Europe and America, partners in prosperity

Jonas Pontusson : Inequality and Prosperity : Social Europe vs

Inequality and Prosperity has two aims. One is to deline-ate the ways in which affluent countries differ in their economic institutions and their labour market and social policies. The other is to use macro-comparative analysis to shed some light on the question of whether the pursuit of low inequality is compatible with a healthy economy. The book is highly successful in both respects. It will...

the development of islamic collections in western europe and north america

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Prosperity and Protest in Brazil: the Wave of the Future for Latin America?

Executive Summary. Results from the 2012 AmericasBarometer Survey indicate that the current protests in Brazil are truly unprecedented in the country's recent history. However, the 2012 data from Brazil also reveal certain trends in socioeconomic development and disenchantment with government performance that have created an environment ripe for the emergence of contentious demonstrations. In a...

Building up a Strategy for De-balkanizing the Balkans: Stability and Prosperity in South Eastern Europe

Coltiviruses and Seadornaviruses in North America, Europe, and Asia

Coltiviruses are tickborne viruses of the genus Coltivirus. The type species, Colorado tick fever virus (from North America), has been isolated from patients with flulike syndromes, meningitis, encephalitis, and other severe complications. Another coltivirus, Eyach virus, has been isolated from ticks in France and Germany and incriminated in febrile illnesses and neurologic syndromes. Seadornav...