International science, domestic politics : Russian reception of international climate-change assessments
The analytical heart of the paper is a case-study analysis based on interviews with Russian scientists who have participated in international climate assessment exercises. Russian participants did not play a role as informational entrepreneurs
Economic aid ; Financial flow ; Foreign policy ; International economy ; International relations ; North-South relations ; Political geography
In geography, the study of foreign aid has been neglected because it has been carried out in international relations theory and political science. Different theoretical approaches are examined and the way they have been applied to the study
of foreign aid. The A. concludes by looking at the implications of this research for the study of third-world development in geography and how a political geography of foreign aid can be promoted.
Indonesia : internal conditions, the global economy, and regional development
Valuable exposition of the internalpolitical and economic geography of the highly centralized Indonesian state. Regional patterns of foreign and domestic investment and expenditures by provinces. - (DWG)
This paper analyses the recent urban politics of the city of Barcelona, bearing in mind the physical and political background. The main goal of this analysis is the process of internalisation of the city as well as its aims and effects
. The conclusions point out some problems related with the political organization and social cohesion that will deeply concern the future of cities. - (AAG)
Is Politics Behind Trade? The Impact of International Trends and Diplomatic Action on Brazil's Exports during Globalisation
Brazil ; Diplomacy ; Economy ; Export ; Foreign policy ; Global South ; Globalization ; International relations ; Political geography ; Political party ; Trade ; Trade agreement ; exports ; foreign policy ; globalisation ; trade
This article examines the impact of international trends and diplomatic action on Brazil's exports during globalisation. It shows how structural factors, rather than diplomatic action, influenced the direction of Brazil's exports as the country
Conflict ; Europe ; Falkland Islands ; Latin America ; Political geography ; Political party
This article analyzes the way in which the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) War affected the Socialist International’s plan, within the framework of a changing international environment, to consolidate flexible alliances among political parties
of distinct geographies and ideologies in order to sustain its expansion outside of Europe. The article characterizes the positions adopted by Latin American and European political parties and members of the Socialist International, exploring their different
visions of the conflict and evaluating the impact of those visions on interparty relations and the Socialist International’s regional strategies.
Implications of hydro-political dependency for international water cooperation and conflict : insights from new data
Conflict ; Cooperation ; Data ; Geopolitics ; Political geography ; Spatial analysis ; Water resources ; Watershed
The AA examine the implications of hydro-political dependency for international water cooperation and conflict through insights from new data. To do so, they develop a new geo-spatial dataset for water catchments worldwide. They discuss
–downstream dependencies turn out to have a very small to insignificant effect on international water cooperation or conflict.
Lost in translation : development politics in between the spaces of the cultural
L' A. propose un cadre théorique des différents espaces du culturel pour mieux appréhender les changements récents dus aux approches plus culturelles de la Banque mondiale et du Fond Monétaire International.
Australia and international treaties: population : Australian and international environment agreements
Attitude ; Australia ; Behaviour ; Economic aid ; International relations ; Man-environment relations ; North-South relations ; Population ; Population policy ; Population pressure
The paper presents an overview of Australia's international involvement in population issues and suggests that until recently Australia had played a minor political role in international population initiatives. It is surprising because Australia has
Althusserianism and the political culture of the Argentine New Left
Argentina ; Cultural policy ; Cultural studies ; Esthetics ; Ideology ; Political geography ; Political regime ; Twentieth Century
, scholar, and political activist whose writings left a mark on the Argentine historiography of Peronism. Second, it turns to Los Libros (1969–1976), a journal of cultural criticism run by a 1960 cohort of internationally renowned Argentine intellectuals
This article investigates the impact of Althusserianism on the cultural politics of the Argentine New Left during the late 1960s and early 1970s. First, it surveys the intellectual trajectory of Juan Carlos Portantiero, a New Left intellectual
. It analyzes the group’s Althusser-inspired intervention into contemporaneous debates on the meaning of Peronism and the link between aesthetics and politics. It concludes by registering the productive influence of Althusserianism on Argentine intellectual
The political economy of EEC relations with African, Caribbean and Pacific states. Contributions to the understanding of the Lomé Convention on North-South relations.
Afrique ; Antilles ; CEE ; Commerce international ; Convention de Lomé ; Economie ; Economie internationale ; Entreprise multinationale ; Europe ; Géographie humaine ; Investissement étranger ; Nouvel ordre économique international ; Pacifique, îles
Structural transformations of the world-economy in Political economy of the world-system annual. Volume 4.
Capitalisme ; Changement social ; Division internationale du travail ; Développement inégal ; Economie ; Géographie humaine ; Ordre économique international ; Société ; Sous-développement
Examen des transformations cycliques des structures sociales participant aux processus de production/accumulation au sein du système économique international.