Wie sieht es nach der "Perestroika" in Südafrika aus? Geht das Land den Weg zur multikulturellen Gesellschaft? Sind seine Bergbau- und Energieressourcen wirklich grenzenlos? Wie geht man mit der Umwelt um? Welche neuen Perspektiven gibt es in der wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung? Diesen und anderen...

The Millennium Development Goals address poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy, environmental degradation, and discrimination against women, by the year 2015. In this volume scholars and policymakers in the fields of population and health reflect on the attainments of some of these goals, on the...

Crises occur in all societies across world, and can be natural (such as hurricanes, flooding, and earthquakes), man-made (such as wars and economic downturns), or, often, a combination of both (such as famines, the flooding of New Orleans in 2005 after Hurricane Katrina and subsequent levy...