Daily Archives: 8 July, 2010
Polen: Die Radikalen an der Macht
Das politische Leben der letzten Jahre in Polen ist faszinierend und beunruhigend zugleich. Polen ist ein Staat, der stolz sein darf auf seine zahlreichen Erfolge, ein Staat, der eine besonders problembeladene Transformationsperiode hinter sich hat, in der Demokratie und Marktwirtschaft erfolgreich eingeführt wurden, ein Staat, der einen mehr als respektablen Platz in der internationalen Gemeinschaft …
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Transit 31: Editorial
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Old Europe: A Look ahead to the Twenty-first Century
With rising life expectancy, stagnating working-age populations, and low birth rates, Europe faces a demographic challenge in the next fifty years the likes of which it has never known. For the economy, this will mean a shortage of local workers, a lack of skilled workers, and shifts in sectoral demand. One solution – to raise …
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Charles Hirschman: The Impact of Immigration on American Society: Looking Backward to the Future
Charles Hirschman surveys the history of immigration in America in an attempt to understand current attitudes and the future. “While it is not possible to predict the role of immigration in America’s future, it is instructive to study the past. The current debates and hostility to immigrants echo throughout American history. What is most surprising …
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Transit 32: Kurt Biedenkopf
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The Court and the Family:
Elite settlement and the transformation of the political system in Poland
Even compared to other socialist countries, the Polish path of transformation from one system to another was exceptional. Political scientific literature indicates that the kind of breakthrough initiated by the Round Table talks was the one based on negotiation and a settlement among the elites. The agreement we are talking about is of course the …
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