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Cross-National Comparisons

Cross-National Comparisons

PROLOGUE: The times we live in are often characterized as an era of growing globalization and consolidation, in terms of economic and cultural exchanges of an unprecedented scale. The Internet allows nearly instantaneous communication over thousands of miles. Companies’ decisions and stock markets’ movements in one country have immediate, compelling effects on others around the world. Some decry this trend; others embrace it.

In such an era, nations cannot afford to be insular, and ethnocentrism bears too high a price tag. Despite political and cultural differences across countries, world citizens have much to learn from how others have tackled problems . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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