This article sets out to strengthen and extend the theoretical, and hence practical, concept of social development. In the last few years, the functions of and methods applied social development policies are increasing. This particular study advances the new concept of a more people-centered...

This article reviews an edited collection of essays resulting from a two-year research project carried out by the International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) the primary objective of which was to bring “into dialogue those who often work alongside each other in transitional and...

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...

This paper uses a unique data set of the Human Development Index to describe long-run human development trends for 111 countries, from 1970 to 2005. The first part of the paper shows trends by region, period and index subcomponent. We find that 110 of the 111 countries show progress in their HDI...

Disability is linked to development in a manner that is neither obvious nor well established. For instance, increased disability may be the result of advances in health signaling broad based welfare improvements, or societies may be in such economic or political disorder that continued poverty...

Media-industry is an important sector for any region, mostly because of its significant contribution for the socio-economic development. Regional ‘media industry’ is known more as socio-cultural change agent than a ‘business enterprise’. Present paper takes a look at history and growth...

This article deals with the notions of 'development' and 'social development' and whether they fit the current world's core economic and social system, whereby a single term might have different meanings when applied to different contexts. In fact, the basic concepts surrounding these themes are...

The authors reflect on the trends that inspired the 8th International Conference on Marketing and Development and some overarching sentiments that emerged during the conference. Trends indicate that globalization and transformation continue and are inextricably connected to marketing and...

In the years immediately preceding and certainly after the dissolution of the Soviet Union there was a widespread increase in the practice of religious faith traditions. Multiple studies document the post-communist religious revival (Evans & Northmore-Ball, 2012; Müller, 2011; Sarkissian, 2009; Tomka,...