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Gavril Stefanovic Venclovic is, in many ways, a unique figure in Serbian
literature. Today, we know this travelling preacher, hieromonk and scribe as
the author of a huge collection of handwritings, out of which some less than
a half written in folk language. Most of them are translations of
Church-Slavonic anthologies to Serbian, with valuable Venclovic?s adaptations
and additions to the source text. An Annunciation Day oration by John of
Damascus is particularly interesting in that sense. By its dialog form, it
was suitable for Venclovic?s literary method, as his numerous additions and
adaptations show. Conversations between Archangel Gabriel and Virgin Mary,
and Virgin Mary and Joseph get distinct folklore character in Venclovic?s
interpretation. This paper brings an overview of Venclovic?s edition of
Annunciation Day oration by John of Damascus. In order to provide a broader
context, we present a brief history of Annunciation Day celebration, as well
as the historical development of this feast?s orations in Christian
tradition, with focus on Venclovic?s likely sources. To illustrate his
original literal creation, segments without matches in source text are
extracted. Language and colloquial tone of Venclovic?s edition have their
roots in the source text. However, they are also in line with his
enlightenment endeavour, expressed in his effort to reach his listeners in
order to pass the orations moral efficiently. For these reasons, Venclovic?s
insertions in John?s oration are numerous and represent a sketch of folk
spirit from the first half of 18th century, as well as an alternative path
along which the written language could have been developed.

Providing the answer to chosen research question on sustainability of
diplomacy today is guided by the leading assumption that state is not the
sole owner of diplomacy. Relying on ordered existing construction of
theoretically and empirically gathered evidence that from its beginnings
diplomacy has belonged to every social person and every society the first
part of the analysis is used for summing up the indicators and findings why
diplomacy could not be enlisted as one of ?extinct species?, nor the state
for that matter as one of its territorially sovereign entrepreneur. The
account of theoretically produced body of knowledge on conditions of
sustainable diplomacy is given in the second part. The focus in the third
part is on the ongoing turn in understanding of diplomacy. It is growingly
realized that its real lair is every social personality and all human
societies (historic and geographic). This lair is now theoretically
revisited. There are two most visible cognitive results gained. These are the
concepts of social entrepreneurship and social power. Concluding remarks are
taken for presenting exemplary diplomatic action of one among several of
nowadays agile non-territorial sovereigns who by being entrepreneurial in
global governance by agreement makes diplomacy sustainable. In wrapping up
not only the finding that under existing conditions new forms of diplomatic
action of different civil and commercial society entrepreneurs as
non-territorial sovereigns make diplomacy sustainable is underlined, but also
that it entails the change in entrenched thinking on organizational structure
of assenting governance of global affairs.

AbstractWhy are university‐educated ethnic majority men less likely to support right‐wing populism (RWP) than those without university education? To investigate this under‐researched question, we conducted an exploratory study using semistructured interviews and thematic analysis with white Australian men from different socioeconomic backgrounds. While some with university education supported RWP, their views aligned with a moderate version of the ideology. Student/graduate supporters of RWP were opposed to hiring practices designed to support gender and ethnic equity. Students/graduates who experienced contact with Others were generally more positive about diversity, but this was not always the case for non‐university participants. While students/graduates with RWP leanings tended to see university as a politically biased institution, concerns about political correctness were widespread across the sample. Significantly, numerous students/graduates experienced university education as promoting a pluralist outlook, and this outlook appears fundamentally incompatible with the monist tendencies of RWP ideology. However, findings also suggest that university education is not the only route to a pluralist outlook, nor does it always lead to a rejection of RWP. Hence, developing a pluralist outlook may be more important than university education in reducing the appeal of RWP. The implications of these exploratory findings for future research are discussed.

With the launching of the Action for Peacekeeping and its culmination with the Declaration of Shared Commitments in 2018, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres aimed to mobilize all partners and stakeholders to support United Nations peacekeeping, marking its seventieth anniversary and revitalizing a long process of reform which had started with previous Secretaries-General, and in its last phase by Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon. The purpose of this article is to look at the implementation of Commitment 5 of the Declaration of Shared Commitments to realize the objective of sequenced, prioritized and achievable mandates. To do so, this article looks at the process of endorsement and progressive implementation of the Declaration of Shared Commitments by the Security Council, starting with the examination of the conclusions of the High Level Independent Panel on Peacekeeping Operations (hippo report), the subsequent Secretary-General's report under Secretary-General Ban's tenure and the passing of the baton to Secretary-General Guterres who continued the process through the launching of the Action for Peacekeeping. The article looks at the definitions available to guide the implementation of sequenced and prioritized mandates and describes and assesses the mandate renewal process in the context of three specific field missions concentrating some of the most recent efforts of the Security Council to apply the principles of the Declaration of Shared Commitments.

Purpose
This study aims to explore the factors moderating possibly indirect relationships between gender diversity and its effect on bank performance. The causality of this relationship remains unclear.


Design/methodology/approach
The sample consists of all banks (n = 27) operating in Serbia.


Findings
The gender diversity-performance relationship is indirect. The gender diversity of executive boards positively impacts bank performance, over a threshold level. This is observed only in banks where gender diversity is extended to more than one level of executive authority.


Research limitations/implications
Gender diversity should be fostered, particularly in small and competitive markets. The gender diversity-performance link is based on gender-related social interactions, which are interdependent and should not be taken into account as isolated factors.


Originality/value
To the knowledge, this is the first study to provide insight into indirect, gender related, moderatory interactions effecting gender diversity – performance link, in banking.