This paper explores the new politics of difference in Argentina since the 1994 constitutional reform and its ramifications for citizenship and indigenous wellbeing. Through a comparison of land struggles among the Mbya Guaraní in Misiones and the Diaguita Calchaquí in Tucumán, it is shown...

This paper reviews efforts to sustain growth , economic and social development in the Sultanate of Oman in the last 40 years. One overarching objective of the Five-Year development plans since 1976 has been to balance economic and social development and attain reasonable equality between regions...

Twenty years have been left behind after the collapse of Soviet Union (SU) and independence of Central Asian Countries. Globalization accelerated worldwide in terms of socio-economic and political improvements and generated crucial outcomes. Neo-liberal approach has established positive...

Building on a new model of institutions proposed by Aoki and the systemic approach to economic civilizations outlined by Kuran, this paper attempts an analysis of the cultural foundations of recent Chinese economic development. I argue that the cultural impact needs to be conceived as a creative...

There has been much theorizing, but little empirical exploration, of the relationship between transitional justice (TJ) and economic structures. In this article, we articulate three models implicit in present studies: TJ as a roadblock to economic growth; TJ as a bridge to human development; and...

Cover -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Preface -- CHAPTER 1 An Overview -- Introduction -- The Structure of Qatar's Government -- Growth of Population and Product -- High Rate of Population Growth -- Labour Force -- Growth of Gross Domestic Product, Sectoral and Per Capita --...

Cover -- About CROP -- Series titles -- Title page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures and tables -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- 1 | Development and sustainability science: transdisciplinary knowledge for positive social change -- Introduction -- Development and the search for sustainability...

The objectives of this research report is to highlight the implication in the social development of Pakistan the conditions and level of progress of social institutions in the present system in sufficient budgetary financial resources and its misuse and wrong allocation deprive the masses from...