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Dejan Trifunović Bojan Ristić Marko Ivković Svetozar Tanasković Leo Italiano Stefania Tattoni 《Transition Studies Review》2009,16(2):269-286
The privatization process and foreign direct investments (FDI) are among the most important economic issues in transitional
countries. FDI has enormous influence on transitional countries that need serious structural changes. In this paper we will
study FIAT’s decision to invest in the Serbian automotive industry. We will try to rationalize FIAT’s decision because Serbian
car manufacturer ZASTAVA was not the only alternative for FIAT to invest in the Balkans. In order to justify FIAT’s decision
we will apply the Mullins model of horizontal and vertical FDI, examine the importance of the cooperating history between
two car manufacturers and compare macroeconomic conditions and Global Competitiveness of Serbia and Romania, which was the
main alternative for FIAT. Finally, we will also try to explain why FIAT decided to announce the investment at the end of
political campaign in Serbia when pools gave anti-European parties higher chances for victory, instead of waiting to see the
outcome of the elections.
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Stefania TattoniEmail: |
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This study analyses the relationships between export, import and economic growth for the 13 transition economies. Empirical
results show that there is a unidirectional causality from economic growth to export. Empirical findings show that the growth-led
export hypothesis is valid in those countries and growth is rather shaped by increase in import demand.
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Salih BarişikEmail: |
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The countries of Central and Eastern Europe experienced a rapid increase of return to education with the advent of the transition.
We look at the dynamics of wage premiums in Croatia and estimate how much the return to education has changed between 1996
and 2004 on the basis of labor force survey data. We also extend the paper in order to address additional features of the
wage structure, such as non-linearities in the return to education associated with attainment of credentials. We find that
contrary to most transition countries, premiums for education in Croatia began to grow only after the mid 1990s. However,
by 2004, they reached the levels of premiums found in other transition countries and advanced market economies, thus creating
market incentives for investment in education. We also find that major part of this higher rate of return came through higher
return to credentials.
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Vedran ŠošićEmail: |
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This paper presents the analysis of sigma (σ) and unconditional beta (β) convergences of per capita GDP among the ten European
countries which accessed the European Union in 2004. Our results confirm the existence of both types of convergence in the
second half of the 1990s and the 2000s, whereas in the first half of the 1990s, the countries rather diverged or at least
did not converge. Generally, the poorer and new EU member states grew faster than the richer new EU member states. As a result,
the income gap between these countries has decreased although it still remains quite large. The convergence occurred at the
rate of 2.87% during the years 1995–2006 and 3.23% during 1996–2006.
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Mariusz PróchniakEmail: |
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Xiaomin Chen 《Transition Studies Review》2009,16(2):421-428
The legal transitions of private ownership from being admitted limitedly to being protected equally with public ownership,
and of the peasants’ right on rural lands from a contractual right to the right in rem, are almost the same process of social reform. And in the interaction of social development and legislation, the law has
taken on an increasing role in social transition.
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Xiaomin ChenEmail: |
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Matteo Tondini 《Transition Studies Review》2009,15(4):660-673
The article describes the policy-making structure which governs the reform of justice in Afghanistan. It is characterized
by an evolution from a bilateral to a multilateral approach, aimed at increasing the Afghan ownership. However, observing
the system ‘from within’, it seems currently ruled by a mixed regime, being still deeply influenced by external inputs. As
a consequence, the final outcome of the process remains uncertain.
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Matteo TondiniEmail: |
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Massimiliano Bertollo Omar Appolloni Juana Paola Bustamante Izquierdo Francesco De Angelis Edoardo Lelli Slavko Vesenjak 《Transition Studies Review》2009,16(2):404-420
African countries have a tiny share in the international economy and are not able to play more than a small role in the International
Relations arena. Nevertheless, major players are looking at Africa with a renewed interest and, among them, China seems to
have the most dynamic approach in order to catch-up with other nations and upgrade relations with African countries. However,
the EU is also carrying on its new strategy toward parts of Africa. In these world powers strategies, multiple approaches
related to subregions exist, instead of a single regional approach. The objective of this paper is to have a closer look and
to analyze how the different regions and major nations of Africa Western Africa, Egypt, Eastern Africa and South Africa) are
dealing with their economic and political development path and their interconnection with other areas of the World, with an
important focus on China-Africa relations.
