Novel communication technologies significantly influence proactive behaviours by expanding and developing information highways and using satellite and computer facilities in the world. These influences can be examined in political, social, economic, and cultural aspects and so on. The main purpose of current research is to study the cyberspace role in political development from the student's vi...

VOLUME XVIII – 2003 INTRODUCTION: CONFLICT, POST-CONFLICT, AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Post-conflict rehabilitation and reconstruction are areas of emerging concern for international policy makers. Of course, this is not to undermine the importance of conflict and displacement for development in the contemporary world. For example, the war in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) alone has con...

Governance and democracy have become widely recognized as prerequisites for sustained development (Johnson 1982; White and Wade 1988). Democratic governance fosters transparency, accountability, the rule of law, respect for human rights, civic participation, and civic inclusiveness – all of which are necessary for securing economic productivity, equitable distribution and state legitimacy. We e...

criticizing the drawbacks of modern societies, lyotard glorifies the changing of meta-narration to show lack of such narrations totally. for him such a condition or changing of sub-narrations to periphery ones gives him an opportunity to self-expression and survival chance, which by intention to solidarity, stability, etc. they have been deprived of their identity, but keeping eternality of suc...

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Students of political development have not always been good at understanding drastic political change (Myron Weiner and Samuel P. Huntington, Understanding Political Development, Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland Press, 1994, 33). Kevin Deegan-Krause contributes to efforts to remedy this shortcoming. He seeks to answer a fascinating puzzle of post-communist transition: What can account for both th...

Ghana came under democratic rule from 1993-2000 after the National Democratic Congress (NDC) had won general election conducted in December 1992. Flt. Lt. J.J. Rawlings, Party’s leader became President of Fourth Republic. It was refreshing to see Ghanaians embrace democracy with renewed energy, zeal and enthusiasm. Meanwhile tourism industry perceived grow at a rate between 12% 16% less costly ...