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to Ghana and to the West African Gas Pipeline Company (WAPco) respectively in the form of political risk guarantee loans. Political risk guarantee loans are required by a multinational company against the risk of a breach of contract by a government involved in a contractual agreement with the company. These loans are usually received from the World Bank, the European Investment Bank etc who have the political and economic muscle to insist that countries abide by their contractual obligation even if

well-known organization they believe is truly making a difference than, say, their alma mater, a museum, or other well-established institution. • Women are more distrustful of the political process than are men. This is reflected in their giving: they’re more likely to donate to nonprofit organizations than to political candidates. • Women do not use a gender lens when choosing their favorite candidate. They won’t favor a female candidate over a male one just because she’s a woman. • When it comes

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worldwide for its longstanding democratic tradition. This has astonished many international analysts, given the convulsed geopolitical context in which this relatively small nation has developed.[i] Not surprisingly, this consolidated democratic political stability has earned Costa Rica the international nickname of “the Switzerland of Central America”. There was, nevertheless, one important aspect in which Costa Rica, until very recently, trailed far behind its Helvetic paragon, it lacked the multiple

Brasillach (« L’arc-en-ciel de la mémoire. Un livre de Fausta Garavini sur Brasillach »), Libreria goliardica, Pisa 1973, 6 p. - tiré à part d’un texte paru in Spicilegio moderno, 2, pp. 206-210. 1975 D32. William R. Tucker The Fascist Ego. A Political Biography of Robert Brasillach ( » L’ego fasciste. Une biographie politique de Robert Brasillach) University of California Press, Berkeley-Los Angeles 1975, 331 p., ill. (ouvrage issu d’une thèse de doctorat soutenue à l’Université Lamar de Beaumont)

Modernisation and the Politics of Communalism (1971) par Melson et Wolpe. Cet ouvrage était révolutionnaire en rapport avec ce qui est désormais devenu la thèse constructiviste dominante de l’ethnicité africaine. Enfin, l’ouvrage intitulé Instability and Political Order (1973), écrit par Billy Dudley était l’un des tous premiers cas d’application de la théorie du choix rationnel à l’étude de la politique africaine. Le lien entre l’État, le marché et la société civile en Afrique après 1980 Depuis les années

consequences and impulses that are all quite significant to the economy and political climate of the European Union today. The cooperation between countries was instigated by many opposing factors, but to focus on our analysis, the economic aspects that led to the creation of the union were as follows: the economic disturbance within countries caused by wartime devastation, the appearance of two global superpowers with rivaling political and economic ideologies, the need to base Western security and defense

Fukuyama) • But: the West believing that it comprises the universal benchmark for a “society” is prone to run into a conflict with societies that are not within its cultural affinity On Huntington (continued) • No single East/West cultural spectrum • State and cultural fault-lines: the case of the Ukraine • A civilisation-based world emerging • “The clash of civilisations argument”: resurrection of the argument after 9/11 • Expanding and contracting cultural spheres: the demographic argument

ideology from a political perspective. It is generally perceived as a kind of thwarted political party, and consequently analysis concentrates on al-‘adl’s or Yassine’s views on such issues as democracy, Western economic systems, and various ideologies (nationalism, secularism, etc.). Alternatively, writers have attempted to classify the movement on a scale from “harmless” to “violent” and thereby locate it on a map of Moroccan Islamist movements, normally assuming them to be primarily political. The following

This page intentionally left blank thinking about political psychology In this volume, political psychologists take a hard look at political psychology. They pose, and then address, the kinds of tough questions that those outside the field would be inclined to ask and those inside should be able to answer satisfactorily. Not everyone will agree with the answers the authors provide, and in some cases, the best an author can do is offer well-grounded speculations. Nonetheless, the chapters raise