Class, politics, and planning : from reductionism to pluralism in Marxist class analysis in Space and analytical political economy.
Analyse marxiste ; Capitalisme ; Classe sociale ; Facteur de production ; Géographie humaine ; HARVEY (D.) ; Idéologie ; Politique ; Rapports sociaux ; Système économique
What does the theory tell planners tell to do? This question can only be answered by conceiving of planning as a political activity, and by examining Marxian political theory which deals with its subject through the perspective of class conflict.
Placing power/siting space: the politics of global and local in the New World Order
Economic system ; Geopolitics ; Information ; National territory ; Political geography ; Power ; Social system ; Sovereignty ; State ; View of the world ; World economic order
Conception du monde ; Etat ; Géographie politique ; Géopolitique ; Information ; Ordre économique mondial ; Pouvoir ; Souveraineté ; Système social ; Système économique ; Territoire national
The logic of drawing political borders and defining national territory in space as it has been articulated by the theory of political realism is questioned. The dynamics of globalization operating in high-technology informational production systems
The state as container: territoriality in the modern world-system
Behaviour ; Democracy ; Historical geography ; Political geography ; Power ; State ; Territorial strategy ; Territoriality
Across the whole of our modern world, territory is directly linked to sovereignty to mould politics into a fundamentally state-centric social process: the state'scapture of politics is premissed upon territoriality. The domination of political
The seductions of resistance : power, politics, and a performative style of systems
Concept ; Pouvoir ; Pratique sociale ; Résistance ; Système ; Système social ; Théorie
Concept ; Power ; Social practice ; Social system ; System ; Theory
By illustrating the different ways that agents respond to a dominant system, resistance theory establishes that system as a preestablished entity, and it simultaneously reifies the system as primary. The A. argues that this problem is not indicative
of a flaw in the theory per se, but rather of a flaw in the conception of systems it operates with. He develops an alternative theory of systems that accounts for social coherence and stratified relations of power through creative forms of social practice
A systems analysis of political life in Systems behaviour, 2nd ed..
Environnement ; Géographie humaine ; Science politique ; Sciences sociales ; Système ; Système ouvert ; Vie politique
Introduction de l'analyse systémique en science politique. La vie politique, considérée comme un système ouvert est sujet aux influences de l'environnement. L'A. se base, pour ce bref exposé sur un ouvrage qu'il a écrit: A framework for political
Geographers and the politicalsystem or ''There are those who make things happen''
An examination of the working of the South African governmental system and their areas of operation. Two departments affecting the Black population are then examined in detail. - (AJC)
Civil society and support for the politicalsystem in times of crisis
Bolivie ; Crise politique ; Géographie politique ; Géographie sociale ; Mobilisation ; Mouvement social ; Organisation sociale ; Société civile ; Système politique
Bolivia ; Civil society ; Mobilisation ; Political geography ; Social geography ; Social movement ; Social organization
This article examines civil society support for the politicalsystem 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
actively facilitates political protest, civil society continues to be positively associated with support for the politicalsystem.
The regional problems of Hungary's transports system
Centralisation ; Hongrie ; Système de transports ; Transport
Centralisation ; Hungary ; Transport ; Transport system
An investigation of the regional problems of Hungary's transport system. The A. attributes the present extreme centrality of Hungary's transport system partly to political and economic interests, and the effects of the Trianon peace treaty. - (JS)
theoretical foci in political geography: systems approach, territoriality and spatial behavior. It is also possible to identify four themes or directive principles: the areal-differentiation theme, the spatial theme, the man-environment theme
, and the landscape theme. Six types of explanations were found in political geography: the cognitive description, the morphometric analysis, systems analysis, temporal explanation, functional-ecological and cause and effect explanations.
The political geography of the 1970s shows a more interdisciplinary nature either by the adoption of new research areas from other social sciences or by the adoption of new methods from the social sciences. It is possible to identify three major
The geographical structure of capitalism at the origin of cultural protest against globalization as expressed in contemporary politics of identity
Capitalism ; Civilization ; Cultural studies ; Far-right ; Hinduism ; Identity ; Islam ; Nationalism ; Policy ; Political party ; Power ; World system
Capitalisme ; Civilisation ; Culturel ; Extrême-droite ; Hindouisme ; Identité ; Islam ; Nationalisme ; Parti politique ; Politique ; Pouvoir ; Système-monde
The A. argues that the failure of capitalism to bring about universal prosperity is at the origin of the rise of the politics of identity. It fails to secure decent living conditions for unskilled workers in the core states of Western Europe
, and opportunities for social mobility for the equivalent of the European middle-class in the (semi)peripheral states. An analysis of three cases of politics of identity (islamism, Hindu nationalism and extreme right-wing nationalism in Europe) corroborates this view
Teaching political economy and social theory in human geography
Human geography ; Political geography ; Social structure ; Social theory ; Teaching of geography
Presents five themes useful in integrating into geography courses: 1) the historical specificity of geography; 2) interconnectness of regions; 3) interpenetration of human and biophysical systems; 4) centrality of culture and everyday life
in the creation of spatial relations; and 5) political economy as a means of comprehending social structure. - (DWG)
Dislocation of the state and the emergence of factional politics in post-revolutionary Iran
Conflict ; Iran ; Policy ; Political life ; Political regime ; Power ; Trade ; World system
Commerce ; Conflit ; Iran ; Politique ; Pouvoir ; Régime politique ; Système-monde ; Vie politique
et internationale, et de ses implications dans le cadre de dissensions politiques croissantes. Utilisation d'une perspective modifiée du système-monde.
Functional change and the settlement structure in Israel : a study of political control, response and adaptation
Espace rural ; Géographie de l'Asie ; Idéologie ; Israël ; Paysage culturel ; Peuplement ; Planification ; Politique régionale ; Système de peuplement
These changes are described in the context of the response offered by the highly centralized and bureaucratized planning establishment. The system of managerial and manipulated development of the landscape is discussed, these processes giving rise
to a specific form of socio-political space. - (DN)