The political geography of anti-Traveller racism in Ireland : the politics of exclusion and the geography of closure
The paper places anti-Traveller and anti-Gypsy racism within a wider discourse on progress and development. It was accentuated by the growth of nationalism and emergence of Social Darwinism. The A. focuses on the Irish travellers and looks
Anti-urbanism in Flanders : the political and social consequences of a spatial class struggle strategy
Belgium ; Election ; Electoral behaviour ; Flanders ; Political geography ; Political party
La lutte des classes a produit un sentiment anti-urbain profond en Flandre. Les ouvriers ont été maintenus hors des villes par les politiques du logement et de la mobilité, d'où l'hégémonie politique traditionnelle des chrétiens en Flandre. Examen
de la géographie des dernières élections parlementaires. A la lumière de l'anti-urbanisme, elles présentent des changements spatiaux importants : les libéraux ont remplacé les chrétiens au coeur de la Flandre. Les effets culturels régressifs de l'anti
Clustering as anti-politics machine ? Situating the politics of regional economic development and Malaysia's Multimedia Super Corridor
Théorisation du regroupement comme fixation géographique et machine anti-politique. Développement régional et inégalités en Malaisie. Le Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) comme regroupement. Le MSC et l'échec du regroupement.
Bridging East and West : Muslim-identified activists and organisations in the UK anti-war movements
Through interviews with Muslim-identified and other British anti-war activists, the paper traces the making of a new bridge between the East and the West. It then goes on to examine the limitations of this political model and describe the search
for political relationships that would mobilise Muslim identities in more subtle ways and speak past rather than against contemporary Orientalism.
Strategy (NCCRS), and argues that Kenya's adaptation discourse is driven by particular imaginaries, specifically: adaptation as a ‘universal apocalypse’, and adaptation as a technical-economic problem. These function as deliberate anti-political strategies
Climate change is increasingly discussed in apocalyptic terms, a spectre-invoking crisis discourse that simultaneously legitimises society-wide action, while de-politicising this very political issue. This paper examines the depoliticisation
, aimed at obscuring the highly charged realities of adaptation. For Kenya's current political elite adaptation is predominantly a matter of reducing the perceived risks to economic growth, and enhancing opportunities to gain revenue from international
funding sources. This is achieved through a discursive construction of a particular vision of adaptation, and against a backdrop of a capitalist strategy for growth. The paper concludes that a critical and political interpretation of the NCCRS and similar
The anti-politics machine : GIS and the reconstruction of the Johannesburg local state
Administrative division ; Automated mapping ; Geographical information system ; Johannesburg ; Local authority ; Political geography ; South Africa ; Urban area ; Urban planning
L'accent est mis sur le rôle de la technologie (systèmes d'information géographique) dans la transformation des limites du gouvernement local de cette ville. Etablissant un parallélisme avec la machine anti-politique de Ferguson, les AA. montrent
Urban policy mobility, anti-politics, and histories of the transnational municipal movement
20e siècles, mais aussi sur ses observations relatives à la mobilité de la politique urbaine contemporaine. Sa circulation en ce début de 21e siècle apparaît désorganisée, spatialement extensive, rapide et anti-politique.
Secessionist automobility : racism, anti-urbanism, and the politics of automobility in Atlanta, Georgia
, l'automobile servant de rupture spatiale : celle-ci est liée à la politique d'exclusion de l'espace urbain en fonction de la race, et aussi à des formes plus subtiles de sécession spatiale ancrées dans des idéologies anti-urbaines.
Civilization ; Core-periphery ; Cultural geography ; Cultural landscape ; Ethnic group ; History ; Ideology ; Literature ; Political geography ; United States
L'auteur américain de nouvelles historiques et populaires Kenneth Roberts s'est servi des concepts géographiques de centre-périphérie pour promouvoir ses philosophies anti-immigrants et anti-Amérindiens. Ainsi, l'ordre, la sécurité et la féminité du
Anti-colonialisme ; Biographie ; Histoire de la géographie ; SURET-CANALE (J.) ; Siècle 20
Jean Suret-Canale (1921-2007) was an anti-colonialist geographer, better known as an historian of sub-Saharan Africa, whose position on the far left of politics created complexities in his professional life (as a secondary teacher, and researcher
Activism ; Afghanistan ; Community ; Discourse ; Identity ; Imperialism ; Iraq ; Nationalism ; Organization ; Political geography ; Social geography ; United Kingdom ; War
L'A. décrit le discours anti-impérialiste des activistes dans leur quotidien et les différents lieux et formes d'expression. Il analyse trois communautés politisées qui mobilisent différentes traditions dans leur opposition aux guerres menées en
Anti-semitism ; Geopolitics ; German school ; Germany ; History of geography ; Jews ; Political geography ; Racism ; Twentieth Century ; Years 1900-09 ; Years 1910-19 ; Years 1920-29 ; Years 1930-39 ; Years 1940-49
From Protest to Proposal: The Contentious Politics of the Nicaraguan Anti-Water Privatisation Social Movement
Activism ; Civil society ; Legislation ; Nicaragua ; Political geography ; Privatisation ; Role of the State ; Social movement ; Water ; Water management ; basic services ; contentious politics ; democratisation ; privatisation ; water
economic agendas. However, few studies have examined the ways in which activists move from protest to proactive policy formation in these cases of ‘contentious politics'. Drawing on extensive field research, I argue that the Nicaraguan anti-water
From militant particularism to anti-neoliberalism ? the anti-Enron movement in India
Activism ; Electricity ; Environmental conservation ; Factory ; India ; Maharashtra ; Neo liberalism ; Political geography ; Political party ; Project ; Regional economy ; Social movement ; Venture capital ; Working class
Behaviour ; Berkshire ; Cultural studies ; England ; Military base ; Pacifist movement ; Political geography ; United Kingdom ; Woman
1983 was the year of the cruise's arrival at the US Airforce Base of Greenham (Berkshire, England). Nuclear disarmament became the main issue in the political campaigns for the general elections. Inside the anti-nuclear group, there was a group
of women that marched from Cardiff to Greenham. They were camping outside the gates in the Peace Camp. The actions and the carnival of these women raise important questions concerning political protest in general.