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The role of information and communication technologies in a country’s GDP: A comparative analysis between developed and developing economies 信息和通信技术在一国国内生产总值中的作用：发达经济体和发展中经济体的比较分析

IF 2.4 4区社会学

Economic and Political Studies-EPS Pub Date : 2021-11-23 DOI: 10.1080/20954816.2021.2000559

A. Aleksandrova, M. Khabib

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引用次数: 4

Measuring quality of life: A system of indicators 衡量生活质量:一个指标体系

IF 2.4 4区社会学

Economic and Political Studies-EPS Pub Date : 2021-11-22 DOI: 10.1080/20954816.2021.1996939

Aygun Guliyeva

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引用次数: 4

Politics and banking: A survey of the recent literature 政治与银行:近期文献综述

IF 2.4 4区社会学

Economic and Political Studies-EPS Pub Date : 2021-10-18 DOI: 10.1080/20954816.2021.1976903

L. Weill

引用次数: 1

Do governments and banks see eye to eye about the environment? Maybe not yet, but can they? 政府和银行在环境问题上意见一致吗?也许现在还不行，但他们可以吗?

IF 2.4 4区社会学

Economic and Political Studies-EPS Pub Date : 2021-10-02 DOI: 10.1080/20954816.2021.1976905

S. Ongena

引用次数: 0

China macroeconomic report 2021: China’s macroeconomy marches towards normalisation 2021年中国宏观经济报告：中国宏观经济走向正常化

IF 2.4 4区社会学

Economic and Political Studies-EPS Pub Date : 2021-10-02 DOI: 10.1080/20954816.2021.2005281

Xiaoguang Liu, Yuan-Chi Liu, Yan Yan

引用次数: 2

Climate policy and cross-border lending: evidence from the syndicated loan market 气候政策与跨境贷款：来自银团贷款市场的证据

IF 2.4 4区社会学

Economic and Political Studies-EPS Pub Date : 2021-10-02 DOI: 10.1080/20954816.2021.1976904

Emanuela Benincasa

引用次数: 3

The impact of globalisation on the skill wage gap in Turkey: A quantile regression approach 全球化对土耳其技能工资差距的影响：分位数回归方法

IF 2.4 4区社会学

Economic and Political Studies-EPS Pub Date : 2021-09-29 DOI: 10.1080/20954816.2021.1976901

Hayriye Özgül Özkan-Değirmenci

引用次数: 0

The potential of energy cooperation between China and Australia under the Belt and Road Initiative “一带一路”倡议下中澳能源合作潜力

IF 2.4 4区社会学

Economic and Political Studies-EPS Pub Date : 2021-08-12 DOI: 10.1080/20954816.2021.1951482

Qinwen Xu, Jishuang Yu, Xunpeng Shi, Elena Collinson

引用次数: 4

The emergence of the United Arab Emirates as a global soft power: current strategies and future challenges 阿拉伯联合酋长国作为全球软实力的崛起:当前战略和未来挑战

IF 2.4 4区社会学

Economic and Political Studies-EPS Pub Date : 2021-08-12 DOI: 10.1080/20954816.2021.1951481

Osman Antwi‐Boateng, Amira Ali Alhashmi

{"title":"The emergence of the United Arab Emirates as a global soft power: current strategies and future challenges","authors":"Osman Antwi‐Boateng, Amira Ali Alhashmi","doi":"10.1080/20954816.2021.1951481","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/20954816.2021.1951481","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Using the Soft Power 30 Index, this research focusses on assessing the soft power status of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) by examining the elements of its soft power and potential challenges it may face in the future. This study conducts in-depth interviews with foreign diplomats and academics based in the UAE and Emirati diplomats and academics. These data are supplemented with primary and secondary data from governmental and international agencies as well as media sources. The UAE’s case demonstrates that soft power can be consciously developed by any country regardless of its regime type, size, location, and religious or racial background by getting its domestic affairs in order. A country’s domestic success in governance, enterprise, culture, education and digital infrastructure leads to global attraction, which ultimately enhances the image of a country such as the UAE. It eventually creates opportunities for more global partnerships and engagements in the areas of multilateralism, philanthropy, peacebuilding, conflict resolution and event hosting. However, these efforts face the following challenges: the threat of widely diffused actions among public and private actors, the financial cost of soft power engagement and projections, the UAE’s lack of a global media platform for shaping global agendas and its increasing use of hard power in response to geopolitical threats which can negatively affect its image.","PeriodicalId":44280,"journal":{"name":"Economic and Political Studies-EPS","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2021-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41461500","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 2

Let’s play tic-tac-toe: Confucius Institutes versus American Cultural Centres 让我们来玩一字棋:孔子学院vs美国文化中心

IF 2.4 4区社会学

Economic and Political Studies-EPS Pub Date : 2021-07-19 DOI: 10.1080/20954816.2021.1920194

D. Lien, Peilan Tang

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引用次数: 2