This book analyses the history of economic crises from the angle of international politics and its transformation throughout the 20th century. While political and economic debates in the wake of the present financial crisis are revolving around the question of how to create effective forms of global governance, historians have discovered a long tradition of international economic regulation that can be traced back to the late 19th century. In the global economy, sovereign defaults, banking crises and currency crashes have been recurrent phenomena. At the same time, alongside the growing...
This book analyses the history of economic crises from the angle of international politics and its transformation throughout the 20th century. While p...
English summary: The overall demographic aging of society and deciding how to provide for the elderly are some of the most important themes of modern social politics. This volume represents a profound exposition of the historical development of these problems. One of the central themes of modern social politics is the question of how to maintain social justice in an aging society. Cornelius Torp looks at the relationship between social inequality, perceptions of social justice, and institutions of the welfare state. He describes the many reforms that were enacted in Germany and Great Britain...
English summary: The overall demographic aging of society and deciding how to provide for the elderly are some of the most important themes of modern ...
Population ageing is among the most important developments of our time. This book explores the profound challenges faced by an aging world. Leading experts from diverse disciplines describe the fundamental impact demographic aging has on pension systems, on the concepts of retirement and old age, and on the balance of generational justice.
Population ageing is among the most important developments of our time. This book explores the profound challenges faced by an aging world. Leading ex...
This book analyses the history of economic crises from the angle of international politics and its transformation throughout the 20th century. While political and economic debates in the wake of the present financial crisis are revolving around the question of how to create effective forms of global governance, historians have discovered a long tradition of international economic regulation that can be traced back to the late 19th century. In the global economy, sovereign defaults, banking crises and currency crashes have been recurrent phenomena. At the same time,...
This book analyses the history of economic crises from the angle of international politics and its transformation throughout the 20th ce...