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"Society"
March 2001
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Mar 2001
APEC and the Environment: Civil Society in an Age of Globalization
Author: Jack Barkenbus
Publisher:
East-West Center (EWC)
This publication discusses the dependency of Asia’s economic development and improvement in living standards on addressing its worsening environmental problems.
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Mar 2001
Communists of Moldova and the Future of the Country's Ethno-Political Conflicts
Author: Priit Järve
Publisher:
European Centre for Minority Issues (ECMI)
This paper comments on the successes of the Party of the Communists of the Republic of Moldova (PCRM) in Moldova's parliamentary elections of 25 February 2001, focusing on the bid to join the Russia-Belarus Union and to give Russian the status of an ...
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Mar 2001
Dimpled-Hanging-Pregnant-Chad.com: The Impact of Internet Technology on Democratic Legitimacy
Author: Beth Simone Noveck
Publisher:
Center for Applied Policy Research (CAP)
This paper examines two extreme opinions - one that the internet is a boon to
democracy and the other that it is destructive of democracy.
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1 Mar 2001
Rwanda’s Hutu Extremist Insurgency: An Eyewitness Perspective
Author: Richard Orth
Publisher:
MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies
This paper provides an eyewitness perspective of the Hutu extremist insurgency during the Rwandan civil war and genocide in 1994.
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Mar 2001
Faktionalismus in Japanischen Parteien: Eine Annäherung aus Konzeptioneller und Komparativer Perspektive
Author: Patrick Köllner
Publisher:
German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)
Dieses Papier behandelt den Faktionalismus in japanischen Parteien.
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Mar 2001
Open Channels: Public Dialogue in Science and Technology
Publisher:
UK Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST)
This publication discusses the options available to engage the public in the UK more directly in policy and decision-making.
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Mar 2001
Extension, Poverty and Vulnerability: Inception Report of a Study for the Neuchâtel Initiative
Author: Ian Christoplos, John Farrington, Andrew D Kidd
Publisher:
Overseas Development Institute (ODI)
This paper reviews trends in poverty, vulnerability and extension, and the policy
context in which extension is located.
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Mar 2001
"Frauen an den Krisenherd:" Der Beitrag von Frauen in der zivilen Konfliktbearbeitung
Author: Annette Hug, Anni Lanz, Maren Haartje, Rosmarie Zapfl-Helbling, Pia Hollenstein, Beatrix Attinger Colijn, Hanne-Margret Birckenback, Therese Froesch, Marianne Schmid-Thurnherr, Ellen Bernhard
Publisher:
swisspeace
Trotz der vielfältigen Friedensarbeit, die Frauen leisten, ist ihr Einfluss auf die Entscheidung über Krieg oder Frieden gering.
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Mar 2001
Transnationale Migration: Multilateraler Harmonisierungs- und Regelungsbedarf
Author: Manfred Wöhlcke
Publisher:
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)
Große transnationale Migrationsströme hat es immer gegeben, aber sie haben sich im Verlaufe der Geschichte in quantitativer wie in qualitativer Hinsicht verändert.
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Mar 2001
Building Capacity for Sound Public Works in First Nation Communities
Publisher:
Institute on Governance (IOG)
A good public works infrastructure is essential to the health, safety and well-being of any community.
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