Following a successful campaign to end the unlawful practices of trafficking that brought them to Manaus, indigenous Tukanoan women from the Upper Rio Negro established a local indigenous organization with which to plan and manage their own ethno-development, including cultural heritage activities, institution building, revenue development, health and legal services, community, and other initia...

The paper discusses pro-nationalist authors (D. Miller, A. Oldenquist, M.Canovan) who claim that states formed around a particular ethno-cultural nation have been historically sucessful, in terms of economic success, justice, democracy and solidarity. It is argued that their claims fail: in typical and wellknown cases there is an inverse correlation between the strenght of nationalism and the s...

This essay analyzes the role of ethno-political organizations in Nigeria's quest for democracy. It inquires into how their interaction in the recent transition to democracy curtailed and/or exacerbated politically pertinent conflicts among ethnic groups. It is argued that the salience of ethno-political organizations in Nigeria's recent transition rests, first, on the historical process of stat...

The author investigated the importance of ethno cultural component in activities humanitarian specialists; it is emphasized that a multi-ethnic society, an specialists’ essential condition for their training. In context international cooperation, this contributes to establishment productive forms interaction, and business relations ensure effective partnership with foreign colleagues, etc. prof...

Management research has begun to explore how cultural entrepreneurs use established or declining societal traditions create distinctive new ventures and products. In this study, we propose an alternative pathway for creating entrepreneurial opportunities, that is, through leveraging extinct traditions. Extinct yield opportunities highly products ventures, yet their entails substantial challenge...