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Slavko VesenjakEmail: |
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Paul W. Miller 《Journal of Labor Research》2009,30(1):52-74
Analyses of data from the 2000 US Census show that the gender pay gap differs by sector of employment and according to the
part of the earnings distribution that is considered. The gender pay differential in the private sector in the US does not
display either the glass ceiling or sticky floor effects that have been reported for many other countries. The government
sector is, however, characterized by a distinct sticky floor effect in the female–male pay differential. Regardless of the
sector of employment, females have lower hourly rates of pay than men across the entire earnings distribution.
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Paul W. MillerEmail: |
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Zhai Yuanjian 《Transition Studies Review》2009,16(2):429-437
China’s previous contract laws had many contradictions and failed to meet the needs of China’s developing market economy.
Although some problems still need to be dealt with, the unified contract law is more advanced, systematic and plays an important
role in fostering and encouraging transactions.
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Zhai YuanjianEmail: |
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This paper concerns the author’s countertransference reflections on her work with a gay adolescent who identifies with powerfully
destructive internal objects, including Hitler and the Monster. The author describes her countertransference inquiry through
which she experiences her own potential destructiveness in order to help accommodate her adolescent patient’s rejected and
disowned self states.
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Shoshana RingelEmail: |
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The paper examines the role of the banking network of foreign banks, namely Greek and Italian banks, on the transfer of remittances
of Albanian immigrants. Remittances through the official network that is formed mainly by the banking network, grew much higher
in comparison to non-official network during the period 1994–2006. The paper finds that the growth of the amount of remittances
conveyed through the official network as part of the total amount of remittances is related to the evolution of branches of
Greek and Italian banks in Albania.
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Nikolaos SariannidisEmail: |
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Donald F. Vitaliano 《Review of Economics of the Household》2009,7(2):179-188
Women employed in the New York paper box industry in 1913–1914 earned about 60% of what men did. This paper employs the human
capital framework to analyze the wage differential due to productivity related factors versus discriminatory nepotism towards
men. Years of schooling, years of experience in the paper box trade, and legislative restrictions on working hours of women
account for virtually all of the observed wage differential, both for all men and women in the paper box industry, and between
the skilled occupations of cutters and strippers.
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Donald F. VitalianoEmail: |
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This study makes two contributions to the study of family and economic issues. First, it investigates the effects of consumer-market
shortage on fertility. Second, it considers the effects on fertility of eliminating consumer-market shortage using a survey
of families from the Former Soviet Union. The estimated model of fertility showed that consumer goods shortage and fertility
were positively related. The elimination of consumer goods shortage would, therefore, be expected to lower aggregate number
of children in the transition (post-Soviet) economies.
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Nader AsgaryEmail: |
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The current crisis of neoliberalism is calling into question the relevance of key international institutions. We analyze the
origins, nature, and possible impacts of the crisis through comparing two such institutions: the International Monetary Fund
(IMF) and the World Trade Organization (WTO). Both originated in the post-World War II U.S.-led hegemonic order and were transformed
as part of the transition to global neoliberalism. We show that while the IMF and the WTO have been part of the same hegemonic
project, their distinct institutional features have put them on significantly different trajectories. Historical differences
in the two institutions’ systems of rules have placed the IMF in a more vulnerable position than the WTO, which provides clues
to the future contours of global economic governance.
Nitsan Chorev is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Brown University. She is the author of Remaking U.S. Trade Policy: from Protectionism to Globalization (Cornell University Press, 2007), and is now working on a book on the global politics of health. Sarah Babb is Associate Professor of Sociology at Boston College. She is the author of Behind the Development Banks: Washington Politics, World Poverty, and the Wealth of Nations (University of Chicago Press, 2009), which explores the impact of American politics on the World Bank and regional development institutions. 相似文献
Nitsan Chorev (Corresponding author)Email: |
Sarah BabbEmail: |
Nitsan Chorev is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Brown University. She is the author of Remaking U.S. Trade Policy: from Protectionism to Globalization (Cornell University Press, 2007), and is now working on a book on the global politics of health. Sarah Babb is Associate Professor of Sociology at Boston College. She is the author of Behind the Development Banks: Washington Politics, World Poverty, and the Wealth of Nations (University of Chicago Press, 2009), which explores the impact of American politics on the World Bank and regional development institutions. 相似文献
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This paper investigates the channels through which maternal employment affects childhood obesity. We use time diaries and
interview responses from the Child Development Supplement of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics which combines information
on children’s time allocation, children’s BMI, and mother’s labor force participation. We find some evidence that supervision
and nutrition play significant but small roles in the relationship between maternal employment and childhood obesity. Although
the difference in the effect of maternal employment varies by mother’s education, we find few differences in the mechanisms
by mother’s education.
