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Transformacje polityczno-ekonomiczne w Afryce: od kolonializmu do demokracji i rozwoju - przypadek Botswany

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Bichta T.

Forum Politologiczne

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2012

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vol. 13 - "Stare" i "nowe" mocarstwa w Afryce - stygmaty kulturowe, religijne, polityczne, ekonomiczne i społeczne

677-699

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It is very unusual what happened in Botswana after the colonialism period. On a contrary to other African countries they managed to change the poverty into development and wealth. What's more important Botswana avoided wars, humanitarian catastrophes and internal conflicts. The country introduced democracy in 1966 and stayed democratic and multi-party till today. One may say: they discovered diamonds and that's the whole story. Not exactly, because that was not the only factor. Apart from this diamonds or gold were discovered in many African countries and they failed to move forward, get wealthier and more developed. So why did Botswana succeed? How they did it? What were the factors that affected such transformation? The article answers these questions and also describes the process of political and economical changes. It also introduces into country's party system and tries to forecast what will become in the future Botswana.

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Mal (e) Development , (Com)modification , Nationalism and Feminist Consciousness: An Analysis of Arundhati Roy’s Writings

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Ahsan M. K.

Politeja : Pismo Wydziału Studiów Miedzynarodowych i Politycznych Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego

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2016

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issue 40

253-265

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The terms “mal(e)development” and “(com)modification” are coinages that underscore the nexus of the patriarchy, colonialism and capitalism in the Indian context. India has witnessed tremendous development and exploitation of its natural resources in the post‑independence era owing to the aids sponsored by the developed nations. The mal(e) development and (com)modification of India on the western model is masquerading as nation building in the 21st century. Arundhati Roy, the prominent feminist writer‑activist, lays bare this camouflaged maldevelopment and commodification of nature and women. Roy’s concerns are pretty much influenced by eco‑feministic discourse. In post‑independence India, colonialism has resorted to subterfuge, presenting a Western model of development to the developing nations.

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Amalgamation, Land/Mineral Ordinances and Socio-economic Developments in Nigeria since c. 1914 A.D: A Reflection

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Akubor E. O.

Prague Papers on the History of International Relations

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2016

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issue 2

104-125

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Generally, the Amalgamation of 1914 brought together the protectorates of Northern and Southern Nigeria, thus forming one country — Nigeria. However, the ordinances of the colonial government did not reflect that as it denied the people access to the land and mineral resources, vesting both in the Crown. This has in turn impacted on the Socio-economic development of the Nigeria area even years after independence. This is because the ordinances under the new gab of Land and Mineral Acts, have offered the neo-colonial actors and their allies the opportunity to continue to corner for themselves large spans of land and oil blocs. This in the opinion of the paper is largely responsible for mass landlessness, low economic activities/productivity among the people (especially among professionals whose means of livelihood are tied to land), boundary disputes as well as occupational conflicts in parts of the country. The paper using qualitative analysis, seeks to interrogate the relationship between the Amalgamation, Land/Mineral Ordinances and the implications of these on socio-economic developments in the area.

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Rozwój jako powołanie człowieka

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Zadroga A.

Seminare. Poszukiwania naukowe

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2011

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vol. 30

97-104

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Main goal of this article is to deepen one thesis from encyclical letter Caritas in veritate of His Holiness Benedict XVI: “progress, in its origin and essence, is first and foremost a vocation” (CiV 16). Author have made this in three points: (1) to describe what Christian vocation is, (2) to present sources of person’s vocation to development and (3) to show most important aspects of Christian meaning of human progress.

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DEVELOPMENT VERSUS DISPLACEMENT DILEMMA IN WEST BENGAL: UNRAVELING A GANDHIAN SOLUTION

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Chakraborty S., Kopcewicz G., Olszanecka N., Urbański D., Piechowiak-Lamparska J., Bryc A., Bojarczyk B., Jorgensen F. A. E., Niedziołka D., Pacześniak A., Potorski R., Wincławska M., Włodkowska-Bagan A., Jeran A., Mol A., Solsbery A., Dąbrowska I., Głodkowski M., Kopcewicz G., Olszanecka N., Piechowiak-Lamparska J.

