Within the EU, taxation and the EU's eastern enlargement are currently seen as one of the most important problems to be solved and projects to be realized. Each of these two topics covers a vast set of issues which have to be dealt with. At the same time only few attempts have been made to...

This study comparatively analyzes the environmental policy development processes in the three East Asian countries: Japan, Korea, and China. The history of policy development and relative sociopolitical background are investigated and compared in relation to the countries’ economic growth...

Sweden and Finland as two neighbouring forestry countries are compared. Despite the widely similar features of forestry sectors, some interesting differences are found. In Finland, the economic dependence on and the people's involvement in the forestry sector are wider than in Sweden. For...