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This paper explores the pre-First World War Austro-Hungarian economy as a prominent case where growing conflict between various ethnic and national groups within an empire might have contributed to the emergence of internal borders and even its eventual dissolution. To this end we adopt an...
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achievement trait (income). Individuals with lower cognitive ability are predicted to invest more value on nationalism and to have …
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About fifty years after the independence of most former colonies on the African continent, books on African nationalism … nationalism in Africa and elsewhere shows remarkable differences both in its roots and its impact, compared with that of the …
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argument is that greater economic inequality prompts states to generate more nationalism as a diversion that discourages their … data on international conflict from the Correlates of War project. Only the diversionary theory of nationalism is supported …. This conclusion is an important contribution to our understanding of nationalism as well as of the effects of economic …
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nineteenth century Habsburg Empire - one emphasizing the centrifugal impact of rising intra-empire of nationalism, the other …
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achievement trait (income). Individuals who are less likely to achieve are predicted to invest more value on nationalism and to …
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Multiculturalism has taken a life of its own, swinging too far in one direction. The authors claim that the rapidly changing reality calls for a new majority-minority theory and argue that the moral justifications for cultural minority rights should also apply to majority groups. They present...
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Das Papier diskutiert die relative Aufgabenteilung von privaten und öffentlichen Institutionen bei der Vermeidung und Bewältigung von Verschuldungskrisen souveräner Staaten. Anders als häufig in der Debatte dargestellt, sind Änderungen sowohl auf Seiten der Anleger gefragt wie auch...
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he record of aid to fragile and poorly-performing states is the real test of aid effectiveness. Rich countries can justify aid to fragile states both through altruism and self-interest. But, with some exceptions, donors have appeared at the wrong times and with the wrong attitudes, even...
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Numerous publications about disasters are implying that disaster vulnerability is growing. The main reasons given for this are growing populations, climate change and increasing poverty. However, maybe the current perception of vulnerability to disasters rests primarily on a perspective focusing...
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