Bahgat Korany (ed.)
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9789774163531
- eISBN:
- 9781617970368
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- American University in Cairo Press
- DOI:
- 10.5743/cairo/9789774163531.001.0001
- Subject:
- Political Science, International Relations and Politics
In the era of globalization, change is the order of the day, but the conventional view of the Arab Middle East is that of a rigid and even stagnant region. This book counters the static perception ...
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In the era of globalization, change is the order of the day, but the conventional view of the Arab Middle East is that of a rigid and even stagnant region. This book counters the static perception and focuses instead on regional dynamics. After first discussing types of change, identifying catalysts, and tracing the evolution of the region over the last sixty years, the team of contributors go on to evaluate the development of Arab civil society; examine the opportunities and challenges facing the Arab media; link the debates concerning Arab political thought to the evolving regional and international context; look at the transformation of armed Islamist movements into deradicalized factions; assess how and to what extent women's empowerment is breaking down patriarchy; and analyze the rise of non-state actors such as Hizbollah and Hamas that rival central political authority. The book concludes with data tables that provide a quantitative guide to some aspects of these regional dynamics.Less
In the era of globalization, change is the order of the day, but the conventional view of the Arab Middle East is that of a rigid and even stagnant region. This book counters the static perception and focuses instead on regional dynamics. After first discussing types of change, identifying catalysts, and tracing the evolution of the region over the last sixty years, the team of contributors go on to evaluate the development of Arab civil society; examine the opportunities and challenges facing the Arab media; link the debates concerning Arab political thought to the evolving regional and international context; look at the transformation of armed Islamist movements into deradicalized factions; assess how and to what extent women's empowerment is breaking down patriarchy; and analyze the rise of non-state actors such as Hizbollah and Hamas that rival central political authority. The book concludes with data tables that provide a quantitative guide to some aspects of these regional dynamics.
Joxerramon Bengoetxea
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- January 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780199232468
- eISBN:
- 9780191716027
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199232468.003.0018
- Subject:
- Law, EU Law
This chapter examines how a constitutional feature of some Member States — infra-state regionalism — penetrates the EU administrative and constitutional ethos at a point which is quite unexpected: ...
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This chapter examines how a constitutional feature of some Member States — infra-state regionalism — penetrates the EU administrative and constitutional ethos at a point which is quite unexpected: the sacrosanct principle that the Member States are the building blocks of the EU. The approach hinges on the formal rights of states under international or supra-national organization law and on States' discretion, meaning the constitutional autonomy to organize themselves internally as they see fit. These two principles bring unity or at least give an appearance of unity into the system — a unity without uniformity or a unity which consists in not looking into the internal structure of the Member States.Less
This chapter examines how a constitutional feature of some Member States — infra-state regionalism — penetrates the EU administrative and constitutional ethos at a point which is quite unexpected: the sacrosanct principle that the Member States are the building blocks of the EU. The approach hinges on the formal rights of states under international or supra-national organization law and on States' discretion, meaning the constitutional autonomy to organize themselves internally as they see fit. These two principles bring unity or at least give an appearance of unity into the system — a unity without uniformity or a unity which consists in not looking into the internal structure of the Member States.
Simon Creak
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- November 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780824838898
- eISBN:
- 9780824869724
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Hawai'i Press
- DOI:
- 10.21313/hawaii/9780824838898.003.0006
- Subject:
- History, Asian History
This chapter analyzes how the relationship between sport, nationalism, and regional relations in Laos was profoundly shaped by the region's rival Cold War alliances, from which local communist, ...
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This chapter analyzes how the relationship between sport, nationalism, and regional relations in Laos was profoundly shaped by the region's rival Cold War alliances, from which local communist, neutralist, and rightist factions emerged. In postcolonial Laos, participating on the regional sporting stage had provided another means of galvanizing the association between sport, the human body, and national politics. Despite generally poor performances, such competition engendered comparison with surrounding countries, which reinterpreted precolonial and colonial dialectics of friendship and antagonism, emulation and rivalry, through the prism of international sport. Thus, based on their differing positions on what constituted the true “Meuang Lao”—Lao country or Laos—the distinct sporting relationships in the region developed by the communist and anticommunist factions highlighted the potent ways in which regional dynamics refracted globalized sporting culture in Laos.Less
This chapter analyzes how the relationship between sport, nationalism, and regional relations in Laos was profoundly shaped by the region's rival Cold War alliances, from which local communist, neutralist, and rightist factions emerged. In postcolonial Laos, participating on the regional sporting stage had provided another means of galvanizing the association between sport, the human body, and national politics. Despite generally poor performances, such competition engendered comparison with surrounding countries, which reinterpreted precolonial and colonial dialectics of friendship and antagonism, emulation and rivalry, through the prism of international sport. Thus, based on their differing positions on what constituted the true “Meuang Lao”—Lao country or Laos—the distinct sporting relationships in the region developed by the communist and anticommunist factions highlighted the potent ways in which regional dynamics refracted globalized sporting culture in Laos.
