On The Edge Of The Global
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On The Edge Of The Global
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Author : Niko Besnier
language : en
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Release Date : 2011-03-02
On The Edge Of The Global written by Niko Besnier and has been published by Stanford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-03-02 with Social Science categories.
Life in twenty-first century Tonga is rife with uncertainties. Though the postcolonial island kingdom may give the appearance of stability and order, there is a malaise that pervades everyday life, a disquiet rooted in the feeling that the twin forces of "progress" and "development"—and the seemingly inevitable wealth distribution that follows from them—have bypassed the society. Niko Besnier's illuminating ethnography analyzes the ways in which segments of this small-scale society grapple with their growing anxiety and hold on to different understandings of what modernity means. How should it be made relevant to local contexts? How it should mesh with practices and symbols of tradition? In the day-to-day lives of Tongans, the weight of transformations brought on by neoliberalism and democracy press not in the abstract, but in individually significant ways: how to make ends meet, how to pay lip service to tradition, and how to present a modern self without opening oneself to ridicule. Adopting a wide-angled perspective that brings together political, economic, cultural, and social concerns, this book focuses on the interface between the different forms that modern uncertainties take.
On The Edge
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Author : Anthony Giddens
language : en
Publisher: Random House (UK)
Release Date : 2000
On The Edge written by Anthony Giddens and has been published by Random House (UK) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Business & Economics categories.
This collection of essays charts the contours of contemporary capitalism, analyses the role of the business firm in the new context of innovation and competitiveness, discuses the impact of globalisation, and considers new capitalism.
On The Edge Of The Global Economy
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Author : Jacques Poot
language : en
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Release Date : 2004
On The Edge Of The Global Economy written by Jacques Poot and has been published by Edward Elgar Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Business & Economics categories.
In the context of increasing global economic integration, this book assesses the impact of peripherality on the economic performance of some nations and regions. The contributors argue that despite ICT advances, loacality and contiguity still matter. Poot from University of Waikato, New Zealand.
Negotiating Local Subjectivities On The Edge Of The Global
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Author : Niko Besnier
language : en
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Release Date : 2007-11
Negotiating Local Subjectivities On The Edge Of The Global written by Niko Besnier and has been published by Amsterdam University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-11 with Social Science categories.
Annotation. The global interconnections that the twenty-first-century world is experiencing have raised new questions about agency. Some argue that the destabilization of local truths have given rise to new forms of self-understanding that draw on multiple and ungrounded images. These claims must be scrutinized through an examination of agents' everyday negotiations over the meaning of the local and the global, the modern and the traditional. Through an analysis of vignettes from my ethnographic research in two small-scale societies on the edge of global currents, Tonga (South Pacific) and Tuvalu (Central Pacific), I demonstrate that the crafting of the self constitutes a never-ending and always-contested project, in which performance figures prominently as a resource. I propose a research plan for cultural anthropology at the University of Amsterdam that problematizes modernity by focusing, ethnographically and comparatively, on performance as symbolic and material resources for the formation of subjectivity. This title can be previewed in Google Books - http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN9789056294885.
On The Edge Of The Global
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Author : Niko Besnier
language : en
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Release Date : 2011-03-02
On The Edge Of The Global written by Niko Besnier and has been published by Stanford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-03-02 with Social Science categories.
This book explores the malaise present in post-colonial Tonga, analyzing the way in which segments of this small-scale society hold on to different understandings of what modernity is, how it should be made relevant to local contexts, and how it should mesh with practices and symbols of tradition.
World Politics At The Edge Of Chaos
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Author : Emilian Kavalski
language : en
Publisher: SUNY Press
Release Date : 2015-04-17
World Politics At The Edge Of Chaos written by Emilian Kavalski and has been published by SUNY Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-04-17 with Political Science categories.