The Copernicus Journal of Political Studies

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2016

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issue 1

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The tendency to equate economic growth with industrialization has in the recent past started a violent and bloody movement in the Indian state of West Bengal. The movement that started against forced acquisition of agricultural land for industrialization in Singur gradually spread to other parts of the state of West Bengal including Nandigram. This movement acquired explosive proportions with the intellectuals, civil society and anti-left political parties throwing in their weight behind the displaced peasants who lost their land. Ultimately it became an albatross around the neck of the Left leadership and sunk the political fortunes of the thirty-four year old Left Front government in 2011 state assembly elections. The Singur and Nandigram tragedy are only one among the many agitations that have exploded in various parts of India in recent past. These protest movements have kicked off the development versus displacement debate in India. The killing of protesting peasants in Singur and Nandigram by the trigger happy police not only exposes the political myopia and inhuman indifference of the so-called pro-poor Left Front Government of West Bengal. But it also goes on to show that the political process in India is increasingly getting hijacked by the logic of the market which sees displacement only as an appendix to development. What we need today is to reinvent the principles laid down by Gandhi to usher in a just and equitable economic order. The Gandhian model of economic development is based on the simple yet profound principles of altruism and egalitarianism. This article would focus on the reasons behind the inception of a violent movement in Singur and Nandigram, the fundamental flaws in the development model of the erstwhile Left Front Government of West Bengal, and end by providing a Gandhian solution to the development versus displacement dilemma in the state of West Bengal in India.

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Nigeria’s Foreign Reserves and the Challenges of Development, 1960–2010

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Aborisade A. S.

West Bohemian Historical Review

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2018

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vol. 8

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issue 1

89-112

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Since independence in 1960, the Nigerian state has struggled to earn for itself a respectable position globally. Scholars of various disciplines such as economics, political science, sociology and history through their works, have examined those resources that enhance the country’s economic potentials. Resources such as cocoa, groundnut, palm oil and palm kernel which served as the country’s export potentials as well as foreign exchange earnings before crude oil export became the kernel of Nigeria’s foreign exchange earnings in the 1970s are typical examples of the country’s exports that had boosted its foreign reserves in the past. Similarly, scholars of various disciplines since crude oil became the backbone of the country’s economy have made attempts at charting new approaches through which the country’s exports can be enhanced vis-à-vis its foreign reserves. These include effective and functional refineries, maximum exploitation of other items such as gas as embedded in the country’s crude exports, deregulation of both upstream and downstream sectors of the oil industry as well as the exploitation of non-oil sectors for exports. However, adequate and comprehensive intellectual attention has not been paid to the connection between the vicissitudes and diversities of Nigeria’s foreign reserves and the country’s economic development. It is against this backdrop that this paper interrogates the nature of Nigeria’s economic development from the perspective of its foreign reserves. The paper argues in its conclusion that Nigeria’s development prospects and challenges are tied to the management of its foreign reserves by the successive administrations since 1960.

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Carbajo Núñez M.

Forum Teologiczne

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2019

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vol. 20

7-18

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This article affirms the importance of family relationships for the economic development of society. The first part shows that, in many aspects, the global economic system is devoid of relational goods. Assuming that the human family “is the first and most important school of mercy”, it is underlined, in the second part, that, also in the economic field, we need to put into practice that kind of merciful relationships that privilege being over having and do not appeal to an invisible hand to justify the indifference towards humans and nature. The third part presents some current initiatives that show the importance of family relationships for an integral development.

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Emplacing Nigeria as Peaceful and Secure State in the International System: The Monarchy’s Intervention as an Imperative

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Okajare S. T.

