The spatialising politics of EUropean political practice : transacting eastness in the European Union
Building on recent academic exchanges theorising sociospatial relations, the AA. argue that it is not sociospatial concepts or metaphors per se that delineate the substance of such relations. It is rather the different politics by and through which
, territory and positionality by elite actors created novel forms of politics which have become pivotal to the reconfiguration of EU space.
The politics of silence. Myanmar NGO’s ethnic, religious and political agenda
Army ; Burma ; Economic system ; Ethnic community ; Minority ; Policy ; Political regime ; Religion ; Social system
The political regime in Myanmar used to be a seemingly monopolistic structure where power was exclusively in the Army’s hands. A marginal external influence was exercised by businessmen with close ties to the regime while the country was also
actors are seeking to cope with the shortcomings of the economic and political system. Over the last 15 years, NGOs have been exploring the margins of the army’s monopoly. They have become the experts of the ‘politics of silence,’ attempting to influence
Global city theory and the new urban politics twenty years on : the case for a geohistorical materialist approach to the (new) urban politics of global cities : Renewing urban politics
Conflict ; Danube ; Europe ; Geopolitics ; History ; Political geography ; Region
The study aims to summarize the concepts on Danube area (political schemes, spatial issues of development plans) considering to the differences of concerned (existing today and existed earlier) countries’ views. Its political importance
Biography ; French school ; History of geography ; Political geography ; Twentieth Century
André Siegfried belonged to a rich and culturally privileged political family. He travelled widely and frequently, acquiring first-hand experience of many parts of the world. In Paris, he occupied chairs of economic and political geography
writings have attracted attention among sociologists and political scientists, but recently geographers have started to show greater interest in his works. - (HC)
The political economy of place at the post-socialist urban periphery : governing growth on the edge of Moscow
The AA. consider the case of the rapidly growing city of Khimki at the edge of Moskow, in order to expose the post-Soviet variety of the political economy of place on the metropolitan periphery. They analyse a broader institutional context of post
-socialist urbanisation and more specific aspects of local growth and placemaking. Recent development includes elements that resemble those apparent in edge cities and even appear to be promoted by a post-socialist variety of growth machine politics
Environment ; Environmental justice ; India ; Madras ; Participation ; Political ecology ; Stream ; Sustainable development ; Tamil Nadu ; Town planning ; Urban landscape ; Urban park ; Urbanization
This paper considers urban environmental sustainability in cities of the global South. Drawing on the insights of urban political ecology and a critique of participatory development, the author argues that environmental sustainability initiatives
mask the political economy of environmental injustice and uneven urban development. This argument is fleshed out through a case study of the Adyar Poonga river restoration project in Chennai, India. The case study highlights two key dimensions of what
is termed the ‘depoliticisation’ of the production of urban nature. First, the political conflicts that surround urban environmental projects are neutralized through a definition of sustainability that is primarily concerned with making environmentalism
asymmetries that characterize the civic sphere in urban India. As environmental best practice is being actively formulated and replicated through projects like the Adyar Poonga, it becomes ever more urgent, to interrogate the mechanisms of political inclusions
Contested migration and settler politics in Cyprus
Citizenship ; Colonialism ; Community ; Cyprus ; Emigrés ; Frontier ; Immigration policy ; International relations ; Land consolidation ; Migration ; Nationalism ; Political geography ; Political party
2011
[b1] School of Politics and International Relations, Rutherford College, Univ. of Kent, Canterbury, Royaume-Uni
Core-periphery ; Economic impact ; Hungary ; Living standard ; Peripheral region ; Political reform ; Poverty ; Rural-urban relations ; Spatial distribution ; Town
The spatial income pattern of Hungary significantly altered after the political transition. The change influenced the territorial characteristics of peripheral areas. The development of the formerly backward areas in Western Hungary was confirmed
. Peripheral settlements tend to concentrate territorially after the political transition causing the deepening of their depression. The backward situation of the peripheral areas can be regarded as stable, their catching up has not started yet. - (AM)