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This book examines the economic history of Kenya from the colonial period to the present, integrating historical methodologies with those of anthropology, economics, education, geography, history, political science and sociology. the book covers topics that have been ignored by previous texts on economic history of Kenya, such as women, indigenous people (Ogiek), pastoralism, irrigation agriculture, livestock, fisheries, religion, community-based organizations (CBOs), NGOs, education and information and communication technology (ICT).

"Globalization is not new, nor is it a policy, it's a process that has existed as long as man looked over the horizon, traveled and traded. It can't be stopped but it can be slowed. It came to a grinding halt in August 1914 and the Marxist detour cost millions of lives and lost three generations their opportunity and hope in many countries. More wealth has been created in the past 60 years than in all of history. After the most successful decade of sustained economic growth in history, this progress is threatened." "Extreme inequality, corruption and environmental degradation threaten the stability and legitimacy of many developing countries' regimes. Anti-globalization and anti-capitalist campaigners' confidence has been emboldened due to the recent economic crisis. Protectionist rhetoric is growing as are the arguments to control and regulate markets. Leaders are meeting to discuss how to face these problems and create a new international architecture. How did we get to this position? What should we do? What is it that determines why some contemporary states are successful while others have failed?" "Saving Globalization attempts to answer these questions by tracing the development of what Moore considers to be "the big ideas of history": democracy, independent courts, the separation of church and state, property rights, independent courts, a professional civil service, and civil society."--Jacket.

'Vertrauen' spielt in fast allen Bereichen menschlichen Lebens eine wichtige Rolle. Von 'Vertrauen' wird gesprochen in Bezug auf Personen, Unternehmen, Institutionen, Technik usw. Es gibt das Urvertrauen, die vertrauensvolle Zusammenarbeit im Betrieb, die Vertrauensfrage im Parlament, den Vertrauensschaden im Recht. Der Band "Vertrauen - zwischen sozialem Kitt und der Senkung von Transaktionskosten" soll die Bandbreite der Thematik aufzeigen und der Frage nach dem 'Vertrauen' in ausgewählten Wissenschaften nachgehen

The need to analyse labour market mechanisms in post-industrial Western societies is urgent. Despite laws and policy measures being developed at the European, national and local levels, job-seeking immigrants and ethnic minorities still suffer unequal access and ethnic discrimination. This volume endeavours to understand why. Four chapters dealing with discrimination, gender, equity policies and diversity management present a lively discussion of the current scientific debate. Besides providing empirical evidence, the authors recommend methods for conducting further research in the field and evaluate the actual effects of discrimination-combating policies. One conclusion is that systematic analysis of the labour market and its subsequent equity policies must be supported by hard data, such as statistics. With its state-of-the-art scope and unique thematic exploration, this volume transfers knowledge from social science studies to a more operational realm. From here, both scholars and practitioners can help make equal opportunities more accessible than ever. - De noodzaak om de arbeidsmarkt mechanismen in postindustriële westerse samenlevingen te analyseren is urgent. Ondanks wetten en beleidsmaatregelen die op Europees, nationaal en lokaal niveau worden ontwikkeld, lijdt het zoeken van werk door immigranten en etnische minderheden nog steeds onder ongelijke toegang tot de arbeidsmarkt en etnische discriminatie. In dit boek proberen de auteurs te begrijpen waarom dit zo is. In vier hoofdstukken over discriminatie, gender, eigen beleid en diversiteitmanagement presenteren de auteurs de levendige discussie rond het huidige wetenschappelijke debat. Naast het verstrekken van empirisch bewijs, bevelen de auteurs methoden aan om verder onderzoek te verrichten en de werkelijke effecten van de bestrijding van discriminatiebeleid te evalueren. Een conclusie is dat de systematische analyse van de arbeidsmarkt en het daaropvolgende eigen beleid moet worden ondersteund door harde gegevens, zoals statistieken. Met zijn reikwijdte en unieke thematische exploratie, kennis van sociaalwetenschappelijk onderzoek beoogt dit boek een verschuiving te laten plaatsvinden naar het meer operationele domein. Zowel wetenschappers en professionals krijgen hierdoor de mogelijkheid het streven naar gelijke kansen meer bereikbaar te maken dan ooit.

