Ivan Gasparovic, the controversial former president of parliament, has won the presidential election in Slovakia. In the final runoff ballot on 17 April 2004, he defeated his former political associate and former prime minister, Vladimir Meciar. Both of these politicians had been largely...

Dieser Essay nimmt eingangs Bezug auf den Begriff des Nationalstaats im Rahmen der Europaischen Integration. Zum Beispiel, was bedeutet die europaische Staatsangehorigkeit, welche der Vertrag fur die Verfassung der Europaischen Union festsetzt. Es stellt sich die Frage: Kann der Nationalstaats...

About fifty years after the independence of most former colonies on the African continent, books on African nationalism again rank high on the agenda of the international academic discussion. A selection of three recent publications demonstrates the advances made in scholarly analysis in the...

Governments in several countries have recently spent considerable effort to defend domestic firms against acquisition attempts from abroad and instead favoured mergers among national firms. In this paper we offer an explanation why globalization can reinforce the case for promoting national...