A geographical political economy of evolution in economic geography
Economic geography ; Institution ; Political economy ; Political geography
Economie politique ; Evolution ; Géographie politique ; Géographie économique ; Institution
Clareté conceptuelle et terminologique; Evolution et institutions dans et au-delà de l'entreprise. Action, déterminabilité liée et pouvoir. Méthode et concepts de recherche.
Rescuing Aunt Sally : taking institutional theory seriously in urban politics
Comportement politique ; Concept ; Gestion urbaine ; Gouvernance ; Institutions ; Politique urbaine ; Pouvoir
The sub-discipline of urban politics has been constructed in opposition to a traditional version of institutional theory. Attention has shifted towards the broader influences on local decision-making and to the growing fragmentation of government
and the rise of partnerships. The article argues that recent developments call for a reformulated theory of the institutional constraints which urban political processes operate.
Institutions, cultural politics and the destabilizing Malaysian pig industry
Cheptel ; Culturel ; Industrie agro-alimentaire ; Institution ; Malaisie ; Melaka ; Politique ; Porcin ; Réglementation
Agribusiness ; Cultural studies ; Institution ; Livestock ; Malaysia ; Pigs ; Policy ; Regulation
In tracing recent developments in the Malaysian pig industry, the paper highlights an institutional regime that is stable on the surface but is actually prone to destabilization. The role of cultural politics in shaping, sustaining and destabilizing
Economie de l'évolution et géographie économique évolutionnaire. Réaffirmer des institutions, agence sociale et pouvoir. Reconnexion avec l'économie politique et géographique. Evolution régionale et dépendance avec l'itinéraire.
Reconstructing an urban and regional political economy : on the state, politics, scale, and explanation
Policy ; Political economy ; Post-Fordism ; Regulation theory ; Research technique ; Scale ; State ; Urban administration ; Urban economy
Postfordisme, mondialisation et institutions. Institutions, gouvernance et territoire : paradigmes émergeants, modes de régulation et spatialité de la gouvernance. Repenser l'économie politique, les institutions et la gouvernance. Processus de
Explaining Policy Outcomes in Federal Contexts: The Politics of Reproductive Rights in Argentina and Mexico
Abortion ; Argentina ; Health ; Ideology ; Institution ; Legislation ; Mexico ; Political geography ; Political party ; Woman ; federalism ; policy outcomes ; reproductive rights ; women and parties
Argentine ; Avortement ; Femme ; Géographie politique ; Idéologie ; Institution ; Législation ; Mexique ; Parti politique ; Santé ; contraception
This article explains the political and institutional factors that affect reproductive rights policies in Argentina and Mexico. It explains that women's positions towards abortion and contraception was greatly shaped by partisanship and ideology
, and this was critical to legislative outcomes, while the number of women legislators was only important to introduce the issues. Important for further research are the effects of institutional and party instability on women's organising in legislatures
, and the relevance of links between women's groups outside legislature and political parties for the success of gender equality policies.
The electoral college - not just every four years : some exercises in political geography
Election ; Pedagogy ; Political geography ; Practical work ; Teaching of geography ; United States
The Electoral College is an American politicalinstitution entrusted to casting the votes for the U.S. president on the basis of the popular vote in each state. The A. discusses the shifts in number of votes as a result of census changes. Strategy
Political economies of corruption beyond liberalism : an interpretative view of Zimbabwe
Corruption ; Neo liberalism ; Policy ; Political economy ; Power ; Zimbabwe
The paper models the political economy of corruption in the space beyond the corruption discourse, using a case study of Zimbabwe. There is less critical work about the political economy of corruption in pariah abd failing states. The paper asks how
far political corruption can be identified and understood in spaces beyond the neoliberal paradigm when it is a central moment of instrumental state power.
