(socialist states ruled by communist parties) and the "Western world" (countries with capitalist economies).[4] Communist parties ran the politics of much of the world from the late 1910s to the early 1990s. While communism lost much ground to neoliberalism and globalization during the 1980s and early 1990s‚ it is still influential in China‚ India‚ Nepal‚ Laos‚ Russia‚ Cuba and parts of Latin America and Central Asia. According to Marxist theory‚ higher-phase communism is a specific stage of historical
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Part I Perspectives on International Political Economy The first chapter of the text deals with the fundamental nature of international political economy (IPE) and some analytical issues related to its multidimensional character. Chapters 2 through 4 are the core chapters of the text that explore the history and policies associated with the three dominant IPE perspectives‚ namely economic liberalism‚ mercantilism‚ and structuralism. These theoretical tools are useful in understanding many
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critical currents Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation Occasional Paper Series Carbon Trading How it works and why it fails no.7 November 2009 critical currents no.7 November 2009 Carbon Trading How it works and why it fails Tamra Gilbertson and Oscar Reyes Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation Uppsala 2009 The Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation pays tribute to the memory of the second Secretary General of the UN by searching for and examining workable alternatives for a socially and economically
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Jovanovich. Ben-David‚ Joseph. 1971. The Scientist’s Role in Society: A Comparative Study. Englewood Cliffs‚ NJ: Prentice-Hall. Bockman‚ Johann‚ and Gil Eyal. 2002. Eastern Europe as a laboratory of Ewconomic Knowledge: The transnational roots of neoliberalism. American Journal of Sociology‚ 108‚ 2: 310-352. 20 Bourdieu‚ Pierre. 1977. Outline of a Theory of Practice. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (First published in French 1972.) Coleman‚ James S. 1964. Introduction to Mathematical Sociology
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Development of Parties and Party Systems in Central Europe 1989-2008 (I) - Poland‚ the Czech Republic‚ Slovakia and Hungary Søren Riishøj‚ Senior Lecturer‚ Institute of Political Science‚ University of Southern Denmark Email-adresses: sr@sam.sdu.dk Contents: I. Introduction 1.1. Political parties and stages of post-communism 1.2. Political parties and party systems 1.3. The formation of political parties 1.4. Stages of party and party system development
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feminist perspectives. New York: Zed Books. Li‚ F.L.N.‚ A.M. Findlay‚ and H. Jones. 1998. A cultural economy perspective on service sector migration in the global city: The case of Hong Kong. International Migration 36 (2): 131–57. Ong‚ Aihwa. 2006. Neoliberalism as exception: Mutations in citizenship and sovereignty. Durham‚ N.C.: Duke University Press. Ong‚ Aihwa‚ and Ananya Roy. 2008. Concept paper: Inter-referencing Asia: Urban experiments and the art of being global. Paper presented at the SSRC conference
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The 2008 World Economic Crisis: Global Shifts and Faultlines The last months of 2008 witnessed what is being called the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression of 1929-30. The first indications of a serious crisis appeared in January 2008. On 15 January‚ news of a sharp drop in the profits of the Citigroup banking led to a sharp fall on the New York Stock Exchange. On 21 January a spectacular fall in share prices occurred in all major world markets‚ followed by a series of collapses
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From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Gross domestic product in 2011 US dollars per capita‚ adjusted for inflation and purchasing power parity (log scale) from 1860 to 2011‚ with population (disk area) for the US (yellow)‚ UK (orange)‚ Japan (red)‚ China (red)‚ and India (blue).[1] Globalization (or globalisation—see spelling differences) is the process of international integration arising from the interchange of world views‚ products‚ ideas‚ and other aspects of culture.[2][3] Put in simple
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Press. Hancock‚ I. (1997) ‘The Struggle for the Control of Identity’‚ Transitions 4‚ 4 September. ------- (2002) Ame Sam e Rromane Dzene/We are the Romani People‚ Hatfield: University of Hertfordshire Press. 31 Harvey‚ D. (2005) A Brief History of Neoliberalism‚ Oxford: Oxford University Press. Heuss‚ H. (2000) ‘Anti-Gypsyism’ is not a new phenomenon. Anti-Gypsyism research: the creation of a new field of study’‚ in T. Acton (ed.) Scholarship and the Gypsy Struggle‚ Hatfield: University of Hertfordshire
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The 4th South China University of Technology Model United Nations Conference Background Guide Committee: Union of South American Nations Topic: Free Trade and Regional Security Welcome Letter from the Dais Distinguished Delegates: Welcome to South China University of Technology Model United Nations Conference of 2013! We are the dais of Union of South American Nations‚ sincerely hoping to witness your active participation and constructive solutions to crisis with your comprehensive
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