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Publisher: Editions Bréal

Published:

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 2749525683

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Regions in Europe

Regions in Europe

Author: Patrick Le Gales

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2006-02-27

Total Pages: 261

ISBN-13: 1134710615

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Regions in Europe explores the state of regional politics in an increasingly integrated Europe. It argues that the predicted rise of increased political power at the regional level has failed to materialise and is fraught with paradox. In doing so this study locates regions in relation to European integration, globalisation, the nation state, local government, and comparative and national perspectives. Using case studies of the main players in Europe including: * Germany * France * UK * Italy * Spain * the Netherlands * Belgium. the contributors show how and why European regions remain remarkably weak in European governance.


Social Reform, Modernization and Technical Diplomacy

Social Reform, Modernization and Technical Diplomacy

Author: Véronique Plata-Stenger

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2020-04-20

Total Pages: 345

ISBN-13: 3110616327

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Founded in 1919 under the Treaty of Versailles as part of the League of Nations’ system, the ILO is still today the main organization responsible for the international organization of work and the improvement of working conditions in the world. Widely recognized for its efforts in building international labour standards, the ILO remains little studied by development specialists and historians. This book intends to fill this gap and traces the history of international development and its early pioneers, through an analysis of the activities of the International Labour Office, the Secretariat of the International Labour Organization, between 1930 and 1946. In this book, development is used as a key to questioning the ILO's place and function in the expanding inter-war world. The development practices and discourses that emerged in the 1930s were mainly intended to support the ILO's universalization strategy, which was made necessary by the events that shook Europe at the time. Development discourses and practices were also part of the "esprit du temps", as they were closely linked to the affirmation of the planist and rationalist ideas of the 1930s. However, development for the ILO was not reduced to a project of economic modernization, but was seen as a tool for social engineering, as evidenced by the ILO's missions of technical assistance, organized since 1930. The analysis of the expertise work makes it possible to highlight the logics that prevailed in technical assistance, which was more in line with institutional objectives, than with the dissemination of a genuine expertise. This book therefore hopes to bring new insight on the history of internationalism, and international organizations during the inter-war period and the Second World War, as well as on the role of the ILO in the history of international development thinking and practices.


Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology

Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology

Author: Luca Fiorito

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing

Published: 2022-11-30

Total Pages: 251

ISBN-13: 1803827157

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Volume 40C of Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology features a symposium on the work of economist François Perroux, edited by Katia Caldari and Alexandre Mendes Cunha with collected book reviews of David M. Levy and Sandra J. Peart’s (2020) Towards an Economics of Natural Equals.


Sustainable Development Goals in Europe

Sustainable Development Goals in Europe

Author: María Luisa De Lázaro Torres

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2023-02-23

Total Pages: 355

ISBN-13: 3031216148

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The aim of this book is to provide a synthesis of the newest research in Geography concerning the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s). Although the world is strongly interconnected, the majority of the chapters in this volume focus on Europe or the work of European researchers. Each chapter of this book focusses on one of the 17 SDG’s providing in-depth knowledge from a geographical perspective, fostering comprehensive research on these global targets to end poverty, fight inequality and injustice, and tackle climate change. The Sustainable Development Goals are part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. To achieve them, it will be necessary for all stakeholders, including citizens (civil society, doctors, teachers), governments, private sector to collaborate.


Africa Development

Africa Development

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Publisher:

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 566

ISBN-13:

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A quarterly journal of the Council for the Development of Economic and Social Research in Africa = Revue trimestrielle du conseil pour le développement de la recherche economique et sociale en Afrique.


La Suisse et les grandes puissances, 1914-1945

La Suisse et les grandes puissances, 1914-1945

Author: Sébastien Guex

Publisher: Librairie Droz

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 502

ISBN-13: 9782600003643

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De 1914 à 1945, quatre grandes puissances - les États-Unis, la Grande-Bretagne, l'Allemagne et la France - dominent économiquement et politiquement la scène mondiale. Ce sont aussi les principaux partenaires économiques de la Suisse. Les études réunies dans cet ouvrage répondent à une double ambition. Il s'agit, d'une part, de mieux apprécier le poids relatif de la Suisse pour chacun des quatre pays en question, et réciproquement, grâce à des données quantitatives en partie nouvelles. D'autre part, ces études permettront de mieux comprendre certains aspects importants de la politique économique menée par la Suisse durant une période cruciale de son histoire, à l'aide d'archives peu ou pas exploitées jusqu'à maintenant. Les contributions présentées ici permettent de dégager une conclusion générale, qui tranche avec une image d'Épinal encore largement répandue aujourd'hui. Elles montrent que de 1914 à 1945, la Suisse, loin d'être un frêle esquif sans grande liberté de manœuvre face à ses partenaires étrangers, s'est affirmée comme une véritable puissance sur le plan commercial et financier, avec laquelle les grands États ont dû de plus en plus compter. Pages de début Introduction. De la Suisse comme petit État faible : jalons pour sortir d'une image en trompe-l'œil Les relations commerciales de la Suisse avec les Grandes puissances durant l'entre-deux-guerres Un survol chiffré Place financière suisse et crédits aux belligérants durant la Première Guerre mondiale Swiss investments in the United States 1914-1945 Les discussions américano-suisses autour de la clause-or au début des années 1930 Les Etats-Unis entre la Suisse et l'Allemagne pendant la Deuxième Guerre mondiale : antinazisme ou primat des affaires ? Le blocage des avoirs suisses aux États-Unis en 1941 et ses conséquences Die Handelsbeziehungen zwischen Deutschland und der Schweiz von 1914 bis 1945 Relations commerciales entre l'Allemagne et la Suisse : histoire d'une rupture 1930-1932 Die Auswirkungen des Ersten Weltkrieges auf die Beziehungen der Schweizer Banken zur deutschen Industrie : Die Schweizerische Gesellschaft fur elektrische Industrie (Indelec) und der Siemens-Konzern L'impact de la politique française du change sur les échanges franco-suisses durant l'entre-deux-guerres Le rôle des facteurs non commerciaux dans les relations économiques franco-suisses au cours des années de crise 1930-1939 La diplomatie suisse et les relations financières avec la France 1936-1945 Multinational Cross-Investment between Switzerland and Britain 1914-1945 The Swiss Franc and British policy towards Switzerland 1939-1945 Notice sur lesauteurs Index des noms de personnes et de sociétés Pages de fin.


Uneven Development and Regionalism

Uneven Development and Regionalism

Author: Costis Hadjimichalis

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2005-12-07

Total Pages: 293

ISBN-13: 1135785481

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Published in the year 1986, Uneven Development and Regionalism is a valuable contribution to the field of Geography.