Political Impacts Research Articles

Winners and Losers in the European Economic and Monetary Union: Is Unity a Way-Out for Europe?

Abstract: This paper explores the economic and political impact of the European Monetary Union (EMU) on its member states and analyzes whether deeper unity is the solution for Europe. The paper begins by tracing the history of EMU through its three stages, reiterating the fundamental goals of economic integration and stability. Then, through a specific case study on the different experiences of countries such as the United Kingdom, Italy, Germany, and Greece, the paper shows the "winners" and "losers" shaped by the constraints and benefits of the single currency. The paper also discusses potential solutions for the improvement of EMU, such as fiscal integration, enhanced economic governance, and a more flexible framework, while talking about their possible economic and political impacts. The conclusion reflects on the need for a balance between deeper integration with flexibility to adjust different economic conditions and political realities of member states. The paper believes that finding a sustainable path that can reach the goals of economic stability, growth, and political cohesion will determine the future of EMU.

The International Problem of HIV/AIDS in the Modern World: A Comprehensive Review of Political, Economic, and Social Impacts

This comprehensive review explores the international problem of HIV/AIDS, focusing on its multifaceted political, economic, and social impacts in the modern world. Since its identification in the early 1980s, HIV/AIDS has evolved into a global public health crisis, with over 38 million people currently living with HIV. The review examines the global landscape of the epidemic, highlighting the progress and challenges in prevention, treatment, and care. It delves into the political impacts of HIV/AIDS, emphasizing the role of government policies, international influence, and political commitment in shaping the response to the epidemic. The economic impacts are analyzed, including the strain on national economies, labor markets, and healthcare systems, exacerbating poverty and income inequality. The social impacts are discussed, with a focus on stigma, discrimination, and the effects on family dynamics and vulnerable populations. The review also explores the intersection of HIV/AIDS with other global issues, such as migration, conflict, and technology, emphasizing the need for a rights-based approach and global collaboration. The conclusion highlights persistent challenges, including stigma, healthcare access, and funding gaps, while outlining future directions for research, policy, and practice to sustain progress and ultimately end the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Keywords: HIV/AIDS, global health, political impact, economic impact, social impact, public health.

COVID 19: Political, Security and Religious Impacts on Nigerian Children

It is unfortunate that corruption and insecurity have affected all spheres of human endeavours in Nigeria. The recent outbreak of Covid-19 otherwise known as coronavirus has created a vacuum regarding its effects on the lives of the citizens in general and children in particular. The prime focus of this paper is to explore the political, security and religious impacts of Covid-19 specifically on the children. This paper analyzes the aforementioned factors of Covid-19 in connection with children as to address injustice against children in the country. This is necessary because children used to be given less attention in political decisions and many of them have been affected as a result of insecurity in different parts of the country. Hence, addressing various factors relating to Covid-19 explored in this paper may be instrumental in helping the children as minors as many international agencies have been trying to solve it. It is therefore suggested that various issues are addressed so that safety can be provided to the children by alienating the multifarious impacts of Covid-19 in the country.

COVID 19: Political, Security and Religious Impacts on Nigerian Children

It is unfortunate that corruption and insecurity have affected all spheres of human endeavours in Nigeria. The recent outbreak of Covid-19 otherwise known as coronavirus has created a vacuum regarding its effects on the lives of the citizens in general and children in particular. The prime focus of this paper is to explore the political, security and religious impacts of Covid-19 specifically on the children. This paper analyzes the aforementioned factors of Covid-19 in connection with children as to address injustice against children in the country. This is necessary because children used to be given less attention in political decisions and many of them have been affected as a result of insecurity in different parts of the country. Hence, addressing various factors relating to Covid-19 explored in this paper may be instrumental in helping the children as minors as many international agencies have been trying to solve it. It is therefore suggested that various issues are addressed so that safety can be provided to the children by alienating the multifarious impacts of Covid-19 in the country.

