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Electoral Change of Mind in Modern Reality
No full textThis scientific paper delves into the multifaceted dynamics of electoral change in the modern era, examining historical contexts, technological influences, challenges posed by information overload, the role of social media, globalization’s impact on electoral perspectives, and the opportunities and challenges inherent in the current landscape. Drawing on a range of disciplines, including political science, media studies, psychology, and sociology, the paper aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the complexities surrounding electoral dynamics. Through a meticulous analysis of historical developments, technological transformations, and global interconnectedness, the paper identifies key patterns, challenges, and future anticipations. The study emphasizes the importance of individual contributions, media literacy, and adaptive governance in navigating the evolving landscape of electoral processes
Classification of Cooperatives, Presenting It as a Complex Phenomenon and a Cooperative Social and Corporate Entrepreneur
Get PDFThe present study reviews the classification and typology of cooperatives. The main goal is to prove that there are different tools, approaches and criteria for systematizing the types of cooperatives. Different classifications of cooperatives by type provide a lot of information related to the illumination, more precise understanding and explanation of the behavior, structure, specialization or broad diversification of the cooperative. The types of cooperatives were also examined, as a more complex set/system of characterizing criteria, give additional, even more complete, comprehensive and in-depth information about the cooperative
Bulgaria and Romania Trade With Sub-Saharan Africa: a Comparative Analysis
Get PDFThe diversification of international markets and the direction towards regions which were neglected and evaded as risky could be a powerful factor in the search for growth acceleration and overcoming recession. The paper aims at summarizing the potential of trade with one such region – Sub-Saharan Africa, by providing an EU comparison of Bulgarian and Romanian trade relations with it. The studies the dynamics of both countries trade with the region for the 2003-2020 period, the place of Sub-Saharan Africa in Bulgarian and Romanian extra-EU trade, the commodity structure and the direction of trade
Opportunities and limitations of digital educational tools in shaping entrepreneurial mindset and competences
Get PDFThis paper examines the potential of digital learning environments in preparing future entrepreneurs through higher education. Despite historic doubts regarding the systematic teaching of entrepreneurial skills, in recent decades entrepreneurship education has distinctly evolved. Unlike conventional professions, entrepreneurship encompasses a diverse array of specific challenges in business creation and management. This makes it challenging to adopt a uniform educational approach. Hence, a blend of appropriate educational methods is essential. These range from inspiring learners through entrepreneurial narratives to fostering conceptual and practical skills for recognizing opportunities, validating business ideas, gaining knowledge and skills for managing processes and resources, and cultivating personal attributes crucial for entrepreneurial success. The paper critically evaluates the potential of digital learning environments in nurturing entrepreneurial competencies. This is achieved by juxtaposing the outcomes of existing theoretical and empirical studies on the utilization of digital tools in entrepreneurship education. The research aims to address crucial questions: what, how, and by whom should entrepreneurship be taught; the distinct advantages and limitations of various digital tools in fostering specific entrepreneurial competencies; and to what extent digital learning environments can enhance the overall effectiveness of entrepreneurship education, considering the extent of resources committed. The array of digital tools encompasses virtual learning environments, interactive communication channels, multimedia products, engaging learning content, and specialized software for practical activities. The research adopts an exploratory methodology, applying qualitative methods. An online questionnaire was conducted to explore the perspectives of current entrepreneurship students in two Bulgarian universities. The paper concludes that digital learning environments indeed have the potential to significantly enhance the overall effectiveness of entrepreneurship education. However, a discerning approach is essential when selecting the appropriate digital tools tailored to foster distinct entrepreneurial competencies, considering the specific stage of the entrepreneurial learning process. Different digital facilitators demonstrate varying degrees of efficacy in shaping the mindset and competencies of future entrepreneurs in determining entrepreneurial opportunities, cultivating relationships, conceptualizing, organizing, strategizing, and displaying commitment
A Transitivity Analysis of Prefaces Written for Modernist Novel (Re)Translations: Understanding Paratexts as a Tool of Recontextualization
No full textThis study focuses on paratexts as recontextualization tools, specifically prefaces written for (re)translations, and problematizes Turkish (re)translations of modernist novels written in English, which, for reasons of morality, encountered legal difficulties, and were stigmatized, banned, or confiscated in the source culture. Recontextualization resonates with (re)producing ideologies, exposing various agents' deliberate power positions in determining discourse structures within the more general framework of Critical Discourse Analysis. Against this backdrop, this study, which is part of a larger project, has a twofold purpose: a) to evaluate 15 prefaces extracted from (re)translations of 10 modernist novels as a tool for recontextualization; and b) to investigate the preface discourse regarding the transfer of modernist novels into the target culture through the lens of transitivity analysis, based on Halliday's Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) model. SFL proposes that the main system by which experiential meaning is associated with process choices within the framework of ideational meta-function is transitivity; transitivity analysis is therefore applied to the prefaces to unveil the relationships established between the processes and the actors. The analysis of findings revealed that recontextualization was functionalized to create an explicit, rather than an implicit discourse structure through the intensive use of material processes. It concludes that prefaces written to (re)translations in Turkish context, as liminal devices between the fictitious and real worlds, are clearly instrumentalized to position the key players in the adaptation, promotion, and representation of these books within their new cultural context, and thus, were designed to influence the discourse surrounding the transfer of modernist novels into the target culture
Disciplinary Variations in Framing Research Articles in the Social Sciences and Humanities
No full textMetadiscourse is now a widely used term in academic discourse analysis. How academics employ rhetorical devices to structure their texts, establish reader-writer interaction and stamp their authorial stance regarding the conventions of the disciplines, cultures, and genres has been the subject of many studies. Despite the growing prominence of the term, however, some features of it, one of which is frame markers, have gone unnoticed. Frame markers signal the boundaries in the academic discourse for the readers' understanding, and they are a crucial rhetorical feature of metadiscourse. The present study examines the deployment of frame markers in research articles written between 2010 and 2019. Based on the analysis of frame markers in a corpus of research articles across four disciplines in social sciences, there were marked variations across the four disciplines in the use of frame markers and the occurrences of their sub-categories. The findings suggested that academic communities have a decisive role in constructing text structures in research articles. The results might offer guidance to academic writers on shaping the texts that their readers find persuasive
Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching: The Case of the Southern Caribbean - Book Review
No full textInnovation in Language Learning and Teaching: The Case of the Southern Caribbean - Book Revie
Detection of Crimes against Individuals and Property in Socialist Bulgaria (1944–1989)
No full textThis publication is part of a larger study of crimes against the person and property in socialist Bulgaria (1944–1989). It examines their general detectability as a whole, as well as separately the four most significant among them – thefts of public and private property, robbery, rapes and intentional homicides. The reflection of a number of social, economic and political factors that accompany the process is also taken into account