Dangers In The Incommensurability Of Globalization

Author : Gary Backhaus,John Murungi
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2009-03-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781443807098

Get Book

Dangers in the Incommensurability of Globalization by Gary Backhaus,John Murungi Pdf

The thesis of incommensurability concerns the interrelation between subjective culture and objective culture through which the constitutive agency of chaos (incommensurability) emerges. The objectivations/products, the constituents of objective culture, carry their own Being, and this Being transcends the original subjective expressivities/intentions. The constitutive agency of this incommensurable interrelation becomes apparent in an age of globalization where its effects become global, bringing about dangerous socio-political volatilities. To illustrate, global warming has been neither the expressive intention of subjective culture nor a constituent of energy per se as an objectivated product in the context of objective culture. It emerges in the interrelation, an unforeseen incommensurability, a chaos in the culture of energy that threatens the globe/world in various ways. Incommensurability, the cultural form of chaos, is recognized as dramatically foiling human instrumental rationality, spoiling its hubris or belief in its own progress. The doctrine of incommensurability shows that we can not know what we are doing while we are doing it, for the empirical manifestations of chaos are only knowable after the fact and its effects are unpredictable. This book of essays is divided into two parts: the first dealing with contemporary themes in subjective culture and the second with those in objective culture. A few of the pressing topics treated in this volume are: abstracted information of a computer-based society versus locally-based, grounded knowledge, abstracted neo-liberal economics versus place-grounded economics, the geo-politics of peak oil, and the intensification of natural disasters as a consequence of global warming reveal the tenuous character of the contemporary world.

Author : DeMond S. Miller,Jason David Rivera
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 634 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2010-10-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1420088238

Get Book

Community Disaster Recovery and Resiliency by DeMond S. Miller,Jason David Rivera Pdf

Once again nature‘s fury has taken a toll in pain, suffering, and lives lost. In recognition of the need for a rapid and appropriate response, CRC Press will donate $5 to the American Red Cross for every copy of Community Disaster Recovery and Resiliency: Exploring Global Opportunities and Challenges sold. In the past, societies would learn from di

Author : Gary Backhaus
Publisher : Zeta Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 9789731997254

Get Book

Environment, Space, Place: Volume 1 / Issue 1 (Spring 2009) by Gary Backhaus Pdf

Author : DeMond Shondell Miller,Jason David Rivera
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781439804926

Get Book

Comparative Emergency Management by DeMond Shondell Miller,Jason David Rivera Pdf

A host of natural and man-made disasters have plagued the world in the twenty-first century, many with significant global impact. The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, the Indian Ocean tsunami, and Hurricane Katrina all affected broad regions with devastating results. The need for better emergency management policies, procedures, and cooperation among nations is evident. Bringing together contributions from a cadre of international experts, Comparative Emergency Management: Examining Global and Regional Responses to Disasters demonstrates ways to recognize and reduce regional infrastructure vulnerability by building secure networks of collaboration within different geographical areas of the world. Explores issues on all continents With discrete sections on the Americas, Africa and the Middle East, Europe, Asia, and the Pacific Rim, the book presents the work of researchers and practitioners who examine ways different societies have responded to environmental threats using innovative methods to cope with their vulnerabilities to disaster. Topics discussed include: A game approach that has been used as an effective tool in the communication of disaster risk information in the Caribbean Efforts to rebuild tourism in New Orleans despite the challenges presented by media coverage of Hurricane Katrina Faith-based organization (FBO) humanitarian assistance in the Muslim world Nongovernmental and community-based responses to the Asian tsunami and the Sumatran earthquake The book presents a multifaceted study that aims to foster dialogue among policymakers to reduce social vulnerability and build local and regional capacities to withstand environmental assaults. Encouraging creative thinking, it offers ideas and solutions that have been successful in a range of environments worldwide. The authoritative scholarship presented combines interdisciplinary studies that will be valuable to a broad range of fields and professionals.

