 | | | | Do Classics Exist in Megaproject Management? This special issue asks, "Do classics exist in megaproject management?" We identify three types of classics: conventional, Kuhnian, and citation classics. We find that the answer to our question depends on the definition of "classic" employed. First, "citation classics" do exist in megaproject management, and they perform remarkably well when compared to the rest of the management literature. A preliminary Top Ten of citation classics is presented. Second, there is no indication that "conventional classics" exist in megaproject management, i.e., texts recognized as definitive by a majority... |
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| Imagining Poland as a Country with Open Doors to Jewish People Jews have for centuries contributed much to Polish culture and society. Jews were an integral part of what it meant to be Polish. Unfortunately, from a height of over 3 million before the Holocaust, only an estimated 10-20 thousand Jews still live in Poland today. Poland now finds itself at a crossroads of sorts, where long-standing official policies, some church teachings, and personal belief systems conspire in the exclusion of Jews, while a still relatively small but growing segment of the population genuinely desires to welcome Jews back into the cultural, political, and social life of... |
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| "The Post-Development Dictionary agenda: paths to the pluriverse" (Third World Quarterly, 2017) By Federico Demaria and Ashish Kothari - Download PDF This article lays out both a critique of the oxymoron 'sustainable development', and the potential and nuances of a Post-Development agenda. We present ecological swaraj from India and Degrowth from Europe as two examples of alternatives to development. This gives a hint of the forthcoming book, provisionally titled The Post-Development Dictionary, that is meant to deepen and widen a research, dialogue and action agenda for activists, policymakers and scholars on a variety of worldviews and practices relating to our collective search for an ecologically wise and socially just world. This... |
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| Framing of Wendy Davis on Twitter, Tumblr and Pinterest This study combines framing and feminist theories to explore user-generated content in the characterization of Wendy Davis, a Democratic politician from Fort Worth, Texas, who ran for governor in 2014 and lost. Previous studies generally support the idea that journalists and editors select, package, disseminate news, and mediate it through organizational processes and ideologies. Less common are studies that look at citizen framing of candidates in user-generated content. This study adds to the literature an analysis of social media content that emerged during Davis's 2014 senatorial race.... |
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| The Nexus Among Road Transport and The Economic Growth in Nigeria This study has examined the impact of road transport in Nigerian between the periods 1995-2014. It also examined the trend and pattern of the length of federal roads in Nigeria over the years under coverage. This study made use of secondary data obtained from National Bureau of Statistics Statistical Bulletin 2014. Descriptive statistics and econometric techniques were employed in analyzing the data. In descriptive statistics I made use of table while in the area of econometrics, I employed the ordinary least square technique to determine the impact of explanatory variables viz; the... |
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| Sectorial analysis of nanotechnology companies in Argentina In this paper, we identify 37 companies that produce nano-enabled products in Argentina. We locate the products of these firms in terms of both their economic sector and position in a value chain. The research was done through a four-step methodology. Firstly, an inventory of firms was created. Secondly, the firms were classified by their economic sector, following the United Nations economic classification. Thirdly, the firms were located within a simple nanotechnology value chain. Finally, the products were classified according to their final destination, being either means of production... |
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