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Contributions from
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German Institute of Global and Area Studies:
new series of papers
The German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) intends to enhance its impact on the international academic debate by publishing a new series of documents. “Working Papers – Global and Area Studies” disseminate results from research in progress at the Hamburg-based institute, which was called German Overseas Institute (DÜI) until recently. The reports are meant to stimulate debate even before formal publication in an academic journal. In many cases, the papers presented here are drafts of essays that will later appear in academic journals of high reputation.
Until May 2005, individual GIGA affiliates published their own working paper series. The objective of the new approach is to make the work of the GIGA more easily accessible to scholars the world over. The most recent papers were “Modernisierung und Demokratisierung. Das Beispiel Südkorea” [Modernisation and democratisation. The case of South Korea] by Thomas Kern (Nr. 15), “Challenging Party Hegemony: Identity Work in China” by Karsten Giese (Nr. 14), and “Creating a Regional Security Community in Southern Latin America” by Daniel Flemes (Nr. 13).
Inclusion in the Working Paper Series does not constitute formal publication and should not compromise publication of the results in journals or books. Copyrights remain with the authors. Editor of the series is Bert Hoffmann (workingpapers@duei.de). All Working Papers can be downloaded as PDF-files free of charge from: http://www.duei.de/show.php/de/content/forschung/workingpapers.html.
GIGA Institute is the largest research facility in Germany studying the developing countries. Its five members are the Institute of Asian Affairs, the Institute for Ibero-American Studies, the German Institute for Middle East Studies, the Institute of African Affairs and the Institute of Comparative Overseas Studies, which also runs the Overseas Documentation. The Institute considers itself not only a provider of scientific analysis. It also regards the transfer of newly-acquired knowledge to policymakers, businesspeople and society at large as an obligation, given that it is funded by the public purse. (orb)
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