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How to enter the Church when the door is closed. Language policies in Christian churches of Joensuu in the context of a migrant's choice
Get PDF The article describes how Christian churches in the Finnish city Joensuu chose language policies towards Russian-speaking migrants. The author carried out a fieldwork, using participant observation and auto ethnography approaches in all churches of the city. The preliminary hypothesis was that language policy in churches (translation of worship, ability to study Bible, informal talks) determinate religious choice of migrants which influence the strategies of adaptation in a new country. The church parishes have completely different approaches towards the communication with migrants, all described and compared in the article. 
THE INVESTIGATION THROUGH STRUCTURAL EQUIVALENCE MODELLING: THE EFFECT OF BEING A UNION MEMBER ON WORK VALUES AND BEHAVIOURS
Get PDFThe aim of this study is to put forward the effect of belonging to a labor union on work values and work behaviours. According to a study conducted on 410 workers, the effect of being solely a member of a labor union on work values and behaviours could not be determined. However, the direct and positive effect of loyalty to a labor union on work behaviours and values was detected. Moreover, it was found out that workers who are members of a labor union pay importance to “Creativity”, which is one of the lower dimensions of work values; nevertheless, workers who are not members of a labor union place importance to “economical advantage and Supervisory Relations”. 
Strategic Decomposition: How to Increase Total Labor Productivity
Get PDFLabor productivity is a key indicator in economic analysis. Numerous aggregative formulae exist for calculating labor productivity growth at the firm-level, with the result that the contribution of each firm to total labor productivity growth varies according to the formulae used in its calculation. In this study, we systematically derive many aggregative formulae. Using one of these formulae, we examine the link between labor productivity growth at the firm-level and that at the industry-level, and identify the situations in which the former is not correlated with the latter. A central concept in this study is the clarification of a strategic decomposition. Our strategic decomposition uses a very simple formula and can be used to solve the problem of maximizing the increase of total labor productivity for a few years. We use numerical examples to illustrate new methods for solving this problem
The end or the return of Sovietology? – Reflections on the fall of the Berlin Wall and beyond
Get PDFIntroduction for the journal and reflections of the academic challenges for scholars of Sovietology, Russian and Border studies since the fall of the Berlin Wall
Informal economy and urban spatial changes in the border town Baneh. A case study from the Iranian - Iraqi border.
Get PDFConsidering the various economic and political contexts in different parts of the world, economic relations and integration are performed with different intensity in regions such as the EU or the Middle East. One of the main reasons for the emerging of informal economy at the border regions in the Middle East is the strong barrier function of boundaries in Middle East countries. The Tourism consumption has extended recently in Baneh County, one of the western border regions of Iran neighboring with Iraq. The specific situation of informal economy, low price of smuggled goods, commercial tourism and massive flows of financial capital, all together have caused unpredictable changes in micro and macro levels of the Iran & Iraq border region and specially in Baneh County. The future growth of Baneh County is despite emerging positive spatial changes in Baneh city, doubtful. Unclear policies of local and national government regarding decision making, unclear management of the informal economy and currency instability create an uncertain future. Conventional methods of planning will not have necessary enough impact and effects in order to influence those issues in border regions. The paper is based on the examination of recent spatial changes and economic trends, which were done by descriptive and analytical methods in Baneh city. The research was documented through face to face and video interviews with local stakeholders, photography, field works and visits to the border region. As a result, some strategies were determined which steer recent trends. Further on threats towards a sustainable regional development had been described
Spirit, Transformation, and Gender in Borderlands: A Representative Case Study
Get PDFQuestions of “development,” trade, and gender in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands (and globally) have attracted considerable academic attention, and other scholars have examined religious changes, particularly the expansion of evangelical Protestantism, in Latin America. This feminist history represents a fresh attempt to blend these two inquiries, describing Protestant Pentecostal growth and Charismatic Catholic Renewal (CCR) in the central U.S.-Mexico Borderlands during the 1970s and 80s. This preliminary study places these spirit-filled movements in the context of gendered socioeconomic change and the declining influence of Vatican II. Interviews, church documents, and newspapers show that while Social Justice Catholicism (and even some Liberation Theology-inspired Comunidades Eclesiales de Base) survived in the region, a conservative shift increasingly marginalized the Catholic Left. Regional and international power brokers, including Roman Catholic leadership, favored (or, at least, salutarily neglected) CCR, which, like Pentecostalism, was more accommodating and often supportive of the industrialization agenda. These gendered constructions, combined with the palliative effect of ecstatic spiritual experiences, likely contributed to the expansion of the maquiladoras and the global neo-liberal order they represent. Noting the dearth of projects that blend feminist and neo-Marxist lenses in the study of liminal spaces, this essay sketches a case that speaks to the potential of that intervention
THE FEELINGS OF THE VISITORS PARTICIPATING IN RELIGIOUS TOURISM THE CASE OF VIRGIN MARY HOUSE IN IZMIR
Get PDFTourism is an important activity for the global economy around the world. This situation leads to an endless change and innovation. The answers to the changing needs and expectations of customers are contributes to this development. Many different researches are being developed to compete under these conditions. According to this study, identifying the feeling of the visitors participating in religious tourism is being able to request and an important response to meet the expectations. In this context, these research investigated feeling of the people who visit the Virgin Mary House. To quantify this phenomenon, semi-structured interview was used in this study which covered qualitative data collection techniques. As a result of this research, feelings of visitors in the holy place have been identified and their opinions and expectations have been evaluated
Introduction: Borders, Economy, Culture
Get PDFGeneral remarks on the relationship between borders, economy and culture as introduction to the IJCEAS special issue on Implications of Borders on Economy and Culture