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Preface -- Contents -- Editors and Contributors -- 1 Introduction: Secession and Recognition in the Twenty-first Century -- References -- Theoretical Perspectives -- 2 Making Peace with De Facto States -- 1 Making Peace with-While also Extending: The Concept of De Facto States -- 2 Making Peace with Non-recognition -- 3 How to Make Peace with De Facto States -- 4 Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 3 Unrecognized States and National Identity -- 1 Collective Identities and Recognition -- 2 State Recognition and National Identity -- 3 Unrecognized States and National Identity -- References -- 4 Ontological Security of the Post-Soviet de Facto States -- 1 The Perspective of Ontological Security -- 2 The Application of Ontological Security to Post-Soviet de Facto States -- 3 Ontological Security and Honour in the Caucasus -- 4 Case Study: The Chechen Republic of Ichkeria 1996-1999 -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- 5 Contemporary Referendum on Independence (RI) and Linguistic Aspects of an Intelligible Referendum Question (RQ) -- 1 Evolution of the Principles of Intelligibility of a Referendum Question (RQ) -- 2 Selection of Secessionist Groups for Investigation -- 3 Emerging Democracies: The Soviet Union and Yugoslavia -- 3.1 Disintegration of the Soviet Union -- 3.2 Dissolution of Yugoslavia -- 3.3 Summary -- 4 Internationally Supervised RI: From Eritrea to South Sudan -- 4.1 Eritrea -- 4.2 East Timor -- 4.3 Montenegro -- 4.4 South Sudan -- 4.5 Summary -- 5 Micro-states -- 5.1 Nevis -- 5.2 Palau -- 5.3 Tokelau -- 5.4 Summary -- 6 Liberal Democracies -- 6.1 Québec -- 6.2 Scotland -- 6.3 Catalonia -- 6.4 Summary -- 7 Concluding Remarks -- 7.1 Purely Evolutionary Dimension -- 7.2 Time-Spatial Dimension -- 7.3 Liberal Democratic Dimension -- 7.4 Negotiating Dimension -- References -- 6 (Super)Power Rule: Comparative Analysis of Parent States

Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Note from the Editor -- Chapter 1: Introduction: The Cycler Nature of US Foreign Policy -- Searching for Cycles in the Past -- Cycles Before the End of the Cold War -- Post-Cold War Foreign Policy Cycles in Brief -- Notes -- Part I -- Chapter 2: George Herbert Walker Bush: A Disorderly World -- Foreign Policy Cycles after 1989 -- George Herbert Walker Bush and the Soviet Disintegration -- Bush: The Military Interventionist -- Operation Just Cause in Panama -- Notes -- Chapter 3: George H.W. Bush: Interventionism Unbound -- Bush and the Hatching a Troublemaker -- A Rogue Strikes -- A Shield in the Desert -- A Desert Storm Unleashed -- An Armed Peace in the Gulf -- Somalia: An International Curtain Call -- The Cycle Begins to Reverse -- Bush: In Retrospect -- Notes -- Part II -- Chapter 4: William Jefferson Clinton: The Post-Cold War's Inward Look -- Clinton's New World Order -- The Swing toward the Non-interventionist Pole -- Rwanda-A Tragic Non-intervention -- Haiti and Presidential Hesitancy -- North Korea-Military Threats and Concessions -- Notes -- Chapter 5: Bill Clinton and Reluctant Interventions into the Balkans -- Background to the Balkan Morass -- Bill Clinton and the Slow Rescue -- Being Drawn into the Balkans -- Dayton and a Pax Americana -- Kosovo: The Balkans' Second Round -- Dodging International Involvement -- Iraq Finessed and Counterterrorism Shirked -- The Holiday from Terrorism -- Notes -- Part III -- Chapter 6: George Walker Bush and the International Outreach -- September 11 and the Return of American Interventionism -- Coalition Building -- Rallying America's Allies -- Attacking Afghanistan -- The Plunge into Nation-Building -- A Global Approach to Counter Terrorism -- Notes -- Chapter 7: George W. Bush's Overstretch Abroad -- Iraq-The War of Choice? -- The Rush to War in Iraq

Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1: Introduction -- 1.1 General Observations -- 1.2 The Structure of the Book -- Part I: Brexit's General Effects: The Future of the European Integration Process -- 2: Brexit: Origins and Future Perspectives -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 May and Trump Versus Thatcher and Reagan -- 2.3 The Roots of Brexit and "Trumpism" -- 2.4 Brexit's Economic and Political Rationale and Consequences -- 2.5 Concluding Remarks -- References -- 3: Brexit and the European Union in the Context of Globalization -- References -- 4: Brexit and the Future of the EU: Move Back or Move Forward? -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 The Constitutional Significance of Brexit -- 4.3 European Citizenship -- 4.4 Economic Integration -- 4.5 Mobility of Workers -- 4.6 Financial Markets -- 4.7 The European Social Model -- 4.8 The Euratom Problem -- 4.9 The Praxis of International Trade -- 4.10 Conclusions -- References -- 5: Brexit and the Risk of European Disintegration -- 5.1 A Domestic Issue -- 5.2 Scepticism as a European Pattern -- 5.3 The EU's Reaction to the Referendum -- 5.4 The Difficult Process of Leaving the EU -- 5.5 The European Union at a Crossroads -- 5.6 Conclusion -- References -- 6: A Qualitative Change in the Process of European Integration -- 6.1 Introduction: Why Brexit Means British Exit from the European Union -- 6.2 The UK Voted and Decided to Leave the EU Altogether -- 6.2.1 The UK's Democratic Process to Leave the EU and the Single Market -- 6.2.2 A Closer Look at the 2017 ("Brexit") General Elections and Lessons for the EU -- 6.3 Brexit: Withdrawal from the EU -- 6.4 The UK's Short-Term National Interests Versus the EU Common Good -- 6.4.1 Available Options for a Post-Brexit Trade Relationship

Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acronyms -- 1 Background Independence of Fertility Decline -- 1.1 The Fallacies of Demographic Transition Theory -- 1.1.1 A Decline of Mortality Is not the Cause of a Decline of Fertility -- 1.1.2 Industrialization -- 1.1.3 Urbanization -- 1.1.4 Education -- 1.1.5 Demographic Transition Is Only a Tale and not a Theory -- 1.2 The Early Stage of Diffusion Hypothesis and Its Limitations -- 1.2.1 Carved Seals of Diffusion -- 1.3 Household Economics---Not Even Wrong -- 1.3.1 Is a Society's Formation Entirely the Result of our Clear and Conscious Choices? -- 1.3.2 What Are the Causes of Alterations of Preferences? -- 1.3.3 The Lack of Falsifiability -- 1.3.4 Not Even Wrong -- 1.4 Evidence of Background Independence -- 1.4.1 Japan -- 1.4.2 Normal Distribution in Hokaido -- 1.5 The Rise of Neo-Diffusionism -- 1.5.1 Mathematical Model of Neo-Diffusionism -- 1.5.2 The Model of Rosero-Bixby and Casterline -- 1.5.3 The Background-Dependent Simultaneous Differential Equation Model -- 1.6 The True Impact of Diffusion Hypothesis: Background Independence -- 1.6.1 A Preoccupation Which Governs Us -- 1.7 What Diffusion Theory Should Propose -- 1.7.1 Irreversibility -- 1.7.2 Stability and Smoothing -- 2 Reaction-Diffusion of the Number of Children -- 2.1 What Is the Reaction-Diffusion System? -- 2.2 Reaction-Diffusion of the Number of Children -- 2.2.1 Diffusion of Low Fertility -- 2.2.2 Reaction as Disintegration of the Balance of Stochastic Fluctuations -- 2.2.3 Fertility Decline Difference Equation -- 2.2.4 The Application of Fertility Decline Difference Equation -- 2.2.5 Differential Equation of Fertility Decline -- 2.2.6 Progressive Wave -- 2.3 A Search for a Singularity-Origin of Fertility Decline in Europe -- 2.3.1 The Date When a Singularity Appeared.

