diversity. This research aims to investigate and provide a conceptual understanding and significance of diversity, especially workplace diversity in different countries; the literature also examines their methodology to investigate workforce diversity. Also, this paper explores literature about the increasing global influence of workforce diversity and its effect on the workplace drawing on previous studies. In addition, because of the benefits to the organisation and the people who work there, diversity in the workplace has become a meaningful and significant topic. The research took a qualitative approach through a comprehensive review of previous literature. The primary purpose of this article is to review the literature on workforce diversity on a global basis.