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Wer die Stadt oder die Region entwickeln, gestalten oder gar regieren will, muss sie verstehen. Neben Landschaft, Siedlungsstruktur und wirtschaftlichen Gegebenheiten wie etwa Branchenverteilung, Arbeitslosenquote oder Finanzausstattung der jeweiligen Gebietskörperschaften ist die Frage nach den politisch-kulturellen Traditionen und den in Sozialräumen geltenden Einstellungen und Orientierungen von wesentlicher Bedeutung. In Anlehnung an Robert Putnam lassen sich diese politisch-kulturellen Traditionen mit dem analytischen Begriff des Sozialkapitals erfassen. Der vorliegende Beitrag geht in diesem Kontext der Frage nach, welches Verständnis vom "guten Regieren" bei der Entscheidungsfindung und Umsetzung von lokalen Entwicklungsmaßnahmen in unterschiedlichen Sozialräumen vorzufinden ist. Anhand einer empirischen Analyse von Einstellungsdaten für die 74 westdeutschen Raumordnungsregionen wird gezeigt, dass das Sozialkapital nicht nur in unterschiedlichen Kombinationen von Einstellungen vorkommt, sondern auch von tatsächlicher Bedeutung für die lokale Entwicklung ist. Obwohl die Aggregationsebene der Daten relativ hoch ist, lassen sich interessante regionale Unterschiede feststellen, die wiederum mit dem wirtschaftlichen Erfolg der jeweiligen Regionen korrelieren. Der Beitrag schließt mit einer Diskussion der Implikationen für die Regional- und Stadtpolitik. (ICI2)

This book explores the contested notion of compassionate migration in its discourse and practice. In the context of today's migration patterns within the Americas, compassionate migration can play a fundamental role in responding to the hardships that many migrants suffer before, during, and after their journeys. This volume explores the boundaries of compassion from legal, political, philosophical, and interdisciplinary perspectives, and supplies examples where state and non-state actors engage in practices of compassion and humanity through formal and informal regimes. Despite the lack of a concise and precise definition of the concept and practice of compassionate migration, all authors in this volume agree on the pressing need for more humane and compassionate treatment for those leaving their home country behind in search of a better life

The first section of this publication contains an outline of the origins of Regional Cooperation as an instrument of the Lome Convention, looking at its gradual evolution over the first two Conventions. The background set, section two examines the provisions for regional cooperation under Lome III, looking at its scope and objectives, its budget, its criteria for funding etc. Finally, section three looks at the practical operation of the policy of regional co-operation within the ACP's seven different regions (West Africa, East Africa, Southern Africa, Central Africa, The Caribbean, The Pacific, The Indian Ocean), highlighting current and past priorities, the various types of regional organisations, the resources allocated to each region under Lome III, and the regional projects or programmes financed to date under the current Convention

This paper applies an economic approach to empirically investigate differences in inward foreign direct investment (FDI) patterns between East Asia and Latin America and discusses the implication of regional trade arrangements. International production/distribution networks in East Asia effectively utilize the new economic logic of fragmentation, agglomeration, and optimal internalization and seem to greatly contribute to economic development. The paper examines statistical data for international trade as well as the activities of Japanese and U.S. multinational enterprises (MNEs) and argues that international production/distribution networks, particularly in machinery industries, are extensively developed in East Asia while remaining immature in Latin America. The impact of regional trade arrangements is substantially different depending on whether international production/distribution networks have already been developed or not. Our findings suggest that the impact of FTAA on FDI in Latin America by East Asian MNEs could be either positive or negative, depending on the content of FTAA and accompanying policies. If differentials between intra-regional tariffs and MFN-based tariffs are kept large, import-substituting FDI from East Asia may stagnate or even decrease. With a proper policy package to nurture international production/distribution networks, on the other hand, FDI from East Asia could be accelerated and contributed to deeper integration of Latin America.

Das Statistische Amt der EG hat für April 1985 erstmals Arbeitslosenquoten in reginaler Gliederung bekanntgegeben. Die Daten stammen aus einer Aktualisierung der EG-Arbeitskräfte-Stichprobe von 1983, der - im Gegensatz zu den nationalen Statistiken - eine einheitliche Definition der Arbeitslosigkeit (arbeitslos, arbeitsuchend und verfügbar) zugrundelag. Es zeigen sich beträchtliche, regionale Unterschiede, wobei die Arbeitslosigkeit in Sardinien mit 22Prozent am höchsten ist, und der Regierungsbezirk Stuttgart mit 3,3Prozent die niedrigsten Quoten meldet. (IAB)

War, famine, poverty, organized crime, environmental catastrophes, refugees, epidemics and pandemics, modern slavery - all these affect people in the non-Western world to an increasingly disproportionate extent. It is also where wealthy governments wield economic leverage and military force to renegotiate existing norms of international relations. Under these circumstances, it is difficult to overestimate the importance and urgency of comprehending the mechanisms and motivations driving thesephenomena. This book is the outcome of a decade-long effort to advance both theoretical and empirical understanding of what motivates non-Western governments' decisions to cooperate/not cooperate regionally. It starts by acknowledging the Western-centrism of prevailing international relations theories, abandoning deeply entrenched assumptions regarding the nature and roles of states, and redefining state weakness. The inquiry continues by elaborating this new concept and applying it to Southeast Asian polities while positing that it creates governments vulnerable to internal and external threats, in line with Joel S. Migdal's well-known findings on the topic. A set of regional cooperation strategies is then inferred, based on the survival needs of insecure governing elites and its empirical validity is tested against the experience of regional organizations in Africa, Asia, and the Americas. The second part of the book provides an in-depth examination of how Southeast Asian governments' shared security needs and interests shaped the emergence of the identified regional cooperation pattern and its evolution over 50 years of cooperation within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Overall, this book is a call to international relations scholars to do our part in understanding non-Western experiences and making a substantive contribution to addressing humanity's most intractable security threats.