Cover -- Table of contents -- List of used Acronyms -- List of Indian Terms -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Socialism in Indian History -- 1.2 Eurocentrism and the History of Socialism -- 1.3 Which Indian Socialism? -- 1.4 Sources: Secondary Literature and Articulations of the Socialist Movement -- 1.5 Time-Frame and Chapter Arrangement -- 2. The Socialist Movement before 1947 -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Towards the Congress Socialist Party -- 2.3 The Congress Socialists -- Narendra Deva -- Jayprakash Narayan -- Asoka Mehta -- Ram Manohar Lohia -- Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaya -- Surendranath Dwivedy -- 2.4 The Congress Socialist Party -- 2.5 The Modernist Marxism of the Congress Socialist Party -- 2.6 Gandhi and Gandhism -- 2.7 Nehru, the "Other" Socialist -- 2.8 The United Front -- 2.9 Conclusion -- 3. Socialist Consolidation: The Socialist Party of India 1947-1952 -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Towards the Socialist Party of India -- 3.3 Nehru and the Congress after 1947 -- 3.4 The Programme of the Socialist Party -- The Spirit of Gandhi -- The Political Philosophy of Democratic Socialism -- 3.5 The Transformation of the SPI as a Party Organisation 1947-1952 -- Mass Membership -- Hind Mazdoor Sabha - The SPI's Affiliated Trade Union -- The Socialist International and the Turn towards Asian Socialism -- 3.6 General Election 1951-1952: The Wave Breaks -- 3.7 Conclusion -- 4. New Ideas and Dispersion 1954-1964 -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 The Gandhist Turn -- Lohia's Turn to Gandhism -- Narayan's Spiritualism -- Socialism as a Humanist Culture of Multi-Lingualism -- Mehta's Utopian Analysis -- 4.3 The Project of Asian Socialism -- The First ASC, Rangoon 1953 -- Anti-Colonialism, the Cold War and the Question of Non-Alignment -- Constructing Asia -- Decline after 1956 -- 4.4 The Disintegration of the PSP -- Internal Conflicts -- Nehru's Deadly Embrace

Preliminary material /Luke Lavan -- Local Economies in Late Antiquity? Some Thoughts /Luke Lavan -- The Late Antique Economy: Approaches, Methods and Conceptual Issues /Alyssa A. Bandow -- The Late Antique Economy: Regional Surveys /Andrea Zerbini -- The Late Antique Economy: Primary and Secondary Production /Andrea Zerbini -- The Late Antique Economy: Infrastructures of Transport and Retail /Alyssa A. Bandow -- The Late Antique Economy: Ceramics and Trade /Stefano Costa -- How Much Trade was Local, Regional and Inter-Regional? A Comparative Perspective on the Late Antique Economy /Mark Whittow -- Integration and Disintegration in the Late Roman Economy: The Role Of Markets, Emperors, and Aristocrats /Peter Sarris -- Villas, Taxes and Trade in Fourth Century Hispania /Kim Bowes -- The Lessons of Gaulish Sigillata and Other Finewares /Tamara Lewit -- Patterning the Late Antique Economies of Inland Sicily in a Mediterranean Context /Emanuele Vaccaro -- Diana Veteranorum and the Dynamics of an Inland Economy /Elizabeth Fentress -- The Economic Expansion of the Anatolian Countryside in Late Antiquity: The Coast Versus Inland Regions /Adam Izdebski -- The Urban Economy in Southern Inland Greater Syria from the Seventh Century to the End of the Umayyads /Fanny Bessard -- Balancing the Scales: Romano-British Pottery in Early Late Antiquity /Jeremy Evans -- The Supply and Distribution of Ceramic Building Material in Roman Britain /Phil Mills -- Imported and Local Pottery in Late Roman Pannonia /Piroska Hárshegyi and Katalin Ottományi -- Africa: Patterns of Consumption in Coastal Regions Versus Inland Regions. The Ceramic Evidence (300–700 A.D.) /Michel Bonifay -- Pottery Production and Exchange in Late Antique Syria (Fourth-Eighth Century A.D.). A Study of Some Imported and Local Wares /Agnès Vokaer -- Abstracts in French /Luke Lavan -- Indices /Aoife Fitzgerald -- Late Antique Archaeology /Luke Lavan.

