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In the spring of 1990 the whole world was watching what was happening in Nicaragua. Free elections brought to a …. Two years later, in the spring of 1992, the economic and financial situation of Nicaragua had not improved nearly enough …
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Purpose – In the Western world the voices calling for a secular society have grown ever louder over the last three … economic and moral grounds. Design/methodology/approach – A discussion focusing on those calling for a secular society and, in … history from a purportedly positive view, they have argued that “modernization” leads to a secular society. Recently …
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the era of Reforms and openness, a picture portraying the traits of Chinese rural society is provided. The author delves … deep into the foundations of econometric as well as western society to draw comparisons between Occidental and oriental … society. Findings – Unlike the widely held view that implicitly identifies the basis of studies in Chinese economical …
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cheap credit and the democratization of market investments that spurred consumer purchases and a false belief that what was …
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their political nature. Finally, the paper assigns an all-impressing role to civil society organizations (CSOs) in promoting …
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to model the link between political participation and life satisfaction whilst correcting for the endogenous nature of the relationship; explore the impact of different strengths of political participation and aim to uncover if the relationship displays...
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The fragmentation of knowledge poses serious threats to a survival when scientific and technological know-how constantly outrun understanding of societies and individuals. A significant problem associated with this state of affairs is the unquestioned separation of facts and values. This paper...
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society and offer alternative measurements for the increasingly more global economy of today. Design …
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The history and development of urban transportation sysems in Brazil are reviewed in some detail. Early urban developments were served by rail and relied upon the rail transit systems but this has deteriorated since the 1930s as a result of high urban growth rate. Rail transport has chiefly been...
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Documents and notes the specific content of Marx′s postulate (in the original German edition of Das Kapital , 1867) that “der Mensch von Natur ...ein gesellschaftliches thier ist”. All the prominent English editions (unlike the French, Russian, Italian and Spanish versions examined) except...
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