Transformation of the Czech society and economy and energy industry
Czech Republic ; Economic restructuring ; Electricity ; Energy ; Industry ; Social change ; Society
The transformation of Czech society, economy and industry after 1989 with special attention of energy and power production. The republic faces many problems connected with social, political, economic, industrial, energy, regional, localisation
Association de géographie ; Etats-Unis ; Généralités sur la géographie ; Histoire de la géographie ; National Geographic Society ; Pratique de la géographie ; Rôle du géographe ; Société ; Vulgarisation
Histoire et rôle de la National Geographic Society, par son président. Activités de vulgarisation, mais aussi de recherche et d'exploration| mécénat. Rôle de la discipline dans la société actuelle et future. (Vnm).
The National Geographic Society's Teaching Geography Project
Development, objectives, and impacts of the « Teaching Geography Project », a program begun in 1988 funded by the National Geographic Society to provide one-day workshops across the USA. Guidance is offered for geography workshop planners
A hundred years of the National Geographic Society
Association de géographie ; Etats-Unis ; Généralités sur la géographie ; Histoire de la géographie ; National Geographic Society ; Pratique de la géographie
Inhuman/nonhuman/human : actor-network theory and the prospects for a nondualistic and symmetrical perspective on nature and society
Social sciences ; Social theory ; Society-environment relationship ; Sociology ; Technology ; Theory
In large part the human-centredness of much social science derives from a sharp divide, a dualism, between nature and society and between the work of natural and human scientists. The A. considers one attempt to transgress this divide and assess
the prospects for theories of this kind. Particular emphasis is on the transgression of the nature-society distinction in actor-network theory.
Environment, society and geographical organization: the problem of integral knowledge
Classification ; Environment ; Geography ; Inter-disciplinary approach ; Organization ; Philosophy of sciences ; Social sciences ; Society ; Society-environment relationship ; System
. The A. attempts to specify the regularities showing the organisation of complex systems. The combination of the principles of regularities and differentiation enables us to understand the nature of developmeent of society in the environment.
Buddhism ; Cultural studies ; Democracy ; Human rights ; Ideology ; Political geography ; Religion ; Society ; Thailand ; Tradition
The author explains the Thai society and its main ideological concepts. The idea of “democratic government headed by the King” and its understanding of democracy and human rights is developed. The quest for rapid social changes stimulates
a will to reaffirm an identity which is anchored in history and mostly in Buddhist traditions. A chapter is devoted to the identity. The three institutions: Nation, Religion and King integrate (history, society and people). - (GL)
societies articulate knowledge about climate and the environment, and how they respond to climatic variability. The study draws on Mexico's rich colonial archives and provides a historical perspectives on the complex relationship between climate
Gunung Mulu National Park, Sarawak. Die Gunung Mulu-Expedition der Royal Geographical Society, London, 1977-78. (Le parc national de Gunung Mulu, Sarawak. L'expédition de la Royal Geographical Society de Londres, 1977-78, au Gunung Mulu)
Excursion géographique ; Forêt tropicale ; Gunung Mulu ; Géographie de l'Asie ; Philippines ; Royal Geographical Society ; Sarawak ; Zone intertropicale
Civil society and support for the political system in times of crisis
Bolivia ; Civil society ; Mobilisation ; Political geography ; Social geography ; Social movement ; Social organization
This article examines civil society support for the political system in times of crisis in Bolivia in 2004. It finds that membership in civil society organizations leads to higher levels of diffuse support and even among those who have recently
participated in protest. Civil society, however, is not associated with higher support for government during the crisis. Despite extremely high levels of mobilization, extreme dissatisfaction with government, and evidence that membership in associations
actively facilitates political protest, civil society continues to be positively associated with support for the political system.
Nederland op weg naar een post-industriële samenleving?. (Is the Dutch society a post-industrial society?)
Collection papers presented at the VGUS-congress (1977). Central theme: Will the present development in our society give rise to another type of society. What are the spatial consequences of the expected developments and what are the possibilities
for the government to cope with the resulting problems. The book contains three parts. In part A a discussion of the socio-economic characteristics of the post-industrial society, in part B a treatment of the spatial consequences (especially the problem of mobility
Making civil society work : contracting, cosmopolitanism and community development in Tanzania
Civil society ; Development ; Empowerment ; Non-governmental organization ; Rural area ; Rural community ; Tanzania ; Volunteering
Realising this development donor civil society template in the forms of organisations demands specific kinds of work through which civil society comes to be enabled as an actor in development. This work can be characterised as contracting
, volunteering, and scalar work. The paper examines the scope and constitution of civil society work in two rural districts of Tanzania.
Labor, capital and class struggle around the built environment in advanced capitalist societies in Urbanization and conflict in market societies.
that capitalist society must of necessity create a physical landscape a mass of humanly constructed physical resources in its own image, broadly appropriate to the purposes of production and reproduction| and that this process of creating space is full
of contradictions and tensions and that the class relations in capitalist society inevitably spawn strong crosscurrents of conflict. (L'Auteur).
The new regional geography in the postindustrial society context
We are facing changes that will result into a new-type society. There are also conditions for a new regional geography. It should be to a greater extend oriented towards external relations in the globalized world and regional transformations