Of course, European societies should not tolerate criminality and anti social behavior.

Almost everywhere, these surviving indigenous populations became subservient members of European led societies.

But you also need to know about the deep cultural orientations of European societies.

A façade of normalcy cannot withstand the real dangers threatening the foundations of European societies.

These ancient indigenous societies would be greatly affected by European contact during the early modern period.

The societies of the Americas were forged by European conquests of indigenous populations, and by the racial and ethnic divisions that followed.

The International Monetary Fund, the European Commission, and the European Central Bank are often viewed as such technocratic institutions and as supporting the technocratic element within states and societies around the world.

Perhaps because they are older and more cynical, European societies seem to bask in a collective moroseness, from which they have difficulty emerging.

Whereas the centrality of the state in human affairs is a modern, European development, traditional societies like India or Pakistan have always regarded the state as no more than a necessary evil, since large societies cannot be managed on the old tribal basis.

That is why the current French debate on the headscarf is so important, for it concerns the rights of Muslim women in European societies and the protection of diversity.

Back then, Muslim thinkers contrasted the decline of their own societies with Europe's dynamism, a particularly painful distinction in light of European successes in colonizing large parts of the Muslim world.

It menaces deeply conservative societies.

Fragmentation also affects societies internally.

The US and Latin American countries are all conquest societies, in which Europeans ruled over multi racial societies.

Jared Diamond on why societies collapse

And they produce more equitable societies.

Can democracy exist in Islamic societies?

Finally, in times of economic crisis we should be guided more than ever by our common democratic values the inner dimension of our European identity and a crucial unifying factor for our societies.

Because those who aspire to democratic culture are in power, or have societies that are leading globalized, powerful societies, powerful countries.

And you have more choice driven societies.

Richard Wilkinson How economic inequality harms societies

Rudderless societies are easy prey for bigotry.

Open societies are incompatible with closed economies.

But societies may also have to change.

Establishing criminal justice in post conflict societies

Participation in or membership of professional societies

Mr. Younis Khatib, Palestinian Red Crescent Societies

Although modern industrial practices had penetrated underdeveloped societies, he thought it unlikely that they could make substantial inroads and transform such societies wholesale.

Societies in which the official unemployment rate stands at 10 or more for generations are societies in which government economic management has failed.

Most free societies accept such limits as reasonable.

But societies may lose patience in the meantime.

Ultimately, more equal societies have better health outcomes.

Individuals eat alone, and societies get fat together.

All societies have a form of social status.

We must celebrate how diversity enriches our societies.

What's changed is we now can look at the evidence, we can compare societies, more and less equal societies, and see what inequality does.

To be sure, it is important to understand the discourse of those who are making war on societies their own societies first and foremost.

But another exists, and not just for Islamic societies.

Modern societies are characterized by acute problems of belonging.

In repressive societies, good literature is by definition subversive.

Yet many differences still separate societies within the EU.

Their choices are framed by their societies dominant culture.

The age profiles of our societies are changing dramatically.

Active participation and involvement of ACWW Member Societies worldwide.

We must help societies and markets recover their vitality.