Preface -- Introduction: taking up residency : spatial reconfigurations and the struggle to belong in urban Latin America / Christien Klaufus -- The Latin American context -- The consolidation of the Latin American city and the changing bases for social order / Bryan R. Roberts -- Proximity, crime, politics and design : Medellin's popular neighbourhoods and the experience of belonging / Gerard Martin and Marijke Martin -- Family and belonging in consolidated settlements -- Debe Ser esfuerzo propio : aspirations and belongings of the young generation in the old barriadas of southern Lima, Peru / Michaela Hordijk -- Housing inheritance and succession among pioneer squatters and self builders : a Mexican case study / Erika Denisse Grajeda -- "Favela modelo" : a study on housing, belonging and civic engagement in a "pacified" favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil / Palloma Menezes -- Spaces of the urban middle class -- Housing policy in the city of Buenos Aires : some reflections on the programa federal / Fernando Ostuni and Jean-Louis Van Gelder -- The boom of high-rise apartment buildings in Buenos Aires : new spaces of residentiality or a motor of disintegration? / Jan Dohnke and Corinna Holzl -- Living with style in my casa geo : large-scale housing conjuntos in urban Mexico / Cristina Inclen-Valadez -- Architectural and spatial representations -- Illiterate modernists : tracking the dissemination of architectural knowledge in Brazilian favelas / Fernando Luiz Lara -- Towards belonging : design and dwelling practices in Santa Marta, Colombia / Peter Kellett -- (re)building the city of Medellin : beyond state rhetoric vs. personal experience -- a call for consolidated synergies / Jota (Jos) Samper and Tamera Marko -- Reflections -- Home and belonging : reflections from urban Mexico / Ann Varley -- One block at a time : performing the neighbourhood / Arij Ouweneel -- List of contributors -- Index.

Dynasties, Events, and Equivalents -- I. Dynasties and Events -- II. Weights and Capacity -- III. Units of Currencies -- Introduction -- Structure of the Book -- Part I. The Market Economy in Late Imperial China -- Chapter 1. Issues and Approaches -- Depicting Market Expansion in Preindustrial China -- Measuring Agricultural Productivity -- Chapter 2. The Nature of Song and Ming Economic Data -- The Ho Puzzle and the Reliability of Chinese Population Data -- The Poll Tax Era: 220 BC to 755 AD -- The Indirect Taxation Era: The Song Fiscal State and the Birth of Market-Based Data -- The Land Taxes Era: An Inefficient Mode of Taxation -- The Heyday of a Command Economy Era and the Early Ming Data -- The Debate over Song Population Data -- Conclusion -- Part II. The Song Era -- Chapter 3. How Large Was the Money Economy? -- Divergence in the Song and Ming Economies: Population and Price -- The Rise of a Command Economy in the Early Ming -- Reconstruction of Domestic Markets in 1077 AD and 1381 AD -- Long-Term Changes in the Money Supply -- A Tentative Conclusion -- Chapter 4. Trade and Water Transport in the Eleventh Century -- The Structure of Song Inland Water Transport -- The Decline of Transportation Costs -- Kaifeng in the Eleventh-Century National Market -- Conclusion -- Part III. The Ming Era -- Chapter 5. China after 1200: Crisis and Disintegration -- A Sharp Decline in Population and Urban Consumption -- Disappearance of Monetized Taxation during the Late Fourteenth Century -- Shrinking in Water Transports -- Limit of Sixteenth-Century Trade -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6. Prices, Real Wages, and National Incomes -- Real Wages in the Song and Ming Eras -- Inequality in the Market Economy -- The Share of State Revenue in National Income -- Conclusion.