The Europe's 2020 Strategy clearly outlines the ambition for EU member states to pursue a smart, sustainable and inclusive growth: this means designing a the strategy that aims at achieving a socio-ecological transition by fostering economic growth as well as social development (e.g. with...

Greece was traditionally an emigration country. However, since the early 1990s it became an immigrant destination and nowadays up to a tenth of the population are immigrants, mainly from neighbouring Balkan countries and, especially, Albania. This large scale immigration within a short time...

This assessment of the present context for evolving socio-economic patterns and trends in the United States is intended to support consideration of prospects for gains in income shares among the lower income population, recognising that the United States is: a very large heterogeneous...

This research argues that variations in the interplay between cultural assimilation and cultural diffusion have played a significant role in giving rise to differential patterns of economic development across the globe. Societies that were geographically less vulnerable to cultural diffusion,...

Soziale Integration ist der Schlüssel für nachhaltige Entwicklung! Im Mittelpunkt steht die Frage nach dem Gegensatz von Wachstums- und Verteilungszielen. Die theoretische Analyse betont die Rolle kultureller Diffusion. Die neue Antwort ist von großer wirtschaftspolitischer Relevanz:...

I. Introduction -- II. Why is immigration important? -- The economy and demography of the 21st century -- Immigration and the identity of the country -- Foreign policy and national security -- III. What is wrong with US immigration policy and practice? -- Illegal immigration -- Temporary...