This study examined the relationship between the Internet development and various social, economic and political factors that are hypothesized to affect the Internet growth. Using secondary data for 28 sampled Asian countries, this study tested seven hypotheses about the impact of various factors on Internet growth. The findings show that the Internet penetration is related to a country’s wealt...

This research is an integration of previous work on political activity and examines a variety of factors thought to be influential in the performance and nonperformance of political behavior. The political participation of a randomly selected sample of local citizens was studied using survey research methods. One hundred and twenty-six individuals responded to survey items assessing participati...

In spite of improving epidemiological knowledge in relation to child health, the challenge of promoting the survival and quality of life of infants and children in most parts of the developing world remains an abiding public health problem, for both the countries and the international agencies involved. Current infant and child health programmes largely reflect western style medical care, with ...

the purpose of this article is to study the factors contributing to the political alienation of the students at shiraz university. to explain the concept of alienation, geyer’s theoretical framework in the social psychology was used. the statistical universe of the research consisted of 6822 persons, of which 400 were taken randomly, using couckran formula. the results show that the variables s...

According to the conventional wisdom in political behavior research, education has a direct causal effect on political participation. However, a number of recent studies have questioned this established view by arguing that education is not a direct cause but only a proxy for other factors that are not directly related to the educational experience, such as pre-adult factors. This paper engages...

events contributes to the increasing challenges in political decision making, especially the decision to strengthen bilateral economic relationships between friendly nations. Obviously this becomes one of the critical decisions. Typically, such decisions are influenced by certain factors and variables that are based on heterogeneous and vague information. A serious problem that the decision mak...

Immigration and asylum are key political issues in Britain and the European Union. Yet the policies of states and supranational bodies seem to have had little success in preventing unwanted flows and effectively managing immigration and integration. This article examines three types of reasons for policy failure: factors arising from the social dynamics of the migratory process; factors linked ...

Budget forecasts are used by incumbent governments as a political tool to manage the elector particularly during an election cycle (Bruck and Stephan 2006). Incumbents apply budget forecasts strategically. They use short-term forecasts, which are more likely to be unbiased by political factors, annually. They rely on long-term forecasts, which are likely to be biased by political calculations, ...