The rise of populist movements in Europe is partly explained by the power of mass media. The press, public and politicians keep each other prisoner. The media increases incidents and looks for personal stories while politicians respond to those stories in order to be noticed by the public. Therefore …

In Den Haag is een relatief grote groep expats aanwezig. Samen met de internationale organisaties hebben ook de expats zich in Den Haag gevestigd. Zij zijn belangrijk voor de stad omdat zij kennis, internationale allure en economische voordelen met zich meebrengen. Ondanks dat het een grote en belangrijke …

Social media have become an important element of modern society in a short period of time. Social media are online tools to connect people; it implies the development of publication to conversation and from sending to dialogue (Social Media Update 2010, 2010, p.2). It is important to keep in mind that …

This research is a fundamental part of a Chilean government project called: "Sharing key success factors and experiences in trade in services for SMEs" which has been proposed to the Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), with the aim of sharing experiences and key success factors which promote the …

Since the establishment of the Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations (SOMO) in 1973 many factors have changed. Communication, mobility and accessibility being a part of an on-going technological progress have created new challenges and opportunities. In order to facilitate new strategies …

There have been refugee movements for centuries, yet since the Second World War the number of refugees augmented significantly and international action was undertaken by organizations like the League of Nations and its successor the United Nations, which established the United Nations Higher Commissioner …

The aim of the report was to find out the state of affairs on the EU policy against racism and xenophobia with regard to the Roma. The reason for this research was the incident that happened to the Roma in France from July to August in 2010. In order to get more insight in the subject it was decided …

Colombia heeft sinds 2002 een campagne gestart om het toerisme naar dit land te bevorderen. Deze campagne is in 15 verschillende landen gelanceerd maar nog niet in Nederland. Bij dit onderzoek wordt er gekeken naar Colombia als land, naar het reisgedrag van Nederlanders en huidige trends zoals ecotoerisme …

Roma are a transnational nomadic population. For centuries, they have traveled around the world due to persecutions or in search of economic prosperity. Roma are a heterogeneous minority. They are not one group. There are many different groups of Roma. Nowadays, an estimated 12 million Roma live in Europe …

Libya and Bulgaria have been actively involved in mutually beneficial political and trade relations in the past. These were based on the numerous agreements established notably between the two leaders - Muammar Gaddafi and Todor Zhivkov and their totalitarian regimes. The two dictators took the bilateral …