The paper presents economical, social, cultural and tourism aspects perceived directly by the author while his visit in the Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia.

Inwiefern sind die deutschen „Hartz-Reformen“ und die im Frühjahr 2011 verabschiedeten Regelsätze des Arbeitslosengeldes II wirtschaftsethisch legitim? Mit Blick auf das Modell der integrativen Wirtschafts­ethik von Peter Ulrich soll dieser Frage auf den Grund gegangen werden. Dabei wird...

The Pacific nation of New Zealand may be geographically isolated but it’s easily accessible and very much in tune with international trends in technology and lifestyle. And once you’re here, you’ll discover a technologically and socially advanced nation. Also you’re never far away from...

This paper aims to discuss the use of management tools for the UNESCO World Heritage sites. In particular, it focuses on the specific tool of the “management plan”. We have carried out a three dimension research project: 1) Analysis and development of a strong theoretical background, in...

The Mindanao conflict in Southern Philippines is a long-standing controversy that has eluded comprehensive solutions. Despite efforts of the Government of the Philippines (GRP) and the representatives from the peoples of Mindanao in undertaking peace initiatives, “the war:” continues. The...

Using data on individuals born 1946 to 1972 from the Norwegian Generations and Gender Survey (N = 7,587) we examine differentials in the number and incidence of co-residential relationships by gender and socioeconomic status. Regarding number of relationships, we found that women and younger...

This paper tries to describe for students, for managers, for tourists, the complex experience that I had travelling, for the second time, in the summer of 2010, for a few weeks, in Switzerland, visiting friends, but also discovering again cities, towns, castles, museums, and even some small and...

In this study, we utilize data from the first wave of the Generations and Gender Surveys to investigate relationship quality among currently married and cohabiting individuals aged 18 to 55 (N = 41, 666) in eight European countries (Bulgaria, France, Germany, Hungary, Norway, Romania, Russia,...

Autorka skúma otázku aké miesto pripisujú teoretici funkciám kultúr v medzinárodných procesoch. Vychádza z predpokladu, že všeobecná teória medzinárodných vzťahov je založená na štyroch dimenziách, a to na politickej, ekonomickej, bezpečnostnej a kultúrnej. V článku sa...

Celem artykułu jest określenie cech kulturowych Polaków i Niemców, opierających się na czterech wymiarach kulturowych zaproponowanych przez Geerta Hofstede na podstawie badań empirycznych przeprowadzonych z zastosowaniem tych samych kwestionariuszy badawczych, a następnie identyfikacja...