Theory And History In Regional Perspective

Author : Masamichi Kawano,Karima Kourtit,Peter Nijkamp,Yoshiro Higano
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 489 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2022-05-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789811666957

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Theory and History in Regional Perspective by Masamichi Kawano,Karima Kourtit,Peter Nijkamp,Yoshiro Higano Pdf

This collection of essays presents insight and methodology that are highly relevant for readers today as they consider the future of the world they live in. Experiencing the COVID-19 pandemic, people have realized how fragile the current economy is and the necessity for reconstructing the socio-economic system. That system, which was considered the default for so long, was succeeded by the analytical framework of economics and regional science. The contents of this book are diversified, as are the achievements of Prof. Yasuhiro Sakai, to whom this volume is dedicated, and cover a wide area from mathematical and experimental economics to conventional and emerging fields of regional science. Some are timeless topics that have had new life breathed into them. Part I deals with, among other areas, risk management with uncertain events; the effectiveness and impacts of regulation and friction related to trading; the stability of strategic behavior and market equilibrium; and sustainable regional development and urban planning from the long-term perspective. Part II also presents a diversity of subjects, including input–output analysis and computable general equilibrium (CGE) modelling for internal as well as external structure and network linkage, such as a value chain; openness and creativity as related to competition among cities and regions; dispersion versus concentration; and inequality versus equality.

Author : Graham Hallett,Peter J. Randall,E. G. West
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015004766443

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Regional Policy for Ever by Graham Hallett,Peter J. Randall,E. G. West Pdf

Author : Dominic Sachsenmaier
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2011-08-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781139498999

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Global Perspectives on Global History by Dominic Sachsenmaier Pdf

In recent years, historians across the world have become increasingly interested in transnational and global approaches to the past. However, the debates surrounding this new border-crossing movement have remained limited in scope as theoretical exchanges on the tasks, responsibilities and potentials of global history have been largely confined to national or regional academic communities. In this groundbreaking book, Dominic Sachsenmaier sets out to redress this imbalance by offering a series of new perspectives on the global and local flows, sociologies of knowledge and hierarchies that are an intrinsic part of historical practice. Taking the United States, Germany and China as his main case studies, he reflects upon the character of different approaches to global history as well as their social, political and cultural contexts. He argues that this new global trend in historiography needs to be supported by a corresponding increase in transnational dialogue, cooperation and exchange.

Author : Mary Farrell,Bjorn Hettne,Luk Langenhove
Publisher : Pluto Press (UK)
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2005-08-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UCSD:31822035581552

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Global Politics of Regionalism by Mary Farrell,Bjorn Hettne,Luk Langenhove Pdf

Textbook on regionalism and its role in a global marketplace, ideal for students of IR and globalisation.

Author : Douglas M. Johnston
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1988-09-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780773561489

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Theory and History of Ocean Boundary-Making by Douglas M. Johnston Pdf

In this book Douglas Johnston provides a synthesis of all disciplines relevant to any aspect of boundary-making. He outlines the general theory of boundary-making, reviews the modern history of all modes of boundary-making in the ocean, and provides a theoretical framework for the analysis and evaluation of ocean boundary claims, practices, arrangements, and settlements. The author suggests that as bilateral treaty-making continues, significant boundary delimitation patterns will emerge, some of which may prove useful in non-oceanic contexts of boundary-making and natural resource management such as Antarctica, airspace and outerspace, and international lakes and rivers.

Author : Marijn Molema,Sara Svensson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2019-10-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780429818424

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Regional Economic Development and History by Marijn Molema,Sara Svensson Pdf

Regional Studies is inextricably intertwined with history. Cultural and institutional legacies inform choices between different policy options, meaning that the past plays a crucial role in how we think about regional economic development, planning and policy. Through a selection of accessible theoretical, methodological and empirical chapters, this book explores the connections between regional development and history. Drawing on the expertise of scholars in several disciplines, it links history to topics such as behavioural geography, interdependence, divergence and regional and urban policy. This innovative book will be of interest to researchers across regional studies, planning, economic geography and economic history.

Author : Luc-Normand Tellier
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 463 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2019-09-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783030248420

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Urban World History by Luc-Normand Tellier Pdf

This book seeks to deepen readers’ understanding of world history by investigating urbanization and the evolution of urban systems, as well as the urban world, from the perspective of historical analysis. The theoretical framework of the approach stems directly from space-economy, and, more generally, from location theory and the theory of urban systems. The author explores a certain logic to be found in world history, and argues that this logic is spatial (in terms of spatial inertia, spatial trends, attractive and repulsive forces, vector fields, etc.) rather than geographical (in terms of climate, precipitation, hydrography). Accordingly, the book puts forward a truly original vision of urban world history, one that will benefit economists, historians, regional scientists, and anyone with a healthy curiosity.

Author : T. V. Paul
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2012-02-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781107020214

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International Relations Theory and Regional Transformation by T. V. Paul Pdf

A comprehensive treatment of regional transformation, offering insights from different theoretical perspectives and generating a range of policy-relevant ideas.