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Part One: Introduction -- 1 Introduction: Rethinking Federalism in a Changing World -- Part Two: Citizenship, Identity, and Federal Societies -- 2 Constitutional Government and the Two Faces of Ethnicity: Federalism Is Not Enough -- 3 Identification in Transnational Political Communities -- 4 The New Pluralism: Regionalism, Ethnicity, and Language in Western Europe -- 5 The Federal Experience in Yugoslavia -- 6 Questions of Citizenship after the Breakup of the USSR -- 7 Citizenship Claims: Routes to Representation in a Federal System -- 8 The Aboriginal Peoples in Canada and Renewal of the Federation -- Part Three: The Economics of Federalism -- 9 Is Federalism the Future? An Economic Perspective -- 10 Economic Federalism and the European Union -- 11 Governing European Union: From Pre-Federal to Federal Economic Integration? -- 12 Central Asia: From Administrative Command Integration to Commonwealth of Independent States -- 13 American Federalism: An Economic Perspective -- Part Four: The Law and Politics of Federalism -- 14 New Wine in Old Bottles? Federalism and Nation States in the Twenty-First Century: A Conceptual Overview -- 15 Federalism and the Nation State: What Can Be Learned from the American Experience? -- 16 Canada and the United States: Lessons from the North American Experience -- 17 Federalism, Democracy, and Regulatory Reform: A Sceptical View of the Case for Decentralization -- 18 Federalism, the Charter, and the Courts: Rethinking Constitutional Dialogue in Canada -- 19 Central and Eastern European Federations: Communist Theory and Practice -- 20 Disintegration of the Soviet 'Federation' and the 'Federalization' of Ukraine -- Part Five: Conclusion -- 21 Multinationalism and the Federal Idea: A Synopsis -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I. The Early Choson Dynasty, 1392-1650 -- 1. Confucian Statecraft in the Founding of Choson -- 2. The Disintegration of the Early Choson System to 1592 -- 3. Post-Imjin Developments in Military Defense and the Economy -- Part II. Social Reform: Yangban and Slaves -- Introduction -- 4. Remolding the Ruling Class through Education and Schools -- 5. New Schools: Conservative Restraints on Radicalism -- 6. Slavery: The Slow Path to Abolition -- Conclusion -- Part III. Land Reform -- Introduction -- 7. Land Reform: Compromises with the Well-Field Model -- 8. Redistributing Wealth through Land Reform -- 9. Late Choson Land Reform Proposals -- Conclusion -- Part IV. Military Reform -- Introduction -- 10. The Royal Division Model: Rotating Duty Soldiers and Support Taxpayers -- 11. The Debate over the Military Training Agency, 1651-82 -- 12. The Search for Alternative Mode of Military Finance -- 13. Military Reorganization, Weapons, and Walls -- 14. The Military Service System, 1682-1870 -- Conclusion -- Part V. Reform of Government Organization -- Introduction -- 15. The King and His Court -- 16. Reforming the Central Bureaucracy -- 17. Personnel Policy -- 18. Provincial and Local Administration -- 19. The Community Compact System (Hyaangyak) -- 20. Yu Hyongwon's Community Compact Regulations -- Conclusion -- Part VI. Financial Reform and the Economy -- Introduction -- 21. Tribute and the Taedong Reform -- 22. The Taedong Model for Official Salaries and Expenses -- 23. Copper Cash and the Monetary System -- 24. Yu Hyongwon's Analysis of Currency -- 25. A Cycle of Inflation and Deflation -- 26. Cash and Economic Change after 1731 -- Conclusion -- Epilogue: The Complexities of Korean Confucian Statecraft -- Notes -- Glossary -- List of Kings of the Choson Dynasty -- List of Names -- Bibliography.