West Bohemian Historical Review

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2018

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vol. 8

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issue 1

69-88

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With the outbreak of Boko Haram insurgency since 2009, surge in Niger Delta militancy in the Yar’Adua/Jonathan years, proliferation of kidnapping particularly of expatriates and Chibok Girls coupled with the orgy of killings unleashed on harmless and armless farmers, women, and children by some Fulani herdsmen in parts of Nigeria, the country is terrorized. Thus, it can be safely argued that Nigeria is at the threshold of becoming a failed state in terms of peace and security. Apart from the obvious implications of this state of insecurity on the State-Citizen relationship within Nigeria, it has impacted negatively on the country’s external image, strength of sovereignty and integrity, as well as discouraging the much-needed foreign investment. While the Nigerian State has been making strident efforts to stem the tide of threatened peace and insecurity, it is a truism that such efforts need to be upgraded through thinking out of the box, in furthering the search for solution to these problems. In agreement with scholars on the central relevance of culture to any people’s development trajectories, this paper unpacks some roles that the institution of monarchy can play in arresting the unpleasant trend. The paper argues that, given the vantage position of traditional rulers as custodians of community traditions and culture, coupled with their closeness to the people in the grassroots and the quantum of reverence they command among their subjects, they should be statutorily integrated into the mainstream of the governance architecture for direct involvement in the peace-building and security maintenance process.

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Problem z wdrażaniem rozwoju zrównoważonego w perspektywie rozwoju przyspieszonego

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Leźnicki M.

Studies in Global Ethics and Global Education

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2018

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vol. 9

78-92

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In this article I discuss two main types of development: sustainable and accelerated, which largely contradict each other. I highlight the differences between these two types of developments and describe the reasons behind the growing interest in accelerated development. I also speculate about conditions needed to achieve accelerated development in a democratic setting characterised by neoliberal economy. Moreover, I present arguments that are raised by both opponents and supporters of sustainable development.

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Fish, Subterfuge and Security in North Korean and Soviet Institutional Interactions in the 1970s

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Winstanley-Chesters R.

Acta Asiatica Varsoviensia

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2018

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issue 31

7-25

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By exploring the institutional and political fishing histories of North Korea, this paper traces developments in interactions with the Soviet Union in the 1970s. Drawing on newly found archival material from the Russian State Archive of the Economy and the Soviet Union’s Ministry of Fisheries Archive, the paper considers the reality of such encounters. In particular it analyses research exchanges between North Korea and the Soviet Union, the security paradoxes created by these as well as interactions between North Korean and the Soviet Union in the Sea of Okhotsk. Fish, Fisheries Researchers and Fishing Technologies are certainly vibrant, active, lively matters in the landscapes of exchange between these two nations and their complex relationships of socialist fraternity.

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The Japanese Nation Building in European Comparison

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Farkas I.

Acta Asiatica Varsoviensia

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2013

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issue 26

85-107

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According to the secondary literature of the past decades, many features of Meiji Japan (1868-1912) that were regarded “traditionally Japanese” have been proven to be “invented traditions” of an era of building a modern nation and national consciousness as a part of modernization. Creating a nation state with strong nationalism followed the European developmental pattern, but was built on Japanese cultural traditions. One of the aims of the paper is to trace back the sources of this process, suggesting that premodern and culturalist conceptions of community were used, too. The paper try to suggest that in this respect, the Japanese cultural movement of forming a nation shows similarities not with the nation states of Western Europe (where nationalism strongly attached to modernity) but rather with the “national awakening” movements of the peoples of Central Europe, which have not been dealt with in the secondary literature yet.

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Perspektywy rozwoju przedsiębiorczości w krajach Unii Europejskiej w kontekście strategii „Europa 2020”. Implikacje dla Polski

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Jablońska M.

Studia Europejskie-Studies in European Affairs

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2017

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issue 4

119-139

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The main factor in improving the level of socio-economic development of the region, its competitiveness and investment attractiveness, in addition to the endogenous growth factors, environmental sustainability and openness of the region, is a dynamically functioning business sector, which is the core of each of the regional economy – especially the SME sector. Modern economics is based on the paradigm of enterprise economy guardian of the diversity of production, technological progress and innovation. The basis for the economic development of this concept are those small and medium-sized enterprises, which are the source of competitiveness and changes in the environment and social-economic. The European Union has set a concrete plan, which has lead to the implementation over the period 2010–2020 fi ve specifi c purposes including: innovation, education, employment, social inclusion and climate change/energy. In each of these areas, all Member States have designated, in turn, their own national targets. The Strategy Europe 2020 is equipped with appropriate instruments, which are to contribute to the development of entrepreneurship in the EU. The purpose of this article is therefore to analyze and assess the development of entrepreneurship in selected EU countries after the implementation of the Strategy Europe 2020.

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Insurance: Trends of Use in the Republic of North Macedonia

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Shabani F.

