... defining identity was a unique hybrid that was dedicated to both political liberalization and the advancement of Islamic ideology and interests. Although this synthesis created an important area of ideological overlap with Israel based on a mutual commitment to democracy, AKP elites more frequently...

... feature of China's political economy, but WTO liberalization exacerbates the problem by enhancing the access of subnational governments to external resources in the form of foreign direct investment (FDI). The chapter then examines the comparative case studies of the automotive and semiconductor...

.... The Reagan administration learned that a policy of promoting democratic liberalization could be wielded to achieve specific objectives vis-à-vis allies. Carter Jimmy Chile coups democracy diplomacy informal and “volunteer ” human rights Latin America Pinochet Augusto Reagan Ronald and administration...

... as a device of this political objective. US policy towards East-Central Europe was reformulated on a new, more pragmatic, and reserved basis. Thus, the new US approach toward the region completely did away with the theory of liberating these nations; from now on the goal...

... discontent in East Africa after independence are explained. In addition to the above, this chapter elaborates on the crisis of the urban economy and of the tarika. The parallelism of political and trade liberalization has made commercial strength a potential basis for the pursuance...

... objectives and whether the moral, political, economic, and personal costs of protracted policies of drug prohibition outweigh liberalization. It also refers to John Walters, director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy under George W. Bush, who recruited core American values to defend...

... and reformed their domestic regulations in line with their multilateral liberalization commitments. It shows that signatories indeed complied with their commitments and changed their domestic regulations on foreign entry and created (or strengthened) independent regulation. It discusses the financial...

...-experiences permissiveness liberalization This book has explored the sexual lived-experiences of young people and the ways their sexual behaviours were publicly debated and institutionally handled. The history of Brook centres reveals the ascent of a notion of responsible sexual behaviour for young people...

... on the financial system and the rise in the number of bankruptcies. Special attention is paid to the effects of the liberalization of the financial system in the 1990s, known as the Japanese ‘financial big bang’ and the ‘main bank’ mergers under Prime Minister Nakasone Yasuhirō. By examining these measures...

... than the previous decades. Two sets of government policies—business-friendly policies during the 1980s, and market-friendly policies from the launch of the liberalization era in 1991—caused this sustained increase, both in growth as well as inequality. The sequencing of these policies is important...

.... economists liberalization increasingly international financial This content is only available as a PDF. ...

... liberalization has coincided with a return to democracy and an increased emphasis on regional integration. More recently, Brazil has finally succeeded in bringing inflation under control after two decades of chronic price instability. These profound changes in the economic environment provide the background...

...0 07 12 2000 One more important characteristic of the growth-centred Japanese economy in the 1960s was the progress made in the liberalization of trade, foreign-exchange transactions, and external capital transactions. Liberalization of trade and foreign exchange, which had been an important...

... liberalization poses major challenges to international human rights law. Developments such as the Asian financial crisis, protests about the impact of the World Trade Organization (WTO), the controversy surrounding the negotiation of the Multilateral Agreement on Investment, the activities of the International...

... to stimulate development. However, they worry that the environment and poor people will suffer. Yet another perspective has nothing to do with Malthusian pessimism. Neither do its adherents necessarily question economic liberalization. Instead, they doubt that the investment in education and technological...

...0 18 04 2002 Despite all the difficulties and setbacks, the German economy recovered fairly quickly from the aftermath of the Second World War. It largely benefited from the Marshall Plan and was put back on a track of fast and stable growth from the early 1950s. Gradual liberalization...

...0 01 11 2007 Winston Churchill said of democracy: ‘the only argument for it is that everything else is much worse’. Exactly the same might be said of trade liberalization, and the structural reforms that accompany it when programmes promoted by the IMF, the World Bank, and many economists...

... expansion of money and credit.” dramatically liberalization available perhaps expansion This content is only available as a PDF. ...

...0 18 03 1999 A keystone of modern development strategy in general, and of structural adjustment policy in particular, is trade liberalization. Derived from familiar trade theory, liberalization is intended to achieve productive efficiency and international competitiveness, enabling a more rapid...

... have transformative significance? What, if any, is the relation between a state’s response to its repressive past and its prospects for creating a liberal order? What is law’s potential for ushering in liberalization?¹ understanding transformative response potential liberalization...