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Democracy, capitalism and racism: Latino labour and US capitalism
Sy, Aida; Tinker, Tony - In: International Journal of Critical Accounting 3 (2011) 1, pp. 1-4
Since the US voters elected Barack Obama in 2008 – the first African American President of the United States of America – we witness continual attacks on this first black president. The attacks by the Tea Party have been widely broadcast by those parts of the US media most sympathetic to...
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The economic diplomacy of sovereign debt crises: Latin America and the euro-zone compared
Bayne, Nicholas - In: International Journal of Diplomacy and Economy 1 (2012) 1, pp. 4-18
This article compares today's euro-zone debt crisis, in terms of economic diplomacy, with the earlier crisis in Latin America. Four features served to reconcile the tensions and resolve the 1980s' crisis. A balance was preserved between debtor countries and creditor banks. Though initially...
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Downs' ökonomische Theorie der Demokratie 2.0: Politische Präferenzen und Gleichheitsaversion
Sell, Friedrich L.; Stratmann, Felix - Fakultät für Wirtschafts- und … - 2011
Nach einem kurzen Rückblick auf das Downs-Modell diskutieren wir anhand empirischer Daten aus Deutschland dessen heutige Relevanz unter Berücksichtigung der aus der Fairness-Literatur bekannten Ungleichheitsaversion (UA). Dabei wird der Begriff der sozialen Präferenzen um das neue Konzept der...
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An empirical study of the limits and perspectives of institutional transfers
Möller, Marie - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Westfälische … - 2012
The aim of this paper is to determine which country-specific characteristics promote and which impede the adoption of institutions. On the basis of a broad panel of 183 countries for the period between 1996 and 2010, we test whether there are tendencies towards a general improvement and towards...
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Governance, Demokratie und wirtschaftliche Entwicklung in den ehemals sozialistischen Staaten
Apolte, Thomas; Peters, Heiko - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Westfälische … - 2009
unterschiedlichem Tempo und sequencing den Weg zu Demokratie und einer marktwirtschaftlichen Wirtschaftsordnung. Die polit … die Frage, ob die Einführung von Demokratie angesichts umfassender ökonomischer Reformen nicht besser verzögert werden … sollte. Nach einer theoretischen Betrachtung von Governance, Demokratie und Reformen folgt in diesem Beitrag ein Überblick …
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Les syndicats et la mondialisation : le cas de la Tunisie
Ennaceur, Mohamed - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2000
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Immigration Policies: Competing for Skills
Ochel, Wolfgang - In: CESifo Forum 1 (2000) 4, pp. 27-33
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Demonstration Elections and the Subversion of Democracy
Bauzon, Kenneth E. - Centro Argentino de Estudios Internacionales (CAEI)
One of the presumed components of liberal democracy is the principle of pluralism. This principle is presumably … democratic discourse, indeed even the meaning of democracy itself. A further question is examined, and this pertains to the … itself at every opportunity as a model and champion of democracy. This paper finds a remarkable consistency and constancy of …
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The United States and the Arab Spring
Kivimäki, Timo - In: Journal of Human Security 9 (2013) 1, pp. 15-26
This article reveals, by studying correlative relationships between US regime support and regime properties, that the US foreign policy in the Middle East has traditionally helped governments to limit the political participation of Islamists, communists, enemies of Israel and populations that...
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Of Democracies, Wars and Responses to War: A Comparative Perspective on War and Security in India and the United States
Bhattacharya, Sanjukta Banerji - In: India Quarterly: A Journal of International Affairs 69 (2013) 3, pp. 211-227
democracy as their preferred form of government. The United States and India are both democracies and both have been involved in …. India is a comparatively new democracy, and its main concern till recently has been to maintain its territorial security …
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