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By webmaster, on June 21st, 2010
Some New Cross-National Evidence
Arno Tausch*
Alternatives: Turkish Journal of International Relations, Vol. 9, No. 1, Spring 2010
Abstract
The current paper investigates the cross-national relevance of dependency theory and world systems theory for eight dimensions of development. The main emphasis is on indicators of sustainable development, and our essay comprises in all 36 main dependent variables. They are part of the dimensions of democracy, gender justice, high quality tertiary education, economic growth during the outgone economic cycle until 2008 and projected economic growth after 2009, the environment, human development, employment, and social cohesion on a global scale by a new. Our 175 nation analysis, using 20 main predictors of development tries to confront the very basic pro-globalist assumptions of the “Lisbon process”, the policy target of the European leaders since the EU’s Lisbon Council meeting in March 2000 to make Europe the leading knowledge-based economy in the world with a “globalization critical perspective”. A realistic and politically useful analysis of the “Lisbon process” has to be a “Schumpeterian” approach. We analyze the “Lisbon performance” of the world economy by multivariate, quantitative means, looking into the possible contradictions that might exists between the dependent insertion into the global economy and other goals of the “Lisbon process”. Continue reading Passive Globalization and the Failure of the European Union’s Lisbon Strategy, 2000-2010:
By webmaster, on June 21st, 2010
A Treatise ON THE ORIGIN AND SPONTANEOUS DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIETY
Lester F. Ward
From the PREFACE
I make no claim to priority in the use of the term pure sociology. It is but natural that those who regard sociology as a science should divide the science, as other sciences are divided, into the two natural departments, pure and applied. But as the term „pure sociology“ has been freely used for several years by certain European sociologists, it seems proper to explain that the matter for this work has been accumulating in my hands for many years. I should perhaps rather say that sociological material has been long pouring in upon me, and that the first classification that was made of it was into such as related to the origin, nature, and genetic or spontaneous development of society, and such as related to means and methods for the artificial improvement of social conditions on the part of man and society as conscious and intelligent agents. The first of these classes I naturally called pure sociology, the second, applied sociology. Continue reading PURE SOCIOLOGY
By webmaster, on June 21st, 2010
By Aysha Taryam Editor-in-Chief: The Gulf Today AFTER months of planning and preparation the Gaza Freedom Flotilla consisting of six ships boarded by 700 brave volunteers set sail last Sunday night carrying aid for the 1.5 million besieged people in Ga… . . . → Read More: Blood on the decks of peace
By webmaster, on June 18th, 2010
Bruce Maddy-Weitzman* The Middle East Review of International Affairs This article reviews three possible regime scenarios for the three principle Maghreb countries of Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia. The three scenarios include: the Islamization of the … . . . → Read More: MAGHREB REGIME SCENARIOS
By webmaster, on June 17th, 2010
By Mahmoud Abbas RAMALLAH – Negotiations between Palestinians and Israelis have resumed after a year and a half of a stalemate that began after Israel launched its devastating military assault against the Gaza Strip in December 2008. The resumpti… . . . → Read More: An 11th-hour opportunity
By webmaster, on June 15th, 2010
(or the Problem) Daniel Brumberg The Center for Strategic and International Studies and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology- The Washington Quarterly • 29:1 pp. 97–116. The quest to repair, reinterpret, reform, or otherwise fix Islam can be s… . . . → Read More: Islam Is Not the Solution
By webmaster, on June 15th, 2010
Seven Lessons for the New Administration David Price The Washington Quarterly : 32:1 pp. 159-170 A professed commitment to worldwide democracy promotion has been a hallmark of U.S. foreign policy for many years and was given a distinctive emphasis by t… . . . → Read More: Global Democracy Promotion:
By webmaster, on June 12th, 2010
An Essay on the Anthropology of Power and Symbolism in Complex Society
by Abner Cohen
Proposes guidelines for the analysis of the causal interconnections between the cultural diversity of American cities and the struggle for economic and political power among the various groups in the cities…
Abner Cohen (1921-2001) was, before his retirement, Professor of African Anthropology at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) at London University. His books include The Politics Of Elite Culture (1981) and Masquerade Politics: Explorations in the Structure Of Urban Cultural Movements (1993).
- Pub. Date: March 1977
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Format: Textbook Paperback, 168pp
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Colour grunts
By Shaadaab S. Bakht The Gulf Today Why aren’t many talking about the brilliant Cannes awardee Mahamat-Saleh Haroun? He is from Chad. And there’s a serious temptation to believe that could be the reason. If anything that divides man after money, it… . . . → Read More: Colour grunts