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HOUNSLOW IN LOVE WITH CENTRAL LONDON OR HOW A FEW DESI RUDEBOYS HAVE BECOME ENAMOURED OF THE METROPOLIS

Author(s): Anna Maria Tomczak / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2015

London has attracted assiduous attention from the world of belles-lettres for centuries. Poets and novelists praised its beauty or bemoaned its evil ways. Like any large city, the UK’s capital may be approached and portrayed in terms of antithesis: a site of opportunity and promise or, conversely, a Babylonian-like scene of violence, decline and depravity. In a myriad of narratives, London arises as a living organism, a metonym for power and threat, a hub of human relations and a space of transformation; an encounter zone whose palpable manifestation may shock, enchant or surprise. Published in 2006, Londonstani is the only work of fiction of Gautam Malkani, a British Indian journalist and the editor of business pages of The Financial Times. The novel is a story of a search for identity and teenage bonding mechanisms, of adolescent visions of adult masculinity and of parental control, of the lure of conspicuous consumption and of a desperate wish to find one’s rightful place in a group, to be like others and gain respect as a loyal member of a team. The heightened importance given to Hounslow as a local area and a well-defined space occupied by a community accounts for the ambivalent position that London holds in Malkani’s novel. Technically, both the city centre and Hounslow belong to London, but the characters’ attempts to be equally at ease in their little locality and in the West End reveal their lack of belonging to the flashy urban scene.

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Eesti keel sisserändatuules (I): Demograafiline tagasivaade 1989-2011 ja edasipilk

Author(s): Allan Puur,Leen Rahnu,Jaak Valge / Language(s): Estonian Issue: 04/2016

The article addresses the influences of migration on the size of the major language groups in Estonia, the linguistic composition of the population, and the use of Estonian as a second language from the end of the 1980s to 2011, based on the last three censuses. As for different language groups, demographic and linguistic change has affected them to a different extent. The most marked decrease can be observed in smaller language groups, which is due to language shift. In Estonia the language changed to by minor language groups is mostly Russian, and this process has not ceased since the restoration of Estonian statehood. The reasons for this change date back to the Soviet period or sometimes even earlier. The Estonian competence of the population has notably increased during reindependence. This has mainly happened due to changes in politics and in the rise of the status of the Estonian language, even considering the reflection of emigration and of changes in census methodology in the census data on Estonian competence. The most notable increase in Estonian competence concerns the youth. Estonian competence strongly depends on the ethnic composition of the area of living, whereas its dependence on the generation of immigrants is relatively low. The effect of the language environment on the Estonian competence in immigrants has not weakened, but rather strengthened since the end of the 1980s. Also, association has strengthened between language competence and level of education. According to projection calculations the native Estonian-speaking population will decrease by a fifth, at best, by the end of the 21st century. However, it is possible that the replacement of generations will bring the proportion of total non-speakers of Estonian down to 7% by the same time. From the standpoint of methodology the article emphasises that censuses are a very important source of information on the dynamics of language situations. There is actually no other way to the full picture of language change. Although Estonian linguists have made an active use of census data, the analytic potential of the data in studying language practices has hardly been used in full. Unfortunately, there is an imminent danger that the decades-long series of comprehensive language data may be interrupted in Estonia by the very next census. This is because Statistics Estonia has proclaimed a course to purely register-based censuses, with very limited language data available in registers. Thus, the next few years will probably bring a debate on the future of censuses in Estonia, where linguists have an important say.

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Eesti keel sisserändetuules (II): Demograafiline tagasivaade 1989-2011 ja edasipilk

Author(s): Allan Puur,Leen Rahnu,Jaak Valge / Language(s): Estonian Issue: 05/2016

