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"This book analyses the role that the diaspora play when returning as entrepreneurs to their homeland. Returnee entrepreneurs are defined as individuals who have moved away from their home country and lived as part of the diaspora, and have later returned home to live, invest or both. With increased movements of people around the world, the role of transnational economic activity is becoming ever more significant, yet little is still understood about the motivations and contribution of those who return to their homeland to undertake entrepreneurial activity. The book examines return to post-conflict economies, with the returnees initially forced to move due to war. In doing so, it examines policy approaches to return, the intentions of returnees and highlights the important role that emotional attachment plays in harnessing return. The book recognises the undoubted potential of diaspora entrepreneurs to benefit their homeland. Yet it also recognises the challenges in doing so. Not all diaspora entrepreneurship will be beneficial. Not all policy interventions will be effective, despite good intentions. Yet the lessons contained within this book are that by understanding the challenges and opportunities associated with diaspora return entrepreneurship, more effective strategies can be put in place"--

Hoffmann reviews 'The Dynamics of Conflict in Northern Ireland: Power, Conflict, and Emancipation' by Joseph Ruane and Jennifer Todd. A book review of The Dynamics of Conflict in Northern Ireland: Power, Conflict, and Emancipation by Joseph Ruane and Jennifer Todd is presented.

The authors review from a pro-Soviet standpoint the dynamics of economic growth, structural changes in the national economy, economic imbalances etc. in the People's Republic of China. According to the authors, since 1976 the Chinese leadership has been displaying a more realistic view of the national economy and its possibilities