IUSTINIANUS VEBASI: SİYASİ, EKONOMİK VE SOSYAL ETKİLERİ

Bizans İmparatorluğu’nun “tahıl ambarı” olarak adlandırılan Mısır’ın Pelusium kentinde 541’de patlak veren veba salgını, doğrudan ya da dolaylı yoldan Akdeniz’in tüm sahil kentlerini etkilemiştir. Yaklaşık iki yüzyıl boyunca etkisini hissettiren veba salgını, zamanla iç bölgelere de sirayet ederek Avrupa’nın pek çok bölgesinde varlığını hissettirmiştir. Başlangıçta ticaret vasıtasıyla yayılım gösteren salgın, bilhassa Britanya’da Hıristiyanlığı tebliğ eden misyonerler aracılığıyla muhtelif yerlere de yayılmıştır. Altıncı yüzyılda ortaya çıkan veba salgının arkasında sadece biyolojik etmenlerin değil, aynı zamanda birtakım iklimsel krizlerin de yattığı düşünülmektedir. Bilhassa 536’da Kuzey Yarım Küre’yi etkilediği düşünülen volkanik kış, veba salgının ortaya çıkışında ve salgın sırasında yaşamını yitiren insan sayısının artışında önemli bir etkendir. Güncel araştırmalara göre bir volkan patlaması ya da dünya yüzeyine bir kuyruklu yıldız çarpması sonucu ortaya çıkan iklim krizi, tarımsal üretimde bir düşüş yaratmıştır. Yaklaşık iki yıl kadar süren volkanik kış nedeniyle yeterli ürün elde edemeyen çiftçilerin büyük bir kısmı ihtiyaçlarını karşılamak amacıyla göç etmek durumunda kalmışlardır. Yaşanan bu göç hareketi, sadece tarım arazilerinin boş kalmasına neden olmamış, aynı zamanda zaten yeterli beslenme konusunda pek de başarılı olamayan Geç Antik Çağ insanlarının tüketim ihtiyaçlarına ulaşımını zorlaştırmıştır. Nitekim bu durum da insanların salgın karşısında bağışıklık sistemlerinin iyiden iyiye düşmesine sebep olmuştur. Bu bağlamda 536 iklim krizi, vebanın birincil etkeni değilse de salgının yayılımında ve ölüm oranlarının artmasında önemli bir unsurdur. Veba salgını bilhassa yerleşik düzen üzerine kurulu olan Bizans İmparatorluğu’nu derinden etkilemiştir. Salgının pek çok insanın canına mal olmasının yanında sağlıklı insanların hastalığa yakalanmaktan korkarak bulundukları yerleri terk etmeleri, bir göç hareketi doğurmuştur. Yaşanan bu göç hareketi de asayişsizliğin artması ve iaşe teminin sağlanması noktasında büyük bir sıkıntı yaratmıştır. Dahası salgın kaynaklı ölüm oranlarının oldukça yüksek olması, tarımda ve muhtelif işlerde çalışacak insan bulmayı zorlaştırmış ve bu durum da işgücü fiyatlarında artışa neden olmuştur. Dönemin Bizans İmparatoru Iustinianus da bu fiyat artışlarının önüne geçmek için yasalar çıkarmıştır. Ayrıca insan kaybının fazla olması orduya asker alımında sıkıntı çıkarmış ve imparatorluk “barbar” paralı askerlere yönelmek durumunda kalmıştır. Hemen hemen tüm Akdeniz kentlerini etkisi altına alan veba salgının özellikle Avrupa’nın iç kesimlerine yayılım göstermesi, Orta Çağ Avrupa dünyası açısından oldukça önemli bir unsurdur. Vebaya yakalanmaktan imtina eden insanların dine yönelmesi, kilisenin gücünü arttırmasını sağlamıştır. Ayrıca dış dünyayla bağlantının en aza indirilerek kendi kendine yeten bir ekonomi fikrinin benimsenmesi, feodal düzenin oluşumu noktasında önemli bir etken olmuştur.

A Comparative Study of the Political and Economic Impacts of Typical World Events Centered on the Great Depression of 1929 and the COVID-19

The Great Depression of 1929 and the outbreak of the Covid 19 pandemic in 2019, as typical world events that changed international society's development, both significantly impacted the global political and economic landscape. The analysis of the impact of the two events on world politics and the economy reveals certain similarities and differences. The main similarities are that the events lasted for a long time and were very harmful; they caused domestic political turmoil and a lack of international cooperation. The differences are mainly in the context of the events and their political and economic impacts. The article focuses on comparing the results and effects of these two events from the political and economic dimensions, analyzing the reasons for their similarities and differences, and exploring and explaining the critical role of China in them.

