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In Europe and especially in the euro existed between mid 2007 to late 2009 preserve vote on how the institutions of a sometimes fragile EU and the single currency managed to the global financial crisis defy. The crisis hit over from the United States, where the dangers of applied liberal and deregulated model of financial markets and inadequate governance were insufficiently recognized. European banks, but a few, behaved more than their American peers. Also banking supervision was generally effective, especially in countries like Italy, Spain and the small Cyprus. Through an innovative and fast answer to the European Central Bank had a leading role in tackling the crisis: the European legal framework for emergency loans was modified and cross-border coordination was performed. Crucial factor was that, in countries such as Belgium, Greece and Italy after, most EU and eurozone countries thanks to the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP) and the Treaty of Maastricht had their debt under control. The result was that most European countries have not been hit as hard by the recession and the United States. The Anglo-American capitalism performed moderately, while the European system had shown its resilience (for the first time). Adapted from the source document.

'Storytelling' informants: obstacle or
valuable source?
Iris Poelen
This article discusses a methodological
issue revolving around informants providing
'twisted truths,' and uses examples
from research among West Africans
in Bergamo, Italy. That research
studied West African women and their
experiences as migrants in Italy. It highlighted the story of one particular
woman whose life history seemed to
include both truths and untruths. This
article uses the work of Goffman (1978)
to examine the ways in which migrants
tell their stories. It is important for
fieldworkers to be aware of the reasons
migrants could have to twist truths: the
precarious situations they find themselves
in and their ways to gain certain
goods or status. Triangulation is often
mentioned as a verification strategy,
but is hard to achieve while researching
transnational migrants. A critical
stance towards triangulation is in
order, and it could be useful for
researchers to investigate the motivations
and functioning of the 'storytelling'
of migrants.

"Dit boek bevat de resultaten van een rechtsvergelijkend onderzoek naar de tweeledige vraag a) welke werkwijzen Duitsland, Engeland (en Wales), Ierland en Italië (naast Nederland) hanteren voor het in beslag nemen en confisqueren van vermogen met een vermoedelijk criminele herkomst in situaties zonder vervolgbare of veroordeelde dader, en b) tegen welke belemmeringen de Nederlandse autoriteiten en de autoriteiten in de genoemde landen aanlopen in geval van grensoverschrijdende samenwerking in dergelijke gevallen. Specifieke aandacht gaat uit naar beslag en confiscatie van I) criminele opbrengsten onder zogenoemde 'windhappers' (personen die geen (of nauwelijks) geregistreerd inkomen hebben, maar wel veel geld te besteden hebben), II) erfenissen die (geheel of ten dele) bestaan uit de opbrengsten van (vermoede) strafbare activiteiten van de erflater, III) tegoeden die zijn aangetroffen op onbeheerde bankrekeningen, en IV) (grote) hoeveelheden cash geld die zijn aangetroffen zonder dat een relatie tot een bepaalde persoon valt aan te wijzen

In contrast to comparative economic studies concentrating on gross national & per capita income, a new approach is presented stressing per capita consumption. Personal expenditures are classified as primary (food, clothing, & shelter), secondary (education, transportation), & luxury. Data from Brazil, El Salvador, the Ivory Coast, Italy, the Netherlands, the Philippines, Portugal, Sierra Leone, South Korea, Tanzania, & the US are used to derive an index of consumption inequality, the validity of which is established by a cross-sectional design. 3 Tables, 3 Figures, 2 Appendixes, 22 References. M. Meeks

A comparison of the social security systems developed since WWII in 10 European nations: Austria, Belgium, GB, France, West Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, Italy, Norway, & Sweden. Differences in the systems that reflect ideology & social forces have often been more controversial than the amount of social expenditure. It is argued that the labor movement had a particular vision of social security, which was legislated where labor had the political majority & defeated elsewhere. Postwar developments have been shaped primarily by this factor, which has become more evident in the current crisis than in the period of general expansion in the 1960s to 1970s. 1 Table, 1 Schema. Modified HA

Explanation is given to the dismal predictions of the Club of Rome studies concerning long-run consequences of economic growth & population increases, & why they are not translated into policy changes affecting those variables. The domestic function of economic growth, providing bargaining space for the solution of political conflicts, & the propensity of policy makers to give priority to short-run problems affecting their own position inhibit these policy changes. Focus is on the theory of W. Harich, (KOMMUNISMUS OHNE WACHSTUM? BABEUF UND DER CLUB OF ROME [Communism without Growth? Babeuf and the Club of Rome], Rheinbeck: Rowohlt, 1975) a philosopher from the German Democratic Republic who argued for rigid centralization of political & economic power at the global level. Although Harich did not include concepts such as `liberty', `democracy', & `constitution' in his theory, this can be compared to some of the political reactions to the challenge in Western Europe. Proposals made by Tinbergen & the Mansholt plan however are found to be more promising. 3 Figures. Modified HA.