Wenn George W. Bush 2008 seine Präsidentschaft beendet und aller Voraussicht nach von einem demokratischen Politiker beerbt wird, dann geht mehr zu Ende als bloß eine achtjährige Präsidentschaft. Es ist das Ende einer geschichtlichen Epoche, das Ende der neokonservativen Bewegung, welche die...

Ukraine Between the Orange Revolution and the EU -- European Governance and Transformation in Ukraine / G.P.E. Walzenbach -- The Ukrainian Project : A Hard Road from National Independence to the "Orange Revolution" / Petro Kuzyk -- Aspects of Nationhood--or its Absence -- Nationalism and...

Outlines the process, which commenced at least a century ago, during which appropriate prerequisites for rapid growth were established. Explains that, by 1960, Korea already possessed a semi‐developed economy, in terms of physical infrastructure, economic and financial institutions and human...

When the Third World fell behind -- The first global century up to 1913 -- Biggest Third World terms of trade boom ever? -- The economics of Third World growth engines and dutch diseases -- Measuring third world de-industrialization and Dutch disease -- An Asian de-industrialization illustration...