Author : John Murungi
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781793652973

Get Book

African Philosophical Adventures by John Murungi Pdf

"African Philosophical Adventures calls for a recognition and affirmation of African philosophy as an adventure. This understanding fosters and cultivates inquisitive open-mindedness and is animated by wonder"--

Author : Youbin Zhao,Wei Lin,Zhiqing Zhang
Publisher : American Academic Press
Page : 721 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-04
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781631818615

Get Book

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON GLOBALIZATION: CHALLENGES FOR TRANSLATORS AND INTERPRETERS by Youbin Zhao,Wei Lin,Zhiqing Zhang Pdf

This two-volume book contains the refereed proceedings of The Second International Conference on Globalization: Challenges for Translators and Interpreters organized by the School of Translation Studies, Jinan University (China) on its Zhuhai campus, October 27-29, 2016. The interrelation between translation and globalization is essential reading for not only scholars and educators, but also anyone with an interest in translation and interpreting studies, or a concern for the future of our world’s languages and cultures. The past decade or so, in particular, has witnessed remarkable progress concerning research on issues related to this topic. Given this dynamic, The Second International Conference on Globalization: Challenges for Translators and Interpreters organized by the School of Translation Studies, Jinan University (China) organized by the School of Translation Studies, Jinan University (China), was held at the Zhuhai campus of Jinan University on October 27-29, 2016. This conference attracts a large number of translators, interpreters and researchers, providing a rare opportunity for academic exchange in this field. The 135 full papers accepted for the proceedings of The Second International Conference on Globalization: Challenges for Translators and Interpreters organized by the School of Translation Studies, Jinan University (China) were selected from 350 submissions. For each paper, the authors were shepherded by an experienced researcher. Generally, all of the submitted papers went through a rigorous peer-review process.

Author : Zhenglai Deng
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789814374408

Get Book

Globalization and Localization by Zhenglai Deng Pdf

In a world where no country is an island isolated from others, globalization is bound to be contested, debated, and de- and re-constructed at different levels across the international community. This book collects articles authored by Chinese scholars on the subject of globalization and localization.

Author : Arthur James Wells
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1922 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Bibliography, National
ISBN : STANFORD:36105211722678

Get Book

The British National Bibliography by Arthur James Wells Pdf

Author : Bryan S. Turner,Robert J. Holton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2015-12-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317964919

Get Book

The Routledge International Handbook of Globalization Studies by Bryan S. Turner,Robert J. Holton Pdf

The second edition of the Routledge International Handbook of Globalization Studies offers students clear and informed chapters on the history of globalization and key theories that have considered the causes and consequences of the globalization process. There are substantive sections looking at demographic, economic, technological, social and cultural changes in globalization. The handbook examines many negative aspects – new wars, slavery, illegal migration, pollution and inequality – but concludes with an examination of responses to these problems through human rights organizations, international labour law and the growth of cosmopolitanism. There is a strong emphasis on interdisciplinary approaches with essays covering sociology, demography, economics, politics, anthropology and history. The second edition has been completely revised and features important new thinking on themes such as Islamophobia and the globalization of religious conflict, shifts in global energy production such as fracking, global inequalities, fiscal transformations of the state and problems of taxation, globalization and higher education, and an analysis of the general sense of catastrophe that surrounds contemporary understandings of the consequences of a global world.

Author : Shelley Wright
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134511945

Get Book

International Human Rights, Decolonisation and Globalisation by Shelley Wright Pdf

Covering a diverse range of topics, case studies and theories, the author undertakes a critique of the principal assumptions on which the existing international human rights regime has been constructed. She argues that the decolonization of human rights, and the creation of a global community that is conducive to the well-being of all humans, will require a radical restructuring of our ways of thinking, researching and writing. In contributing to this restructuring she brings together feminist and indigenous approaches as well as postmodern and post-colonial scholarship, engaging directly with some of the prevailing orthodoxies, such as 'universality', 'the individual', 'self-determination', 'cultural relativism', 'globalization' and 'civil society'.

