The claim of globalization critics that the income gap to industrial countries is bound to widen for essentially all developing countries as a consequence of economic globalization is in conflict with empirical evidence. Economic performance differs tremendously across developing countries. We...

Die Lebensbedingungen auf der Welt, insbesondere in den Entwick-lungsländern, sollen sich, so hört man es oft, laufend verschlechtern. Insbesondere Institutionen, die von und für die Entwicklungs-hilfe leben, vertreten diese These. Mit reichem Datenmaterial be-legt der Verfasser, daß fast...

The theoretical foundations for this book, rooted in the ongoing realism-liberalism (neoliberal institutionalism) debate, as well as more recent constructivist approaches to cooperation, provide a useful focal point for the study of RDBs. The comparison of four institutions allows for an...

"Mapping BRICS Media brings together distinguished scholars from the BRICS nations to assess the effects of the exponential growth in media in some of the world's fastest growing major economies and examine how the emergence will impact on global media and communication.Transnational in scope...