The article addresses the influences of migration on the size of the major language groups in Estonia, the linguistic composition of the population, and the use of Estonian as a second language from the end of the 1980s to 2011, based on the last three censuses. As for different language groups, demographic and linguistic change has affected them to a different extent. The most marked decrease can be observed in smaller language groups, which is due to language shift. In Estonia the language changed to by minor language groups is mostly Russian, and this process has not ceased since the restoration of Estonian statehood. The reasons for this change date back to the Soviet period or sometimes even earlier. The Estonian competence of the population has notably increased during reindependence. This has mainly happened due to changes in politics and in the rise of the status of the Estonian language, even considering the reflection of emigration and of changes in census methodology in the census data on Estonian competence. The most notable increase in Estonian competence concerns the youth. Estonian competence strongly depends on the ethnic composition of the area of living, whereas its dependence on the generation of immigrants is relatively low. The effect of the language environment on the Estonian competence in immigrants has not weakened, but rather strengthened since the end of the 1980s. Also, association has strengthened between language competence and level of education. According to projection calculations the native Estonian-speaking population will decrease by a fifth, at best, by the end of the 21st century. However, it is possible that the replacement of generations will bring the proportion of total non-speakers of Estonian down to 7% by the same time. From the standpoint of methodology the article emphasises that censuses are a very important source of information on the dynamics of language situations. There is actually no other way to the full picture of language change. Although Estonian linguists have made an active use of census data, the analytic potential of the data in studying language practices has hardly been used in full. Unfortunately, there is an imminent danger that the decades-long series of comprehensive language data may be interrupted in Estonia by the very next census. This is because Statistics Estonia has proclaimed a course to purely register-based censuses, with very limited language data available in registers. Thus, the next few years will probably bring a debate on the future of censuses in Estonia, where linguists have an important say.

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Wpływ przemian demograficznych na kształcenie wyższe, zatrudnienie oraz bezrobocie w Polsce od początku lat dziewięćdziesiątych XX wieku do 2017 roku

Author(s): Julita Jezierska / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2019

In the nineties of the twentieth century, higher education in Poland developed in a dynamic way, which was manifested by a rapid increase in the number of universities, the number of students and graduates of these institutions. On the one hand the educational boom was triggered by demographic processes, and on the other, a change in the educational aspirations of the society, which was expressed by the increasing scholarization rate. The aim of the article is to analyze the changes taking place in Polish higher education since the transformation period of the nineties of the twentieth century until 2017, under the influence of transformations of the demographic structure of society and the impact of higher education on currently occurring social phenomena, employment, unemployment. The demographic processes that at the time initiated the development of higher education in the coming years will probably lead to a reduction in the number of universities.

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A BRIEF DOSSIER. MIGRATION AND FACTS: ROMANIA AND ITALY

Author(s): Samira Cîrlig,Alin Bulumac / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2020

The migration phenomenon is gaining momentum in Romania’s recent history.Even though the official statistics are incomplete, the increasing trend cannot beoverlooked. One of the European countries where the Romanians could easily integratewas Italy, a country that became a favourite destination. Here, in 2019, the numbersshowed that more than 1.2 million137 Romanians officially migrated, from a total ofapprox. 10 millions 138 that are currently abroad, which means approx. 12.06%139 ofthe Romanian diaspora can be found in Italy. The data used in the present paper wasgathered from both official sources (statistical data published by the national statisticalinstitute, statistics of various associations, official statements, etc.) and unofficial ones,most of them highlighted by the media (secondary analysis). By analyzing the datacollected, we will try to reveal the magnitude of the phenomenon, and the social,economic, psychological, cultural, political and legal-administrative implications in acomparative manner: for both Romania and Italy. Thus, we will name the accumulationof these particular implications the Italian dossier of the Romanian emigration.

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Najstarsi mieszkańcy współczesnej wsi a globalne zmiany społeczno-kulturowe (na przykładzie gminy Wręczyca Wielka). Studium socjolingwistyczne

Author(s): Tomasz Jelonek / Language(s): Polish Issue: 21/2021

The main purpose of this article is to show the influence of globalization-related social and cultural changes on the language and linguistic perception of the world presented by the oldest inhabitants of a contemporary village. The research material contains the informal utterances of respondents aged 65+, which were collected during geographical research from 2011 to 2020 in the area of Wręczyca Wielka municipality near Klobuck in the north of Silesia Province. The first part of the article is a short description of the traditional rural community. Next, the author describes the changes which have been seen in Polish villages since 1945. In the second part, on the basis of the respondents’ utterances, the author shows the influence of the aforementioned changes on the language and linguistic perception of the world of the oldest inhabitants of Wręczyca Wielka municipality.

