U radu se tvrdi da je naglasak u istraživanju stanja hrvatske ekonomije potrebno staviti na historijsku kontingenciju i geopolitički položaj Hrvatske kako bi se nadopunila prevladavajuća objašnjenja ...koja naglašavaju kulturne, unutarnjopolitičke ili ideološke faktore. Kroz kritičku primjenu teorije modernoga svjetskog sistema te zagovaranja korištenja događajne sociologije i analize ovisnosti o prijeđenom putu istražuje se utjecaj Prvoga i Drugoga svjetskog rata, Rezolucije Informbiroa, nestanka Istočnog bloka te raspada Jugoslavije na razvoj hrvatske ekonomije. Utjecaj geopolitičkih promjena na hrvatsku ekonomiju kao i stvaranje ovisnosti o prijeđenom putu promatran je kroz nastanak i razvoj 19 hrvatskih visokotehnoloških poduzeća (među ostalim PLIVE, Končara, Željezare Sisak, Ericssona Nikole Tesle i Podravke). Provedeno je 20 polustrukturiranih intervjua s akterima hrvatskoga istraživačko-razvojnog sektora te su analizirane službene monografije poduzeća, arhivska građa, kao i drugi izvori o tim poduzećima. Prvi svjetski rat i osnivanje monarhističke Jugoslavije znatno su pridonijeli nastanku hrvatske visokotehnološke industrije, jer je strani kapital zbog pristupa novom tržištu zaštićenom visokim carinama ulagao u stvaranje novih poduzeća. Pripreme za Drugi svjetski rat i sam rat omogućili su rast nekih industrija vezanih uz ratnu ekonomiju. Nakon raskida sa Sovjetskim Savezom specifičan je poluperiferni položaj socijalističke Jugoslavije hrvatskim poduzećima omogućavao brže približavanje jezgri u odnosu na poduzeća iz drugih socijalističkih zemalja Srednje Europe. Nestanak Istočnog bloka i raspad Jugoslavije onemogućavala su analizirana poduzeća u korištenju svoje poluperiferne pozicije upravo u trenutku kad su se događale bitne promjene u svjetskoj ekonomiji, tj. nastanak tehnoglobalizma. No, neka su se analizirana visokotehnološka poduzeća uspjela uključiti u tehnoglobalističke mreže, među ostalim i zbog svoga poluperifernog položaja, ili su nastavile svoj samostalan razvoj.
In our paper we modify the Jacobi elliptic function expansion method to obtain solutions to the Davey–Stewartson system of equations. Two categories of nonsingular solutions are obtained for both ...traveling and solitary waves and both with and without chirp. In both cases there is an arbitrary term in the mean flow field, meaning one can obtain solutions for arbitrary forms of the mean flow field.
In our paper we apply the Jacobi elliptic function expansion method to obtain solutions to the Kundu–Mukherjee–Naskar equation, which is asymmetric in the two transverse directions. We obtain that ...the solutions contain a quadratic dependency in the phase, i.e. chirp, in one of the two directions. Unlike in previous applications of the method, the chirp does not affect the amplitude of the solutions.
Technology for the rapid scale-up of synthetic organic electrochemistry from milligrams to multigrams or multi-100 g quantities is highly desirable. Traditional parallel plate flow electrolysis cells ...can produce large quantities of material, but transfer from batch to this flow technology requires reoptimization of the reaction conditions and fully homogeneous reaction mixtures. Moreover, single-pass processing is often difficult to accomplish due to gas generation and the low flow rates typically used in continuous mode. Herein we present a novel reactor design, based on a rotating cylinder electrode concept, that enables seamless scale up from small scale batch experimentation to gram and even multikilogram per day quantities. The device can operate in batch and flow mode, and it is able to easily process slurries without clogging of the system or fouling of the electrodes. Continuous operation is also demonstrated using three reactors in series that act as a continuous stirred electrochemical reactor cascade, providing kilogram per day productivities in a single pass.
The study aims to examine the relationship between childhood traumas and insecure attachment styles and subjective well-being and the fear of happiness. The sample included students of the University ...of Belgrade. The sample size was convenient; 426 students in total, 306 female and 126 male respondents. It is shown that there is a positive correlation between the fear of happiness and insecure attachment styles, as well as between the fear of happiness and childhood traumas. There is a negative correlation between the fear of happiness and subjective well-being, as well as between subjective well-being and childhood traumas. Negative correlation has also been found between subjective well-being and insecure attachment styles. Fear of happiness proved to be a partial mediator between the dismissive style and life satisfaction, while fearful attachment style was shown to be a mediator between childhood traumas and fragility and the fear of happiness. It was also found that fearful attachment style was a partial mediator between childhood traumas and subjective well-being.
Relations between Brussels and Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) worsened during and after the 2015 migration crisis. In order to see to what extent CEE citizens contributed to and/or resonated with ...this new state of affairs, this paper investigates public opinion before the migration crisis in seven CEE EU Member States. We inquire whether the main issues of the rift (CEE political elites’ opposition to following EU decisions and immigration and their emphasis on sovereignism, nationalism, Christian Europe and historical traumas) could also be traced to public stances towards these issues before the migration crisis. We used the ISSP National Identity module conducted in 2013 and 2014 in the Czech Republic, Estonia, Croatia, Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia and Slovenia. The results show that opposition to EU supranationalism was not linked to ethnic nationalism and religious identity (except in Hungary). Contrary to political elites, who emphasised the cultural threat posed by migration, public opinion was more concerned with the economic threat. Moreover, the perception of cultural threat was not linked to opposing EU supranationalism in any of the countries. However, particularly support for sovereignism (in almost all the countries), but also pride in national history (in some countries) correlated negatively with support for EU supranationalism. The results suggest that political elites can bypass public opinion to construct an anti-EU climate, however not out of thin air. The conditions for such a process were present in Hungary with its emerging transnational cleavage, which shows the importance of cleavages in studying Euroscepticism.
Environmental economics and ecological economics became established scientific fields as a result of the growth and the success of the environmental movement in the 1960s and 1970s. Using the strong ...programme in the sociology of scientific knowledge and the general theory of scientific/intellectual movements, this article compares four pairs of scholars (two pairs of scholars appropriated for these fields and fields' founders during the emergence and establishment of the fields). The article depicts how their institutional, ideological and scientific backgrounds contributed to the divergence of these fields. Practitioners of environmental economics and ecological economics were influenced by different strands of the environmental movement. Environmental economics has epistemological and institutional links with environmentalism and ecological economics with ecologism. Different types of interdisciplinarity were used in these fields—a bridge building type of interdisciplinarity in the case of environmental economics and a restructuring and integrative in the case of ecological economics.
Historical grievances of different political groups in the EU contributed to the rising opposition to "Brussels". This opposition is often framed through memories that contest the official EU ...narrative of the peaceful and prosperous continental integration that was able to overcome the destructions of the two world wars and the Cold War divisions. Based on the analysis of the development of some of the most prominent Eurosceptic parties (le Front National, die Alternative für Deutschland, Syriza, Podemos, Fidesz, Prawo i Sprawiedliwość), it is argued that recent EU crises and especially their interpretations have been influenced by the legacies of some of the most important periods of twentieth-century European history. The legacy of the Second World War and its aftermath in two founding member states (France, Germany), the legacy of right-wing dictatorships in two Southern European member states (Greece, Spain) and the legacy of communist dictatorships in two Central and Eastern European member states (Hungary, Poland) still shape narratives and stances towards European integration.
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