EI Quintana Roo territory in south-eastern Mexico, on the border with Bel ice, was born in 1902. One of the recurrent difficulties of the territory was the lack of population and the measures taken to attract new inhabitants. And also to define these inhabitants. In this peripheral region, the popul...

The contributions and debates of this volume focus on the genesis and development of national identities in Europe — mainly in France and Germany — and their coexistence with a sense of European identity as old, if not more.

In the 21st century, youth is very often associated with negative representations. If we rely on political discourse, media and public opinion in the UK and France, young people would be a poorer generation that is dangerous for the social order. However, as this book shows, the main challenge faced...

This volume in the Contemporary Anarchist Studies examines anarchist themes in ancient and modern Chinese dissident political thought.

This is a refreshing book: it has nothing crushed, it rejects various conventions and academic fashion on a number of grounds, and does not hesitate to take a clear position on difficult issues. This book Bernardo Sorj once again shows what we already knew what we have followed his track record: it...

What is the third mondism? For the proponents of this political trend, the aim was to make the revolution in developing countries; for many French authors, he was a landmark speech from 1950 to 1985. Now, when it is not forgotten, the third mondism is still topical, as he announced the contemporary...

during the 1980s, the concept of Mitteleuropa, a central Europe that does not belong to either the West or the East, has seen renewed support in Germany and Austria, but also in the central European countries in the Soviet sphere of influence. What are the possibilities to see this “englouti contine...

Anti-racist and queer politics have tentatively converged in the activist agendas, organizing strategies and political discourses of the radical left all over the world. Pejoratively dismissed as »identity politics«, the significance of this cross-pollination of theorizing and political solidarities...

This open access book analyses the domestic politics of African dominant party regimes, most notably African governments’ survival strategies, to explain their variance of opinions and responses towards the reforming policies of the EU. The author discredits the widespread assumption that the growin...

How will work be configured in the future? What new entities and values will emerge following the transformations of the Fourth Industrial Revolution? How decisive will worker participation be for the success of organizations? This book offers concrete experiences of 'creative' participation of work...

It was one time or the Basin of the Black River, a Tai country and a mosaic of ethnic groups, enjoyed de facto independence from the Vietnamese empire to which he belonged. In a century, this mountainous area bordering the Chinese and Laotian borders has been the subject of rapid integration into th...

The Italian newspaper “La Repubblica” once called him "the most private politician in Tuscany," and perhaps never was there such a fitting definition. In the era of “political posturing”, when the appearance was worth more than the essence, the <i>understatement</i> characterising Guido Sacconi’s no...

Between fascination and fear, enthusiasm and hostility, the new Chinese migration questions. The work on “China in Africa” has overlooked the importance of China’s emergence for its closest neighbours. This omission is particularly evident in the case of Southeast Asia, which has always been China’s...

Contemporary observers were already aware that the 1970s and 1980s were a time of accelerated change. There were simultaneous breakthroughs in many areas, which permanently transformed politics, society, and culture. People were quick to note that these post-boom years were a turning point. This vol...

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The Tirta Mandiri village-owned enterprises or BUMDes is one of the best village-owned enterprises in Indonesia. It has made these village-owned enterprises a learning center for others in Indonesia. Currently, Tirta Mandiri village-owned enterprises have the role of creating new business fields in...

Access to Knowledge in Brazil addresses the issues currently facing intellectual property and innovation in the context of developing countries. This book explores how copyrights and patents have influenced the rapidly growing economy of Brazil. This volume contains grassroots perspective sand new r...

The globalisation process opens up unprecedented opportunities, but also poses threats to humans and the ecosystem as a whole, leading to a sovereign retreat in an increasingly ‘outdated’ world. What place, therefore, for legal humanism in global governance? Mireille Delmas-Marty spoke against the n...

Civil society and democracy in Latin America: crisis and reinventing politics opens up an urgent and necessary debate on the challenges affecting the governance and consolidation of democracy on our continent.

Civil Society and Democracy in Latin America: crisis and re-invention of politics opens an urgent and necessary debate on the challenges that affect governance and the consolidation of democracy on our continent.