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1. Introduction -- 2. Core democratic values and orientations -- 3. Support for market economy -- 4. Levels of political interest -- 5. Political legitimacy and support -- 6. To vote or not to vote in village elections -- 7. Do village cadres and villagers think alike? -- 8. Conclusion.

This paper empirically investigates the effect of interbank relationship lending on banks' access to liquidity. Our analysis is based on German interbank payment data which we use to create a panel of unsecured overnight loans between 1079 distinct borrower-lender pairs. The data shows that banks rely on repeated interactions with the same counterparties to trade liquidity. For the price of liquidity, we find that in the run-up to the recent financial crisis of 2007/08 relationship lenders charged already higher interest rates to their borrowers after controlling for other bank specific characteristics and general market conditions. By contrast, during the crisis borrowers paid on average lower rates to their relationship lenders compared to spot lenders. The observed interest rate differences are statistically and economically significant and in line with theory that relationship lenders have private information about the creditworthiness of their close borrowers. -- Interbank Market ; Relationship Lending ; Liquidity Crisis ; Central Counterpart ; Financial Contagion

Preliminary Material -- Chapter One Introduction: Cultural Governance and Chinese TV Drama Series -- Chapter Two The State and Its Officials in TV Dramas -- Chapter Three Securing the State: Law Enforcement and Military Action -- Chapter Four Justifying the State: Political Legitimacy and Accountability -- Chapter Five Creating the Political Discourses of TV Dramas -- Chapter Six The Chinese Television Drama Audience -- Chapter Seven Government Regulations and Censorship Mechanisms -- Chapter Eight Chinese Perceptions of Television's Function and Influence -- Chapter Nine Conclusion: Chinese TV Discourses and the Factors of Their Production -- Glossary of Technical Terms -- Bibliography -- Appendix -- Index.

Passion - in the sense of fervent commitment to action - and compassion - understood as sensitive openness for social and ecological concerns - are not a sure formula for business success. Whether social or ecological entrepreneurs, who find themselves under pressure from market competition, experience advantages or disadvantages, depends crucially on the level at which passion and compassion are brought into play. Competitive advantages are possible if entrepreneurial innovators engage in rule-finding discourses and in rule-setting processes that aim at setting free a previously neglected potential for value creation. To illustrate, this article makes use of a case study in order to elucidate the ordonomic 4-box-matrix, which is a valuable orientation tool for strategic management.

In diesem Band werden neben grundlegenden Informationen zu den konsumspezifischen Problematiken der Drogenabhängigen sowie zum Justizvollzug in Deutschland, die Lebenslagen der inhaftierten Konsumenten illegaler Substanzen dargestellt. Der Hauptteil befasst sich mit der Beratung, Betreuung und Behandlung inhaftierter Drogenabhängiger. Die unterschiedlichen suchtspezifischen, medizinischen und schadensminimierenden Ansätze sowie deren Problemfelder werden ausführlich erläutert. Die Themenkomplexe sollen über die Problematik "Drogenabhängige im Justizvollzug" aufklären, dafür sensibilisieren und verdeutlichen, dass innovative sowie effektive Beratungs-, Betreuungs- und Behandlungsangebote in der Arbeit mit drogenabhängigen Gefangenen notwendig sind, um ihnen qualifizierte Hilfe und Unterstützung zu bieten sowie auch zu denjenigen einen therapeutischen Kontakt herzustellen, die von den bisherigen Maßnahmen noch nicht erreicht werden konnten.

Hauptbeschreibung Die 2. Ausgabe dieses Buchs (1985) unternahm eine vorweg genommene Autopsie des "real existierenden Sozialismus"--Mit Mitteln der Theorie und im Rückgang auf die ursprünglichen Quellen aus dem 18. und 19. Jahrhundert. Vier Jahre später begann dieser Machtblock einzubrechen, 1991 dann auch die Sowjetunion und mit ihr das gesellschaftliche Modell dieser Staaten. Der daraufhin vom Neoliberalismus angestimmte Triumphgesang vom "Ende der Geschichte" blieb mittlerweile seinen Vorsängern im Hals stecken. Die reale Geschichte gehorcht keinen von uns vorf.

This book presents the first comprehensive survey of being a local, in particular in Australia. As in much of the colonised, English-speaking world, in Australia the paradox is that the locals are not indigenous peoples but migrants with a specific ethnic heritage who became localised in time to label other migrants as the newcomers and outsiders. Claims of belonging as 'local' provide a crucial insight into power relations that extend beyond the local level to questions of national identity and the ethics of belonging in a postcolonial, multicultural nation. How have Anglo-Celtic Australians