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   Annals of Social Sciences & Management Studies-Juniper Publishers The Silent Takeover of Power by the Far-Right Within a timeframe of fewer than ten years, the world has witnessed a significant shift from progressive governments towards the far-right across Europe and several other Western societies [1-2]. Amongst the countries who have made this move, three, in particular, call our attention: Brazil, Italy and the US. The common feature among them is the fact that their respective emerging leaders have brought to the surface quite similar political discourses. Whilst Donald Trump has hailed ‘America First’, in Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro has fostered the motto ‘Pátria Amada Brasil’ (Brazil, beloved nation), whereas, in Italy, Matteo Salvini defends ‘Prima gli italiani’ (First the Italians) [3-5]. More than catchy political slogans, these three analogous discourses reveal a particular world view advocated by the respective political leaders centred mostly on strong nationalistic valu

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A nnals of Social Sciences & Management Studies-Juniper Publishers Introduction For a time, human resource management was almost firmly an administrative function, with the professionals focusing their attention on completing repetitive tasks and serving as personal consultants to employees. Until 1970s most of the Personnel departments were considered as a place which hire people and keep personnel tracking. Through those records, the companies were able to get information on newly hired employees to the organization, fired, promoted and transferred while producing reports on present and to some extent on the past. There is no depreciation of importance and effect of the human resources management at all. Recently, management of human resources and its needs are becoming the center of the attention of each individual employer in every organization. The orientation of company on human resources starts to be one of the key tasks of a strategic management and human resources play an

  A nnals of Social Sciences & Management Studies-Juniper Publishers Introduction Past decade has witnessed rapid adoption of mobile phones across the globe and their role in professional activities [1]. This has led to heightened attention by merchants, financial institutions and telecommunication operators on increasing the mobile enabled services offered to consumers [2]. The mobile enabled services have eased the way communication, interactions and transactions are handled by the consumers. On financial transactions front mobile payment services are at the forefront of providing financial services to consumers and digitizing the payment transactions. The Indian digital payment industry was poised to grow by 10 times to $500 billion by 2020 contributing 15 percent to the GDP [3]. The global reach of internet will reach to almost three billion people covering a staggering 65 percent of world’s population by 2020 [4]. Indian consumers and industries have adopted mobile payment ser

A nnals of Social Sciences & Management Studies-Juniper Publishers Introduction French Guiana is a territory that has been under constant migratory pressure throughout its history. Its path of development is marked by waves of immigration explained by the need of the population to meet the demand for labor in the sectors under tension: agriculture, fishing, gold mining, space industry, rum industry, housing and construction etc. Periods of civil wars in neighboring countries, such as Suriname or the rise of poverty in Guyana and northeastern Brazil, has influenced the population growth of French Guiana. The latter keeps the mark. It must be observed that the economic and social conditions of the immigrant population in these territories are reflected in development imbalances. French immigration laws do not always consider the territorial specificity of a country bordered by Brazil and Suriname. The dynamics of migration is in context of underdevelopment of an attractive country. I