The Arab Spring: One Region, Several Puzzles, and Many Explanations

Yom, Sean

doi:10.1017/gov.2015.19

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“…Oil is a major source of energy in the global economy and a major ocean-based energy resource found in large quantities onshore and offshore in Nigeria. Thus, its exploration drilling and subsequent transportation to market centers refineries and depots are mostly sea-based activities involving the use of vessels of various kinds and forms ranging from Exploration vessels and tanker vessels; to drilling Floating Production Storage and Offloading Systems (FPSO'S) (Yom, 2015). Apart from the use of pipelines in the long-distance transportation of fossil energy resources shipping by use of vessels offers the best alternative for long distance carriage of oil trade globally.…”

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Effect of International Seaborne Trade on Productivity of Ports in Nigeria

Laurentia,

Isaac

2023

Int. J. Res. Publ. Rev.

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This study examined the effect of international seaborne trade on productivity of port in Nigeria. The predictor variable (international seaborne trade) had its dimensions as oil export, non-oil export, oil import and non-oil import. The criterion variable (productivity of port) was measured with port productivity. The theories that underpinned the study included: Comparative advantage theory and theory of international trade, ex-post facto research design was used for the study.Secondary sources of data were used as the main data collection method. Relevant data for this study were collected from the annual reports and accounts of Nigerian Ports Authority, National Bureau of Statistics and Central Bank of Nigeria Annual Statistical Bulletins (1981 -2022). The population of the study consisted of all the 6 ports in Nigeria. The study used descriptive and inferential statistical tools to analyse the data. Specifically, multiple regression analiysis of ordinary least square estimation was used to test the hypotheses with the aid of SPSS 26.0. The reliability of the research instrument was validated on the basis of the secondary data sources. The study revealed that there are opportunities to develop and use oil and non-oil export channels for international seaborne trade through ports. The study revealed that ports provide avenues for the use of oil and non-oil imports to smoothen international seaborne trade that leads to effective seaport performance. The study found that non-oil export and non-oil imports offer veritable opportunities to optimize international seaborne trade efficiency in ports by helping to convert resources, build traffic intensity in trade and engage customers and stakeholders to utilize ports for their international business transactions. The study revealed that ports recognize that oil export, non-oil export, oil import and non-oil import provide the government and business community variety of options to engage in seaborne trade of intensive nature. The study concluded that: Oil export has insignificant effect on productivity of ports in Nigeria (t = 1.592). Nonoil export has negative and insignificant effect on productivity of ports in Nigeria (t = -1.040); oil import has insignificant effect on productivity (= 0.948); non-oil import has insignificant effect on productivity (t = 0.775). This study, therefore, recommended that Nigerian ports should prioritize and utilize the full capacity available in seaborne trade and channel oil exports and non-oil exports towards increasing and optimizing the productivity of ports in Nigeria.

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Effect of International Seaborne Trade on Productivity of Ports in Nigeria

Laurentia,

Isaac

2023

Int. J. Res. Publ. Rev.

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“…Social media marketing demonstrates significant influence on political life throughout the world. In the last decade, social media marketing tools and variables have been consistently impacting political elections and changes in the USA (Enli, 2017;Cook, 2010;Baumgartner and Morris, 2010), France (Wells et al, 2016), Egypt, Tunisia, Syria (Attia et al, 2015(Attia et al, , 2018bLavie, 2017;Yildirim, 2017;Frost, 2016;Al-Anani, 2015;Mufti, 2015;Yom, 2015;Hashemi, 2013;Uysal, 2013;Smith, 2013;Torelli, 2012), Nigeria (Udanor et al, 2016), Malaysia (Smeltzer and Keddy, 2010), Iran (Marandi et al, 2010;Morozov, 2009;Bazzi, 2009), China (Guobin, 2009), and Pakistan (Shaheen, 2008).…”

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Social media marketing, Turkish behaviour and the 2016 military coup attempt

Attia

Fakhr

2019

IJIMB

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Social media is a driving force that has a borderless significant influence on behavioural change. Limited research has been published on the impact of social media marketing on behavioural and political change. This research discusses the influence of social media marketing on the recent actual behaviour exemplified by the Turkish constituents who stood against the July 2016 military coup attempt. The role of social media marketing and its associated variables of trust, word of mouth, relationship, loyalty, and value facilitated the communication among the different fabrics of the Turkish society, including the constituents, the government, the political parties, and the majority of members in the judicial branch, the police, and the anti-coup army personnel. This experience will be repeated in other global communities as the Turkish people learn and will be inspired and coached by similar practices. Social media marketing variables keep proving a positive impact on constituents' attitudes towards change and sustaining democratic practices, which translate into individual and aggregate actual behaviour.

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“…This SI asks whether 2011 should be understood as a fundamentally transformative moment for both politics on the ground and scholarship, as a short-lived blip in an otherwise fairly stable area, or as a critical juncture within a long unfolding process of change (Hinnebusch, 2015;Yom, 2015). Has the region reached a new equilibrium after the disruptions of 2011 or is it on one end of swinging pendulum?…”

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Taking stock of MENA political science after the uprisings

Lynch

2021

Mediterranean Politics

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This Special Issue demonstrates the scope and breadth of the response by political scientists to the 2011 Arab uprisings. The contributions show the significant, rigorous development of understanding key mechanisms and issues such as protest mobilization, repression, sectarianism and international alliances. They also demonstrate the enduring relevance of the Area Studies Controversy, the value of building and exploiting new data sources, and the importance of close attention to cases. At the same time, they reveal growing problems with access to Middle Eastern countries for political science research. The articles reveal intriguing similarities and differences between the European and American fields, and the potential for productive dialogue. KEYWORDS Arab uprisings; Middle East and North Africa; Area Studies Controversy; comparative politics; International RelationsThis Special Issue (SI) takes the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the Arab uprisings of 2011 to reflect upon the performance of the field of political science in the study of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). There is little question that there has been an efflorescence of research and publication on the Middle East since 2011. The uprisings, failed and successful transitions, authoritarian restorations, and civil wars have offered ample ground for scholars to revisit old theories and to develop new ones. The crush of events and demand for new forms of expertise also made MENA political science more directly relevant to the rest of the discipline than ever before. A decade on is a good time for a reckoning, across subfields: has all of this academic activity produced new theoretical approaches or significantly improved our understanding MENA politics?This SI brings together a set of novel and insightful reflections by Europebased scholars which aim, in the words of the editors, 'to take stock of political science research on the MENA a decade after the Arab uprisings.' The SI showcases the genuinely impressive progress made by MENA political science scholars in the decade since the uprisings. The essays focus on three

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The Arab Spring: One Region, Several Puzzles, and Many Explanations

Cited by 21 publications

References 66 publications

Effect of International Seaborne Trade on Productivity of Ports in Nigeria

Effect of International Seaborne Trade on Productivity of Ports in Nigeria

Social media marketing, Turkish behaviour and the 2016 military coup attempt

Taking stock of MENA political science after the uprisings

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