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The book includes an epilogue authored by Loukas Tsoukalis, who serves as the President of the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP). This study presents a comprehensive analysis of crisis management in the European Union (EU) and Latin America, focusing on both the bi-regional and comparative aspects. This text explores highly relevant topics, including the crisis of democracy, systemic crisis, political polarization, and the emergence of populism. This study examines the effects of inadequate management of the global and euro financial crises on regionalism in Europe and Latin America. This paper suggests potential modifications to the global financial system and advocates for enhanced collaboration among different regions. Financial Crisis Management and Democracy Editors: Bettina De Souza Guilherme, Christian Ghymers, Stephany Griffith-Jones, Andrea Ribeiro Hoffmann Publisher: Springer Download Financial Crisis Management and Democracy (click here) The publi...

You have unrestricted access to this book since it is open access. places China's 70-year modern history in context against a single, unified background Written by one of the top researchers on Chinese agrarian issues stresses the importance of the rural sector. Authors: Wen Tiejun Publisher: Springer Ten Crises Download Ten Crises It introduces the theoretical framework which is based on Immanuel Wallerstein’s world system theory and Samir Amin’s dependence theory, as well as the theory of cost transfer. It argues that throughout China’s history of industrialization and financialization that as a rule whenever the cost of crisis could be transferred to the rural sector, the capital-intensive urban industry sector could achieve a “soft-landing” and the existing institution could be maintained. When the cost of the crisis was not transferable to the rural sector, it manifested as a “hard-landing” in the urban sector, giving rise to major reforms in the economic system. China’s exper...