Comprehensive overview of the inroads made by Complexity Thinking approaches and ideas in the study and practice of world politics. Why are policymakers, scholars, and the general public so surprised when the world turns out to be unpredictable? World Politics at the Edge of Chaos suggests that the study of international politics needs new forms of knowledge to respond to emerging challenges such as the interconnectedness between local and transnational realities; between markets, migration, and social movements; and between pandemics, a looming energy crisis, and climate change. Asserting that Complexity Thinking (CT) provides a much-needed lens for interpreting these challenges, the contributors offer a parallel assessment of the impact of CT to anthropocentric and non-anthropocentric (post-human) International Relations. Using this perspective, the result should be less surprise when confronting the dynamism of a fragile and unpredictable global life.
The Global Edge
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Author : Alejandro Portes
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2018-09-11
The Global Edge written by Alejandro Portes and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-11 with Social Science categories.
Over the last quarter century, no other city like Miami has rapidly transformed into a global city. The Global Edge charts the social tensions and unexpected consequences of this remarkable process of change. Acting as a follow-up to the highly successful City on the Edge, The Global Edge examines Miami in the context of globalization and scrutinizes its newfound place as a major international city. Written by two well-known scholars in the field, the book examines Miami’s rise as a finance and banking center and the simultaneous emergence of a highly diverse but contentious ethnic mosaic. The Global Edge serves as a case study of Miami’s present cultural, economic, and political transformation, and describes how its future course can provide key lessons for other metropolitan areas throughout the world.
Aid On The Edge Of Chaos
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Author : Ben Ramalingam
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2013-10-24
Aid On The Edge Of Chaos written by Ben Ramalingam and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-24 with Business & Economics categories.
Many agree that the foreign aid system - which today involves virtually every nation on earth - needs drastic change. But there is much conflict as to what should be done. In Aid on the Edge of Chaos, Ben Ramalingam argues that what is most needed is the creative and innovative transformation of how aid works. Foreign aid today is dominated by linear, mechanistic ideas that emerged from early twentieth century industry, and are ill-suited to the world we face today. The problems and systems aid agencies deal with on a daily basis have more in common with ecosystems than machines: they are interconnected, diverse, and dynamic; they cannot be just simply re-engineered or fixed. Outside of aid, social scientists, economists, business leaders, and policy makers have started applying innovative and scientific approaches to such problems, informed by ideas from the 'new science' of complex adaptive systems. Inspired by these efforts, aid practitioners and researchers have started experimenting with such approaches in their own work. This book showcases the experiences, insights, and often remarkable results of innovative thinkers and practitioners who are working to bring these approaches into the mainstream of aid. From transforming child malnutrition to rethinking economic growth, from building peace to reversing desertification, from rural Vietnam to urban Kenya, the ideas of complex systems thinking are starting to be used to make foreign aid more relevant, more appropriate, and more catalytic. Aid on the Edge of Chaos argues that such ideas and approaches should play a vital part of the transformation of aid. Aid should move from being an imperfect post-World War II global resource transfer system, to a new form of global cooperation that is truly fit for the twenty-first century.
World On The Edge
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Author : Lester Brown
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2012-06-25
World On The Edge written by Lester Brown and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06-25 with Nature categories.
In this urgent time, World on the Edge calls out the pivotal environmental issues and how to solve them now. We are in a race between political and natural tipping points. Can we close coal-fired power plants fast enough to save the Greenland ice sheet and avoid catastrophic sea level rise? Can we raise water productivity fast enough to halt the depletion of aquifers and avoid water-driven food shortages? Can we cope with peak water and peak oil at the same time? These are some of the issues Lester R. Brown skilfully distils in World on the Edge. Bringing decades of research and analysis into play, he provides the responses needed to reclaim our future.
Global Capitalism
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Author : Will Hutton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
Global Capitalism written by Will Hutton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Business & Economics categories.
A trenchant analysis of "global" capitalism shows how this economic theory and practice became a world-wide phenomenon with the advent of mass communications and sophisticated technology.