Der vorliegende Band enthält die Beiträge des 52. Forschungsseminars Radein. Der Sammelband untersucht, welche Rolle globale Instabilitäten auf volkswirtschaftliche und gesellschaftliche Entwicklung der Staaten bzw. Regionen haben und welche neuen wirtschaftspolitischen Konzepte gefragt sind,...

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Chapter 1: On the Logical Character and Coherence of Islamic Economics -- Chapter 2: Consilience as Islamic Methodology of Tawhid: The General Socio-Scientific Framework -- Chapter 3: Economics for a Better Future -- Chapter 4: Game-Theoretic Investigation...

"Iraq was the first postcolonial state recognized as legally sovereign by the League of Nations amid the twentieth-century wave of decolonization movements. It also emerged as an early laboratory of development projects designed by Iraqi intellectuals, British colonial officials, American...

Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1. Editorial Pro-Poor Tourism: Do ‘Tourism Exchanges Benefit Primarily the Countries of the South’? / Hall, C. Michael -- 2. Tourism and Poverty Alleviation: An Integrative Research Framework / Zhao, Weibing / Brent Ritchie, J. R. -- 3. Tourism as a Tool for...

Regional disparities in income have been an important part of the growth of experience of most nation states. Canada is no exception. In a large country, thinly populated and having a wide diversity of resources, cultures, and locational advantages, it is only natural to expect the existence of...

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. We Become What We Measure -- 1. More, Better, Faster: The Beginnings -- 2. The Origins of Bling: The Spirit of Economic Growth -- 3. The Crucible of Crisis: The Great Depression and the Need for Economic Indicators -- 4. Born from...

This study is an attempt to find a solution to the problem of fiscal adjustment between a province or a state and its municipalities–a pressing problem throughout Canada and the United States and in many other countries in view of the great disparities in the revenue-raising capacity of...