Dilemmas Of Transition

Author : Aurel Braun,Zoltan D. Barany
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0847690059

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Dilemmas of Transition by Aurel Braun,Zoltan D. Barany Pdf

Exploring the controversies and problems surrounding post-communist transitions, this innovative volume brings together a distinguished group of political scientists, economists, historians, and sociologists. Within a strong theoretical framework, the book moves between general issues of transitology and specific analyses. Hungary, a state that has weathered political and economic transition more successfully than most, is used as the volume's case study for illuminating both comparative and regional issues. By bridging the divide between area studies and comparative politics, this book will be a key resource for advanced students and for scholars in East-European/post-communist studies, comparative politics, and international relations.

Author : Boris Z. Rumer
Publisher : M.E. Sharpe
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1563247666

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Central Asia in Transition by Boris Z. Rumer Pdf

Explores the complex and intertwined problems of geopolitics and economic transition of the five new countries that inherited from the Soviet Union the strategic positions and rich natural resources of Central Asia. Economists and political scientists from the region offer their sometimes opposing views of the situation, what led to it, and how to deal with it, some focusing on a particular country and some considering the region as a whole. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Ankit Kumar,Johanna Höffken,Auke Pols
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2021-06-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000397444

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Dilemmas of Energy Transitions in the Global South by Ankit Kumar,Johanna Höffken,Auke Pols Pdf

This book explores how, in the wake of the Anthropocene, the growing call for urgent decarbonisation and accelerated energy transitions might have unintended consequences for energy poverty, justice and democracy, especially in the global South. Dilemmas of Energy Transitions in the Global South brings together theoretical and empirical contributions focused on rethinking energy transitions conceptually from and for the global South, and highlights issues of justice and inclusivity. It argues that while urgency is critical for energy transitions in a climate-changed world, we must be wary of conflating goals and processes, and enquire what urgency means for due process. Drawing from a range of authors with expertise spanning environmental justice, design theory, ethics of technology, conflict and gender, it examines case studies from countries including Bolivia, Sri Lanka, India, The Gambia and Lebanon in order to expand our understanding of what energy transitions are, and how just energy transitions can be done in different parts of the world. Overall, driven by a postcolonial and decolonial sensibility, this book brings to the fore new concepts and ideas to help balance the demands of justice and urgency, to flag relevant but often overlooked issues, and to provide new pathways forward. This volume will be of great interest to students and scholars of energy transitions, environmental justice, climate change and developing countries. The Open Access version of this book, available at https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edit/10.4324/9781003052821 has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

Author : N. Calhoun
Publisher : Springer
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137074539

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Dilemmas of Justice in Eastern Europe's Democratic Transitions by N. Calhoun Pdf

Calhoun innovatively examines how the ideology of liberal democracy influences one of the most contentious and potentially traumatic and divisive issues facing countries transitioning from authoritarian regimes to democracy: how to confront the past violations of human rights. Competing views of liberal democracy frame debates about how to confront the past and in particular how to deal with the truth of systematic human rights violations. Democratic values may not determine the precise method of dealing with the past - whether through truth commissions, lustration, or tribunals - but the very process of debate inherent in democratic theory and practice has important implications for the perceived fairness of the result. These implications are examined through a comparison of transitional justice in East Germany, Poland and Russia. The result is a provocative integration of democratic theory and comparative politics.

