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But European individuals and civil societies find it hard to assert their autonomy in the face of the state.
At the same time, we in Europe cannot afford to dismiss Africa’s troubles as if they had no impact on our own societies.
Many people point to the fact that few Muslim societies are democratic and conclude that Islam must be inherently undemocratic.
That is the idea behind the annual Bloomberg Misery Index, which measures inflation and unemployment, on the assumption that both generate economic costs for societies.
But these measures are misleading, because they do not account for many of the things that matter to societies, such as equality, social mobility, or sustainability.
We are faced with forging a new long-term policy that affects both states and societies.
We cannot allow a misconceived notion of “discipline” to cause lasting damage to our economies and inflict a terrible human toll on our societies.
Fortunately, the US and Chinese economies are underpinned by societies that remain dynamic, vibrant, and hopeful.
Western capitalist societies, especially the United Kingdom and the United States, are currently in the process of spooling time backward to the pre-Victorian era, for the benefit of a small group of elites that excludes the working and middle classes who benefited most from the Victorians’ social, economic, and political reforms – let alone the poor.
The first, essential step is for MENA countries to become “learning societies,” a phrase coined by the Nobel laureate economist Joseph E. Stiglitz to describe countries in which shared knowledge leads to increased innovation.
Another theory is that increasingly multicultural societies have altered their members’ perception.
In closed societies, preoccupation with blasphemy is obsessive and assists the system’s artificial cohesion.
The success of these programs shows that when leaders focus on creating opportunities for people who have not been treated fairly, they can build more cohesive societies and equip more people to contribute productively to the economy.
So John Paul II is no enthusiast of modern Western civilization, with its divorce from the world of values, and he contrasts with it the moral sensitivity of societies with fresh memories of decades of dictatorship.
This is why postcommunist societies do not demonstrate any nobility or disinterestedness that seriously contrasts with the West.
Nepotism, patronage within the family circle, is thus a natural way for anybody in power, or aspiring to it, to strengthen his support in societies where other institutions are weak or non-existent, or where the destruction of existing institutions forms part of the power-grabber's intentions.
For example, most modern societies, including postcommunist ones, favor a division between the makers of big money and the holders of high office because of the conflicts between public and private interest.
In their book Why Nations Fail, Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson argue that societies with political arrangements that concentrate power in the hands of a few seldom excel at innovation and growth, because innovators have no guarantee they will keep the fruits of their labors.
History shows that slower economic growth can make societies less generous, less tolerant, and less inclusive.
And it was important to expose the societies under Soviet control to their shortcomings and to the advantages of outside ideas.
The goal should be to limit what they can accomplish in the short term; to get them to change their policies in the medium term; and to set in motion forces that will bring about new and fundamentally different governments and societies in the long term.
They expand locally and globally to satisfy market demand, providing the illicit goods and services that societies want.
Ultimately, the key is to build democratic institutions that are strong enough to de-escalate violence and protect citizens, which in turn requires that political leaders try new options, and that societies assume more responsibility for their fate.
This strategy may be of little use in tightly controlled societies like Iran or North Korea; but Russia is essentially European.
The second challenge is to start the process of integrating refugees into Europe’s societies and economies.
Leaders should shift their attention from questions concerning “how many” and “where” to the “what” of the crisis – namely, what they should be doing to integrate these newcomers into their societies and economies.
To understand how cultural change can take place, it helps to take an anthropological approach, which invites us to study other societies, and to look at our own culture from a different perspective.
Intersex people’s bodies challenge fundamental cultural assumptions about sex and gender in many societies.
We assembled in the wake of a declaration in July by the United Nations General Assembly calling on countries to examine how national policies can promote happiness in their societies.
Third, happiness is achieved through a balanced approach to life by both individuals and societies.
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