Eric Sheppard
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- August 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780199681167
- eISBN:
- 9780191761249
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199681167.003.0005
- Subject:
- Business and Management, Political Economy
Taking seriously the spatialities of globalizing capitalism challenges the narrative of globalizing capitalism as harmonious and equilibrating. Evolutionary Economic Geography has influentially ...
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Taking seriously the spatialities of globalizing capitalism challenges the narrative of globalizing capitalism as harmonious and equilibrating. Evolutionary Economic Geography has influentially examined inter-territorial variability in trajectories of capitalist growth, but is limited by a tendency toward methodological territorialism, by reducing dynamics to the actions of single-plant firms, and by neglecting the politics of production and governance. Full-fledged models of the spatial dynamics of capitalism show that it is a complex dynamical system whose trajectories are shaped by inter-territorial connectivity, whose state is typically far from equilibrium, and whose dynamics are characterized by unexpected twists and turns as well as crises. The politics of production further compounds unpredictable dynamics. North Atlantic narratives about economic development under globalizing capitalism must be provincialized.Less
Taking seriously the spatialities of globalizing capitalism challenges the narrative of globalizing capitalism as harmonious and equilibrating. Evolutionary Economic Geography has influentially examined inter-territorial variability in trajectories of capitalist growth, but is limited by a tendency toward methodological territorialism, by reducing dynamics to the actions of single-plant firms, and by neglecting the politics of production and governance. Full-fledged models of the spatial dynamics of capitalism show that it is a complex dynamical system whose trajectories are shaped by inter-territorial connectivity, whose state is typically far from equilibrium, and whose dynamics are characterized by unexpected twists and turns as well as crises. The politics of production further compounds unpredictable dynamics. North Atlantic narratives about economic development under globalizing capitalism must be provincialized.
Ignacio Grau Mira
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- March 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780199567959
- eISBN:
- 9780191804410
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199567959.003.0005
- Subject:
- History, Ancient History / Archaeology
This chapter analyses landscape dynamics in relation to the political and social processes of eastern Iberian Iron Age societies, in what is now the central Valencia region. Through the analysis of ...
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This chapter analyses landscape dynamics in relation to the political and social processes of eastern Iberian Iron Age societies, in what is now the central Valencia region. Through the analysis of significant elements related to strategies of social cohesion, such as ideologies of protection and feasting practices, the chapter examines the structure of eastern Iberian society and the development of political communities. It also illustrates an interpretation of the regional dynamics, which consists of detailed examination of some examples from the valley of Alcoi, a well-known area of eastern Iberia.Less
This chapter analyses landscape dynamics in relation to the political and social processes of eastern Iberian Iron Age societies, in what is now the central Valencia region. Through the analysis of significant elements related to strategies of social cohesion, such as ideologies of protection and feasting practices, the chapter examines the structure of eastern Iberian society and the development of political communities. It also illustrates an interpretation of the regional dynamics, which consists of detailed examination of some examples from the valley of Alcoi, a well-known area of eastern Iberia.
Harald Bathelt and Johannes Glückler
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- April 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780199587384
- eISBN:
- 9780191806728
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199587384.003.0007
- Subject:
- Business and Management, Organization Studies
This chapter utilizes the conception of local buzz and global (i.e. trans-local) pipelines to explain how reflexive regional dynamics are generated. It transcends the traditional local—global ...
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This chapter utilizes the conception of local buzz and global (i.e. trans-local) pipelines to explain how reflexive regional dynamics are generated. It transcends the traditional local—global dichotomy of the geography of knowledge and reviews the interconnection of local and non-local learning processes. It focuses on the conditions under which both tacit and codified knowledge can be exchanged locally and globally. It uses the case of the Munich film and TV industry cluster to empirically show that regional growth patterns cannot easily be understood if the underlying structures of social relations are not adequately examined.Less
This chapter utilizes the conception of local buzz and global (i.e. trans-local) pipelines to explain how reflexive regional dynamics are generated. It transcends the traditional local—global dichotomy of the geography of knowledge and reviews the interconnection of local and non-local learning processes. It focuses on the conditions under which both tacit and codified knowledge can be exchanged locally and globally. It uses the case of the Munich film and TV industry cluster to empirically show that regional growth patterns cannot easily be understood if the underlying structures of social relations are not adequately examined.
