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Der Autor weist in seinem kulturwissenschaftlichen Beitrag auf die Bedeutung von Norbert Elias als Universalhistoriker und Prozeßtheoretiker hin. Elias gilt als einer der bedeutendsten Soziologen der Synthese, als "sociological synthesizer", welcher weniger nach der Zerlegung, sondern nach den Zusammenhängen einzelner Aspekte des menschlichen und gesellschaftlichen Lebens suchte. Der Autor untersucht die heutige Problematik universalgeschichtlicher Synthesen unter Rückgriff auf die ursprüngliche Funktion solcher Synthesen, zum Beispiel in der Alchemie des Mittelalters. Die Zivilisationstheorie wird seiner Meinung nach nur dann angemessen interpretiert, wenn man ihre teleologische Fundierung nicht in Abrede stellt, sondern Elias' humanistischer und demokratischer Orientierung Rechnung trägt. (ICI2)

The unevenness of development among the major regions of the U.S. reached an extreme at the end of the nineteenth century. Since then, the development of the major regions has become increasingly similar. This article uses Marx's general law of capitalist accumulation as the basis for an analysis of U.S. regional development that focuses on the antagonism between capital and labor. I argue that the transition from competitive to monopoly capitalism at the turn of the twentieth century initiated a shift in the principal spatial unevenness of development from regional unevenness within the U.S., to U.S. participation in uneven development on an international scale. The increasingly drastic inter national differentiation between the advanced and the underdeveloped countries has provided opportunities to reduce the unevenness of development among the major regions of the U.S.

"This book explores the political history of Liberia and its descent to civil war, the regional ramifications of the war, and conflict intervention and peacekeeping efforts. It also examines the problems, challenges, and opportunities of post-war reconstruction and peacebuilding. It is comprised of various academic and policy contributions by Liberian specialists and Liberian-based scholars. The policy contributions have been crafted in part to articulate policy-relevant recommendations and strategies for the consolidation of peace to avert a recurrence of war and large-scale disruptive conflicts in the future."--Page 4 of cover