Kenneth J. Vandevelde
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- May 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780195388534
- eISBN:
- 9780199855322
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195388534.003.0001
- Subject:
- Law, Public International Law
This chapter traces the history of international investment agreements. The history thus far comprises three separate eras. The first, the colonial era, began in the late 18th century and continued ...
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This chapter traces the history of international investment agreements. The history thus far comprises three separate eras. The first, the colonial era, began in the late 18th century and continued until the end of the Second World War. The second, the postcolonial era, began with the end of the war and continued until approximately 1990, with the collapse of the Soviet Union. The third, the global era, began in approximately 1990 and continues to the present.Less
This chapter traces the history of international investment agreements. The history thus far comprises three separate eras. The first, the colonial era, began in the late 18th century and continued until the end of the Second World War. The second, the postcolonial era, began with the end of the war and continued until approximately 1990, with the collapse of the Soviet Union. The third, the global era, began in approximately 1990 and continues to the present.
David Clarke
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- January 2012
- ISBN:
- 9789888083060
- eISBN:
- 9789882209794
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5790/hongkong/9789888083060.003.0007
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Asian Studies
This chapter discusses cities being haunted by other cities. It talks about Hong Kong and its urban others in the postcolonial era. By using the word ‘haunted’, the chapter wishes to convey the sense ...
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This chapter discusses cities being haunted by other cities. It talks about Hong Kong and its urban others in the postcolonial era. By using the word ‘haunted’, the chapter wishes to convey the sense of other cities as always uncomfortably present, even when a city might wish to exorcise all trace of them, and to signal that the relation with other cities can, on occasion at least, be a problematic one. Perhaps not all cities are haunted by others, but it is suspected that all cities with the ambition to be thought of as ‘world cities’ are, as well as all cities going through significant phases of their physical or socio-political development. Perhaps such haunting is more common now than in the past, due to the increasing pace of globalization and the increasing awareness of other cities, or at least of their images.Less
This chapter discusses cities being haunted by other cities. It talks about Hong Kong and its urban others in the postcolonial era. By using the word ‘haunted’, the chapter wishes to convey the sense of other cities as always uncomfortably present, even when a city might wish to exorcise all trace of them, and to signal that the relation with other cities can, on occasion at least, be a problematic one. Perhaps not all cities are haunted by others, but it is suspected that all cities with the ambition to be thought of as ‘world cities’ are, as well as all cities going through significant phases of their physical or socio-political development. Perhaps such haunting is more common now than in the past, due to the increasing pace of globalization and the increasing awareness of other cities, or at least of their images.
Vibert C. "Cambridge
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- September 2016
- ISBN:
- 9781628460117
- eISBN:
- 9781626746480
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University Press of Mississippi
- DOI:
- 10.14325/mississippi/9781628460117.001.0001
- Subject:
- Music, Ethnomusicology, World Music
This book is the first in-depth study of Guyanese musical life. It is also a detailed description of the social, economic, and political conditions that have encouraged and sometimes discouraged ...
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This book is the first in-depth study of Guyanese musical life. It is also a detailed description of the social, economic, and political conditions that have encouraged and sometimes discouraged musical and cultural creativity in Guyana. It explores these interactions in Guyana during the three political eras that the society experienced as it moved from being a British colony to an independent nation. The first era to be considered is the period of mature colonial governance, guided by the dictates of “new imperialism,” which extended from 1900 to 1953. The second era, the period of internal self-government and the preparation for independence, extends from 1953, the year of the first general elections under universal adult suffrage, to 1966, the year when the colony gained its political independence. The third phase, 1966 to 2000, describes the early postcolonial era. The book reveals how the issues of race, class, gender, and ideology deeply influenced who in Guyanese multicultural society obtained access to musical instruction and media outlets and thus who received recognition. It also describes the close connections between Guyanese musicians and Caribbean artists from throughout the region and traces the exodus of Guyanese musicians to the great cities of the world, a theme often neglected in Caribbean studies. The book concludes that the practices of governance across the twentieth century exerted disproportionate influence in the creation, production, distribution, and consumption of music.Less
This book is the first in-depth study of Guyanese musical life. It is also a detailed description of the social, economic, and political conditions that have encouraged and sometimes discouraged musical and cultural creativity in Guyana. It explores these interactions in Guyana during the three political eras that the society experienced as it moved from being a British colony to an independent nation. The first era to be considered is the period of mature colonial governance, guided by the dictates of “new imperialism,” which extended from 1900 to 1953. The second era, the period of internal self-government and the preparation for independence, extends from 1953, the year of the first general elections under universal adult suffrage, to 1966, the year when the colony gained its political independence. The third phase, 1966 to 2000, describes the early postcolonial era. The book reveals how the issues of race, class, gender, and ideology deeply influenced who in Guyanese multicultural society obtained access to musical instruction and media outlets and thus who received recognition. It also describes the close connections between Guyanese musicians and Caribbean artists from throughout the region and traces the exodus of Guyanese musicians to the great cities of the world, a theme often neglected in Caribbean studies. The book concludes that the practices of governance across the twentieth century exerted disproportionate influence in the creation, production, distribution, and consumption of music.