Studia Europejskie-Studies in European Affairs

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2022

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vol. 26

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issue 1

153-170

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Insurance supports a healthy and prosperous society, enabling businesses and individuals to protect themselves, property, and their finances against risk. As such, insurance today is not just important for the individual consumer, business client or businesses; it also has consequences for the entire economy, restoring businesses to health after natural disasters, acts of war, riots, strikes, fluctuations or financial crises, and state measures to dictate the import or export of goods. The aim of this paper is to examine the part played by insurance in the economy of the Republic of North Macedonia. This paper introduces and summarises an argument and outlines the nature of the exploration to follow. For this introductory purpose, referencing in the paper is kept deliberately light; aiming to find discussion points of relevant sources in the course of the argument as it unfolds. We argue that insurance operates not at the periphery, but also at the core of development, in both practical and conceptual terms. Research of the space that insurance occupies and the role that insurance has in general welfare is performed by using the legal platform that insurance has in place, including the Law on Obligations, the Law on Insurance Supervision, and the Law on Compulsory Traffic Insurance. Through the method of analysis, synthesis, and statistics, the author processes the official data of the Ministry of Finance presented by the National Bank, in order to provide a clear overview of the trends in the use of insurance in the Republic of North Macedonia. The results from the study show that in the time period analysed, the insurance sector is classified as the third most important segment in the financial system, and that life insurance prevails over other types of insurance.

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Shifting the Burden to Daughters: A Qualitative Examination of Population Policy, Labor Migration, and Filial Responsibility in Rural Bangladesh

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Schoen R. F.

Qualitative Sociology Review

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2018

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vol. 14

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issue 3

106-124

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This research examines the gendered consequences of the international low-fertility agenda, as it has been realized in an era of a globalized labor market, by documenting some of the ways that families in rural Bangladesh have shifted filial responsibilities between daughters and sons. Such shifts are occurring in a context of new demographic and economic realities that have been largely shaped by national policies and pressure from international organizations. Using qualitative interview data, this study examines how, in the context of declining family size, male labor migration, and increasing life expectancy, women and girls are expected to take on a larger share of filial responsibilities. While sons’ responsibilities narrow to include economic contributions through wage earning and remittances, expectations for daughters are expanding and may include earning a wage, as well as caring for both natal and marital relatives. This paper also seeks to problematize the conflation of fertility decline, poverty reduction, and women’s well-being by arguing that women’s empowerment is not a natural result of smaller families.

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Transformacje polityczno-ekonomiczne w Afryce: od kolonializmu do demokracji i rozwoju - przypadek Botswany

Mal (e) Development , (Com)modification , Nationalism and Feminist Consciousness: An Analysis of Arundhati Roy’s Writings

Amalgamation, Land/Mineral Ordinances and Socio-economic Developments in Nigeria since c. 1914 A.D: A Reflection

Rozwój jako powołanie człowieka

DEVELOPMENT VERSUS DISPLACEMENT DILEMMA IN WEST BENGAL: UNRAVELING A GANDHIAN SOLUTION

Nigeria’s Foreign Reserves and the Challenges of Development, 1960–2010

Handel jako kluczowy instrument polityki rozwojowej Unii Europejskiej

TURKEY IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS: OBSTACLES, PREMISE AND PROSPECTS

From Progress to Happiness: Measurements for Latin America

Employment-adjusted Human Development Index

An Alternative Human Development Index Considering Unemployment

Does foreign direct investment reduce poverty? The case of Latin America in the twenty-first century

THE IMPORTANCE OF FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIETY

Emplacing Nigeria as Peaceful and Secure State in the International System: The Monarchy’s Intervention as an Imperative

Problem z wdrażaniem rozwoju zrównoważonego w perspektywie rozwoju przyspieszonego

Fish, Subterfuge and Security in North Korean and Soviet Institutional Interactions in the 1970s

The Japanese Nation Building in European Comparison

Perspektywy rozwoju przedsiębiorczości w krajach Unii Europejskiej w kontekście strategii „Europa 2020”. Implikacje dla Polski

Insurance: Trends of Use in the Republic of North Macedonia

Shifting the Burden to Daughters: A Qualitative Examination of Population Policy, Labor Migration, and Filial Responsibility in Rural Bangladesh