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Das International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) ist ein länderübergreifendes, fortlaufendes Umfrageprogramm, das jährlich Erhebungen zu Themen durchführt, die für die Sozialwissenschaften wichtig sind. Das Programm begann 1984 mit vier Gründungsmitgliedern - Australien, Deutschland, Großbritannien und den Vereinigten Staaten - und ist inzwischen auf fast 50 Mitgliedsländer aus aller Welt angewachsen. Da die Umfragen auf Replikationen ausgelegt sind, können die Daten sowohl für länder- als auch für zeitübergreifende Vergleiche genutzt werden. Jedes ISSP-Modul konzentriert sich auf ein bestimmtes Thema, das in regelmäßigen Zeitabständen wiederholt wird. Details zur Durchführung der nationalen ISSP-Umfragen entnehmen Sie bitte der Dokumentation. Die vorliegende Studie konzentriert sich auf Fragen zu Religion und religiöser Identität.

Several subregional economic zones, often known as 'growth triangles', have been set up in Southeast and East Asia including East ASEAN Growth Area (EAGA). The Philippine island of Mindanao has been incorporated in EAGA. The article explores the prospects for Mindanao's development through EAGA with special reference to political issues which might impinge on the attainment of economic prosperity. (DÜI-Sen)

Mediante las presentes páginas desarrollaremos la conexión y la importancia de la descentralización territorial colombiana en el marco del proceso andino de integración. Para efectos de lo anterior, estableceremos, desde una perspectiva general, los principales beneficios que la Comunidad Andina (CAN) puede obtener en el marco de la descentralización territorial colombiana; haciendo un análisis que descarta la perspectiva económica, y como consecuencia de ello, prefiriendo un análisis jurídico político. El tipo de trabajo de investigacion empleado para las presentes páginas es sintético, esto es, trata de poner de manifiesto la totalidad del contenido de una materia o tema exponiendo sus partes principales y esenciales. A su vez y en el marco del citada modalidad de trabajo de investigación, las presentes páginas se circunscriben en un trabajo científico tipificado en la modalidad de "los estados de la cuestión", esto es, en un trabajo de investigación que recoge la situación científica de una determinada materia en un determinado momento. Adicionalmente, el método empleado para la presente investigación es analítico, esto es, aquel que parte de lo complejo, llegando a lo más simple. ; Through these pages we will develop the connection and the importance of the Colombian territorial decentralization under the Andean integration process. For purposes of the foregoing, establish, from a general perspective, the main benefits that the Andean Community (CAN) can be obtained in the framework of the Colombian territorial decentralization; doing an analysis that discards the economic outlook, and consequently, preferring a political legal analysis.The type of research work used for these pages is synthetic, that is, try to highlight the entire contents of a subject or topic exposing their main and essential parts. At the same time and under the cited research work mode, these pages are confined in a scientific work typified in the form of "state of the art", ie a research work which reflects the scientific situation of a subject at a given time. Additionally, the method used for this research is analytic, ie that part of the complex, reaching as simple.

AbstractExpanded crime has been linked with increasing affluence in the United States and Europe, the dislocation of tribal peoples in Africa, and a widening disparity between rich and poor in Latin America. In short, it appears that virtually any part of the world that has been touched by urbanization, industrialization, and economic development must expect increases in crime and delinquency (Cf. Wolf, 1971, Christiansen, 1960). However, crime in Asia has received somewhat less than its fair share of attention. The assumption appears to be that in contrast to other parts of the world a unique combination of cultural values has enabled many Asian countries to maintain low rates of crime in the face of extensive social and economic change (Cf. Schmitt, 1963; Canter and Canter, 1971, and Behrman, 1976). While there can be little doubt that the level of crime in Asian countries is generally below that found in advanced western industrial societies, this is not to say that significant increases in crime have not been observed. Hong Kong is a case in point. More than most societies Hong Kong has managed to successfully compress a great deal of social and economic change into a relatively brief period of time, and during this same period Hong Kong has also experienced pronounced increases in many types of crime. This article reports on an effort to measure trends in crime in Hong Kong and determine what social and economic forces might lie back of these trends. Concentrating on the relation between crime trends and social and economic change shifts attention away from the offender to the offense. Individual motivations obviously has a role to play in crime, but this alone cannot adequately explain why the volume of crime changes over time or why it should apparently be higher in one country than in another. Viewed in this way crime begins to take on a wider significance than if it were merely an expression of personal characteristics or an abberation existing in what would otherwise be a healthy society. Among other things, the magnitude to crime in society and the direction it is moving in may serve as an important means for better understanding how society itself works and what is happening to it.

This study has a major motivation to empirically find the fundamentals of budget deficit instability for the period 1984 to 2016 using panel data for South Asia and ASEAN countries. As main determinants the study has considered the role of institutions, governance variables like corruption, political instability, military in politics and conflicts. The economic data is collected from international financial statistics and world development indicators. The data on political variables are collected from International Country Risk Data Guide (ICRG). Panel data models like Fixed Effect and Random Effect Model are used to test the volatility of budget deficit. To make a comparison between results of panel data models and time series analysis this study also makes an arrangement analysing individual countries, using time series data. The results of panel data models and time series models of individual countries both confirm that corruption and political stability are important indicators of budget deficit. To avoid high and unstable deficit attention should be diverted to improve the institutional setup of the economy. ; peer-reviewed