Neun Beiträge, verfasst von Autorinnen und Autoren ganz unterschiedlicher Fachdisziplinen, untersuchen den Fairen Handel und seine Alternativen als kulturelles Phänomen, analysieren seine Wertschöpfungsketten und diskutieren seine sozialen, ökonomischen und umweltrelevanten Auswirkungen...

This book rigorously explores the critical, initial stage of cluster emergence in which the seeds for further growth are sown. Whether economic growth actually occurs, however, ultimately depends on various regional conditions and the processes in place

This paper studies the influence of interregional inequality within countries on internal conflicts. Regional inequalities are measured by the population-weighted coefficient of variation of regional GDP per capita. As the main innovation, I use a panel data set of country-level regional...