Author : Ruti G. Teitel
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2014-04-02
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780199750146

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Globalizing Transitional Justice by Ruti G. Teitel Pdf

Among the most prominent and significant political and legal developments since the end of the Cold War is the proliferation of mechanisms for addressing the complex challenges of transition from authoritarian rule to human rights-based democratic constitutionalism, particularly with regards to the demands for accountability in relation to conflicts and abuses of the past. Whether one thinks of the Middle East, South Africa, the Balkans, Latin America, or Cambodia, an extraordinary amount of knowledge has been gained and processes instituted through transitional justice. No longer a byproduct or afterthought, transitional justice is unquestionably the driver of political change. In Globalizing Transitional Justice, Ruti G. Teitel provides a collection of her own essays that embody her evolving reflections on the practice and discourse of transitional justice since her book Transitional Justice published back in 2000. In this new book, Teitel focuses on the ways in which transitional justice concepts have found legal expression, especially through human rights law and jurisprudence, and international criminal law. These essays shed light on some of the difficult choices encountered in the design of transitional justice: criminal trials vs. amnesties, or truth commissions; domestic or international processes; peace and reconciliation vs. accountability and punishment. Transitional justice is considered not only in relation to political events and legal developments, but also in relation to the broader social and cultural tendencies of our times.

Author : Neil Harvey
Publisher : I.B. Tauris
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : History
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173002090563

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Mexico by Neil Harvey Pdf

This book examines Mexico's attempts to initiate political reform and economic restructuring. It addresses the problems of implementing reforms that attack vested interests and lead to greater inequalities at a time of economic crisis, and asks how the government can create a ""South-East Asian"" economy and limit the worst effects of the entry into global capitalism while maintaining stability. The contributions cover the last ten years.

Author : JoAnn Carmin,Stacy D. VanDeveer
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2023-05-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000942934

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EU Enlargement and the Environment by JoAnn Carmin,Stacy D. VanDeveer Pdf

This volume focuses attention on key environmental and institutional changes associated with eastern expansion of the European Union, assessing and challenging prevailing views about the outcomes and processes of this historic development. Looking at four central themes -- capacity changes and limitations, the EU's mixed messages and conflicting priorities, non-state actor roles and developments, and the exchange of ideas and information - the volume shows that enlargement will change the EU, not just make it bigger, and that EU officials and programs are improving aspects of environmental policy in CEE countries even as they are making others less sustainable. This book was previously published as a special issue of the journal Environmental Politics.

Author : Susan Baker,Petr Jehlicka
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2015-02-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136311857

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Dilemmas of Transition by Susan Baker,Petr Jehlicka Pdf

This volume explores the impact of democratization and marketization on the environment in East Central Europe. The essays investigate: how the twin processes of change affect the physical environment; the expression of environmental interest; and environmental management policies.

Author : Mike Bradshaw
Publisher : Polity
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2013-11-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780745650647

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Global Energy Dilemmas by Mike Bradshaw Pdf

Today’s global energy system faces two major challenges: how to secure the supply of reliable and affordable energy; and how to rapidly transform to a low-carbon, efficient and environmentally harmless energy supply. In this rigorous and illuminating book, Michael Bradshaw explores the key aspects of the current global energy dilemma and examines how it is playing out across the major regions and countries of the world. The book begins by charting the development of the current global energy system - exploring its key characteristics with a focus upon energy security and the relationship between energy, economic development and climate change. The next four chapters offer in-depth analyses of four distinct global energy dilemmas in different parts of the world: the challenge of sustaining affluence and decarbonising energy services in the high-energy economies of the developed world; the legacies of the centrally planned economy and the consequences of liberalisation in the post-socialist world; growing energy demand and emissions growth associated with the emerging regions; and finally, the quest to provide universal access to modern energy services in the developing world in a manner that is both economically and environmentally sustainable. Identifying the governance structures and policy options available to tackle the global energy dilemma, the book concludes that only an integrated approach - sensitive to regional issues - can reconcile the interests and needs of those facing differing energy challenges across the world today.