Author : Fiona Haines
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2019-06-04
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781351157186

Get Book

Globalization and Regulatory Character by Fiona Haines Pdf

Originally published in 2005. Uniting critical debates on globalization with those on regulation, this book provides an innovative account of the fate of safety regulation in the face of global pressures. The author addresses the key question of whether globalization is making safety standards better or worse. She analyzes the diverse strands of globalization that threaten safety standards and examines the measures that hold potential for beneficial change. Regulatory character, a theoretical model that captures local economic, political and cultural influence developed in the work, sheds light on how and why regulation and safety standards do or do not change in the face of a crisis. The theoretical work is grounded and illuminated by research on the Thai government's response to the Kader fire, set in the rapidly industrializing context of Southeast Asia. Theoretically rigorous and empirically rich, the book has critical contemporary social relevance. It demonstrates a diverse theoretical heritage (embracing Weber, Douglas and Christopher Hood amongst others) that critically and productively engages with research and policy making to raise safety standards.

Author : Michael A. Livermore,Richard L. Revesz
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2013-01-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780199934393

Get Book

The Globalization of Cost-Benefit Analysis in Environmental Policy by Michael A. Livermore,Richard L. Revesz Pdf

Cost-benefit analysis -- the formal estimating and weighing of the costs and benefits of policy alternatives -- is a standard tool for governments in advanced economies. Through decades of research and innovation, institutions have developed in the United States, European Union, and other developed countries that examine and weigh policy alternatives as an aid to governmental decisionmaking. Lawmakers in the advanced economies have used cost-benefit analysis to evaluate core environmental and public health questions, such as urban air pollution control, water quality, and occupational safety. Yet despite its broad adoption in the industrialized world, most developing and emerging countries have not yet incorporated cost-benefit analysis into their policymaking process. Because these countries face significant limitations on financial resources and have less ability to shoulder inefficient rules, it is extremely important for their officials to determine which policies maximize net benefits for their societies. The Globalization of Cost-Benefit Analysis in Environmental Policy examines how cost-benefit analysis can help developing and emerging countries confront the next generation of environmental and public-health challenges. Analysis in the book examines the growing reach of cost-benefit analysis; presents relevant case studies where cost-benefit analysis has been incorporated in the Americas, Africa, Middle East, and Asia; and includes a discussion on the conceptual and institutional issues that must be addressed when adopting cost-benefit analysis in developing and emerging countries. In part because governments in developing and emerging countries have not extensively used cost-benefit analysis, there has been only limited research and discussion of the practice and its potential. Most work that has been done is on the domestic or regional level, and has not been widely shared or distributed within the international academic or policy community. By providing both theoretical and practical discussion of this important new tool, this book makes a valuable contribution to the fields of environmental policy, development studies, and environmental law.

Author : James P. Malcolm
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2013-07-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136854958

Get Book

Financial Globalization and the Opening of the Japanese Economy by James P. Malcolm Pdf

This book investigates recent changes in Japan's financial system and looks at the implications for Japan's particularistic model of political economy. Drawing on the latest theoretical research, it seeks to determine how Japan's experience resembles patterns which many scholars in the West have associated with financial globalization as a powerful force for conveyance. The book sets out the background and examines the progression of financial deregulation in Japan, culminating in the Big Bang programme of financial reform set in motion in November 1996. It analyses developments in the financial sector to gauge the extent to which Japanese financial institutions are falling into line with emerging norms of organization and strategic management. It also examines the implications for the corporate and household sectors stemming from the government and financial sectors' partial embrace of financial globalization.

Author : Christian Utz
Publisher : transcript Verlag
Page : 531 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2021-03-31
Category : Music
ISBN : 9783839450956

Get Book

Musical Composition in the Context of Globalization by Christian Utz Pdf

Since the early transformation of European music practice and theory in the cultural centers of Asia, Latin America, and Africa around 1900, it has become necessary for music history to be conceived globally - a challenge that musicology has hardly faced yet. This book discusses the effects of cultural globalization on processes of composition and distribution of art music in the 20th and 21st century. Christian Utz provides the foundations of a global music historiography, building on new models such as transnationalism, entangled histories, and reflexive globalization. The relationship between music and broader changes in society forms the central focus and is treated as a pivotal music-historical dynamic.

Author : Christine B. N. Chin
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0754672425

Get Book

Cruising in the Global Economy by Christine B. N. Chin Pdf

Interdisciplinary in nature, this analysis elicits an examination of states' relationship to the maritime regulatory structure governing ship ownership, management and operations, cruise lines' business strategies, development of port communities to capture cruise-related revenue, changing leisure consumption patterns and meanings, and the employment of foreign migrant workers as seafarers.