Country and Globalisation. Politics and Bank Regulation in International Comparison
In: West European politics, Volume 29, Issue 1, p. 195-197
ISSN: 0140-2382
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In: West European politics, Volume 29, Issue 1, p. 195-197
ISSN: 0140-2382
In: Misbehaving Lawyers: Cross-Country Comparisons, Published by Legal Ethics, 2012
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The student will use data from websites given to study hunger crisis locations, country statistics, and political conditions in needy regions. Students will organize and compare data, using results for debate.
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In: Caucasus analytical digest: CAD, Issue 59, p. 2-3
ISSN: 1867-9323
In: World development: the multi-disciplinary international journal devoted to the study and promotion of world development, Volume 15, Issue 9, p. 1225-1235
In: World development: the multi-disciplinary international journal devoted to the study and promotion of world development, Volume 15, Issue 9, p. 1225-1235
ISSN: 0305-750X
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In: OECD innovation strategy
"This study is concerned with trends in and key features of policies and programmes used by governments to support innovation in the business sector. In addition to identifying good practices across a range of programme types, it compares business innovation policies across several countries, with a particular focus on Canada"--P. 4 of cover
In: Voprosy ėkonomiki: ežemesjačnyj žurnal, Issue 11, p. 24-47
Using different cross-country data sets and simple econometric techniques we study public attitudes towards the police. More positive attitudes are more likely to emerge in the countries that have better functioning democratic institutions, less prone to corruption but enjoy more transparent and accountable police activity. This has a stronger impact on the public opinion (trust and attitudes) than objective crime rates or density of policemen. Citizens tend to trust more in those (policemen) with whom they share common values and can have some control over. The latter is a function of democracy. In authoritarian countries — "police states" — this tendency may not work directly. When we move from semi-authoritarian countries to openly authoritarian ones the trust in the police measured by surveys can also rise. As a result, the trust appears to be U-shaped along the quality of government axis. This phenomenon can be explained with two simple facts. First, publicly spread information concerning police activity in authoritarian countries is strongly controlled; second, the police itself is better controlled by authoritarian regimes which are afraid of dangerous (for them) erosion of this institution.
In: Voprosy ėkonomiki: ežemesjačnyj žurnal, Issue 2, p. 117-138
The paper is based on representative population surveys conducted in various countries of Europe, Asia and North America and discusses cross-country variation in populations subjective perceptions of risk of unemployment. This risk is measured by directly asking respondents whether they fear losing their job and to what degree. The paper shows that the strength of the fear varies significantly across countries in the sample as well as across various subgroups of population within the countries. Higher unemployment strengthens the fear but country-specific behavioral reactions induced by the fear may differ. Population in the "old" capitalist countries seems to react differently than in the transition countries while in the former case the Anglo-Saxon and the Scandinavian countries also demonstrate different patterns.
In: Challenge: the magazine of economic affairs, Volume 16, Issue 6, p. 55-56
ISSN: 1558-1489
In: Eastern European economics: EEE, Volume 9, Issue 3-4, p. 193-205
ISSN: 1557-9298
In: Social trends, Volume 41, Issue 1, p. 181-211
ISSN: 2040-1620
In: International social work, Volume 46, Issue 4, p. 437-448
ISSN: 1461-7234
Social work has a long tradition of service to the military in many countries. How it has developed in each country is unique to the historical development of the military and the country's social work educational infrastructure. This article describes the growing interest in international social work, what military social work practice is and how it has evolved in several countries; outlines a new model for cross-national comparison of military social work evolution; and highlights current trends and future directions for international military social work.