Questioning Geopolitics: Political Projects in a Changing World-System (Contributions in Economics & Economic History S)

This quantity takes an enlightened step again from the continued dialogue of globalization. The authors reject the concept that globalization is an analytically worthwhile time period. really, this quantity exhibits globalization as purely the framework of the present political debate at the way forward for global energy. a number of the many different novel principles complex through the authors comprise: the categorical prediction that East Asia won't develop into the heart of the realm; the competition that the USSR collapsed for a similar purposes that just about introduced down the USA in 1973; and the suggestion that the local monetary networks which are rising from below the fashionable states are actually quite previous formations.

Ultra-Low Fertility in Pacific Asia: Trends, causes and policy issues (Routledge Research On Public and Social Policy in Asia)

Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea and Hong Kong SAR are one of the very lowest-fertility international locations within the entire international, or even China has reached fertility degrees under these in lots of ecu international locations. If those degrees proceed over lengthy classes East Asia will quickly face accelerating inhabitants decline additionally the alterations in age distributions in such populations bring up significant new questions for making plans of monetary and social welfare.

Alles verboten? - Sozialraum als Spiegel der Gesellschaft (German Edition)

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2010 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Soziales method, Sozialstruktur, Klasse, Schichtung, observe: 1, Fachhochschule Salzburg (Soziale Arbeit), Sprache: Deutsch, summary: In unserer funktionalisierten und mechanisierten Welt halten wir es für common, dass parkende und fahrende cars unseren Lebensraum besetzen, dass wir uns nicht frei zu Fuß im öffentlichen Raum bewegen können, dass wir unsere Bedürfnisse den Regeln des Autoverkehrs unterordnen und uns auf schmale Gehsteige an den Rand verweisen lassen.

Population Growth: The Vital Revolution

The inhabitants of the trendy international keeps to develop at a expense unparalleled in human historical past. How are we to provide an explanation for this large bring up within the variety of dwelling humans? what's its outcome, now and for the long run? How have populations replaced in dimension and constitution because the creation of commercial know-how?