James Rosenau's most important casual factor on the subject of organized crime and the war on drugs is that of the nature of the international system. ... The dark side of globalization allows multinational criminals to broaden their range of operations from drug and arms trafficking to money laundering and trafficking in human beings. ... The information and skills revolution has also changed the nature of political authority. ...

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Introduction The fundamental reason for colonization is to take the assets, both nature and human, of the possessed regions to upgrade and fortify the vanquishers. ... Civilization Development Humans have been on the Earth for more than a million years, but civilization - life in cities - has come about only in the last 5,000. Through history civilizations have rose and fell, carved out of nature, dependent on nature, in the end nature took them back. ...

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Innovation emerges as a determining factor of success and growth of business irrespective of the size and nature of the enterprise. ... Human capital and skills are becoming increasingly important in a knowledge-based economy with technology and resources becoming more and more mobile. ... Size of organization, industry sector, occupational structure, and training infrastructure will influence the nature and extent of training activity in an enterprise. ...

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Also a huge workforce would be required resulting in a manifold increase in the level of human industrial activity thus creating employment. ... The project would permanently extract a non-renewable resource from an A class nature reserve while injecting millions of tonnes of greenhouse gas into the atmosphere. ... Gorgon claims the community will benefit from improved Quality of Life but without recognition that human wellbeing is constituted by more than just income growth. ...

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As a result, the nature of the relationship between advanced economies and emerging ones has evolved, and emerging and developing countries have created stronger ties among themselves. ... A perception is growing that educational systems in many countries could better respond to the needs of labor markets, help economies to avoid skills gaps, and ensure that adequately trained human capital is available to support business activity as well as to develop innovative capacity and entrepreneurship. ... The work carried out to date on these important aspects of human and economic development is des...

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Article Reviews As editor of the book, "Exploring Post-Development," Aram Ziai provides an introductory look at the discussions of post-development theory, taking a cursory look at the various arguments for, or against, post-development. Ziai expertly delivers an overview of the post-development movement, having arisen in the 1980s as a response to the dissatisfaction with the concept and practice of "development" already in place. Ziai more or less defines this movement as placing an emphasis on alternatives to development via grassroots, local and regional movements. Alongside su...

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