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„СЕЛО НАЗАЕМ“ И „РЕЗИДЕНЦИЯ БАБА“ - НОВИТЕ ВЪЗМОЖНОСТИ ЗА БЪЛГАРСКИТЕ СЕЛА

Author(s): Hyuliya Ahmed / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 19/2021

The rapidly evolving consumer society is able to “enjoy” very quickly everything that the market has to offer – from communication technologies, through fashion in different spheres, to tourism products. In recent decades, so-called “rural tourism” has become particularly popular. Described as “the best way to get to know Bulgarian traditions” 295 in the Official Tourism Portal of Bulgaria, staying in the countryside, milking animals and mowing are offered as an attraction and fun way to spend the vacation. Being able to interact with people with different professions and interests in something as meaningful as reviving a desolate countryside and doing it voluntarily through projects such as “Selo Nazaem” and “Rezidentsia Baba” is one of the positive things that happen to society, thanks to the social networks. The ideas at the heart of these projects are spreading, complementing and finding new adherents through different people, who seek to preserve the cultural heritage, as well as to evaluate and pass it on to future generations.

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FACTORS INFLUENCING THE IMPACT OF ART ON LIFE SATISFACTION IN THE POPULATION WITH HIGHER EDUCATION IN SOUTHERN ROMANIA

Author(s): Iuliana Coman,Niculae Mihaita / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2019

The objective of this study is to evaluate the association between art consumption, personal convictions and the level of life satisfaction among the population in the south of Romania. The data were collected in an experimental survey of 120 people living in the south of the country. The data were analyzed using Excel Microsoft Office, SPSS and include descriptive results, tables and charts. The results show that most of the respondents (89%) consider that they have a fulfilled life, and the level of life satisfaction is influenced in a small or medium degree by the consumption of art or by the convictions regarding the impact of art on the life of the individual and society overall. The most powerful associations are those between the satisfaction level of life and the consumption of art other than those commonly encountered (Cinema, Music, Theater, Literature). Personal beliefs about the influence of art on the individual or society influence the level of life satisfaction as well.

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Value Orientations and Social Differences in the Attitudes Toward Voluntary Childlessness Among Young Adults in Bulgaria

Author(s): Elitsa Dimitrova,Tatyana Kotzeva / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2022

The aim of the study is to explore the dynamics of social-demographic differences between young adults in Bulgaria who have negative attitudes, remain neutral toward or accept voluntary childlessness. The analysis is based on data from the European Social Survey (Bulgarian dataset) conducted in 2006 and 2018. A descriptive trend analysis is applied to reveal the dynamics of the attitudes toward male or female voluntary childlessness among different socio-demographic groups. The analysis reveals an increasing trend of neutrality and a slight increase in the affirmative attitudes toward VC among different socio-demographic groups. Applied correlation analysis shows a significant association between the attitudes toward voluntary childlessness, non-marital unions and parenthood in such unions, divorce of parents with small children and mothers’ early return to work. The present study also outlines the differences in the general value orientations of the individuals who reject, remain neutral or accept voluntary childlessness. Young adults with neutral or affirmative attitudes support to a lesser degree the traditional norms related to modesty, obedience, and respect for the traditional authorities, and strongly emphasize freedom of self-expression, independence, joy and excitement in life, and trust in others.

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Lietuvos gyventojų mirtingumas ir epidemiologinis perėjimas 1849–1921 metais

Author(s): Dovilė Bugienė / Language(s): Lithuanian Issue: 48 (01)/2021

With the modernization of societies, mortality is one of the key factors in the process of population change. Mortality since the middle of the 20th century in Lithuania has been widely studied in various aspects. However, the previous historical period in this field is still little studied and data on the changes in the development of Lithuanian mortality are almost unavailable. This article presents a study on the basis of the information from Roman Catholic churches death records books to reconstruct the structure of causes of death in the Lithuanian population in 1849–1921, its differences between urban and rural areas, and the links with A. R. Omran’s theory of epidemiological transition. The data of death records suggests the epi¬demiological transition in Lithuania began at the end of the 19th century – the beginning of the 20th century and displays the influence of the type of place of residence on the pace of mortality change.

