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World Citizens’ Views on U.S. Leadership, Pre- and Post-Obama
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A.T. Kearney The Foreign Direct Investment Confidence Index is a regular survey of global executives conducted by A.T. Kearney. The Index provides a unique look at the present and future prospects for international investment flows. Companies participating in the survey account for more than $3.8 trillion in annual global revenue. Continue reading Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Confidence Index Using payment systems to combat the shadow economy At almost $3 trillion, the shadow economy — that blurry area of commerce that includes legal activity hidden deliberately from public authorities — makes up a sizeable portion of economic activity in Europe. This study, performed for VISA Europe, examines the structure of the shadow economy and ways to reduce it. In many industries, the answer is the introduction of electronic payment systems. Continue reading The Shadow Economy in Europe The Social Sciences Citation Index in Web of Science is a carefully selected and evaluated collection delivers to users the most influential scientific research information from the 20th century. With the addition of Century of Social SciencesTM, SSCI delivers comprehensive backfile and cited reference data from 1900 to 2009. The world itself changed dramatically during the first half of the 20th century, and the published research during this period of time is reflective of these great changes. The ability to search an entire century of information in one place, across 55 disciplines of the social sciences, is simply invaluable resource for academic study at all levels. Continue reading The Social Sciences Citation Index Arno Tausch This article reflects the renewed interest of economics and the social science discipline in value systems and religion. The World Values Survey provided a data framework of global value change, whose quantitative results led Barro (2004) to analyze the connections between some dimensions of recent sociological religious value research with economic growth. The present essay starts from this methodological position, and links value systems with economic performance in a much wider and macrosociological framework. We further develop the well-known Inglehart and Welzel (2003) map of global values, and develop the idea of “Asabiyya” (“social cohesion”), as a counter-model to both Barro and Inglehart and Welzel approaches. A frequently asked question is whether “modernization” without “spiritual values” in a globalized world economy and world society possible in the long run? Starting from principal component analysis, it is shown that rather two factors are decisive in understanding global value change: a continuum of “traditional versus secular”, and a continuum “cheating versus active society”. Asabiyya in the 21st Century, as a way out from the modernization trap of societies, characterized by large-scale social anomaly, is a high secularism combined with a high active society score, thus avoiding the “modernization trap”. Continue reading Asabiyya: Re-Interpreting Value Change in Globalized Societies Gabriel A. Almond Miss Cooper : La solitude est une chose terrible vous ne trouvez pas ? Anne : Oui vraiment. Une chose terrible… Miss Meecham : Elle n’est pas du genre «solitaire». Miss Cooper : Y a-t-il quelqu’un qui soit du genre «solitaire»… ? Terence Rattigan, Separate Tables, 1955 DANS Separate Tables, le succès de la saison théâtrale new-yorkaise de 1955, un auteur irlandais, Terence Rattigan, utilisait la métaphore des dîners solitaires dans un hôtel résidentiel de second rang de Cornwell pour faire comprendre la solitude de la condition humaine. Cela peut paraître quelque peu tiré par les cheveux que d’utiliser cette métaphore pour décrire la condition de la science politique dans les années 1980. Mais, en un sens, les différentes écoles et sectes de la science politique sont maintenant assises à des tables séparées, chacune avec sa propre conception de la science politique mais chacune protégeant sa part secrète de vulnérabilité. Continue reading «Les tables séparées». Écoles et sectes dans la science politique américaine L’enquête pré-électorale présentée ici a été réalisée entre le 4 et le 12 mai 2009 dans les vingt-sept États membres de l’Union européenne. Nous avons interrogé dans chaque État membre un échantillon représentatif d’environ 1000 répondants en âge d’aller voter. Pour des raisons liées aux restrictions légales, les résultats relatifs à l’Italie et au Luxembourg, ne seront pas publiés. Continue reading Résultats des élections européennes 2009: Enquête pré-électorale New book, by: Arno Tausch (Innsbruck Univ. Innsbruck, Austria) Book Description: This book is based on the quantitative, multivariate analysis of the World Values Survey data from more than 80 countries around the globe on the political and social values of the world’s Muslim communities by international comparison. Global Muslims and also the Muslim communities in Western [...] [...] New Book, by : Arno Tausch (Innsbruck University)
Starting from the seven “cardinal sins” of the transformation process, described by Harvard Professor Janos Kornai. it is evident that the real income of a significant proportion of the population has remained unchanged,or even deteriorated in Eastern Europe, that a dramatic ‘restructuring’ has taken place in the area of income distribution, that the employment rate has significantly declined, public security deteriorating, corruption has not ended, and that there are disorders in the political arena with tax policies favoring the rich. Continue reading Titanic 2010? The European Union and its Failed Lisbon Strategy by Donghyun Oh, Almas Heshmati Abstract: Dr. Phil Williams. Dr. Williams looks in detail at major criminal activities, including the theft, diversion, and smuggling of oil, the kidnapping of both Iraqis and foreigners, extortion, car theft, and the theft and smuggling of antiquities. He also considers the critical role played by corruption in facilitating and strengthening organized crime and shows how al-Qaeda in Iraq, Jaish-al-Mahdi, and the Sunni tribes used criminal activities to fund their campaigns of political violence. Dr. Williams identifies the roots of organized crime in post-Ba’athist Iraq in an authoritarian and corrupt state dominated by Saddam Hussein and subject to international sanctions. He also explains the rise of organized crime after the U.S. invasion in terms of two distinct waves: the first wave followed the collapse of the state and was accompanied by the breakdown of social control mechanisms and the development of anomie; the second wave was driven by anarchy, insecurity, political ambition, and the imperatives of resource generation for militias, insurgents, and other groups. He also identifies necessary responses to organized crime and corruption in Iraq, including efforts to reduce criminal opportunities, change incentive structures, and more directly target criminal organizations and activities. His analysis also emphasizes the vulnerability of conflict and post-conflict situations to organized crime and the requirement for a holistic or comprehensive strategy in which security, development, and the rule of law complement one another. Continue reading Criminals, Militias, and Insurgents: Organized Crime in Iraq |
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