The political geography of the control of minorities
Ethnic group ; Malaysia ; Minority ; Political geography ; Power ; Social control ; Standard of living ; Wage inequality
Contrôle social ; Ethnie ; Groupe ethnique ; Géographie politique ; Inégalité des revenus ; Malaisie ; Minorité ; Niveau de vie ; Pouvoir
The political geography of plural (or deeply divided) states is elaborated by analysing four key areas of ethnic contrasts : the politicisation of ethnicity, socio-economic gaps, power disparities and competition over land control. This article
Life, liberty, and property. The economics and politics of land-use planning and environmental controls.
Contrôle ; Droit de propriété ; Environnement ; Etats-Unis ; Foncier ; Gestion de l'environnement ; Géographie humaine ; Législation ; Planification ; Propriété privée ; Rente foncière ; Théorie ; Théorie économique ; Utilisation du sol ; Valeur
Le contrôle de l'utilisation du sol et la gestion de l'environnement dans le cadre de la théorie des droits de propriété. La réglementation américaine. (Vnm).
Geography, politicalcontrol and local government policy outputs
Production des services publics des collectivités locales. Rôle de la géographie et du contrôle politique. Evaluation à partir du modèle de la fonction de production, de modèles démographiques et institutionnels. Un état de la question
Administrative division ; Electoral district ; Foreign policy ; Local policy ; Political geography ; State control ; United States of America
Topics include: a) changing regional responses to political events in American history; b) state and local political geography; c) representation and gerrymandering; d) U.S. and the world; e) post-cold war changes; f) presidential politics
in geographical perspective (with use of factor analysis) ; and g) political geography of the twenty-first century. - (DWG)
The politics of growth control : struggles in Pasadena, California
California ; Conflit urbain ; Contrôle social ; Croissance urbaine ; Etats-Unis ; Idéologie ; Logement ; Los Angeles ; Planification urbaine ; Restructuration économique ; Rénovation urbaine ; Structure urbaine
California ; Economic restructuring ; Housing ; Ideology ; Los Angeles ; Social control ; United States ; Urban conflict ; Urban growth ; Urban planning ; Urban renewal ; Urban structure
This case study analyzes the opposition to growth controls in Pasadena, by the Chamber of Commerce and black leaders of the City. It delves into the question of who benefits from growth and the type of ideologies that find themselves in conflict
Power, nature, and the city. The conquest of water and the political ecology of urbanization in Guayaquil, Ecuador: 1880-1990
The A. attempts to reconstruct the urbanization process as a political and an ecological process. In Guayaquil, water becomes subject to an intense social struggle for control and access. The A. documents and analyzes the historical geography
of water control in the context of the political ecology of the urbanization. The urbanization process is written from the perspective of the drive to domesticate nature's water and the necessity to push the ecological frontier outward as the city expands.
The politics of conservation and the complexity of local controls of forests in the Northern Thai Highlands
An analysis of recent state conservation policy and the complexities of local control of forest land in northern Thailand. Author holds that government agencies resist allowing ethnic minorities to have a role in conservation. The government
maintains that shifting cultivation has only a negative impact on the environment, disregarding the variety of local practices. The state has striven to extend its control over forests, and the implementation of the state's conservation policy has had many
The politics of prostitution control : interest group politics in four Canadian cities
Canada ; Contrôle social ; Enquête ; Groupe de pression ; Ordre public ; Politique locale ; Politique urbaine ; Prostitution ; Société urbaine ; Toronto ; Vancouver
Canada ; Law and order ; Lobby ; Local policy ; Social control ; Survey ; Toronto ; Urban policy ; Urban society ; Vancouver
the understanding of the politics of natural resource access and control in the Global South.
The AA. argue that feminist political ecology must theorize a more complex and messier notion of gender that accounts for race , racialization and racism more explicitly. Building on the work of feminist geography and critical race scholarship
Postmodern urban politics in South Africa : the case of Stellenbosch (2000-2004)
The paper adopts a postmodern perspective to account for post2000 electoral urban politics in the municipality of Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa. The significance of the changes in the political party control of the municipality
are analysed, including the impact of the floor crossing legislation. The paper highlights the critical elements of the new politics of multiplicity, difference and identity, and strategic alliances. - (AJC)
Consequences of policy shifts and political change
Demography ; Ethiopia ; Fertility ; Impact ; Labour market ; Political reform ; United States of America
Le nouveau marché du travail : immigrants et salaires après l'IRCA (Immigration Reform and Control Act). L'impact de la guerre, de la famine et du déclin économique sur la fécondité légitime en Ethiopie.
The end of the territorially-sovereign state ? The case of crime control in the United States
Criminality ; Cyberspace ; Internationalization ; Nation-state ; Police ; Political geography ; Security ; Social control ; State control ; Territoriality ; United States of America
Contrôle social ; Criminalité ; Cyberespace ; Etat-nation ; Etats-Unis ; Géographie politique ; Internationalisation ; Police ; Rôle de l'Etat ; Sécurité ; Territorialité
La prolifération des réseaux de communication internationaux et la mondialisation croissante de la politique suggèrent que les efforts pour contrôler les crimes seront de plus en plus insuffisants, l'Etat transférant ses pouvoirs de contrôle à
d'autres organisations. L'A. démontre qu'on n'assiste pas en fait à un affaiblissement manifeste de l'Etat. Tous les éléments sont réunis pour que les institutions publiques de contrôle de la criminalité demeurent vigoureuses dans le futur.
Gender and politics of scale : the Christian Right, sex education, and community in Vista, California, 1990-1994
Vista has been the site of a heated struggle over who would control public education - the Christian Right or so-called secular humanists. The Christian Right gained control of the school board from 1992 to 1994 by stressing the moral authority
of local, place-based communities. Nevertheless, the Christian Right is a community of interest (about 15% of all Americans) using identity politics to force their values on others. - (SLD)
Iconography and locational conflict from the underside. Free speech, People's Park, and the politics of homelessness in Berkeley, California
California ; Conflit social ; Contrôle social ; Espace urbain ; Etats-Unis ; Idéologie ; Paysage urbain ; Politique urbaine ; Sans-abri ; Symbolique de l'espace ; Territorialité
California ; Homelessness ; Ideology ; Semiotics of space ; Social conflict ; Social control ; Territoriality ; United States ; Urban area ; Urban landscape ; Urban policy
Luttes urbaines et conflits sociaux pour la défense des droits de groupes marginaux. Aspects symboliques de ces conflits souvent liés à des paysages urbains chargés d'idéologie et de signification. Usage et contrôle de l'espace dans le quartier de