Emerging Economies Faced With The Downside Of Financial Globalization: Hedges And Way Outs

The underlining assumption of this paper is that developing countries are in a fragile state nowadays. Economically, they have been seriously harmed by the 2008 crisis1 but this is not the end of the story: the future still has pitfalls in which these economies might get trapped, due to their enhanced vulnerability to exogenous shocks generated by financial globalization. Ideologically, the recent events have triggered a serious backlash against capitalism, particularly the Anglo-Saxon template. Getting an insight into the causes and implications of global economic crises is therefore critical for policy-makers in emerging economies. History might be a good adviser in this respect. Lessons from the past are even more important for ex-communist nations, whose confidence in capitalism’s potential is still shaky. Some of the possible hedges against and/or way outs from such scourging events are discussed in the paper.financial globalization, money mercantilism, currency crises, international reserves, speculative attacks, capital controls, regulation

Sociology of Law and the Challenge of the Current Financial Crisis

The current crisis is, to a significant extent, a cognitive crisis. What is at stake is the development of a thorough understanding of what is going on, and finding ways to make the results of this analytical effort accessible to as many people involved as possible. Sociology of Law has an obvious role to play in these efforts. Issues such as the relationship between economy, politics, and law on the one hand, and the way people construct practically relevant knowledge in complex societies on the other, have a long tradition in our domain. The crisis also has a severe impact on the conditions under which we carry out our research business. So our work on these topics should also be conceived as part of a broader effort in the defence of science in the culture of world society, which corresponds exactly to the initial vocation of the RCSL

Competitiveness bargaining in France: a study of multiple union action in the automotive industry

Competitiveness agreements in France became a much discussed feature of company-level responses to the 2008 crisis and aftermath. Such innovations raise several issues in a context of multi-unionism, in terms of how different workplace unions of varying organisational cultures respond, but also the consequences for inter-union relations. It is observed that such dynamics are complicated by the representative reforms of 2008 which link local bargaining power to performance in workplace elections. Based on case study analysis of the crisis-ridden automotive industry, this article therefore examines how union responses to competitiveness bargaining are proceeding in light of the revised representative rules

Borders and Margins

The theory and concept of multi-level governance (MLG) is a fairly recent one, emerging from the deepening integration of the European Union in the early 1990s and the development of free trade agreements around the world. MLG enlarges the traditional approaches, namely those of neo-institutionalism and multinational federalism, by offering a better understanding of the role of the state, regions and provinces. The book analyses the changes that have taken place as well as those that might take place in the future

Borders and Margins

The theory and concept of multi-level governance (MLG) is a fairly recent one, emerging from the deepening integration of the European Union in the early 1990s and the development of free trade agreements around the world. MLG enlarges the traditional approaches, namely those of neo-institutionalism and multinational federalism, by offering a better understanding of the role of the state, regions and provinces. The book analyses the changes that have taken place as well as those that might take place in the future

Supreme Courts Under Nazi Occupation

This is the first extensive treatment of leading judicial institutions under Nazi rule in WWII. It focusses on all democratic countries under German occupation, and provides the details for answering questions like: how can law serve as an instrument of defence against an oppressive regime? Are the courts always the guardians of democracy and rule of law? What role was there for international law? How did the courts deal with dismissals, new appointees, new courts, forced German ordinances versus national law? How did judges justify their actions, help citizens, appease the enemy, protest against injustice? Experts from all democracies that were occupied by the Nazis paint vivid pictures of oppression, collaboration, and resistance. The results are interpreted in a socio-legal framework introducing the concept of ‘moral hygiene’ to explain the clash between normative and descriptive approaches in public opinion and scholarship concerning officials’ behaviour in war-time

iPulse: April 2021

Issues: April 2021 [Spring Week 5]: Finding Faith in Times of Crisis; Staying Positive During an Injury; Next Stop, Thrift Shop; Will the Greatest Female Tennis Athlete of All-Time Retire?; Internships: Where to Go and What to Expect April 2021 [Spring Week 6]: Connecting with Social Media; Brotherhood for Life; All Styles Welcome; A Surreal Fashion Show\u27 Knight-A-Thon Turns Into an All-Week Event April 2021 [Spring Week 7]: Exploring Digital Assets; Making a Difference; Student-Athlete Shares the Benefits of Becoming Vegan; The Making of The Process; Developing a Business Mindsethttps://spiral.lynn.edu/studentnews/1254/thumbnail.jp