Chapter 31 Political risks and nationalism

This chapter analyses risks arising from political phenomena including nationalism. Such “non-market risks” include political as well as natural disasters. Taking an historical perspective, the authors interrogate several key research questions, including: What impact did political risk and nationalism have on global business? Have wars and other conficts caused by national interests and id…

Die prekäre Verbindung von Menschenrechten und Frieden

Liberale Völkerrechtskonzeptionen hatten nach dem Fall des Eisernen Vorhangs Konjunktur. Kantisch inspirierte Erwartungen auf eine liberale internationale Friedensordnung sowie ein erreichtes »Ende der Geschichte« (Fukuyama), i.e. ein ideologischer Sieg der westlichen Werte der Menschenrechte, der Demokratie und der Rechtsstaatlichkeit − ein Ende der ideologischen (Klassen-)Kämpfe − sin…

Our earliest attempt at independence

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