[b1] Institute for Development Policy and Management, School of Environment and Development, Univ., Manchester, Royaume-Uni
Cultural patrimony ; Europe ; European Union ; European integration ; Institution ; Political geography ; Political integration
Europe ; Géographie politique ; Institution ; Intégration européenne ; Intégration politique ; Patrimoine culturel ; Union Européenne
On May 1st of 2004, ten new countries will enter in the European Union. Their candidacy to be admitted into the Union was a long and complex process, which took years. The A. explains various aspects of this institutional enlargement, analyzing
Institution ; Political geography ; Political regime ; Power ; Thailand
Géographie politique ; Institution ; Monarchie ; Pouvoir ; Régime politique ; Thaïlande
L'A. montre que les institutions monarchiques ont été renforcées au cours des 40 dernières années. Il est désormais prévu l'assistance d'un personnel nombreux, un budget stable et un conseil de collaborateurs puissants et expérimentés. Les
Etude des processus de réforme qui ont accompagné ces élections : institutions représentatives, élections législatives et présidentielles. Analyse des diverses stratégies des principales personnalités politiques. Evaluation des résultats des
On the politics of time and place in a transforming South African research environment : new challenges for research students
Human geography ; Political reform ; Research ; South Africa ; Space time
South Africa has experienced a series of fundamental changes in its institutional structures over the past decade. The paper suggests that these changes underpin a new research environment for research students, the implications of which
Administration ; Administrative structure ; Burma ; Democracy ; Institution ; Policy ; Political party
Administration ; Birmanie ; Démocratie ; Institution ; Parti politique ; Politique ; Structure administrative
Over 200 pages contain the names and a short bibliography of each of the representatives in the parliaments, followed by a list of political groups in Pyithu Hluttaw (after by-election 2012). - (GL)
Indigenous Peasant ‘Otherness’: Rural Identities and Political Processes in Bolivia
Bolivia ; Ethnic minority ; Ethnicity ; Ideology ; Peasantry ; Political geography ; Political party ; Social geography ; Trade unionism ; articulation ; collective identities ; indigenous ; peasant ; rural movements
Since Morales's election, rural movements have become the new protagonists of Bolivian politics. Previous analyses have emphasised their active role in shaping national politics, often focusing on those organisations as a compact block. However
, their relationship is marked by both cooperation and fragmentation. It demonstrates the high degree of interdependence and fluidity of ethnic and class identities, as well as their interconnections with the broader socio-political context and the national legal
Political discourse and praxis in the Glasgow church
Activism ; Christianity ; Discourse ; Political geography ; Scotland ; Social geography ; United Kingdom
is being instigated by leadership that is intent on rejecting their institutional power to ‘keep the peace’ within the Church. Thirdly, political progressivism was being fostered within the Church by two different types of branching out from the Church
This article examines the political discourse and praxis in the Glasgow church. What has been reflected is that different discourses and definitions of what it means to be the Church are contested within and between separate churches, creating
different spatial tendencies. It also demonstrates that ; firstly, churches that have engaged with marginalised communities within the city are hubs for new expressions of political progressivism within the Church. Secondly, this political progressivism
Institutional barriers to associative city-region governance : the politics of institution-building and economic governance in Canada's technology triangle
Association ; Canada ; Capital social ; Compétitivité ; Développement régional ; Développement économique ; Efficacité économique ; Esprit d'entreprise ; Gouvernance ; Institution ; Ontario ; Stratégie d'acteurs
Association ; Canada ; Competitiveness ; Decision making process ; Economic development ; Economic efficiency ; Entrepreneurship ; Governance ; Institution ; Ontario ; Regional development
L'A. étudie les diverses barrières institutionnelles à une gouvernance associative à partir de l'exemple du triangle technologique canadien. Cette région urbaine a expérimenté de telles institutions de gouvernance associative depuis le début des
Austria ; Democracy ; Italy ; Policy ; Political geography ; Tirol
The aim of this tudy on South Tyrol is to describe the development of institutional and socio-economic arrangements of this multi-ethnic society after the Second World War, and to provide an explanation for today's peaceful political relations
. The theoretical framework is based on the theory of consociational democracy as formulated by the political scientist Lijphart. -(AGD)
Universiteit van Amsterdam, Instituut voor Sociale Geografie Faculteit Ruimtelijke Wetenschappen, Pays-Bas
Institution ; Italy ; Northern Italy ; Political geography ; Region ; Regional geography
Géographie politique ; Géographie régionale ; Institution ; Italie ; Italie du Nord ; Région
The June 2006 referendum on changing a number of elements of part 2 of the Italian constituttion provides an interesting opportunity to consider how political attitudes can differ from place to place and how geographical terms, such as the North
and the South, region and place, enter into political discussion. - (NF)
The last bastion of unitarism ? Local institutions, party politics, and ramifications of EU accession in Lithunia
Administrative structure ; County ; Election ; Lithuania ; Local authority ; Local government ; Policy ; Political party ; Post-communism ; Regionalization ; Territorial unit