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The Dynamics of Soft Power Diplomacy in The Global South: A New Development Initiative For Developing Countries of The South

Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Science
Development cooperation between the North and the global South undergoes dynamic process of change due to the strategic struggle over control of global resources and markets to determine who gets what, when and how.
Chigozie Enwere, Omoleye Olabode, Abdulkarim Abdullahi   +2 more
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The doctoral journey as decolonial praxis: Self‐formation of Global South students in UK higher education

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Previous research concerning Global South doctoral students in the United Kingdom has mainly situated their experiences within adaptationist paradigms, emphasising cultural adjustment and assimilation into Western academic norms. Such studies often depict students as passive recipients, overlooking their agency and the transformative potential
Peng Zhang, Hao Wu, Enze Guo, Amanda McCrory   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The End of Interdependence: Re-assessing Power, Progress, and Peace in a Fragmented World

Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities
This article uses counterfactual analysis to explore a hypothetical world in which states operate under mandatory autarky, completely lacking the economic, security, and social interdependence that define the modern international system.
Vérène Niyomana, Patrick Mushitsi
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The situated professional: Preservice teachers' profiling of globally competent teachers and visions of their ‘possible professional self’

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract In response to globalisation, teacher education programmes worldwide are tasked with preparing globally competent teachers (GCTs). Prevailing conceptions of global competence are largely derived from Western‐centric humanistic, neoliberal and transformative narratives, creating a complex landscape for teacher identity formation.
Ji Ying
wiley   +1 more source

Business migration between labour and trade: evidence from Switzerland

Comparative Migration Studies
Largely unnoticed by the migration literature, business migration has established itself as a form of labour migration that is substantial in terms of numbers and receives preferential treatment in international and national migration law.
Mariana Alvarado, Paula Hoffmeyer-Zlotnik, Sandra Lavenex, Philipp Lutz   +3 more
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Knowing education in Thailand like a global expert organisation: Politics, context and data

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Global expert organisations play increasingly significant roles in the way that education is understood and governed internationally, including by influencing the discourses through which education is conceptualised and shaping norms of what counts as success, failure, progress and the most desirable visions for the future.
Steve Puttick, Chris Atkin, Wayne Dyble, Nick Gee, Ami Montgomery, Chawin Pongpajon, Waewalee Waewchimplee   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Does Sustainability Auditing Lead to Enhanced Corporate Governance, Environmental Performance, and Financial Outcomes? Empirical Evidence From High‐Impact Industries

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study employs hierarchical regression modelling on a survey of 550 firms from Nigeria and Ghana to examine the impact of sustainability auditing on corporate governance, environmental performance, and financial outcomes of high‐impact industries.
Mandella Osei‐Assibey Bonsu, Ying Wang, Grace Eghe‐Ikhurhe, Katie Hyslop   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The ''Theory'' in the Study of International Relations and Political Science

Polish Political Science Yearbook, 2007
In this article the author is going to answer the question, that intrigues many researchers of international relations and political science – is it possible to build a grand theory explaining actions and behaviours of political, and international, entities?
openaire   +1 more source

ESG Assurance and Dividends: Evidence From 18 Countries in Africa

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the impact of environmental, social and governance (ESG) assurance on a firm's dividend payout policies within the unique African context. Using a staggered difference‐in‐differences (DiD) model, this study examines how voluntary third‐party assurance of ESG reports influences firms' dividend payout policies compared to ...
Samuel Karanja Kogi, June Cao
wiley   +1 more source

Poverty alleviation programs in Nigeria: a study on World Mission Agency (WMA) using principal component analysis

Cogent Social Sciences
The measurement of poverty in developing nations are carried out to reduce the severity of poverty in such nations. There are Governmental and Non-Governmental organizations that take poverty reduction as a project, and one such is a faith-based ...
Emmanuel Elomien Ofure, Olumuyiwa Ajayi, Olumide Sunday Adesina, Nick Peter Essien, Emmanuel Efe-Imafodon, Oluwatimilehin G. Deninde-Adedeji   +5 more
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