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Genocid nad Bošnjacima i demografske promjene na području Višegrada 1991-2013

Author(s): Muamer Džananović,Ermin Kuka / Language(s): Bosnian Issue: 7/2022

Commission of individual and mass crimes against values protected by international law, including the crime of genocide, was also directed towards changes in ethnic and demographic structures of population. All these are the features of fascistic, great state ideologies and policies. The most severe and most brutal forms of the implementation of the great state projects took place in the territory of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1992-1995. Namely, the great-Serbian genocidal ideology and policy has in continuity far more than two centuries practiced mass crimes against values protected by international law, including the crime of genocide against Bosniacs. Already in 1992, and independent, sovereign and internationally recognised Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina was exposed to a brutal armed aggression by the neighbouring Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro). The objective of the aggression was fulfillment of several century long great stale goal, and/or final completion of the space in which Serbs would dominantly live - the great Serbia. This goal was not possible without execution of grave forms of war crimes, namely in final destruction Bosnia and Herzegovina as a state and society. Impacts of such approach are particularly visible in the aspect of changes in demographic structure of population. Strategically important space far great-Serbian genocidal ideology and policy was and is the space of Bosnian Podrinje. Crime committed against Bosniacs in 1992-1995, including those committed in Višegrad, are essential part of the enforcement of the great-Serbian genocidal plan on making ethnically "clean " territories. According to 1 991 census, there were 21,199 residents of Višegrad, of which 13,471 Bosniacs (63.54%) and 6,743 Serbs (31.80%). The Bosniacs of Višegrad were, especially in spring and summer of 1992, subjected to different forms of crimes, including mass murders, setting on fire, incarceration in camps, rapes, and persecution of civilians. Regardless of huge extent of crimes, the genocidal ideology was not given up even after the signing of the Dayton peace agreement. Adapted to peacetime conditions, even today, thirty years since the aggression, different forms of psychological and physical violence against Bosniacs have been used in Višegrad. Frequent attacks and harassment of returnees are followed by, far example line-up of members of the Ravna Gora Chetnic movement, a symbol of crimes against Bosniacs of Podrinje area in the WWII, or celebration of the Day of Russian Volunteers, who took part in the attacks and crimes against Podrinje Bosniacs during the aggression. Open discrimination and dehumanisation of Bosniacs returnees, permanent celebration of crimes and criminals are everyday events. Ali of this negatively affects continuation of the process of return of Bosniacs to their historic residence. The analysis of the contents of the relevant archives, especially two relevant censuses in Bosnia and Herzegovina (1991 and 2013) shall elaborate the demographic changes, which took place in Višegrad in this relevant period. It is the fact that the Bosniacs are today the absolute minority in Višegrad, which is the result of the committed crimes, including the genocide against Bosniacs, which ultimately resulted in the altered ethnic demographic structure of population. Višegrad is also subjected to a fast process of ageing, both due to the reduced number of returnees and due to the emigration of biologically productive population. Even all the other demographic indicators suggest that Višegrad is becoming the town of old people and general societal hopelessness, which shall be also detailed in the paper. This is also one of the ways to fully implement the practice of ethnically clean "Serb" territories. Nowadays, the political leaders of the smaller BiH entity and municipality Višegrad are preoccupied with the policy of denial of Bosniacs identity markers and provision of hopelessness far returnees, which finally brings no good to population in general, regardless of their ethnic background.

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ZIMMIS (NON-MUSLIMS) OF RUSÇUK AND THEIR NEIGHBOURHOODS IN THE RIDDLE OF A MID-18th-CENTURY. DETAILED AVARIZ TAX REGISTER AND BEYOND

