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“A Vast Publicity Exercise”: The 1952 Colombo Plan Exhibition and the Uses of Propaganda at the End of Empire

open access: yesRevue Française de Civilisation Britannique
This article traces the ideologies and practices of British propaganda surrounding the first years of the Colombo Plan for Cooperative Economic Development in South and Southeast Asia.
Erika Rappaport
doaj   +1 more source

The Effects of Linguistic Imperialism in the EFL Classroom

open access: yesEnletawa Journal, 2013
This article attempts to analyze and reveal the effects of linguistic imperialism in English Foreign Language Teaching and Learning. First, it will address global English language as the global standard language, that has imposed American and British ...
Mary Addison Romero Pinto
doaj   +1 more source

Current Trends and Future Research in Management Control for Sustainability in Retail

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The growing emphasis on sustainability in the retail sector, driven by regulatory frameworks, market trends and consumer demand, has placed management control at the forefront of facilitating sustainability practices. Despite increasing academic interest in this area, the literature is fragmented and provides limited sector‐specific insight ...
Miguel Gil, Mart Ots, Timur Uman
wiley   +1 more source

Membership‐Making in Diverse Societies: Revisiting the Idea of Society as a Common Possession

open access: yesJournal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The traditional aim of Western social democracy has been to create a society that is a ‘common possession’ of its members (in T.H. Marshall's words). Social democratic politics has therefore been both society‐making and membership‐making, orienting people to a shared society as an object of attachment and loyalty, and nurturing membership ...
Will Kymlicka
wiley   +1 more source

European Economies in the First Epoch of Imperialism and Mercantilism. 1415-1846. [PDF]

open access: yes, 1998
The costs and benefits of European Imperialism from the conquest of Ceuta, 1415, to the Treaty of Lusaka, 1974.Twelfth International Economic History Congress. Madrid, 1998.Patrick K.
Crouzet, François   +5 more
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L’identité britannique au miroir de l’empire

open access: yesRevue Française de Civilisation Britannique, 2008
The decline of the British Empire following the end of the Second World War, the rise of Scottish and Welsh nationalisms in the 1970s as well as Britain integration into Europe and the recent crisis in the multicultural model contributed to a ...
Gilbert Millat
doaj   +1 more source

Systemic bio‐inequity links poverty to biodiversity and induces a conservation paradox

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Biodiversity is declining globally while inequity is growing, and poverty rates are not improving. Global sustainable development and conservation initiatives aim to address biodiversity loss and poverty simultaneously. Through text analysis of global biodiversity policies, we identified a consistent narrative that countries with high ...
Conor Waldock   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

No More Uncertain: The Future of the Gurkhas in the British Army

open access: yesAnglica. An International Journal of English Studies, 2019
Nepalese soldiers, known as the Gurkhas, have been serving in the British Army for over 200 years and have become to be considered an integral part of this military organization. Their long history of service includes participation in the two world wars,
Paulina Stanik
doaj   +1 more source

Legacies of British Imperialism in the Contemporary UK Asylum–Welfare Nexus

open access: yesSocial Sciences, 2022
This article traces the imperial roots of the contemporary asylum–welfare nexus. It explores how English colonial governance exported Poor Law legislation firstly to colonial America (USA) and secondly to British North America (Canada).
Rachel Humphris
doaj   +1 more source

(Dis)information Systems: a Systemic View of Disinformation

open access: yesSystems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Disinformation is an ancient social phenomenon that has found a favourable environment for dissemination in internet‐based social networks. While the scientific community seeks to address the problem by creating specific tools to detect and classify the various types of false information, we argue that systems thinking is necessary to ...
Herbert Laroca   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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