Economic growth of LDCs depends decisively on the volume of foreign currency avaliable to them. Apart from financial aid, such currencies can only be earned by exports. However, almost 90 p.c. of all export revenue of LDCs flows from shipments of raw and base materials, and thus, increasing...

In spite of its importance for the economy, trade in developing countries has been falling short of the attention it deserves in discussions about development policies. It is all the more necessary, therefore, henceforth to make the very existence, and the increasing use, of trade consulting...

The involvement of civil society in EU governance is widely interpreted as a right step in the direction of participatory democracy. Civil society associations are expected to communicate the concerns of citizens to Brussels, to engage in public deliberation with EU decision makers and...

This paper analyzes the question whether or not in China structures of a civil society are emerging. It addresses the increasing separation of state and society, the society's differentiation, growing social and spatial disparities, the turn of the CCP from a class towards a people's party, the...

Im ersten Teil dieser Vorlesung wird die Entwicklung der objektiven und der subjektiven Wohlfahrt der Bevölkerung in der ehemaligen DDR seit 1990 anhand von Umfragedaten rekonstruiert. Eine klare Verbesserung der Einkommenssituation geht einher mit einer klaren Verschlechterung der Stimmung,...

In den letzten zwei Jahrzehnten erlebten ‚Gemeinwohl’ wie ‚Zivilgesellschaft’ eine Renaissance als Topoi und wissenschaftliche Konzepte. Beide werden oft miteinander in Beziehung gebracht: Während der Zivilgesellschaft eine gemeinwohlfördernde Funktion zugeschrieben wird, dient das...

The lack of a general consensus on the major characteristics of world order has led to a considerable amount of confusion among scholars as well as among policymakers. What kind of order is emerging now? Is it the “liberal moment”; a renewed balance of power competition; a “clash of...