Author(s): Mariya Shusharova / Language(s): English Issue: 3/2022

The aim of this paper is to cast more light on the spatial and demographic development of the mid-18th century town of Rusçuk (mod. Ruse) – a center of an Ottoman district (kaza) on the Lower Danube. The basic source for the study is a rare mid-18th century detailed avariz register. However, this “ready overall account” of the local population posed two general problems: 1) the acute confessional disproportions, with the extremely low numbers of the local non-Muslim communities (comprising about 10 % of the town’s population); 2) the ‘flexibility’ of the Christian neighbourhoods. This predetermined the particular focus on the zimmis (non-Muslims) as the first part of the study elaborates the demographic dynamics, town neighbourhoods network formation, religious institutions, local parish and monasteries networks in a long term perspective (16th – 18th centuries) examining different types of state tax-registers (tapu tahrir, avariz, detailed post-1690’ cizye registrations). Beside the registers, the collection of the kadı court records (sicils) of the local sharia judges of Rusçuk are particularly valuable source approached here for a more thorough interpretation of the level of inclusiveness of the mid-18th-century macro-framework and of outlining some of its major “demographic” gaps. The sicils spotlight the relevant processes and contextualize the application of the taxation policy in situ, tracing both continuity and serious transformations of the town tissue. The shifts were more tangible in the mahalles of the non-Muslim as well as in the process of the town askeri çiftliks’ proliferation. The latter in particular spotted one of the major demographic “gaps” of the mid-18th-century register as it generally surveyed the dwellers of the town neighbourhoods omitting the reaya of the town askeri çiftliks (mostly Christians). Thus, this study points at the robust functioning of the local Christian institutions within the framework of much more optimistic demographic parameters of the community than those attested in the mid-18th century avariz register proper.Another micro-focus of the study is the family story of the only priest registered in the town in this mid-18th-century avariz defter – here corroborating the information from the marginal notes left by his ancestors, and thus presenting a more vivid image of those who guided the parishioners in the 18th-century Rusçuk.

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Impact of digital economy on the digital habituses of the Russian population

Author(s): Boris Podgorny,Natalia Volokhova / Language(s): English Issue: 07+08 (2)/2021

During the analysis of the results of digitalization, it becomes necessary to take the sociological component, along with statistical and financial ones, into account. Sociological index consists, first of all, in the understanding by the population of certain regions and countries of the processes and activities that are being held, the attitude to them and the readiness for the changes introduced by digital economy. This article provides data on the digital habituses of the population and their impact on the attitude to the development and implementation of digital technologies and the actions of the community within the framework of the current situation with digital technologies. It is shown in our research that about 25 percent of the population have habituses that do not explicitly or covertly support the development of new digital technologies. The influence of the habituses of the population on the attitude to the development and implementation of digital technologies, levels of digital literacy, protection of personal information, self-assessment of digital literacy and user level is determined.

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On the changes in the Korean family institution in the past century

Author(s): Elena Buja / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2022

This small-scale study aims to trace the changes that have occurred in the Korean family institution in a time span of about one hundred years, more specifically, since the beginning of the 20th century, when Korea opened its borders to foreigners, until the present, as well as to identify the causes that have led to these changes. The theoretical framework I will employ is thematic analysis, defined by Berelson (1952, 18) as “a research technique for the objective, systematic, and quantitative description of the manifest content of communication”. The data subjected to analysis come from a number of novels authored by Korean and Korean-American writers, such as H. Lee (1997) Still Life with Rice, S. Park (2011) This Burns My Heart, and NJ. Cho (2018) Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982, to mention just a few. The reason behind opting for literature as a source of information is that I consider it to be a cultural product of particular socio-cultural circumstances inextricably linked to history. The fragments from the novels have been analyzed in terms of some of the identified themes, such as the status roles created by marriage in the Korean culture, the involvement of men in the house chores and child-rearing, in-laws’ attitudes towards their daughters-in-law, and the chances of married women to keep their jobs, divorce, to mention just a few. The primary data is supplemented with information coming from the Korean society trend survey, conducted by Statistics Korea. The findings of the analysis will reveal a slow, though obvious change in the family institution, which could be attributed to factors such as the Western influence, the spread of Christianity in the peninsula, as well as the massive industrial, technological, and economic development of Korea.

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A Proposal for Reclassifying Causes of Death in Transylvania (1850–1920): The HCDT System

Author(s): Elena-Crinela Holom,Nicoleta Maria Hegedűs / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2022

Our research explores issues related to the process of classifying causes of death, using information from parish registers of burials included in the Historical Population Database of Transylvania (HPDT), and covering the period between 1850 and 1920. In the first phase, causes of death were subjected to several processes of standardization, English-language equivalence and accommodation according to the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision (ICD-10), a system often used in the field of historical demography. At a later stage, we developed a classification scheme suitable for the Transylvanian population in the past. Consequently, the Historical Causes of Death in Transylvania (HCDT) system has a narrower taxonomy, comprising only eight chapters with several subgroups, which take into the account the historical realities of Transylvania. Therefore, the HCDT system can be used as a research tool that meets the specific needs of historical demography and of the history of medicine, being also capable of providing pertinent answers to fundamental questions about historic mortality. The scheme proposed in our research could potentially be used for comparative analyses with other regions and historic populations.

