No nation today can be understood as being fully child-centered, but many are pursuing social policies heavily favoring children. The emphasis on individual rights and the growth of scientific knowledge underpinning many of these policies have led to the improvement of the lives of a great many...

After the breakdown of communism, there was a significant misfit in terms of governance between Romania and the democracies from Western Europe, due to a strong centrist legacy that shaped the political system in Bucharest during the 20th century. Nevertheless, after a slow start, Romania...

The interest of Kazakhstan for Central Asia is the interest of a ‘constructor’. Since 1991, it has been at the direct or indirect origin of several key initiatives: CICA, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and even a project of a Union of Central Asia. Theories of regional integrations...

The first chapter of this paper begins with a historical introspection on societal gaps and a comparison with modern times. This aims to emphasize the failure of pure either left or wing oriented policies. In the next chapter we can find a statistical based overview of disparities and social...