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Nationalismus und Demokratie: zur Geschichte der Bourgeoisie im Frankreich der Restauration
In: Fischer-Athenäum-Taschenbücher / Sozialwissenschaften, Geschichte, 4053
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Städte bringen immer wieder etwas Neues hervor: es gibt zahlreiche Gründe, warum Menschen im Norden wie im Süden in Städten leben wollen: denn hier wird sozioökonomische Entwicklung gestaltet
In: Internationale Politik: das Magazin für globales Denken, Band 74, Heft 6, S. 26-29
ISSN: 1430-175X
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South Caucasian countries: socioeconomic development and demographic potential in the new geopolitical conditions
In: Central Asia and the Caucasus: journal of social and political studies, Band 18, Heft 4, S. 57-64
ISSN: 2002-3839
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The asset debates: how (not) to use asset indices to measure well-being and the middle class in Africa
In: African affairs: the journal of the Royal African Society, Band 115, Heft 460, S. 399-418
ISSN: 1468-2621
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The mixed news on poverty
In: Current history: a journal of contemporary world affairs, Band 112, Heft 750, S. 20-25
ISSN: 0011-3530
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From Corrupt to Knowledge Societies: How To Change Mentality?
In: European Quarterly of Political Attitudes and Mentalities: EQPAM, Band 1, Heft 1, S. 26-37
ISSN: 2285-4916
In search of an answer to the questions of what a knowledge society is and how it emerges we draw connections between the macro-institutional theory of the American political economist Douglass C. North and the theory of micro-social mechanisms of the Swedish sociologist Peter Hedström. North considers the institutional framework of a society as determining, in principle, the structure of economic opportunities and incentives for social actors. Actors acquire those types of knowledge and skills that they perceive most "valuable" or "profitable" and, at the same time, using the acquired types of knowledge and skills, they perceive possibilities for new opportunities and incentives, i.e. for changing the institutional framework. In addition to being influenced by the structure of economic incentives, the actors' perception of value/"profitability" is also impacted by "mental constructs", which actors use in order to interpret the world around them. In Hedström's view, on the other hand, desires, beliefs and opportunities of social actors determine their actions, which, in turn, have an impact on desires, beliefs and opportunities, and thus also the actions, of other actors. Desires and beliefs roughly correspond to the mental, while opportunities correspond to the structural component of the North's approach. These theories imply that a society in which (1a) the majority of its members want to be successful and believe that success can be achieved only by investing an effort, and in which (1b) a system of rewards according to merits has been established – such a society will considerably differ from a corrupt society (2a) comprised of the majority desiring success, but believing that it can most expeditiously be achieved by exploiting social connections to powerful actors, and in which (2b) clientelism and corruption are not adequately sanctioned. Development of a knowledge society can be influenced (1) by developing a corresponding institutional framework of opportunities and incentives, (2) by disseminating an appropriate narrative through various modalities of public discourse in order to influence desires and beliefs of social actors, and particularly (3) through acting by example, which provides a means to prove credibility of proclaimed intentions.
Patronage as institutional choice: evidence from Rwanda and Uganda
In: Comparative politics, Band 43, Heft 4, S. 421-438
ISSN: 0010-4159
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The revolution will not be tweeted
In: The Washington quarterly, Band 34, Heft 4, S. 103-116
ISSN: 0163-660X, 0147-1465
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India's baby boomers: dividend or disaster?
In: Current history: a journal of contemporary world affairs, Band 110, Heft 735, S. 143-149
ISSN: 0011-3530
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Political institution and financial development: an empirical study
In: World development: the multi-disciplinary international journal devoted to the study and promotion of world development, Band 38, Heft 12, S. 1667-1677
ISSN: 0305-750X
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Finance matters!: The influence of financial sector reforms on the development of the entrepreneurial elite in Egypt
In: Mediterranean politics, Band 15, Heft 3, S. 349-370
ISSN: 1354-2982, 1362-9395
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The gender of communication: changing expectations of mothers and daughters in urban China
In: The China quarterly: an international journal for the study of China, Heft 204, S. Special isuue on gender in flux: agency and limits in contemporary China, S. 980-1000
ISSN: 0305-7410, 0009-4439
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Desigualdades regionales en Chile
In: Foreign affairs Latinoamérica, Band 9, Heft 1, S. 53-62
ISSN: 1665-1707
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Global, regional and local challenges in Hungarian agriculture
In: Society and economy: journal of the Corvinus University of Budapest, Band 31, Heft 1, S. 45-70
ISSN: 1588-9726
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