The socialist leadership seeks to remedy the tattered fabric of Havana’s built environment by drawing on a comparative advantage: tourism. Since 1959, tourism had never been a leading economic sector. Fidel Castro had often vowed that Cuba would not become an island of bourgeoisie-catering bartenders and chambermaids as did other Caribbean nations (Eckstein 1977). Accordingly, in 1975, just 25,...

this paper seeks to answer the question whether the constitutional revolution of 1905-1911 in iran was a democratic revolution or social revolution? this discussion has been explained from the view point of the political sociology, relying on the moore's theory. studies indicate that the constitutional revolution in all periods has had the features of democratic revolution for the followin...

la littérature libertine française du xviiie siècle a longtemps été considérée secondaire ou inférieure dans le panorama de la littérature française à cause de sa valence subversive en opposition au roman d’inspiration bourgeoise. si ce dernier représentait l’expression triomphante de la bourgeoisie, le roman libertin n’était que son ombre : le roman bourgeois symbolisait la victoire de la stab...

Following the seminal work of late 19th century economist Etienne Laspeyres we analyse the incidence of the Prussian milling and butchery tax shortly before its repeal in 1875. A comparison of flour prices in cities which levied this tax with cities which did not reveals unusually strong tax overshifting. Modern theories which explain overshifting of a specific tax argue with quality improvemen...

Introduction: Media Ecology Investigation, whether in journalism, science, or law, seeks to reveal in a systematic way the responsible agent(s) for a current situation. "Western" style journalism is the child of a culture that believes in reason, individual freedom, and therefore responsibility.1 These cultural presuppositions tend to reject anonymous forces like history, curses, or "god(s)" as...

126 words) Following the seminal work of late nineteenth century economist Etienne Laspeyres we analyse the incidence of the Prussian milling and slaughter tax shortly before its repeal in 1875. A comparison of flour prices in cities which levied this tax with cities that did not reveals unusually strong tax overshifting. Modern theories explain overshifting of a specific tax with quality impro...