In this open access publication, the social cohesion of urban neighborhoods and their residents is examined, which is often viewed as vulnerable since increased mobility, individualization, wider socio-economic and demographic changes have fundamentally altered the basis for everyday social...

This book offers an interdisciplinary and comparative study of the complex interplay between private versus public forms of organization and governance in urban residential developments. Bringing together top experts from numerous disciplines, including law, economics, geography, political...

Basierend auf einer Gegenüberstellung bisheriger Brand Community-Studien untersucht Melanie Hoppe sowohl den Einfluss von Motiven für die Partizipation auf die informelle Mitgliedschaft in Brand Communities als auch deren Auswirkungen auf Verhaltensintentionen der Markenfans. Die Autorin...

Part I Overture: The Sacred Symphony.- 1 Our Objective - We Just Want to Change the World (Stomu Yamash’ta, Tadashi Yagi, Stephen Hill) -- Part II First Movement: ‘Recognizing the Need for Change’ -- 2 The Survivability of Humanity within the Current Global Economic Paradigm (Stephen Hill)...

1 Zielsetzung und Aufbau der Arbeit -- 1.1 Motivation der Arbeit -- 1.2 Forschungsleitende Fragestellungen -- 1.3 Ablauf und Aufbau der Arbeit -- 2 Methodologie -- 2.1 Wissenschaftstheoretische Grundlagen -- 2.2 Der Forschungsprozess -- 2.3 Verwendete Forschungsmethoden -- 3 Virtuelle...

Provides a detailed analysis of the achievements and disappointments of the modern Indian economy, and an exploration of the issues which are shaping India's economic future. Offers a comprehensive overview of the state of India's economy in the twenty-first century and is essential for...

Che Guevara remains an iconic figure, four decades after his death. Yet his most significant contribution - his work as a member of the Cuban government - is rarely discussed. This book explores his impact on Cuba's economy, through fascinating new archival material and interviews.

This book aims at presenting and assessing imperialism as a theoretical concept. It aims to provide a comprehensive evaluation, focusing specifically on the tension between Marx's theoretical system of the Critique of Political Economy and the theories of capitalist expansion and domination.

Hong Kong SAR is now highly unusual as a large economy running a currency board system that pegs the Hong Kong Dollar to the US Dollar. This volume explores the origins and persistence of this system, presenting the viewpoint of several of the main protagonists in the operation of the currency...

In this book, economist and evolutionary game theorist Daniel Freidman demonstrates that our moral codes and our market systems, while often in conflict, are really devices evolved to achieve similar ends, and that society functions best when morals and markets are in balance with each other.