The Political Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic: The State in the world of Corona

The Political Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic: The State in the world of Corona

Political Impact on Natural Disaster Management and the Influence of Civil Society: Cases of Two Cyclones in Bangladesh

If we analyze the history of natural disasters relating to political impacts, we can see that there are many direct or indirect impacts of disaster management, including the aid distribution in the political arena. The political scenario concerns how the government is handling the aid distribution and how the other significant actors are reacting to the situation. Do different political situations create differences in disaster response? Here the facts of the Bhola cyclone of 1970 and the 2007 Sidr cyclone in Bangladesh have been engaged to analyze these questions. These two cyclones occurred during two different political situations in two different times but at the same land area. This research will help to understand natural disaster management relating to political aspects, which will then contribute to better natural disaster management for Bangladesh. The method is qualitative with secondary data and various published scholarly articles reviewed for this research. The findings suggest that politics has a significant role in managing natural disaster. And the natural disaster management pattern leaves an impact on the government and current political context. In the case of the Bhola cyclone, the mismanagement of the government impacted the 1970’s voting outcome. On the other hand, in the case of the Sidr cyclone, the caretaker government impacted natural disaster management in the country in a different way. Through these historical impacts the author identifies from a political perspective the challenges of natural disasters and relief distribution, and then recommends the necessary directions to support the government for better management.

Political and Economic Impacts of German Reunification

This article aims to provide a holistic and comprehensive summary on the political impacts as well as economic impacts of the Reunification of Germany in 1990 due to the fact that politics and economics are inter-linked.This article analyses political impacts through linking the reunification with other geopolitical changes in the world that took place afterwards, and discovered that the reunification did not effectively eliminate the division between Eastern and Western Germany and strengthened right-wing extremism in the East, yet contributed to the easing of global tensions, the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the integration of Europe. This article analyses economic impacts mainly through the comparison of various macroeconomic indicators, including annual GDP growth rate, unemployment rate, and inflation rate, of the German Democratic Republic(GDR) and the Federal Republic of Germany(FRG) before reunification and western and eastern Germany after reunification, and discovered that the reunification had in general negative domestic economic impacts, and that the economic disparity between eastern and western Germany has not been eliminated yet.

Adapting ecosystem restoration for sustainable development in a changing world

Adapting ecosystem restoration for sustainable development in a changing world

The Social, Economic, and Political Impacts of Offshore Outsourcing on the Companies and Developing Countries

With the changes in the industrial era and the transformation of global trade, offshore outsourcing as a new business model was born. In developed countries, offshore outsourcing can be traced back to the 1960s. In the 21st century, the offshore outsourcing business is gradually expanding and tends to spread all over the world. Offshore outsourcing enables companies and their suppliers to be widely fused into the world economy. This article aims to discuss the social, economic, and political impact of companies’ business transfer to developing countries. By combing the concept of offshore outsourcing and exploring the impact of offshore outsourcing on multinational corporations and developing countries, it is found that although it has some disadvantages, it is still a win-win strategy. Because it promotes globalization, promotes cooperation between companies and developing countries, reduces costs, accelerates industrial progress, and thus promotes the economic development of both sides.

Economic and Political Impacts of the Belt and Road Initiative on Kazakhstan

Economic and Political Impacts of the Belt and Road Initiative on Kazakhstan

The Power of Youth: Political Impacts of the "Fridays for Future" Movement

The Power of Youth: Political Impacts of the "Fridays for Future" Movement

Victoria Greenfield/Bryce Pardo/Jirka Taylor: Afghanistan in the Era of Fentanyl. Considering Potential Economic and Political Impacts of a Collapse in Demand for Afghanistan’s Opiates. Santa Monica, Calif.: RAND Corporation, Juni 2021

Article Victoria Greenfield/Bryce Pardo/Jirka Taylor: Afghanistan in the Era of Fentanyl. Considering Potential Economic and Political Impacts of a Collapse in Demand for Afghanistan’s Opiates. Santa Monica, Calif.: RAND Corporation, Juni 2021 was published on December 1, 2021 in the journal SIRIUS – Zeitschrift für Strategische Analysen (volume 5, issue 4).

