This book presents a re-examination of classical issues in the relationship between different forms of democratization, civil, political and social, and examines Chile's transition to democracy during the 1990s as a typical case of the modern sequence. It highlights the lasting institutional...

20 Jahre nach der Deutschen Einheit haben sich die Lebensverhältnisse und die wirtschaftliche Grundlage Ostdeutschlands in vielen Bereichen denen Westdeutschlands angenähert. Angesichts dieses Jahrestages und vor dem Hintergrund der sich im Herbst 2008 verschärfenden globalen Finanzkrise...

During the twentieth century, German government and industry created a highly skilled workforce as part of an ambitious program to control and develop the country's human resources. Yet, these long-standing efforts to match as many workers as possible to skilled vocations and to establish a...