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Urodzenia pozamałżeńskie w społeczności rzymskokatolickiej parafii Trzebieszów w latach 1815–1867

Author(s): Marcin Maciej Krasuski / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2022

The article discusses issues related to the occurrence of illegitimate births in the rural Roman Catholic community of Trzebieszów parish in the Łuków region, in the years 1815–1867. This article addresses issues related to the number of births out of wedlock, the social and territorial origin of the illegitimate children, the mothers’ marital status, and the children’s gender. The source basis for the analysis was the parish registers from 1815–1867. The results of the analyzes showed that the births of illegitimate children accounted for 3.29% of those recorded in the parish. The research showed that children born out of wedlock came predominantly from the working population of peasant origin, who most often lived on farmsteads (‘zaścianki’) and estate villages, where a manor house or grange (‘folwark’) was located, among other things.

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Spisy ludności rzymskokatolickiej parafii Bończa z pierwszej połowy XVIII wieku

Author(s): Jarosław Roman Marczewski / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2022

Population censuses from before the second half of the 18th century are rare in Poland. Therefore, an exceptional find in the parish archives of the former Latin rite Chełm diocese is the confessional register from Bończa, dating from 1728–1750. Its publi- cation, which is the inclusion into academic circulation of valuable source material, provides an opportunity for specialists in historical demography to study the data it contains, especially with regard to house- hold structure and the developmental cycle of domestic groups. Wider research is also made possible by the parish registers of bap- tisms and deaths preserved from that period.

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The Influence of Extreme Exogenous Shocks on the Sex Ratio at Birth. A Study of the Population of Detva (Upper Hungary), 1801–1920

Author(s): Ján Golian,Grażyna Liczbińska / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2022

The paper proposes using the sex ratio at birth (SRB) as a “population test” to study the impact of extreme exogenous shocks on demographic status of historical populations. 53,355 baptismal records from the years of 1801–1920 for Detva population, located in the Upper Hungary, contemporary Slovakia, were examined for the purpose of the study. The sex ratios at birth were calculated as the proportion of the number of male live births to the number of female live births. Our results show a decline in the values of SRB in the years when the population was exposed to wars, including Napoleonic wars, civil wars, and the First World War, and economic crises caused by natural disasters and crop failures. These events could have contributed to poverty, deterioration of living conditions, insecurity, social and psychological instability, loss of property and family members, and could have been the source of psychological stress to which pregnant mothers were exposed.

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Стратегии за оптимално възприемане на противоепидемичните мерки срещу Covid-19

Author(s): Yosif Yosifov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2021

The effective COVID-19 crisis management requires the development of strategies for the optimal adoption of the epidemic response measures and for influencing the behavior of individuals, leading to their sustainable implementation. The article outlines mechanisms for segmenting and targeting messages and interventions in the field of public health, based on social networks as a channel of communication, as well as by controlling fake news and misinformation.

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Dopady nástupu koronavirové krize na trh práce v ČR

Author(s): Pavel Kaczor / Language(s): Czech Issue: 5/2020

The paper focuses on the effects of the coronavirus crisis on the labour market in the Czech Republic in the period February to July 2020. Registered unemployment indicators are analysed from the macroeconomic point of view taking into consideration significant regional differences concerning the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The paper also includes a comparison of the first months of the impact of the coronavirus crisis on the labour market in the Czech Republic with the onset of the economic recession in 2008. The author both identifies the most obvious differences between the causes of the coronavirus crisis of 2020 and the 2008 recession, and demonstrates the significant regional differences between the impacts of these two events. Moreover, the study of the relevant time series reveals the significantly differing nature of the increases in the number of registered unemployed during the first four months following the onset of the two recessions. The author suggests that the main tools available for eliminating the recessionary impacts on the regions of the Czech Republic comprise the diversity of the business environment and the willingness of employers to be flexible. In addition, a further topic considered by the author concerns the over-dependence of certain companies and regions on foreign tourism and the consequent reluctance to boost domestic demand by charging more attractive prices.

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