The legacies of communism : an introductory essay / Ivan Volgyes -- Marginality reinforced / Bennett Kovrig -- The economic legacies of communism / Ivan Volgyes -- The sociological legacies of communism / Jane L. Curry -- The environmental legacies of communism / Barbara Jancar-Webster -- The...

Homeland impacts of developing country immigrants : an overview / by Susan Eckstein -- Migration and development : reconciling opposite views / by Alejandro Portes -- How overseas Chinese spurred the economic "miracle" in their homeland / by Min Ye -- Immigrants? : globalization of the Indian...

Die vorliegende Dissertationsschrift befasst sich mit innovativen Aktivitäten und deren Wirkung im regionalen Raum. Innovationen und das damit einhergehende neu geschaffene Wissen sind wesentliche Treiber wirtschaftlicher und gesellschaft-licher Entwicklung. Innovationen beziehungsweise neue...

Climate change tends to increase the frequency and intensity of weather-related disasters, which puts many people at risk. Economic, social and environmental impacts further increase vulnerability to disasters and tend to set back development, destroy livelihoods, and increase disparity...

"Since the 1970s, the closure of mines, mills, and factories has marked a rupture in working-class lives. The Deindustrialized World interrogates the process of industrial ruination, from the first impact of layoffs in metropolitan cities, suburban areas, and single-industry towns to the shock...