New law creates difficulties for foreign NGOs in China

2017 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Civil Rights ◽  
Poverty Alleviation ◽  
Legal Reform ◽  
Gender Issues ◽  
The Political ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Political Risks ◽  
Policy Objectives ◽  
Default Position ◽  
And Gender

Subject China's overseas NGO law. Significance China's first law governing the activities of overseas NGOs affects some 7,000 overseas NGOs that now operate in the country. The law aims to channel the energies and resources of overseas NGOs towards fulfilling state policy objectives while controlling the political risks posed by their presence. Impacts The default position of illegality makes this a convenient juncture to screen overseas NGOs and drive out those deemed undesirable. Chinese citizens working with overseas NGOs will come under more scrutiny. Groups working on civil rights, criminal justice, ethnic, labour and gender issues or legal reform may not receive registration. NGOs working on education, conservation, climate change, poverty alleviation, development and health will find registration easier.

Fiscal crisis will raise political risks in Iraq

2016 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Fiscal Crisis ◽  
The Political ◽  
Islamic State ◽  
Budget Cuts ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Political Risks ◽  
War Effort ◽  
State Group ◽  
Investment Spending ◽  
Spending Cuts

Significance The political establishment has given strong backing to the budget cuts ordered by Abadi. The 2016 budget has been amended to account for the collapse of Iraq's planned 2016 euro-bond issue and spending cuts. However, even its amended final version has significant weaknesses. Impacts Petrodollar allocations to oil-producing provinces will be cut. Non-oil investment spending in Iraq will be almost entirely curtailed. The fiscal crisis will not directly affect the war effort against Islamic State group. Political pressure and protests may grow against the Abadi government.

Brazil's political risk may rise sharply post-2018

2016 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Presidential Elections ◽  
Political Stability ◽  
Political Reform ◽  
The Political ◽  
Social Democrats ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Broad Agreement ◽  
Political Risks ◽  
Structural Risk ◽  
Severe Recession

Subject The longer-term outlook for political stability. Significance Between the 1994 and 2014 presidential elections, Brazil was governed under a complex but functional 'coalition presidential system', with the presidency controlled by either the centre-left Workers' Party (PT) or the centre-right Social Democrats (PSDB). Both parties had much in common -- from a broad agreement on economic policy to a strategy of forming large and heterogeneous coalitions to deal with the highly atomised Congress. In recent years, this system suffered an implosion provoked by the severe recession and the corruption investigations that have undermined the electoral prospects of much of the political mainstream. Impacts A focus on Rousseff's impeachment misses the key political risks in Brazil. Without a comprehensive political reform, politics will tend to instability. This structural risk is often not on the radar of key economic players.

Cambodian legal gaps could hit economy and society

2016 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Political System ◽  
Legal Reform ◽  
The Political ◽  
Social Unrest ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
Legal Reforms

Significance A spate of recent judiciary-related controversies is raising questions about the political system and the rule of law in Cambodia. Impacts Lack of confidence in the judiciary will probably trigger incidents of politicised social unrest. Ineffective legal reform could reduce investors' appetite for Cambodia. Inadequate legal reforms could cause Cambodian business disadvantage, for instance in ASEAN integration.

Anarchy Is Anarchy

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary L. Dudziak
Keyword(s):  
African Americans ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
Civil Rights ◽  
Legal Reform ◽  
Negative Reaction ◽  
The Political ◽  
Police Misconduct ◽  
Urban Violence ◽  
Political Climate ◽  
Solicitor General

This chapter details events that occurred in summer 1966, which was marked by racial tensions and riots in cities such as Cleveland, Chicago, and Los Angeles. Throughout his career, Marshall had been a consistent critic of police misconduct and racism. Then, in 1965 he was named solicitor general, one of the nation's top legal officials. President Lyndon Baines Johnson, who seemed genuinely committed to civil rights, called on him for advice, both about civil rights proposals and about how to stem the violence. But there was another dimension to Marshall's role. He had come to believe that law structured the lives and opportunities of African Americans and that it was through legal reform that real change would come. The crowds in the streets rejected this vision. And the political climate had changed, in part a negative reaction to urban violence, undermining the political context for new civil rights legislation.

Political risks and financial markets: emerging vs developed economies

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bechir Ben Ghozzi ◽  
Hasna Chaibi
Keyword(s):  
Stock Market ◽  
Financial Markets ◽  
Political Risk ◽  
The Political ◽  
Arch Model ◽  
Excess Returns ◽  
Market Returns ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Political Risks ◽  
The Impact

PurposeThe authors provide a comparative analysis between emerging and developed financial markets in terms of the effects of political risks on stock market returns and volatility. The authors also examine whether this impact depends on the nature of political risks. Therefore, this study aims to detect which financial markets are the most profitable and the riskiest in terms of political risks.Design/methodology/approachThe authors investigate the impact of political risks on the excess stock market return and its conditional volatility using the generalized ARCH model for a sample of 46 developed and emerging markets over a period ranging from 1995 to 2019. In order to test how the nature of political risks affects equity excess returns and volatility differently in different markets, the authors employ (1) a composite political risk score, (2) the four subgroups of political risks as defined by Bekaert et al. (2005, 2014) and (3) the individual dimensions of political risks.FindingsThe findings indicate that the composite political risk is priced into both stock markets. The effect of political risks is positive for excess returns and negative for volatility. The authors show that the political risk leads to more volatility in developed markets. Nevertheless, the effect of individual components varies according to the market category.Practical implicationsThe authors provide a framework for predicting market returns and volatility using changes in the political risk of the country. The findings help investors make investment decisions based on the political decisions of governments. In other words, investors should consider political uncertainty when determining their expected earnings.Originality/valueThe authors engage monthly panel data methodology in terms of the political risk stock market relationship. In addition, the authors consider recent and very long data covering the period 1995–2019. Furthermore, this study combines three various political risk measures, and both equity returns and volatility.