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Rusty TchernisEmail: |
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Hilary Levey 《Qualitative sociology》2009,32(3):311-331
This paper explores roles that children play in ethnographic research. Based on the limited literature on children in the
field, and drawing on examples from ethnographies across disciplines, I identify four roles for children: 1) as “wedges,”
or as instrumentally important in helping adult ethnographers gain access in various ways; 2) as collaborators; 3) as objects
of study; and 4) as subjects of study. I also discuss the ways in which these roles illuminate key methodological issues in
ethnography, like reflexivity, ethics, and agency. The paper synthesizes and integrates previously disconnected research on
the presence of children in the field with ethnographies in which children and childhood are the topics of research. I draw
on my own fieldwork experiences for further illustration.
Hilary Levey is a PhD candidate in sociology at Princeton University. Her research interests include childhood, culture, gender, and qualitative methods, and her dissertation is an ethnography of competitive children’s activities, with a focus on elementary school-age children’s participation in chess, dance, and soccer. She has previously studied child beauty pageants and Kumon Math and Reading Centers. 相似文献
Hilary LeveyEmail: |
Hilary Levey is a PhD candidate in sociology at Princeton University. Her research interests include childhood, culture, gender, and qualitative methods, and her dissertation is an ethnography of competitive children’s activities, with a focus on elementary school-age children’s participation in chess, dance, and soccer. She has previously studied child beauty pageants and Kumon Math and Reading Centers. 相似文献
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Jeffrey L. Kidder 《Theory and Society》2009,38(3):307-328
Over the last 30 years, social theorists have increasingly emphasized the importance of space. However, in empirical research,
the dialectical relationship between social interaction and the physical environment is still a largely neglected issue. Using
the theory of structuration, I provide a concrete example of why and how space matters in the cultural analysis of an urban
social world. I argue that bike messengers—individuals who deliver time-sensitive materials in downtown cores of major cities—cannot
be understood outside an analysis of space. Specifically, I connect the cultural significance of messenger practices to the
emplacement of those practices inside the urban environment.
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Jeffrey L. KidderEmail: |
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Joni Hersch 《Review of Economics of the Household》2009,7(2):159-178
Using data from the American Time Use Survey for the years 2003–2006, this paper finds that housework has a negative relation
with wages for both women and men. The negative relation between housework time and wages is not likely to arise from omitted
working conditions that are correlated with housework, nor from omitted effort. For women, the negative relation between housework
and wages appears in most occupations, including professional and managerial occupations. The connection of housework time
to the ‘lack of interest’ argument proposed by defendants in class action sex discrimination cases is examined and is not
supported by the evidence.
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Joni HerschEmail: |
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This paper provides a multilayered analysis of how lesbian mothers and gay fathers construct their families in a social context
that has been described by Steven Seidman (2004) as “beyond the closet.” We stress how our participants’ family-building experiences are comparable to other non-biologically
related families, but distinct due to heterosexual dominance. Using in-depth qualitative interviews with 18 lesbian birth
mothers and 22 gay fathers, the authors discuss how participants navigate heterosexual dominance in institutions and in personal
interactions.
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Dana BerkowitzEmail: |
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Paul C. Holinger 《Clinical Social Work Journal》2009,37(2):155-162
Donald Winnicott’s work is rather well-known to most clinicians, and many of his concepts––e.g., facilitating environment,
spontaneous gesture, going-on-being, impingement, annihilation, True and False Self––are utilized clinically and theoretically.
Silvan Tomkins and his colleagues provide a profound understanding of the psychology of affect, and their work furnishes a
lens through which Winnicott’s ideas can be further appreciated. The author suggests such an integration is crucial not only
to deepening our understanding of Winnicott’s concepts, but also to enhancing the clinical dimension of affect theory. This
discussion also has important implications for social work with respect to both treatment issues as well as prevention and
early intervention programs.
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Paul C. HolingerEmail: |