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The scientist and the church
Nitzan, Jonathan; Bichler, Shimshon - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
The April 21, 2005 issue of the LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS carried a lead article titled ‘Blood for Oil?’ The paper is attributed to a group of writers and activists – Iain Boal, T.J. Clark, Joseph Matthews and Michael Watts – who identify themselves by the collective name ‘Retort.’ In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836969
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New imperialism or new capitalism?
Nitzan, Jonathan; Bichler, Shimshon - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
Over the past century, the institution of capital and the process of its accumulation have been fundamentally transformed. By contrast, the theories that explain this institution and process have remained largely unchanged. The purpose of this paper is to address this mismatch. Using a broad...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005621372
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Togo: recent political and economic development
Kohnert, Dirk - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
Backed by peaceful but undemocratic presidential (2010) and legislative (July 2013) elections the Gnassingbé regime consolidated its power. In view of the absolute majority of the ruling party, its inclination for meaningful constitutional and electoral reforms, as demanded by the opposition...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011240406
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Knowledge-based Economic Development as a Unifying Vision in a Post-awakening Arab World
Schwalje, Wes - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This article traces the evolution of knowledge-based economic development in the Arab World. In pursuing this objective, many countries in the region have made large state-driven human capital investments with the goals of job creation, economic integration, economic diversification,...
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Social Development – A Multidimensional Approach To Social Development Analysis. Country Level Evidence for Year 2011
Lechman, Ewa - 2014
The study investigates disparities in social development in 144 countries worldwide. In the paper we aim to investigate cross-country differences in social development level in year 2011, as well as to estimate inequalities on the field. Secondly, we assess relative social development level...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014147310
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Генезис цивитальной организации: идеология нового мира
Kaluzhsky, M.L. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
The monography considers laws and mechanisms of social development from positions of positivism, dialectic materialism and the theory of systems. The methodology of the author is based on causality in relations of a society and social institutes. Social development is considered as result of...
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From public offices to the cultural or economic sector. How Dutch nobility kept its elite positions during the 20th century.
Dronkers, J.; Schijf, H - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2001
Dutch noble families have held more elite positions than high bourgeois families during the 20th century, and this … from public elite positions towards more elite positions in the cultural and business sector. Although this move into elite … position in other sectors does not fully compensate for the decline of elite positions in the public sector, it highlights an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008622260
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Does Oil Income Impede Democratization In Muslim– Majority Countries?
Nuri Aras, Osman; Suleymanov, Elchin; Zeynalov, Ayaz - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
income, specifically, appears to prevent democratization in Muslim–majority countries. This paper will attempt to argue that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258653
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Developing new measurements of State institutional capacity
Popov, Vladimir - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
According to a narrow definition, institutional capacity of the state is the ability of the government to enforce laws and regulations. There are a lot of subjective indices (control over corruption, rule of law, government effectiveness, etc.) that are designed to measure the state...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009220088
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Neo-liberalism, consequences on the prospect of democratization in Latin America
Dobra, Alexandra - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
The present paper aims to analyze the consequences of neo-liberalism on the prospect of democratization in Latin … level of evaluation highlights the deficiency of an efficacious political democratization at the level of the State and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009220096