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Author: Peter Rutland
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2024-11-01
Total Pages: 486
ISBN-13: 1040278671
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAnnual Survey at Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union 1998 provides an overview of developments in one of the most rapidly changing regions of the world. It covers useful historical background, as well as foreign policy issues, and profiles of key personalities in these regions.
Author: Branko Milanovi?
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780821339947
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWorld Bank Technical Paper No. 394. Joint Forest Management (JFM) has emerged as an important intervention in the management of Indias forest resources. This report sets out an analytical method for examining the costs and benefits of JFM arrangements. Two pilot case studies in which the method was used demonstrate interesting outcomes regarding incentives for various groups to participate. The main objective of this study is to develop a better understanding of the incentives for communities to participate in JFM.
Author: Open Media Research Institute
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 348
ISBN-13: 9781563249242
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn overview and update of events in the region. Chapters on the countries of the region describe their historical background, current political developments, and domestic and foreign policy issues. Topical chapters are devoted to analysis of issues including economic and political development, international organizational and security concerns, and critical events. Includes excerpts from significant documents, and profiles of key personalities. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author: Ali M. Mansoor
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 236
ISBN-13: 0821362348
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMigration in Eastern Europe and Central Asia is relatively large by international standards, driven both by political factors (the 1990 collapse of the Soviet system, ensuing emergence of conflicts and new states, and opening of borders with Europe) and economic factors (abrupt economic deterioration and corresponding search for better employment and living conditions). The report anlayzes the different kinds of migration as well as the policies on both sides of the equation to limit negative side effects (like emargination, criminal activities, and brain drain) and maximize positive ones (increased labor pool for services, remittances, return migration with improved human and financial capital).
Author: M. E. Sharpe Incorporated
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ISBN-13: 9780765608291
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Shale Asher Horowitz
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 293
ISBN-13: 1603445935
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Author Shale Horowitz employs both statistical evidence and historical case studies of the eight new nations to determine that ethnic conflict entangles, distracts, and destabilizes reformist democratic governments, while making it easier for authoritarian leaders to seize and consolidate power. As expected, economic backwardness worsens these tendencies, but Horowitz finds that powerful reform-minded nationalist ideologies can function as antidotes." "The comprehensiveness of the treatment, use of both qualitative and quantitative analysis, and focus on standard concepts from comparative politics make this book an excellent tool for classroom use, as well as a ground-breaking analysis for scholars."--BOOK JACKET.
Author: Richard Frucht
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2004-12-22
Total Pages: 951
ISBN-13: 1576078019
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA contemporary analysis of the people, cultures, and society within the regions that make up Eastern Europe. Eastern Europe: An Introduction to the People, Lands, and Culture sheds light on modern-day life in the 16 nations comprising Eastern Europe. Going beyond the history and politics already well documented in other works, this unique three-volume series explores the social and cultural aspects of a region often ignored in books and curricula on Western civilization. The volumes are organized by geographic proximity and commonality in historical development, allowing the countries to be both studied individually and juxtaposed against others in the region. The first volume covers the northern tier of states, the second looks at lands that were once part of the Hapsburg empire, and the third examines the Balkan states. Each chapter profiles a single country—its geography, history, political development, economy, and culture—and gives readers a glimpse of the challenges that lie ahead. Vignettes on various topics of interest illuminate the unique character of each country.
Author: Zlatan Krajina
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2016-09-23
Total Pages: 257
ISBN-13: 1783489804
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhat is the meaning of the Balkans in the early 21st century? Former Yugoslav countries seek a self-flattering alliance with ‘the West’ via EU membership, while the Union’s citizens increasingly declare to be ‘Eurosceptic’. At the same time, economic turmoil in countries like Greece confronts massive incoming waves of refugees, for whom Europe’s south-eastern borders are the nearest shelter. In this time of crisis, the Balkans return on the agenda as a parable of Europe’s haunting questions about its future. EU, Europe Unfinished brings together established and emerging media and cultural scholars to explore colliding visions of space and identity within a declining continent. Whereas Europe imagines the Balkans to be the source of its nearest trouble, the region envisions Europe as a refuge from ongoing post-socialist transition. The book adopts a variety of critical perspectives – from media and policy analysis to anthropology, art history and autobiography – to investigate where Europe is headed with the Balkans in its skein, 25 years after the fall of the Iron Curtain.
Author: Topor, F. Sigmund
Publisher: IGI Global
Published: 2016-08-15
Total Pages: 672
ISBN-13: 1522505237
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGlobalization has shifted perspectives on individualism and identity as cultural exchange occurs more rapidly in an age of heightened connectivity. As technology connects those around the world, it too helps to provoke a shift in the autonomy of individuals. The Handbook of Research on Individualism and Identity in the Globalized Digital Age is an essential resource for researchers, professionals, and graduate-level students. This book explores and explains how globalization has impacted humans with specific emphasis on education and human development. This research-based publication presents critical perspectives on universal changes that are occurring due to globalization.
Author: Karol Kujawa
Publisher: ASLAN Publishing House
Published: 2015-12-30
Total Pages: 183
ISBN-13: 8393914175
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is a collective attempt to present a wide-ranging picture of international attitudes towards the events currently ongoing in Ukraine. As some experts have already tended to claim, in 2014 this post-Soviet state lying in the Eastern part of the European continent has become a scene of the most serious geopolitical standoff since the end of the Cold war. It would be in place here to remind a well-known clear-cut maxim, formulated by Zbigniew Brzeziński in late 1990s and concerning Ukraine’s key role in shaping the Russian imperial self-identity: “Without Ukraine Russia ceases to be a Eurasian empire”. So what may readers expect to find in this book? It has been divided into two parts, reflecting the perspectives on Ukrainian crisis: first, the perspective of Ukraine’s close neighbours from Central Eastern Europe and Turkey; second, the perspectives of the global players like the EU, the US or China. We hope that such a publication focused on the above-mentioned problems and embedded in the actual reality will be useful both for professionals in the field of political science, as well as for those who have an influence on the shape of the foreign policy.
