The effects of organized labor on regime change in developing countries are not clear‐cut. Optimists argue that union agitation is conducive to both democratic transition and consolidation processes. Pessimists hold that unions will support any regime that is conducive to their demands....

International vergleichende Studien und zahllose Pressemeldungen, die über Übergriffe auf ausländische Afrikaner berichten, zeigen, dass sich in der südafrikanischen Gesellschaft seit dem Ende der Apartheid ein Klima der Fremdenfeindlichkeit verbreitet hat. Im Kontrast zum Ausmaß des...

Taking South Africa as an important case study of the challenges of structural transformation, the book offers a new micro-meso level framework and evidence linking country-specific and global dynamics of change, with a focus on the current challenges and opportunities faced by middle-income...