The Role of National Culture in Politics and Economics (Review of Books)

The article presents an overview of the books by Danish (Brian Russell Graham), Indonesian (Harijono Djojodihardjo), Romanian (Liviu Warter) and Irish (Sean Crosson) authors. The books cover the problems of the relationship between national culture and innovation (H. Djojodihardjo), national culture and business ethics (I. Warter, L. Warter), national and popular culture (S. Crosson), as well as national culture as the basis for national identity (B.R. Graham). The review takes into account the appeal of the researchers to the Russian national cultural experience and its influence on the policy in the field of mass culture, innovation and economic cooperation. The abstracts from the articles and books are supported by the data from the Google Trends analytical service for the search queries of the Internet users such as “business ethics†, “cinema†, “general culture†and “innovation†. The correlation of scientific findings in the peer-reviewed scientific literature and public interest in certain topics makes it possible to show the popularity and significance of the chosen issue, to clarify the national and geographical features of the content under study.Â