Contributing an impressive historical basis for path dependency analysis and the role of social capital in newly established democracies, this book offers a fascinating and ground-breaking analysis of the role of social capital in the democratic context of Eastern Europe. Focusing on Poland and Ukraine, this book fills the literature gaps for integrated empirical and theoretical research with respect to post-Communist democratization, social capital vs. democratization theory, and the case study area of Central and Eastern Europe. Suitable for students from graduate level upwards in Central and Eastern European studies, political theory and history.

Contributing an impressive historical basis for path dependency analysis and the role of social capital in newly established democracies, this book offers a fascinating and ground-breaking analysis of the role of social capital in the democratic context of Eastern Europe. Focusing on Poland and Ukraine, this book fills the literature gaps for integrated empirical and theoretical research with respect to post-Communist democratization, social capital vs. democratization theory, and the case study area of Central and Eastern Europe. Suitable for students from graduate level upwards in Central and Eastern European studies, political theory and history.

Der 50plus-Markt bietet fur zahlreiche Branchen enorme Wachstumschancen. Einige wenige Unternehmen haben die Zeichen der Zeit bereits erkannt und eine Vorreiterrolle eingenommen, doch viele verschenken hier noch wertvolles Potenzial. In diesem Buch werden zunachst die Besonderheiten der Zielgruppen 50plus beschrieben und ausgewahlte Strategien hinsichtlich Kommunikation, Werbung und Verkauf abgeleitet. Im zweiten Teil erhalt der Leser einen UEberblick uber die wichtigsten 50plus-Wachstumsbranchen, die ganz besonders vom demografischen Wandel profitieren koennen. Anhand zahlreicher Experteninterviews und Best-Practice-Beispiele wird deutlich, wie erfolgreiche Unternehmen den 50plus-Markt heute schon erfolgreich fur sich nutzen. Das Buch liefert Fakten, Prognosen, Trends und konkrete Anregungen, die der Leser auf sein eigenes Unternehmen ubertragen kann.

What are the processes that transfigures the Baltic area's urban landscape, one of the most dynamic macro-regions in contemporary Europe? This anthology is approaching the issues of the Baltic cities and the urban transformation from a number of perspectives. Reviews of the economy, infrastructure, and historical aspects of the area is presented. The emphasis is on the "post-socialist" cities in the eastern part of the Baltic region, and in a series of in-depth studies goose St. Petersburg, Tallinn and Riga in detail. The book is intended for geographers, historians and those who have a genuine interest in the development in Eastern Europe and especially for the Baltic countries. The authors are historians, geographers and scientists from the Baltic states, Sweden and Poland.

Goldfische in Gl sern d rfen in Seattle nur dann im Bus mitgenommen werden, wenn sie sich nicht bewegen. Einen B ren aufzuwecken, um ein Foto zu machen ist in Alaska verboten - aber erschie en darf man ihn. Monstern ist der Zutritt zur Stadt Urbana in Illinois untersagt. Gro britannien hat das Ungeheuer von Loch Ness vorsorglich unter Naturschutz gestellt - f r den Fall, dass es Nessie vielleicht doch gibt. Mit einem Huhn auf dem Kopf darf man nach Minnesota weder ein- noch ausreisen. Die Tierfotografin und Autorin Martina Berg hat diese und viele andere der kuriosesten und absurdesten Vorschriften und Gesetze der Menschen f r die Tierwelt zusammengestellt. Illustriert mit originellen Tierfotos zaubert Ihnen die Lekt re dieses Buches bestimmt ein Dauerl cheln auf Ihr Gesicht.

At the start of the twentieth century, political parties had the potential to focus grass-roots interest in the development of modern, democratic nation-states. Yet all the new parties were met with suspicion across Europe, particularly among liberals. These popular misgivings and the way the liberals nevertheless managed to build a party are the subject of this book. In this book, historian Martin Aberg argues that because of liberalism's individualistic traits, which left liberals less susceptible to political organisation on a mass basis, party members had to come to an uneasy compromise between individual and collective action. Aberg compares two regions -- Varmland in Sweden and Schleswig-Holstein in Germany -- which historically both had a significant liberal presence. Despite its organisational shortcomings, liberalism in Sweden paved the way for the peaceful democratisation of the state. In Germany, however, liberalism turned conservative, foreshadowing the extreme nationalism and Nazism that was to come. Aberg argues that the peculiarities of organisational behaviour go some way to explain the very different outcomes.