Author : Mark Vellend
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2020-09-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780691208992

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The Theory of Ecological Communities (MPB-57) by Mark Vellend Pdf

A plethora of different theories, models, and concepts make up the field of community ecology. Amid this vast body of work, is it possible to build one general theory of ecological communities? What other scientific areas might serve as a guiding framework? As it turns out, the core focus of community ecology—understanding patterns of diversity and composition of biological variants across space and time—is shared by evolutionary biology and its very coherent conceptual framework, population genetics theory. The Theory of Ecological Communities takes this as a starting point to pull together community ecology's various perspectives into a more unified whole. Mark Vellend builds a theory of ecological communities based on four overarching processes: selection among species, drift, dispersal, and speciation. These are analogues of the four central processes in population genetics theory—selection within species, drift, gene flow, and mutation—and together they subsume almost all of the many dozens of more specific models built to describe the dynamics of communities of interacting species. The result is a theory that allows the effects of many low-level processes, such as competition, facilitation, predation, disturbance, stress, succession, colonization, and local extinction to be understood as the underpinnings of high-level processes with widely applicable consequences for ecological communities. Reframing the numerous existing ideas in community ecology, The Theory of Ecological Communities provides a new way for thinking about biological composition and diversity.

Author : Richard Grabowski,Sharmistha Self,William Shields
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2014-12-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317472582

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Economic Development: A Regional, Institutional, and Historical Approach by Richard Grabowski,Sharmistha Self,William Shields Pdf

The second edition of this innovative and affordable book integrates environmental and financial sustainability into its distinctive regional approach. By focusing on political economy in its cultural, religious and historical roots, as well as leadership decisions, it spurs critical thinking. Working through the unique development paths of individual countries, the authors foster integrative thinking and a strong sense of realism about both the prospects and challenges of economic development in the rapidly evolving global economy. The book is exceptional in both its theoretical nuance and accessible writing. An Instructors Manual with discussion questions, a test bank, and PowerPoint slides is available online to professors who adopt the text.

Author : Shuetsu Takahashi,Mitsuyoshi Yanagihara,Kei Hosoya,Tsuyoshi Shinozaki
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2023-08-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789819910670

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Modern Macroeconomics with Historical Perspectives by Shuetsu Takahashi,Mitsuyoshi Yanagihara,Kei Hosoya,Tsuyoshi Shinozaki Pdf

This book gives readers advanced insights into macroeconomics with historical perspectives and proposes policies to resolve the problems the Japanese economy faces. In the past decade, Japan has experienced a rapidly aging population with an ever-decreasing number of children. This causes significant problems related to macroeconomics covered by this book: a decreasing population, an increasing public debt, an increasing social security expenditure, and deteriorating labor productivity. Thus, the government must change the course it has followed until now. These problems can be categorized into two types: (1) human capital and (2) political institutions. The book therefore consists of two parts. The first, using a macroeconomic model, is mainly a discussion of health and education problems related to human capital. The second part deals with policy problems related to political institutions, that is, the intergenerational imbalance, preventive medicine, local public utilities, and other political issues. Through the arguments presented here, readers gain knowledge that will help to achieve the necessary economic policies in Japan.

Author : Jean Comaroff,John L. Comaroff
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2015-11-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317250623

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Theory from the South by Jean Comaroff,John L. Comaroff Pdf

As nation-states in the Northern Hemisphere experience economic crisis, political corruption and racial tension, it seems as though they might be 'evolving' into the kind of societies normally associated with the 'Global South'. Anthropologists Jean and John Comaroff draw on their long experience of living in Africa to address a range of familiar themes - democracy, national borders, labour and capital and multiculturalism. They consider how we might understand these issues by using theory developed in the Global South. Challenging our ideas about 'developed' and 'developing' nations, Theory from the South provides new insights into key problems of our time.

Author : Christian Olaf Christiansen,Steven L. B. Jensen
Publisher : Springer
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9783030191634

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Histories of Global Inequality by Christian Olaf Christiansen,Steven L. B. Jensen Pdf

This book argues that inequality is not just about numbers, but is also about lived, historical experience. It supplements economic research and offers a comprehensive stocktaking of existing thinking on global inequality and its historical development. The book is interdisciplinary, drawing upon regional and national perspectives from around the world while seeking to capture the multidimensionality and multi-causality of global inequalities. Grappling with what economics offers – as well as its blind spots – the study focuses on some of today’s most relevant and pressing themes: discrimination and human rights, defences and critiques of inequality in history, decolonization, international organizations, gender theory, the history of quantification of inequality and the history of economic thought. The historical case studies featured respond to the need for wider historical research and to calls to examine global inequality in a more holistic manner. The Introduction 'Chapter 1 Histories of Global Inequality: Introduction' is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license via link.springer.com.

Author : Harry F. Dahms
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2008-06-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780762314836

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No Social Science without Critical Theory by Harry F. Dahms Pdf

Highlights the problematic nature of mainstream perspectives, and the growing need to reaffirm how the specific kind of critique the early Frankfurt School theorists advocated is not less, but far more important today. This book also includes chapters that offer a broad and diverse look at social science and critical theory.

Author : Saïd Amir Arjomand
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2014-05-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781438451596

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Social Theory and Regional Studies in the Global Age by Saïd Amir Arjomand Pdf

A pioneering approach to social theory that rectifies overreliance on Western historical experience of development and modernization. In this pioneering volume, leading international scholars argue for the development of a new approach to social theory that draws on regional studies for the conduct of comparative analysis in the global age. Social Theory and Regional Studies in the Global Age moves beyond facile generalizations based on the historical experience of modernization in the West by highlighting differences rather than similarities and contrasts rather than commonalities, and by examining civilizational processes and culturally specific developmental patterns distinctive of different world regions. Essays combine comparative and historical sociology with civilizational analysis and the study of multiple and alternative modernities. Different patterns of modernization are compared within the framework of global/local compressed communication and interaction that results from globalization. The introductory chapter puts the present effort in the context of the seminal work of three generations of comparative sociologists, and what follows is a penetrating analysis of modernization and globality, opening the way for rectifying the erasure of the historical experience of a very sizeable portion of humankind from the foundation of social theory.