A Political Companion to James Baldwin

2017 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Civil Rights ◽  
Civil Rights Movement ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
James Baldwin ◽  
The Political ◽  
Individual Experience ◽  
Race And Gender ◽  
The Past ◽  
Political Implications ◽  
And Gender

In this text, a group of prominent scholars assesses James Baldwin’s relevance to present-day political challenges. Together, they address Baldwin as a democratic theorist, activist, and citizen, examining his writings on the civil rights movement, religion, homosexuality, and women’s rights. They investigate the ways in which his work speaks to and galvanizes a collective American polity, and explore his views on the political implications of individual experience in relation to race and gender. This volume not only considers Baldwin’s works within their own historical context, but also applies the author’s insights to recent events such as the Obama presidency and the Black Lives Matter movement, emphasizing his faith in the connections between the past and present. These incisive essays will encourage a new reading of Baldwin that celebrates his significant contributions to political and democratic theory.

Threats to China’s future worsen

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Tipping Point ◽  
The Political ◽  
Economic Stability ◽  
International Crises ◽  
Generational Change ◽  
Demographic Ageing ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Political Risks ◽  
Economic Risks

Subject Overview of the political and economic risks facing China. Significance China faces formidable threats to its political and economic stability, ranging from the urgent to the insidious. Impacts Economic risks include demographic ageing, debt, automation and the 'middle-income trap'. Significant political risks include a backlash against Xi’s rise at home and a backlash against China’s rise internationally. Critical uncertainties include international crises, the consequences of generational change and the risk of an environmental tipping point.

Introduction to special issue

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-9
Author(s):  
Patrice M. Buzzanell
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Learning ◽  
Learning Organization ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Learning Organizations ◽  
Gender Issues ◽  
Discovery Learning ◽  
Feminist Critique ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Content Type ◽  
And Gender

Purpose This paper aims to first introduce the four contributions to the themed issue of The Learning Organization entitled “Learning Organization/Organizational Learning and Gender Issues”. Second, the commonalities among these articles function as themes that can generate further research and engaged or problem-driven scholarship and practice. Design/methodology/approach Feminist critique. Findings These articles challenge commonsense, blur boundaries between reality and imagined visions and form a multilevel matrix for understanding and change regarding gendered learning organizations. Originality/value As an introduction to a special issue, this essay summarizes and extends on the four contributions and then extends the insights to encourage discovery, learning and engagement.

scholarly journals Gender issues in family business research: A bibliometric scoping review

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Minh-Hoang Nguyen ◽  
Huyen Thanh Thanh Nguyen ◽  
Tam-Tri Le ◽  
Anh-Phuong Luong ◽  
Quan-Hoang Vuong
Keyword(s):  
Family Business ◽  
Gender Diversity ◽  
Gender Issues ◽  
Business Research ◽  
Corporate Board ◽  
Major Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Family ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
And Gender

PurposeThe current review aims to examine the growth trajectory, most influential documents, intellectual and conceptual structure of the literature regarding gender issues in family business research.Design/methodology/approachThe bibliometric analysis was performed using 224 documents from 1991 to 2020 extracted from the Web of Science database.FindingsThe review finds that this field's knowledge grew exponentially during the last three decades, mainly after 2003 and the last several years. Based on the co-citation analysis, three major research lines are identified: “Women's challenges and opportunities in the family business”, “Gender diversity in the family business corporate board”, and “Gender and family SMEs management.” The temporal co-word analysis reveals that “Gender diversity in the family business corporate board” is the latest research line.Originality/valueBy reviewing prominent cited references and documents that cited them, the authors provide the landscapes and research gaps of three major research lines for further development.

scholarly journals John Stuart Mill in nineteenth-century Serbia: Influence on political thought and gender issues

Balcanica ◽  
2009 ◽  
pp. 85-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivana Pantelic
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Political Thought ◽  
Political Development ◽  
Gender Issues ◽  
John Stuart Mill ◽  
The Political ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Political Spectrum ◽  
The Impact

The paper deals with the reception of J. S. Mill?s writings by contemporary Serbian intellectuals. As shown in the paper, the impact that Millean ideas made on many important Serbian politicians and philosophers from all parts of the political spectrum was broad and profound. Special attention is paid to the work of liberal and socialist thinkers, notably Vladimir Jovanovic and Svetozar Markovic. The influence of Mill?s ideas on Serbia?s political development is also examined, as well as how Mill?s attitude towards the question of women?s rights impacted contemporary Serbian political thought.

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