953 research outputs found
Neuer Autor auf NordicHistoryBlog - Jörg Hackmann
No full textUnd weiter geht's, schon wieder ist ein neuer Autor zu begrüßen: Prof. Dr. Jörg Hackmann ist DAAD-Alfred-Döblin-Professor für Osteuropäische Geschichte an der Universität Szczecin. Warum ein Osteuropa-Historiker auf einem Blog zur nordeuropäischen Geschichte? Man kann sich darüber Streiten, wie weit der "Norden Europas", der in unserer Profilbeschreibung zu finden ist, reicht. Wir schließen darin den Ostseeraum und damit auch Nordosteuropa mit ein, also auch das Baltikum und die Teile Deutsch..
Neuer Autor auf NordicHistoryBlog - Jörg Hackmann
No full textUnd weiter geht's, schon wieder ist ein neuer Autor zu begrüßen: Prof. Dr. Jörg Hackmann ist DAAD-Alfred-Döblin-Professor für Osteuropäische Geschichte an der Universität Szczecin. Warum ein Osteuropa-Historiker auf einem Blog zur nordeuropäischen Geschichte? Man kann sich darüber Streiten, wie weit der "Norden Europas", der in unserer Profilbeschreibung zu finden ist, reicht. Wir schließen darin den Ostseeraum und damit auch Nordosteuropa mit ein, also auch das Baltikum und die Teile Deutsch..
POLICY SPACE: WHAT, FOR WHAT, AND WHERE?
No full textThe paper examines how developing countries can use existing policy space, and enlarge it, without opting out of international commitments. It argues that: (i) a meaningful context for policy space must extend beyond trade policy and include macroeconomic and exchange-rate policies that will achieve developmental goals more effectively; (ii) policy space depends not only on international rules but also on the impact of international market conditions and policy decisions taken in other countries on the effectiveness of national policy instruments; and (iii) international integration affects policy space through several factors that pull in opposite directions; whether it increases or reduces policy space differs by country and type of integration.
Associations and the Public Sphere in Provincial Russia. A Case Study of Saratov, 1800-1917
No full textHäfner L. Associations and the Public Sphere in Provincial Russia. A Case Study of Saratov, 1800-1917. In: Hackmann J, ed. Vereinskultur und Zivilgesellschaft in Nordosteuropa. Regionale Spezifik und europäische Zusammenhänge. Quellen und Studien zur baltischen Geschichte. Vol 20. Köln: Böhlau; 2012: 509-532
Jörg Zägel, Vergangenheitsdiskurse in der Ostseeregion. In Zusammenarbeit mit Reiner Steinweg
No full textDie symbolische Aneignung historischer Räume im östlichen Preußen. Nationale und regionale Strategien | The Symbolic Appropriation of Historical Spaces in East Prussia: National and Regional Strategies
No full textThe paper discusses different appropriation strategies applied to the same historical region of East Prussia. By dating the beginning of the symbolic appropriation to the early 19th century, the author reviews the strategies, first applied by Germans and Poles, and later also by Lithuanians and Russians, to make East Prussia or their respective part (Warmia and Masuria, Lithuania Minor, and the Kaliningrad Oblast) their own. This is demonstrated by several periods, starting with the situation before 1914, the First World War, the interwar period, and the Second World War, when East Prussia still existed; and finishing with the postwar period and the changes after 1989. A distinction is made between national and regional East Prussia appropriation strategies, as well as different levels of the process, i.e. publicistic (literary) and practical
AN OVERVIEW OF MAJOR SOURCES OF DATA AND ANALYSES RELATING TO PHYSICAL FUNDAMENTALS IN INTERNATIONAL COMMODITY MARKETS
No full textThe debate on whether price movements in commodity markets are determined by changes in physical supply and demand fundamentals or by the speculative effects of financial investors seems to find some element of agreement on one particular point: the need for increased transparency and improved information on futures markets and physical commodity markets. This discussion paper provides an assessment of the current situation with regard to availability of information on physical commodity markets, pointing to some of the existing information gaps and areas for improvement. The paper presents a comprehensive account of the different information sources for physical commodity markets (including their websites), and could therefore be considered a practical information tool in itself, of use to different stakeholders interested in knowing about developments in these markets.
RETHINKING INDUSTRIAL POLICY
No full textDespite the hold of the neoliberal orthodoxy on policy making in developing countries, industrial policy remains important for the promotion of industrial development. However, the context for the design of industrial policy has profoundly changed as a result of new rules governing international trade, the rise of global value chains and marketing networks, and other aspects of globalization. Traditionally, the case for industrial policy has been framed in terms of “market failures” but the paper argues that that is not a sufficient basis. After addressing the traditional points of criticism, an attempt is made to outline the “domains” of industrial policy in the current circumstances, especially for industrially lagging countries. As country contexts differ widely there are no satisfactory blueprints for policy making that countries can readily adopt. As in production decisions, considerable ingenuity and innovation is needed in designing policies. This is all the more necessary as the WTO rules have become increasingly stringent and the rise of international trading networks has created new barriers for young firms to enter the world market. These developments have changed the context but not the importance of policy in industrial development. The paper identifies areas where government intervention is needed and can still make a positive difference.
THE EMERGING OF A MULTILATERAL FORUM FOR DEBT RESTRUCTURING: THE PARIS CLUB
No full textThis paper describes the evolution of intergovernmental relationships on debt rescheduling. It starts describing some experiences that aroused in the 18th Century and which negotiations were carried out, in many occasions, with the help of gunboat diplomacy. The settlement of liabilities that were created at the aftermath of the two 20th Century World Wars, which were – at least for some countries –- not exactly debt but war reparations, gave some insights in how to deal with these problems allowing the debtor country to find its own path to get out of the debt overhang. The settlement of these foreign liabilities may give some guidelines for dealing with debt restructuring in more general cases The creation of the Paris Club – which is a very civilized way to settle debt defaults compared to gunboat diplomacy – is analyzed and described here: first its emergency as an ad hoc transitory institution and later its evolution toward its definitive establishment in the international financial system landscape. It is also suggested that for a combination of events, which included the launch in Evian of the G-8’s so-called Evian Approach for the Paris Club, as well as the lack of support of some major industrialized countries to the implementation of a Sovereign Debt Restructuring Mechanism (SDRM), the Paris Club has become the only feasible international intergovernmental debt restructuring mechanism in spite of numerous shortcomings embodied in it. On this basis, some improvements of the actual mechanism are proposed, without precluding the possibility of the implementation of a more equilibrated SDRM in the future.
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