Middlebury College). -- 19. Violence in Chinese Religious Culture (Barend J. ter Haar, University of Leiden, Netherlands). -- 20. The Dialectic of Violence in Jainism (Christopher Chapple, Loyola Marymount). -- 21. Just War and Jihad of the Sword (James Turner Johnson, Rutgers University). -- 22. Jihad and Martyrdom in Classical and Contemporary Islam (David Cook, Rice University). -- 23. The Psychology of Contemporary Religious Terrorism (James W. Jones, Rutgers University). -- 24. Pragmatic Responses: the Transformation of Failure and the Spiritualisation of Violence (Ian Reader, University of Manchester). -- 25. Sacrifice and Violence (Kathryn McClymond, Georgia State University). -- 26. History, Humiliation, and Religious Violence (Ellen Posman, Baldwin-Wallace College). -- 27. Reconceptualizing Totalitarianism and Fascism (Robert Imre, University of Newcastle). -- Part V. Case Studies: Religion and Violence, Past and Present. -- 28. Enduring the Sacred Scars of Slavery (Yolanda Pierce, Princeton Theological Seminary). -- 29. South Asia: From Colonial Categories to a Crisis of Faith? (Yasmin Khan, Lecturer in Politics, Royal Holloway, University of London). -- 30. Gender, Religion and Violence During the Holocaust (Judith Baumel-Schwartz, Bar-Ilan University). -- 31. Women in the Sastric Tradition: Colonialism, Law, and Violence (Nandini Bhattacharyya-Panda, Indian Council of Historical Research). -- 32. Biblical Metaphors, Violent Intervention, and American Identity in the Spanish-American War (Matthew McCullough, Vanderbilt University). -- 33. Militant Islam, Islamic Law, and National Disintegration in Sudan (Jok Madut Jok, Loyola Marymount University). -- 34. The Battle for Australia: Salvation and Conquest (Marion Maddox, Macquarie University). -- 35. Religious-based Violence against Women, and Feminist Responses: Iran, Afghanistan, and Algeria (Valentine M. Moghadam. Purdue University). -- 36. Anti-Jewish Violence in Late Imperial Russia (Robert

The continued existence of the Russian defence and arms industry (OPK) was called into question following the disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991. Industry experts cited the lack of a domestic market, endemic corruption, and excess capacity within the industry as factors underpinning its predicted demise. However, the industry's export customers in China, India and Iran during those early years became the OPK's saving grace. Their orders introduced hard currency back into the industry and went a long way to preventing the forecasted OPK collapse. Although pessimistic predictions continued to plague the OPK throughout the 1990s, the valuable export dollars provided the OPK the breathing space it needed to claw back its competitive advantage as an arms producer. That revival has been further underpinned by a new political commitment, various research and development initiatives, and the restoration of defence industry as a tool of Russian foreign policy.The short-term future of the Russian OPK looks promising. The rising domestic defence order is beginning to challenge the export market as the OPK's most important customer. Meanwhile, exports will be safeguarded by continued foreign demand for niche Russian defence products. Although the long-term future of the OPK is more difficult to predict, Russia's solid research and development foundation and successful international joint military ventures suggest that the current thriving trend in exports is likely to continue. Russia represents the next generation of affordable and rugged military equipment for the arsenals of the developing world. Coupled with Russia's growing ability to rearm itself through higher oil prices and a more streamlined defence industry, the future of the OPK looks bright

Chaos and complexity in a bioterrorism future / Reuben R. McDaniel -- Environmental jolt of bioterrorism / Leonard Friedman, Peter Marghella -- Changing organizations for their likely mass-casualties future / James W. Begun, H. Joanna Jiang -- Multiprovider systems as first line responders to bioterrorism events : challenges and strategies / Myron D. Fottler, Kourtney Scharoun, Reid M. Oetjen -- Bioterrorism visits the physician's office / Lawrence F. Wolper, David N. Gans, Thomas P. Peterson -- The international threat of biological weapons : legal and regulatory perspectives / Paul S. Westney, James J. Hoffman -- Responding to bioterrorism : a lesson in humility for management scholars / Donna Malvey, Myron D. Fottler, George W. Buck, Robert