Symbolic representation is a specific, uniquely human form of objectification of the real world, a powerful means of communication activity of its reflectivity. Understanding of the phenomenon of sign representation, its modeling and the definition of the sign and its meaning depends on the sign...

Over the last 20 years, multi-stakeholder processes have developed into a kind of new blueprint of transnational coordination. Somewhat antithetic to its rise as a role model for legitimate governance arrangements, however, empirical case studies have found little evidence in support of this...

International treaties and domestic legislation regulating corrupt practices by public officials have appeared in a myriad of jurisdictions and legislations. However the reach and teeth of some legislation calls into question basic principles of international law and the limits that enforcing...

Interdisciplinarity has been a core tenet of critical discourse studies - a group of approaches to the analysis of texts in their social contexts - since its inception, in what may be seen as a reaction against the sometimes staid and rigid disciplinary boundaries of linguistics and other...

Entrepreneurial ecosystems are receiving growing attention. However, prior research has primarily focused on the physical characteristics and artifacts of such systems. The social construction of entrepreneurial ecosystems, and particularly the discourse involved in their creation, evolution,...

The aim of this work is to build a map of Foucault's approach. To achieve this objective, this work is focused on a broad revision and analysis of accounting and various publications. This work also includes a research on Foucault's work so as to identify and compare the various manifestations...

This paper investigates the discursive construction of co-ethnic migration in German society. Taking a biographical study on ethnic Germans from the former Soviet Union as a starting point, the author traces co-ethnic immigrant pathways in German society and analyzes the legal frameworks,...