... lines; respondents in St. Petersburg were more likely to reject Soviet ideals than their counterparts in Yoshkar-Ola. The former also tended to prefer liberalism and globalization, while the latter expressed greater nationalism. Older respondents showed no distinct geographic trend, but gave more...

... are sustainable and whether economic growth will be followed by political expansion. China makes great use of globalization and is therefore interested in its continuation. At the same time, it wants to give globalization new features, specific Chinese characteristics. This is met with the reluctance...

...Jolanta Aidukaite This paper is designed to shed some light on possible impacts of globalization and Europeanization on social security reforms in one of the new EU member state - Lithuania. The paper is based on 67 expert interviews conducted with the political elite, academics, journalists...

... © 2005 The Regents of the University of California. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved. 2005 The Regents of the University of California Institutions Economic policy Transition Growth Development Globalization Lessons for the emerging markets from Poland s great...

... by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved. 2005 The Regents of the University of California Foreign capital flows Authoritarianism CentralAsia Caucasus Democratization Globalization Foreign capital in Central Asia and the Caucasus: Curse or blessing? Oksan Bayulgen University of Connecticut...

...Mikhail Ilyin The article reports on the progress of Russian research on globalization and equity. Building on Stain Roekan’s classification of social cleavages, the author identifies several schools in Russian globalization studies. He then discusses how the distinctions of authority—people...

... Globalization Identity Civilization Communist and Post-Communist Studies 37 (2004) 97 109 factors that emerged in aftermath of the Soviet breakup, and the society s identity crisis Discussions of ethno-national and ethno-political issues by international 32-ress Tel.: +7-84 E-mail add0967-067X/$ - se...

... taken hold, the post-socialist economies have started to recover, with some leading countries building momentum toward faster growth. There is a possibility that in the wider context of globalization several of these emerging market economies will be able to catch up with the more advanced industrial...