... solidarity (Unesco.org, 2013). Therefore, the purpose of the UNESCO was defined as: " to contribute to peace and security by promoting collaboration among nations through education, science and culture in order to further universal respect for justice, for the rule of law and for the human rights and fundamental freedoms () without distinction of race, sex, language or religion" ... countries. However, Rossler (2011) argues that African countries may be underrepresented because the local populations have a different perception of heritage, far from the Western world, and they conside...

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... . It is the complete opposite from collectivism. Its opposite, Collectivism, is a situation where people feel they belong to larger collectives that care for them in exchange for their loyalty. This culture includes those people who show few individual characteristics. Basically this dimension is reflected in whether people's self-image is defined in terms of "I " or "we. " In individualistic societies, the ... which the country positions itself in relation to business, profits, and economic growth towards others. Long-term orientation is important because it values persistence, thrift, ...

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... practices are concerned, there is a statement that the process of globalising is "multi-faceted"" (Labrianidis, 2001). In the mentioned research of European Commission (2005), traditional labour-intensive industries are facing competitive pressures because of their vulnerability, from national to regional and global threats as well. Despite ... production structure aside, the author now chooses to reflect traditional sectors in another prospect as a national culture representation: the handicraft production & services. This being the case, the craft shop owners should clearly know to ta...

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... . It was inspirational and lit a fire in me. They deserve to know how much opportunity they could have. If the intentions are right, and research is done to respect their culture, affluent countries and their citizens should take a greater role in helping third world countries. In the past, when the world was still growing, Europe began to get curious about the ... get blinded by greed and will do anything to be even more prosperous. In the early 19th Century, before the industrial revolution, European countries were occupying areas that had precious metals, slaves, and tropical products...

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... frontiers, regions and continents. National sovereignty is becoming increasingly irrelevant. • It suggests the intensification, or the growing magnitude of interconnectedness, i.e. flows of trade, investment, finance, migration, culture, etc. • The growing intensity of interdependence as world trade systems of transport and communication increases the speed of the diffusion of ideas, goods, information, capital and people. • ... the most - are being destroyed. - Measures such as these are "protectionist" since they have the effect of closing off a country's markets to goods from ot...

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... to stand alone but will have their ally to assist them. There are many military alliances existent today such as the Unites States and Japan, France and Germany and the European Union, who all aid for one another in times of need. Forming military alliances can be especially beneficial to the less equipped countries if they sign treaties with stronger and ... different countries everyday; people in Asia are familiarized with western fast food chains like McDonalds and Burger King, the Western countries have been acquainted to the prevalent "anime" culture derived from Japan and Yoga, an...

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... Nationalism which was a long term factor. Each country felt their country was the best, they wanted their nation to be above all others and they tried a lot to promote their culture and interests to those of other nations. Nationalism is when a country wants to be independent, in this case, it was Serbia. Serbia desired to break free from the influence of ... all about this and wanted revenge. The first short-term factor I would like to put across was the war plans which I also think was the least important factor. All major European countries had drawn up war plans. Count Alfred Von Sc...

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