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Language Communities or Cultural Empires? The Impact of European Languages in Former Colonial Territories
Martinho, Ana Maria Mão-de-Ferro - Institute of European Studies, UC Berkeley - 2005
In this text we will consider two main topics: 1- the notion of post-colonial utopia through social, political and literary events in Angola and Moçambique namely during the 60s and the 80s; 2- the ways in which Literature in these countries has shown to be consistent with such a reality in...
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Global Warming And Lifestyle Choices: A Discussion Paper
Schuetzenmeister, Falk - Institute of European Studies, UC Berkeley - 2009
In this conceptual paper, I discuss the lifestyle approach as a possible sociological contribution to the interdisciplinary discourse on climate change mitigation. The lifestyle approach could integrate sometimes contradicting results from micro-economics, social-psychology, cultural...
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Jay translation, ki ma qal Abdiche
Rosello, Mireille - Institute of European Studies, UC Berkeley - 2005
One of the heroes of this talk is Fellag, a famous Algerian humorist. In a portrait of the artist included in the published version of another of his plays, Djurdjurassique Bled, Pierre Lartigue writes that in Arabic, the name Fellag means "bûcheron, coupeur de routes. Au figuré, bandit de...
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Struggling Over Civil Liberties: The Troubled Foundations of the West
Newman, Abraham - Institute of European Studies, UC Berkeley - 2006
Shared fundamental liberties and democratic principles have long provided the core of what observers of international …, local variations in fundamental rights have produced significant international implications. Examining recent transatlantic … disputes over privacy and free speech, the paper argues that a new set of international issues have emerged dealing with …
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The Atlantic Alliance and Geopolitics: New Realities and New Challenges
Lie, Kai Olaf - Institute of European Studies, UC Berkeley - 2009
This paper is based on the hypothesis that the new geopolitical environment for the Atlantic Alliance is mainly influenced by the following five elements: The renaissance of Germany as the central player on the European theater after the collapse of the Soviet Union; the shift of American...
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International Capital Flows and Financial Markets in Transition Economies: The Case of Croatia
Sohinger, Jasminka; Horvatin, Darko - Institute of European Studies, UC Berkeley - 2006
Following the economic and political reforms international private capital started flowing into the emerging market … markets. In this paper, after reviewing the composition and direction of international private capital flows, we focus on the … effects that the international private capital flows had on the Croatian banking industry as well as how they helped shape its …
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Skills and Talent of Immigrants: A Comparison between the European Union and the United States
Peri, Giovanni - Institute of European Studies, UC Berkeley - 2005
The nineties has been a period of increasing migratory flows from less developed countries to industrialized nations. It is instructive to compare the two largest economies in the world, the European Union and the United States, in terms of the magnitude, trends and composition of their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010817500
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Problems of Democratic Control in European Security and Defense Politics – a View from Peace and Conflict Research
Wagner, Wolfgang - Institute of European Studies, UC Berkeley - 2007
Since EU members have agreed to establish integrated military forces and to decide jointly on their deployment in European institutions, the EU’s “democratic deficit†is no longer confined to issues of common market governance but also includes foreign, security and defense...
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A Political Agenda for Region-building? The EMP and Democracy Promotion in North Africa
Gillespie, Richard - Institute of European Studies, UC Berkeley - 2004
democracy. He further examines the set-backs in light of post-Barcelona international events, such as the breakdown of the …
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Europe and United States, 1944-2006: Two Destinies in an Uncertain World
Bossuat, Gerard Gérard - Institute of European Studies, UC Berkeley - 2006
industrial countries, beyond the necessary bilateral cooperation due to the old friendship, to hope overcoming the political and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011130509