The price for Singapore's economic successes were the restrictions of the population's freedom. Since the Eighties, a social change can be observed which is leading the population to rejecting the autoritarian rule and the restrictions of freedom. The PAP administration, which refuses any...

Using Staniszkis' concept of "political capitalism" a frame for a comparative analysis of transformation trajectories is built. Different forms of political capitalism are defined by specific characteristics of the state, but also different patterns of cultural integration are taken into...

In the public discussion, the series of accounting scandals and bankruptcies which has taken place in the last years is primarily attributed to the greed of managers and institutional lacks in securing shareholder's interests. However, this article argues that it is precisely the proliferation...

Today the western view of Russia presents the problem of corruption exclusively as a continuation of the old Soviet order. In this chapter it is argued that the present phenomenon of corruption in Russia systemicly emerged from the privatization of state property and the introduction of market...

The article examines different modes of peripheralisation in Eastern Europe in the process of transformation. While in both, the EU candidate countries and in Russia, patterns of peripheral capitalism can be observed, pursued by and in the interest of transnational political and economic...

The new form of international terrorism shows complex relations to the capitalist globalisation process. It is argued that the present international system - despite of the absolute economic and military dominance of the 'strong states' under US-leadership - is marked by a fundamental lack of...