“…Epstein investigates how liberal ideas and practices are embedded in transitioning societies and finds that success or failure depends largely on creating a social context in which incentives held out by international institutions are viewed as symbols of an emerging Western identity in the affected country.Epstein first explains how a liberal worldview and institutions like the European Union, World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization go hand-in-hand and why Western nations assume that a broad and incremental program of incentives to join will encourage formerly authoritarian states to reform their political and economic systems. Using Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the Ukraine as case studies, she demonstrates the limits of conditionality in the face of national social perceptions and elucidates the three key points around which a consensus within the state must emerge before international institutions can expect liberalization: domestic officials must be uncertain about how changing policies will affect their interests; the status of international and domestic institutions must not be in jeopardy; and the proposed polices must seem credible. …”

“…These papers are contributed by researchers in many different countries, including Italy, Poland, Kazakhstan, Indonesia, Ecuador, Malaysia, Greece, Germany, France, Sweden, United Arab Emirates, Canada, UK, China, etc. …”

“…This book has seven chapters, from more than 15 authors from different countries (Korea, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Turkey and USA) edited by Professor Milica Prostran MD, PhD. …”

“…Thanks to its richness in content and worldwide perspectives (contributors were from Canada, Croatia, Greece, India, Israel, Italy, Pakistan, the Philippines, Poland, Spain, and the USA), the reprint is a valuable source of information to researchers and clinicians interested in the mental health implications of the COVID-19 pandemic…”

“…Addressing the mediating role of the Balkans between East and West all the way to Poland and Lithuania, as well as this region's contribution to the larger Mediterranean artistic and cultural melting pot, this innovative volume explores ideas, artworks and stories that moved through these territories linking the cultures of Central Asia with those of western Europe"--…”

“…The only fully comprehensive account of European political thought in the early modern period, the book pays due regard to Hungary, Poland-Lithuania, the Scandinavian kingdoms, the realm of Eastern Orthodoxy, and the political thought of Islam…”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Berman's Law and Revolution / Adolfo Giuliani -- Juliusz Bardach and the agenda of socialist history of law in Poland / Marta Bucholc -- Valdemārs Kalniņš (1907-1981) : the founder of Soviet legal history in Latvia / Sanita Osipova -- Getaway into the Middle Ages? …”