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The first essay of this volume is written by Hans van Loon, who was the Secretary-General of The Hague Conference of Private International Law (HCCH) from 30 June 1996 to 30 June 2013, and who steered the Conference during a time of global expansion and transformation. He has been a forerunner in the formulation of modern private international law through multilateral treaties and was involved in the development of nine Hague Conventions, as well as the revision of the Statute of the Hague Conference. The continued relevance of the Hague Conference in the 21st century is in large part due to his commitment to the field of private international law and his awareness of its role in a broader social context.0In recent years, private international law has become intertwined with public international law. Van Loon's essay on "At the Cross-Roads of Public and Private International Law - The Hague Conference on Private International [and its Work]" evidences that the system of modern international law is inseparable from private international law

This book provides a historical economic analysis of two key issues relating to township and village enterprise (TVE) development in China. Firstly, the nature of the evolving relationship between TVEs and local government; in particular how TVE entrepreneurs have used institutionalized power to secure the political influence needed to defend their financial independence. Secondly, the relationship between TVEs and state-owned enterprises (SOEs), and the role of SOEs in China's economic transition. This study highlights the importance of the role of SOEs in the "dual-track pricing system" and its impact on other parts of the economy. Township and village enterprises were key to China's success in the late twentieth century, but have more or less disappeared as an entity over the past decade or so. By measuring the structural difference of the SOE sector before and after 1998-2003 SOE reform, Jin explains their fast catch-up in productivity since the mid-1990s, as well as the r elative decline of TVE productivity

Regime ideology and postcommunism -- A decade of ideological divergence : Russia and Central and Eastern Europe in the 1990s -- Regime ideology-building in Putin's Russia : a personalistic approach -- Regime ideology-building in post-Deng China : striving for institutionalization.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 Setting the Stage: China's Evolving Views of Information -- Chapter 2 China's Military: This Is Not Your Father's PLA -- Chapter 3 Informationized Conflict: Maintaining Party Control amid the Information Revolution -- Chapter 4 Information Warfare: Waging Information Campaigns in the Next War -- Chapter 5 Information Operations: Putting Theory into Practice -- Chapter 6 Space and Information Warfare: A Key Battleground for Information Dominance

The financial system in China : financial sectors, state influences and opportunities for crime -- The upper world -- Banking fraud -- Securities fraud -- Informal finance and ponzi schemes -- Law and the courts -- Policing and regulating financial crime -- Financial business ethics and professionalization in the anomic environment -- Conclusion: financial crime and the "Chinese century

Chinese politics are at a crossroads as President Xi Jinping amasses personal power and tests the constraints of collective leadership. In the years since he became general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party in 2012, Xi Jinping has surprised many people in China and around the world with his bold anti-corruption campaign and his aggressive consolidation of power. Given these new developments, we must rethink how we analyze Chinese politics—an urgent task as China now has more influence on the global economy and regional security than at any other time in modern history. Chinese Politics

Methodology -- Economic environment and vulnerability to food price shocks -- Vulnerability to natural risks, shocks and hazards -- Household food security and vulnerability to shocks -- Simulating the impacts of market and climate shocks on household food consumption -- Conclusions

This book provides a comprehensive, coherent, and intuitive review of panel data methodologies that are useful for empirical analysis. Substantially revised from the second edition, it includes two new chapters on modeling cross-sectionally dependent data and dynamic systems of equations. Some of the more complicated concepts have been further streamlined. Other new material includes correlated random coefficient models, pseudo-panels, duration and count data models, quantile analysis, and alternative approaches for controlling the impact of unobserved heterogeneity in nonlinear panel data models.