Development, Globalization, Global Values, and Security: Essays in Honor of Arno Tausch

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This book, written in honor of Arno Tausch, presents cutting-edge research on globalization, development, and global values. Internationally renowned authors cover topics such as global economic and political cycles, global values, and support for terrorism.  Over the last five decades, the Austrian political scientist Arno Tausch was a pioneer in studies on globalization, development and global values. This collection of essays takes up the issues dealt with by Tausch and presents perspectives for the 21st Century. Throughout his work, Tausch applied quantitative methods to study the fundamental issues of the global political economy and the global political system, like dependency, economic and political cycles, and global values, based on a rigorous study of available social scientific data, like the World Values Survey and the Arab Barometer. Contents Contributors List of Figures List of Tables Introduction 1 Introduction 2 An Interview with Arno Tausch 3 The Contributors Have Joined the Floor that Arno Tausch Vacated Appendix: The Scientific Orbit of Arno Tausch References Part I: Development Development Theory: The Social-Liberal Approach 1 Introduction 2 Globalization and Internal Structures 3 Capitalist Development Requires Rising Mass Incomes 4 Structural Heterogeneity Is Inevitable in Underdeveloped Countries, and It Blocks Capitalist Development Mechanisms in the P... 5 The Challenge of Overcoming Underdevelopment 6 Integrating Globalization into the Social-Liberal Concept References Analyzing Inequality, Dependence, and Poverty in the World System 1 Introduction 2 Tausch the Pioneer: Early Studies in North-South Relations 3 Tausch, the Dependista 4 Tausch and Unequal Exchange 5 Conclusion References Politics Means Shaping the Shape References Multinational Firms and the Pattern and Structure of Foreign Direct Investment References Part II: Globalization Global Studies Meets World-Systems Theory 1 Introduction 2 Global Studies Versus World-Systems Theory? 3 Three Areas of Overlap 4 Concluding Remarks References World-Scale Problems and the Policy Response of Multilateral Institutions 1 Introduction 2 Multilateral Policymaking 3 Three World-Scale Problems and the Multilateral Response 4 Climate Warming 5 Pandemics 6 Mass Migration 7 Conclusions References On the Hidden Pattern in the History of Wars 1 Introduction 2 A Rare Event 3 Where Are We Now? References Russia and Germany in the System of Powers 1 Method: World-System-Studies 2 Medieval Settings 3 Germany and Russia in the European World System 4 Imperialism 5 Germany and Soviet Union: 1918-1945 6 Germany and the Soviet Union in the Cold War 7 End of Soviet Union and Reunification of Germany 8 Russia 9 Germany 10 Some Conclusions References Part III: Global Values Globalization, Islamism, and the Persistence of Religion References Studies on Global Catholicism 1 Almost Global Erosion of Catholicism 2 Church Control System 3 Slots in the System 4 The Case of Polish Catholicism 5 What Does the Future Hold? References Tausch and Political Controversies in Austrian Media: ``Political Islam´´ in the Austrian Debate 1 Introduction 2 The (Party-Political) Assumption: Political Islam as a Danger 3 Counter Position: Political Islam as a Distraction 4 A Problematization of Political Islam with Simultaneous Criticism of Racism 5 Problematizing Political Islam 6 Conclusion References Part IV: Security States of Emergency: In Whose Interest Are They Invoked? 1 Introduction 2 What Is an Emergency Declaration? 3 Measuring States of Emergency: Descriptive Analysis 4 Empirical Modeling States of Emergency 5 Accounting for Nonlinearity 6 Empirical Findings 7 Sensitivity Analyses 8 Concluding Observations Variable Definitions, Summary Statistics, and Sources References Rabin and the Intelligence Services on the Eve of the Oslo Accords Tausch on Terrorism 1 Introduction 2 What Drives People into Terrorism? 3 Islamism, Terrorism and Anti-Semitism 4 What Is to Be Done? 5 Conclusion References Terror in the Twenty-First Century: The Modus Operandi of the Islamic State-What We Know and What We Can Learn from It! 1 Introduction 2 Terrorism as Part of Asymmetric or Irregular Warfare 3 The Roots of the Islamic State 4 The Secret of Extraordinary Success 5 Inform: Accurate Situational Awareness as the Basis for Targeted Action 6 Consult, Command, and Control: Tight Hierarchy Paired with Decentralized Order Fulfilment 7 Prepare: Forward Planning and Targeted Preparation 8 Engage: Initiative Maneuver Warfare and High Flexibility 9 Protect: Protection Against Modern Weapon Systems 10 Project: Efficient and Highly Mobile Use of Low Forces 11 Sustain: Holding the Won Terrain to the Last 12 What Does This Mean for the World? 13 Necessary Derivations for the Use of Military (Intelligence) Services 14 Summary and Outlook References