The current negotiations on a transatlantic Free-Trade Agreement between the US and the EU (TTIP) have raised substantial public interest. Several studies have highlighted the positive economic effects of TTIP. A new ÖFSE report shows that these claims are overstated and neglect crucial...

ln diesem Beitrag wird der Frage nachgegangen, welche Prozesse und Faktoren die Entstaatlichung lokaler Politik vorantreiben. Dabei wird insbesondere auf die Liberalisierung öffentlicher Dienstleistung eingegangen, einen für die Kommunen wesentlichen Wirkungsbereich. Die Faktoren, welche...

This paper offers an analysis of the political and institutional development of environmental regulation in Bolivia from 1989 to 1997. Additionally, a concept of sustainable development as proposed by the government of Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada in the national development plan of 1994 is...

This paper offers an analysis of the political and institutional development of environmental regulation in Bolivia from 1989 to 1997. Additionally, a concept of sustainable development as proposed by the government of Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada in the national development plan of 1994 is...