S. Fry -- Bioterrorism preparedness and response : a resource guide for health care managers / Cynthia A. Holubik, Steven R. Tomlinson -- The bioterrorism formula : facing the certainty of the uncertain future / John D. Blair, Myron D. Fottler, Albert C. Zapanta -- The role of the reserve forces in defending the homeland / Albert C. Zapanta, Richard O. Wightman, Mari K. Eder -- Civil-military relations in an lera of bioterrorism : crime and war in the making of modern civil-military relations / E.L. Hunter, Ryan Kelty, Meyer Kestnbaum, David R. Segal -- Integration or disintegration? An examination of the core organizational and management challenges at the Department of Homeland Security / Nancy M Dodge, Carlton J Whitehead, Brian J Gerber -- Cocktails, deceptions, and force multipliers in bioterrorism / John D. Blair, K. Wade Vlosich -- Modeling the environmental jolts from terrorist attacks : configurations of asymmetric warfare / John D. Blair, Robert K. Keel, Timothy W. Nix, K. Wade Vlosich -- Notes from the editors / John D. Blair, Myron D. Fottler, Albert C. Zapanta

The paper approaches the question whether a distinctive European answer to the challenges of globalization, neo-liberalism, and social disintegration is both available and feasible. After describing the influence the American model of capital accumulation exerted on Europe's economic, social, and cultural development, the paper argues that, in spite of the hegemonic project the United States pursued after WW II, viable national variants of capitalism developed in Western Europe and Japan. With the exhaustion of the Fordist model of accumulation in the 70s and 80s a new constellation arises that threatens the social compromise the European welfare state is based upon. The globalization of production and the politics and ideology of neo-liberalism work hand in hand, producing a shift in the balance of social forces, decreasing national capacities of economic regulation, growing inequality, and the marginalisation of a growing number of social groups. Although there is a convergence of fundamental trends in regard of the modes of accumulation, we are stuck in a highly ambiguous and indeterminate situation. The erosion of national particularities does not lead to total homogeneity, neither inside the triad of USA, Japan and Europe nor inside the European Union. The crises of the traditional welfare state in Europe can only be overcome if a new, independent model of »Social Europe« will be constructed. In doing so Europe faces a dilemma: Only if it manages to overcome neo-liberal policies and develop a common vision of the future it will gain the freedom of action that is needed for such an endeavor and that is lacking at the national level. [author's abstract]

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Map of Yugoslavia -- 1 Historical Antecedents of Regional Inequality -- Introduction -- Geography and Its Effects -- The Impact of History -- The First Yugoslavia: Political and Economic Aspects -- World War II and the Formation of the Second Yugoslavia -- 2 1950s: Centralization and the First Steps to Development -- Introduction -- First Five-Year Plan: 1947-1952 -- Regional Development in the First Five-Year Plan -- First Economic Decentralization: 1952-1957 -- Arguments over Regional Distribution of Investments -- Second Five-Year Plan: 1957-1962 -- Regional Development in the 1950s -- 3 1960s: Decentralization and Reform -- Introduction -- The Yugoslav Economy and the Third Five-Year Plan: 1961-1965 -- Regional Development in the Third Five-Year Plan -- The Reform and the Fourth Five-Year Plan: 1966-1970 -- The Development Fund: Strengths and Weaknesses for Regional Development -- Problems Continuing After the Reform -- Regional Development in a Changing Society: 1961-1970 -- 4 1970s: Institutional Change and the Price of Reform -- Introduction -- The Croatian Crisis: 1970-1971 -- Fifth Five-Year Plan: 1971-1975 -- Regional Development in the Fifth Five-Year Plan: 1971-1975 -- Regional Development in the Sixth Five-Year Plan: 1976-1980 -- Regional Development: Criteria and Measures -- 5 1980s: From Decline to Disintegration -- Introduction -- Seventh Five-Year Plan: 1981-1985 -- Regional Development in the Seventh Five-Year Plan: 1981-1985 -- Regional Development in the Eighth Five-Year Plan: 1986-1990 -- Social, Political and Economic Crises in the 1980s -- Leaderism, Mass Mobilization and Federal Destabilization -- Fall 1989: The Slide into Chaos -- End of a Decade, End of an Era.