Title:Acculturation attitudes, Need for Cognitive Closure and Adaptation of Immigrants
Author(s):KOSIC, AnkicaDate:2002Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The author validated Berrys model of acculturation (Berry, 1990a, 1990b, 1991; Berry, Kim, Power, Young, [amp] Bujaki, 1989) and examined the relation between acculturation attitudes and sociocultural and psychological ...
Title:Acculturation strategies, coping process and immigrants' adaptation
Author(s):KOSIC, AnkicaDate:2004Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Using structural equation modelling, this study examines the influences of motivational factors (Need for Cognitive Closure -- NCC and Decisiveness), coping strategies and acculturation strategies on levels of acculturative ...
Title:The Achievements of the Convention
Author(s):MENY, YvesDate:2003Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Building democracy at the supernational level is an unprecedented task, but so once was building democracy at the level of the modern state. By today's standards we would not likely classify France, Britain, or the United ...
Title:Achieving Learning Potentials in an Educational Simulation Game for Trading and Generating Electrical Energy
Author(s):DELARUE, Erik; LAGA, Elisabeth; MEEUS, Leonardo; BELMANS, Ronnie; D'HAESELEER, WilliamDate:2011Type of Publication:ArticleSeries/Report no.:[Florence School of Regulation]Abstract:This paper presents and motivates the development of a techno-economic education package, consisting of two simulation games,
to simulate both the trading and the generation of electricity in a liberalized market. Six ...
Title:Albanian Immigrants in Italy: Migration Plans, Coping Strategies and Identity Issues
Author(s):KOSIC, Ankica; TRIANDAFYLLIDOU, AnnaDate:2003Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This paper studies the adaptation and survival strategies that immigrants develop from the beginning of their migration project through to their establishment in the host country. We are particularly interested in how ...
Title:The American Archipelago
Author(s):WEISBRODE, KennethDate:2010Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:As any European schoolchild from the late 19th or early 20th century would have known, imperial rule had precise geographic expression. World maps were colored accordingly, the best known probably being that of the British ...
Title:Analyzing Partisanship in Central Mexico: A geographical approach
Author(s):SUÁREZ, Manuel; ALBERRO, IrinaDate:2011Type of Publication:ArticleSeries/Report no.:[EUDO Public Opinion Observatory]Abstract:The article explores the relevance of socioeconomic variables on partisanship in Central Mexico for the 2006 presidential election. We perform an exploratory canonical correlation analysis, a predictive binomial logit ...
Title:Appraisal of the European Commission’s Energy Roadmap 2050
Author(s):MEEUS, LeonardoDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleSeries/Report no.:[Loyola de Palacio Chair]Abstract:What is the European energy strategy for 2050? How different is it from the 2020 energy strategy? What are the technology options? What are the policy options? The European Commission provided a first answer to these ...