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While traditional theories of legitimacy have focused on the nation-state, authoritarian regimes and democracies alike seek legitimation not only in the domestic realm but also from international sources. This paper argues that the degree to, and the form in, which they do so depend on the...
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Growing criticism of inefficient development aid demanded new planning instruments of donors, including international NGOs (INGOs). A reorientation from isolated project-planning towards holistic country concepts and the increasing rationality of a result-orientated planning process were seen as...
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In the past decades the involvement of local experts in the planning and evaluation of development programs has steadily increased. Ownership of development planning is propagated as major aim of bilateral and international development co-operation. Yet, the quality and performance of many local...
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Häufig wird erst bei der Schlußevaluierung von TZ-Projekten erkannt, daß das Nichterreichen von Teilzielen oder gar das Scheitern des gesamten Projektes auf die mangelnde Berücksichtigung sozialer und soziokultureller Voraussetzungen zurückzuführen sind. Es reicht nicht aus, technische,...
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This paper reviews the situation in the agricultural sector and food security in Cuba and in particular the … countries" and show that Cuba does not fit easily in one of the transition patterns, and, in a way, has characteristics of "a …
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social policies were the main social elevators for the formerly underprivileged classes in socialist Cuba, the economic … business sector in Cuba has largely disfavoured Afro-Cubans, due to their lack of access to pre-revolutionary property and …
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The 'Cuban safety-valve theory' explains sustained survival of Cuban socialism in part through the high levels of emigration, following Hirschman's model of 'exit' undermining 'voice'. The article argues that this remains insufficient in two important ways. Taking a closer look at the crisis...
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The collection of solid waste and the recovery of recyclable material from waste belong to the many challenges Cuba has … waste management we develop suggestions for an improvement of the waste situation in Cuba. These suggestions take into … account that the financial means available for a reform of the waste management system in Cuba are severely restricted …
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deviant case of Cuba's 'non-transition' from a comparative social science perspective can shed light on the peculiarities of … this case and, more importantly, test the general assumptions underlying post-1989 expectations of regime change in Cuba … exceptionalism with a more long-term historic perspective. Moreover, they suggest that interpretations of Cuba as simply a 'belated …
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examines two cases of reformed communist regimes (China and Vietnam) with two relatively unreformed cases (North Korea and Cuba … a flexible legitimation strategy while North Korea and Cuba adopted a comparatively rigid legitimation approach. …
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