Evaluating the Social, Psychological and Political Impacts of Pandemics in Turkey And The World in The Context of COVID-19

This study aims to highlight the global extent of social, psychological and political impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic with a critical perspective. The method followed in this study is primarily to examine the impacts of the strategies implemented within the scope of combating the pandemic on social structures around the World, and subsequently, the restrictions which are implemented in order to combat the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey (explained by studies done in this area in the frame of the outbreak's social, psychological and political impacts on the public structure). The main feature that distinguishes COVID-19 from the pandemics combated in the past, is that it is the first global epidemic in which digitalization was used to combat the epidemic. In this study, it is revealed that this feature, which makes the COVID-19 pandemic unique, has positive impacts on the social and political structure of societies as well as negative impacts, and it is aimed to address these impacts with concrete examples.

Political Impact of Research

Abstract Discussions on political impact broaden our understanding of the impact of academic research and deepen our awareness of underlying and socially constructed dynamics that determine the very meaning of what will be collectively understood as impact. Three major types of impact can be considered when discussing how researchers can fully observe the political impact of their research: (a) promotion of emancipation and critical thinking, (b) promotion of debates on the public interest and (c) contribution of the study results to the process of denaturalizing knowledge considered as neutral. The political impacts of academic research represent the future development of societies and organizations, as they make life viable in a collective, social and democratic context. If so, why are we still unable to substantiate, enable and operationalize such consideration into our scientific research metrics and guidelines?

Political Impact of Research

Abstract Discussions on political impact broaden our understanding of the impact of academic research and deepen our awareness of underlying and socially constructed dynamics that determine the very meaning of what will be collectively understood as impact. Three major types of impact can be considered when discussing how researchers can fully observe the political impact of their research: (a) promotion of emancipation and critical thinking, (b) promotion of debates on the public interest and (c) contribution of the study results to the process of denaturalizing knowledge considered as neutral. The political impacts of academic research represent the future development of societies and organizations, as they make life viable in a collective, social and democratic context. If so, why are we still unable to substantiate, enable and operationalize such consideration into our scientific research metrics and guidelines?

The Political and Economic Impacts of WWII on the Gold Coast of West Africa

The Political and Economic Impacts of WWII on the Gold Coast of West Africa

Political Impacts of Tourism: A Critical Analysis of Literature

Tourism and politics are inexorably allied. There exists adequate literature on the nexus between political ideologies and public institutions yet, there is hardly any explicit attention paid to the field of tourism research. It may perhaps due to the impression that ‘politics is all about power.’ In fact, Gramscian’ s notion of ‘power-over’ in the context of preserving cultural hegemony confines the prospects of political discourse to ‘power-itself’. This notion was contested through a poststructuralist thought, ‘power-to’, proposed by Michel Foucault. Thus, the present paper extends the poststructuralist thought by exploring the potential areas in politics that shape the outlook of the tourism industry through a critical analysis of literature. The study argues that the associated political effects are critical to the field of tourism at the same time the tourism industry is also a potential means to promote and showcase the political ideology.

The political impact of environmental mobilization: a theoretical discussion in the light of the Argentine case

ABSTRACT Upon the third wave of democratization, environmental mobilization has increased throughout Latin America. In line with this process, the literature has analyzed different aspects of environmental mobilization, such as the types of groups involved and the resources mobilized. Yet, less attention has been paid to the impacts of those mobilizations. So, we ask: what are the impacts of environmental mobilization and how can they be best understood? Based on a review of the literature and on our own studies on Argentina, we build a novel typology to explain the connection between the political impacts of environmental mobilization and their concrete effects on the environment. We argue that the best way to understand those impacts is to analyze the state decisions that respond to such a mobilization, focusing on two key dimensions: the spatial and the temporal scope. We illustrate our typology with the analysis of four different environmental areas in Argentina.