Stefania Pandolfo
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780520252233
- eISBN:
- 9780520941021
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520252233.003.0013
- Subject:
- Anthropology, Medical Anthropology
This chapter presents a single case study of a young Moroccan man experiencing the onset of psychosis, who was brought by police, at the request of his mother, to a psychiatric emergency department ...
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This chapter presents a single case study of a young Moroccan man experiencing the onset of psychosis, who was brought by police, at the request of his mother, to a psychiatric emergency department in Morocco. It discusses observations of other patients and psychiatric ideologies, and reflects on the contradictions of the postcolonial era in Morocco. The chapter suggests that diagnosis of the subjectivity of the colonized may be of more continuing relevance than the diagnoses of many postcolonial theorists.Less
This chapter presents a single case study of a young Moroccan man experiencing the onset of psychosis, who was brought by police, at the request of his mother, to a psychiatric emergency department in Morocco. It discusses observations of other patients and psychiatric ideologies, and reflects on the contradictions of the postcolonial era in Morocco. The chapter suggests that diagnosis of the subjectivity of the colonized may be of more continuing relevance than the diagnoses of many postcolonial theorists.
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- June 2013
- ISBN:
- 9781846312304
- eISBN:
- 9781846316166
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Liverpool University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5949/UPO9781846316166.004
- Subject:
- Literature, Criticism/Theory
This chapter analyses Jean-François Lyotard's writing on Algeria, which introduces the pressing problem of theory's relation to the political at a time of postcolonial upheaval. Lyotard's many ...
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This chapter analyses Jean-François Lyotard's writing on Algeria, which introduces the pressing problem of theory's relation to the political at a time of postcolonial upheaval. Lyotard's many multifarious musings on the war raise the question of how poststructuralism and its precursors meet the challenge of anti-colonial critique, as well as demonstrating the increasingly precarious position of Marxism in French thought at the dawn of the postcolonial era.Less
This chapter analyses Jean-François Lyotard's writing on Algeria, which introduces the pressing problem of theory's relation to the political at a time of postcolonial upheaval. Lyotard's many multifarious musings on the war raise the question of how poststructuralism and its precursors meet the challenge of anti-colonial critique, as well as demonstrating the increasingly precarious position of Marxism in French thought at the dawn of the postcolonial era.
Charles Keith
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- May 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780520272477
- eISBN:
- 9780520953826
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520272477.003.0008
- Subject:
- History, Asian History
Chapter 7, “A National Church in Revolution and War,” situates the emerging national church in Vietnam in the context of the August Revolution and First Indochina War, which led to the end of the ...
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Chapter 7, “A National Church in Revolution and War,” situates the emerging national church in Vietnam in the context of the August Revolution and First Indochina War, which led to the end of the French colonial empire in Indochina. It explores how revolution and war both accelerated the transition to a national church, independent from missionary authority and tied closely to Rome, as well as how the communist-led revolution in Vietnam at first inspired many Vietnamese Catholics but ultimately led most of them toward anticommunist movements, with their base of power in the southern Republic of Vietnam during the immediate postcolonial era.Less
Chapter 7, “A National Church in Revolution and War,” situates the emerging national church in Vietnam in the context of the August Revolution and First Indochina War, which led to the end of the French colonial empire in Indochina. It explores how revolution and war both accelerated the transition to a national church, independent from missionary authority and tied closely to Rome, as well as how the communist-led revolution in Vietnam at first inspired many Vietnamese Catholics but ultimately led most of them toward anticommunist movements, with their base of power in the southern Republic of Vietnam during the immediate postcolonial era.
Mohammad Hashim Kamali
- Published in print:
- 2019
- Published Online:
- July 2019
- ISBN:
- 9780190910648
- eISBN:
- 9780190910679
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780190910648.003.0002
- Subject:
- Religion, Islam, Religion and Society
This chapter examines the characteristic features of the Islamic criminal justice system and shows how the Islamic system may differ from other systems. One of the distinctive features of the Islamic ...
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This chapter examines the characteristic features of the Islamic criminal justice system and shows how the Islamic system may differ from other systems. One of the distinctive features of the Islamic system is that it relies on scripture as the basis of juristic doctrines. These doctrines have been developed by scholars in tandem with the cultures and customs of their communities.Less
This chapter examines the characteristic features of the Islamic criminal justice system and shows how the Islamic system may differ from other systems. One of the distinctive features of the Islamic system is that it relies on scripture as the basis of juristic doctrines. These doctrines have been developed by scholars in tandem with the cultures and customs of their communities.
