VOLUME 6(1) • 2014
HAS HISTORY EVER BEEN ON HOLIDAYS? • EUROPE OF SARAJEVO 100 YEARS LATER – FROM WWI TO WWW
ABSTRACT. Some 20 years ago the genocide of worst kind was taking place just one hour flight from Brussels. That time, assassination of different kind from the one of 1914 has enveloped Sarajevo. While massive European ignorance turned Bosnia (and the Union of different peoples – Yugoslavia) into a ..
DECISION MAKING IN PUBLIC SECTOR ORGANIZATIONS
ABSTRACT. Recently, a growing body of research has pointed to citizen integration in the co-creation of public goods and services, the form of entity and the circumstances in which public sector organizations function, the fragmentation of political authority, and the effects of political environmen..
THE FALSE PROMISE OF INDIA’S SOFT POWER
ABSTRACT. Since the early 2000s, in keeping with India’s rise on the world stage, the scholarly and policy communities in India and abroad have witnessed a steady increase in writing on India’s soft power. Many of these assessments are optimistic, placing faith in India’s potential as a civilization..
EUROCENTRISM AND THE CRITIQUE OF “UNIVERSAL WORLD HISTORY”: THE EASTERN ORIGINS OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION
ABSTRACT. This paper investigates the sources and consequences of the concept of ‘Universal Human History’. First, the paper make use of Chakrabatty and Foucault to understand the critique of historical reason. Second, the paper examines the literature in radical political economy that engages with ..
THE IMPACT OF THE EU CRISIS ON EU-ASEAN RELATIONS
ABSTRACT. The member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have observed the Euro crisis that has hit the European Union (EU) since 2009. It goes without saying that the EU’s integration path has inspired a similar regional movement in Southeast Asia. ASEAN member countries of..
THE ONGOING PUBLIC DEBT CRISIS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION: IMPACTS ON AND LESSONS FOR VIETNAM
ABSTRACT. The current public debt crisis in the European Union (EU) began in Greece in November 2009, quickly spreading to Ireland (September 2010), Portugal (January 2012), Spain (June 2012), Italy (November 2012) and most recently, Cyprus (March 2013). This crisis has not only impacted on the Euro..
THE FUTURE OF EUROPE – OF LISBON, OTHER FORGOTTEN INSTRUMENTS AND GENERATIONAL INTERVAL
ABSTRACT. The EU of social welfare or of generational warfare, the continent of debt-bound economies or of knowledge-based community? Is the predatory generation in power? Europe’s redemption lies in the re-affirmation of the Lisbon Strategy of 2000, a ten-year development plan that focused on innov..
THE PERVASIVENESS OF RED TAPE IN PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS
ABSTRACT. The purpose of this article is to gain a deeper understanding of the factors driving red tape perception, global measures of organizational red tape, organizational effectiveness as a negative outcome of red tape, and the role of public personnel rules as an important source of red tape. T..