Die Beiträge des Bandes untersuchen die unterschiedlichen Dimensionen der lateinamerikanischen Sozialstruktur seit der Jahrtausendwende. Klassische Fragestellungen der Sozialstrukturanalyse finden ebenso Beachtung wie jüngere Forschungsfelder. Der vorliegende Sammelband vereint innovative...

This is a new analysis of recent changes in important Japanese institutions. It addresses the origin, development, and recent adaptation of core institutions, including financial institutions, corporate governance, lifetime employment, and the amakudari system. After four decades of rapid...

Globalization and the economics of radical change in China -- Setting the stage : a primer to the study of China's economic reforms -- Changing social institutions -- China in the global economy -- Environment, pollution, and renewable energy -- Changing life chances -- The rule of law and...

List of tables and figures -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction : a critical look at two decades of market reform in India / Sudipta Bhattacharyya -- Development planning and the interventionist state versus liberalization and the neoliberal state : India, 1989-1996 / Terence J. Byres...