The specific pragmatics of the economy and social policy of the Lula government, early from its start, has reached significant results in easing social inequalities, and diversifying commercial relations – while maintaining high growth. Nevertheless, the present decrease in growth outlook, completed with the growing debt of domestic economic actors, warns that the fundamental problem, namely the dependence on the innovation cycles of centre countries, has not been solved. Breaking out from the peripheral development path still is a task.
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Notes on Brazilian Amazonia and Latin-American Peasants’ Movements
The deforestation of Amazonian rainforests and the hunt for mineral resources result in a global ecological catastrophe. One form of the resistance against it the self-organising movements of indigenous people, the movements of landless people/land occupiers, but which is lacking the help of devoted helpers – the hard work of NGOs, international movements and churches.
Dilemmas of the Government of Rafael Correa in Ecuador: Ecology vs. Capitalism
Ecuador as it holds for several other countries in Central and South America is not hit by the crisis but the source of the crisis. The failure of neoliberal economic policies and the global shift in the world economy requires complex answers in action, which is a difficult task and often leads to dead-ends. Nevertheless, there is always a need for re-starts and opportunities should be utilized.
Knowledge and Power at the outset of the 21st Century: School, Economy and Globalisation
The crisis of the education system in fact is not what it seems to be based on the established clichés, warns the author. The true critical approach is presented by the article in the frame of international relations, especially drawing attention on the adverse role of the educational "gospel" of OECD and the consequences of the advance of private capital in education.
Labour History Beyond Borders
The study sketches out the great intellectual tradition of labour history writing accompanied with well selected bibliography. He sets the milestones for historians and laymen interested in the topic with a focus beyond Europe. He presents that the old school labour history was basically Europe centred but the new labour history is especially interested in global context and understanding the world outside of Europe.