I.Corporate sponsorship and the loss of integrity --1.Principles and interest: is the academy an accomplice in a corporate-caused pandemic? /Joanna E. Cohen --2.University as a corporate handmaiden: Who're ya gonna trust? /Arthur Schafer --3.When sponsored research fails the admissions test: a normative framework /Sheldon Krimsky --II.Questioning powerful interests- when bad things happen to good scholars --4.Collegialty lost /Brenda L. Gallie --5.Academic stalking and brand fascism /David Healey --6.Academic freedom at the First Nations University of Canada /Blair Stonechild --III.Infiltrating the academy- the struggle for credibility --7.Intelligent design and SSHRC: an embarrassment for science in Canada /Brian Alters --8.Conservative think tanks and the academy: credibility by stealth? /Donald Gutstein --9.Power and knowledge: the precariousness of free inquiry /Shadia B. Drury --IV.Outside politics inside the university --10.Tempers of the times: the politicization of Middle Eastern studies /Marcus Harvey --11.The right's war on academe and the politics of truth /Kevin Mattson --V.The dangers of a production-driven research culture --12.Production in the humanities /Mary Burgan --VI.Perils of running a university in the corporate way --13.Unravelling the fabric of academe: the managerialist university and its implications for the integrity of academic work /Rosemary Deem --14.From the monkish scribe to the digital age: the university both continuous and transformed /Michael W. Higgins --15.Restructuring academic work /James L. Turk --VII.Conclusion --16.Academic integrity and the public interest /Jon H. Thompson.

Wesley Clair Mitchell on eugenics : a note / Luca Fiorito, Tiziana Foresti -- The final triumph of Adam Smith? / Udayan Roy -- Backhaus and Drechsler's Friedrich Nietzsche : Did Nietzsche say anything to economists or about economics? / John Linarelli -- Le Gall's A history of econometrics in France : from natural order to artificial worlds / Marcel Boumans -- Klein's Economics confronts the economy : confronting economists who are confronting economics / David Colander -- Economic singularism / William Barnett, Walter Block --Duncan Foley's Adams fallacy : did Adam Smith produce fallacy or has fallacy been thrust upon him? / Warren J. Samuels -- Montes and Schleisser's New voices on Adam Smith ; Adam Smith : one author, many contexts / Willie Henderson -- Peart and Levy's : the vanity of the philosopher : sympathy lost (and regain'd?) / Andrew Terjesen -- Schonhardt-Bailey's From the Corn Laws to free trade : complementary forces behind the repeal of Britain's Corn Laws / Andrea Maneschi -- Augello and Guidi's Economists in Parliament : the determinants of thought / Robin F. Neill -- Kornai's By force of thought we're all Austrians now : J(c)Øanos Kornai and the Austrian school of economics / Peter T. Leeson -- Backhaus' Entrepreneurship, money, and coordination : which way forward in Hayekian social theory : evolution or design? / William N. Butos -- Heertje's Schumpeter on the economics of innovation / David Reisman -- Parker's John Kenneth Galbraith : the conventional wisdom and the pretense of knowledge / Steven Horwitz -- Donald Stabile's Forerunners of modern financial economics prior knowledge : financial economics before Markowitz / Neil T. Skaggs -- Van Overtveldt's The Chicago School on the theory of economic policy of the Chicago school of economics / Warren J. Samuels -- How should we think of the success of the Chicago school of economics? / Ross B. Emmett -- Early and often or too late and not enough? / Robert Leeson -- Clark's State and status : the complexity of power / Roger E. Backhouse -- Social status on the road from feudalism to the age of enlightenment / Y.S. Brenner -- Unpacking terminology, reassessing theory / Evelyn L. Forget -- State formation in early modern Europe / Keith Tribe -- Skousen's The big three in economics : three strikes and you're out / Humberto Barreto

Thomas Straubhaar and Ingrid Hohenleitner outline the model of an unconditionally granted basic income. According to the authors, it can also be financed by Germany. They see the basic income as an opportunity to sustainably restructure the state budget and make the welfare state financially viable again for future generations. They show that new jobs of up to 1.17 million full-time jobs could be created, particularly in the low-wage sector. Michael Opielka sees the Althaus model as "a kind of combination wage for all". Part of the national income would be distributed to all. With a "mixture of pragmatism and idealism", the Solidarity Citizen's Income creates on the one hand a "real" labour market, but at the same time makes part-time work worthwhile and provides secure voluntary commitment and educational phases. With the Solidarity Citizen Income, wage differentiation in the lower income bracket no longer leads to poverty. The Solidarity Citizen Income of Dieter Althaus would be an important step on the way to more social solidarity, more subsidiarity and more (social) justice. Michael Schramm comes to this conclusion. In addition, the system of social security would be placed on an economically viable footing and the labour market and entrepreneurial forces would be stimulated