within the framework of international political economy, this article discusses the situation of energy resources, including oil and gas, in central asia and argues that due to abundance of oil and gas resources in such countries as kazakhstan, turkmenistan and uzbekistan, and hefty revenues generated by those resources, statesmen in these countries are planning to turn central asia into a majo...

In the context of the globalization of the Indian economy, it is necessary to examine the dependence of an individual micro-level company on the macro economy and its constituent sectors. We have taken up the study of a diversified private engineering and construction company to analyze the structure of its business, using input-output framework. The operational impact of the company and its de...

The analytical paper mainly deals with the questions how the image of Sister Phoenix, one of the most “popular” ugly stars in China is narrated, and how it is reconstructed and circulated by the media. In the paper, the author utilize multiple analytical devices, such as Gee’s seven building tasks (2010), Bahktin’s dialogical processes, Fairclough’s (2003) approaches to critical discourse analy...