Why Did State-Building Policy Fail in Afghanistan?

Why Did the Swedish Model Fail?

'From Marx to Market' is not only the title of a well-known book' or a play on words: the slogan can also be used as a telegraphed history of the Swedish labour movement. The late 19th century pioneers of the movement were strongly influenced by German marxists and had as a concrete goal the transfer of the means of production into collective ownership. Their modern followers have abandoned as ...

Oxidative Stress in Alzheimer's Disease: Why Did Antioxidant Therapy Fail?

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia in the elderly, with increasing prevalence and no disease-modifying treatment available yet. A remarkable amount of data supports the hypothesis that oxidative stress is an early and important pathogenic operator in AD. However, all clinical studies conducted to date did not prove a clear beneficial effect of antioxidant treatment in ...

Unraveling severe sepsis: why did OPTIMIST fail and what's next?

american strategy "state - nation building" in afghanistan

the us after the september 11 (9/11) with obtaining world consensus created an unparalleled opportunity for herself that enabled has in addition to military presence and fighting the talliban and extremists groups, in political, economical, cultural and social activities too. the main goal of americans in this regard has been, to change the identity of afghan people in accordance to it's i...

Raiffeisenism Abroad: Why Did German Microfinance Fail in Ireland but Prosper in the Netherlands?

What was the recipe for the success of Raiffeisen’s banking model? What made it possible for imitations of this German rural cooperative microfinance institution to work well in some European countries, but fail in others? This paper answers these questions with a comparison of Raiffeisenism in Ireland and the Netherlands. Raiffeisen banks arrived in both places at the same time, but had drasti...