Author : Ulrich Schulz,Wulf Albers,Ulrich Mueller
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783642788604

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Social Dilemmas and Cooperation by Ulrich Schulz,Wulf Albers,Ulrich Mueller Pdf

A social dilemma is a game which at first glance has only inefficient solutions. If efficient solutions are to be achieved, some kind of cooperation among the players is required. This book asks two basic questions, closely intertwined with each other: 1. How is cooperation possible among rational players in such a social dilemma? Which changes in the social context of a social dilemma situation are necessary in order for players to rationally choose the cooperative option? 2. How do real players actually behave in social dilemma situations? Do they behave "rationally" at all? Or, conversely, what kind of reasoning, attitudes, emotions, etc. shape the behavior of real players in social dilemmas? What kind of interventions, what kind of internal mechanisms within a real group may change players' willingness to cooperate? These two general questions mark the broad spectrum of the problem which has been, over the last three decades, investigated in various disciplines, and which has brought many new ideas and new observations into the study of the old question of social order in a world of born egoists. Accordingly, this volume contains contributions by biologists, sociologists, political scientists, economists, mathematicians, psychologists, and philosophers.

Author : Jadwiga Staniszkis
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2023-11-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520351882

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The Dynamics of the Breakthrough in Eastern Europe by Jadwiga Staniszkis Pdf

Understanding the dramatic political, social, and economic changes that have taken place in Poland in the mid-1980s is one key to predicting the future of the communist bloc. Jadwiga Staniszkis, an influential, internationally known expert on contemporary trends in Eastern Europe, provides an insider's analysis that deserves the attention of all scholars interested in the region. Staniszkis presents the breakthrough of 1989 as a consequence not only of systemic contradictions within socialism but also of a series of chance events. These events include unique historical circumstances such as the emergence of the "globalist" faction in Mosow, with its new, world-system perception of crisis, and the discovery of the round-table technique as a productive ritual of communication, imitated all over Eastern Europe. After describing the development, collapse, and reorganization of a "new center" in Poland in 1989-1990, she discusses the first attempt at privatizing the economy. Her analysis of the dilemmas accompanying breakthrough and transition is an invaluable guide to the challenges that face both capitalism and democracy in Eastern Europe.

Author : Nicholas P. Higgins
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2004-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0292705654

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Understanding the Chiapas Rebellion by Nicholas P. Higgins Pdf

Nicholas Higgins offers a new way of understanding the Zapatista conflict as a counteraction to the forces of modernity and globalisation that have rendered indigenous peoples virtually invisible throughout the world.

Author : Susan Baker,Petr Jehlicka
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Central and Eastern Europe
ISBN : OCLC:906358326

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Dilemmas of Transition: the Environment, Democracy and Economic Reform in East Central Europe by Susan Baker,Petr Jehlicka Pdf

Author : Jonathan Metzger,Jenny Lindblad
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2020-05-26
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781000080438

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Dilemmas of Sustainable Urban Development by Jonathan Metzger,Jenny Lindblad Pdf

Dilemmas of Sustainable Urban Development offers valuable insights into a difficult line of work whose practice inevitably requires a confrontation with fundamental conflicts between divergent goals, and therefore also demands difficult choices and compromises. With contributions from leading academics and expert practitioners, this book provides readers with diverse international case studies which highlight and examine the concrete challenges of practicing sustainable urban development. The examples in this book touch upon all aspects of sustainable urban development work, from City Hall to the local park. All of the cases unfold in their own specific contexts under particular circumstances—but from each one of them there are general lessons that can be used to inform practice. This book is essential reading for anyone who is active as a student, researcher, or practitioner in the field of urban development.

Author : Joel C. Moses
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0830415904

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Dilemmas of Transition in Post-Soviet Countries by Joel C. Moses Pdf

Exploring the tensions inherent in transition, this perceptive book offers a wide-ranging overview of the impact of democracy and capitalism on the former Soviet republics. Leading scholars assess the region's daunting problems in the key realms of privatization, democratization, foreign investment, agrarian reform, local governance, and market economics. The contributors argue that the central dilemma facing all these fledgling countries is the inherent contradiction between the immediate pursuit of privatization and foreign investment and the long-term policy goal of democratization. Offering both theoretical and comparative perspectives on the far-reaching implications of nation-building and democratic transition, this valuable study will enable both students and scholars to comprehend the unique difficulties of transition.