Theory and Practice of Regional Integration: The Case of Comecon

1970 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 942-977 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrzej Korbonski
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
Regional Integration ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Theory Building ◽  
History Of

It is generally recognized that the last decade or so witnessed a proliferation of studies dealing with different aspects of regional integration. While most of them discussed the origin and history of various international organizations, some, especially those of a more recent vintage, ventured into the thicket of theory building in an effort to engage eventually in some kind of comparative analysis.

Part III Regimes and Doctrines, Ch.31 Theorizing International Organizations

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Klabbers Jan
Keyword(s):  
Global Health ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
Legal Theory ◽  
Atomic Energy ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Law

This chapter outlines a broad history of the development of thinking about the law of international organizations, with a focus on the legal theory of functionalism, as well as a discussion on the latter’s considerable strengths and weaknesses. Functionalism holds that states create international organizations to do things they are unable or reluctant to do on their own, yet consider inherently useful: organize postal relations, control the uses of atomic energy, regulate global health, etc. The chapter also includes a brief discussion of scholarship regarding international organizations in the broader academic landscape, with the concluding section hinting at a few challenges for both theory and practice.

Al-Jazari’s Water Clocks

Nuncius ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
Yousef Yassi
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Fluid Mechanics ◽  
History Of Science ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
12Th Century ◽  
History Of ◽  
Design And Manufacture ◽  
Mechanical Arts

The water clocks of the 12th-century Islamic scientist Ismail Al-Jazari may be regarded as among the most outstanding engineering masterpieces in the history of science and technology in Persia. His other works testify to his remarkable ability in design methodology and in different aspects of mechanical engineering design and manufacture such as robotics, fluid mechanics, strength of materials, and statics. In this study in experimental archaeology two of his water clocks – namely the dragon clock and the peacock clock – were considered for the purposes of making working reconstructions. The historical background, design details, and a technical and comparative analysis of these inventions are presented here. Replicas were constructed in accordance with the indications provided in Al-Jazari’s A Compendium on the Theory and Practice of the Mechanical Arts and tests have shown that both clocks operated exactly as described in his book, and with an acceptable degree of precision.

scholarly journals PERSPECTIVE COOPERATION OF UZBEKISTAN WITH ISLAMIC EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION (ICESCO)

2020 ◽  
Vol 01 (01) ◽  
pp. 152-161
Author(s):  
Shakhzod Timurovich Khatamov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
Regional Integration ◽  
Economic Potential ◽  
Full Member ◽  
Multilateral Cooperation ◽  
Cultural Organization ◽  
History Of Development ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Republic

This article provides information the history of development of Uzbekistan's relations with ICESCO, Uzbekistan, as a full member of the OIC, plays an important role in its huge social, spiritual and economic potential. A number of countries around the world, especially in the foreign policy of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Central Asia, international relations, including cooperation with the world's leading countries and international organizations, issues of bilateral and multilateral cooperation in the priority areas of sustainable development, regional integration processes research is underway.

Apocrypha from the History of the Jewish Military Union and its Authors

2008 ◽  
pp. 147-176
Author(s):  
Dariusz Libionka
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Communist Regime ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Warsaw Ghetto ◽  
History Of

This article is an attempt at a critical analysis of the history of the Jewish Fighting Union (JFU) and a presentation of their authors based on documents kept in the archives of the Institute of National Remembrance in Warsaw. The author believes that an uncritical approach and such a treatment of these materials, which were generated under the communist regime and used for political purposes resulted in a perverted and lasting picture of the history of this fighting organisation of Zionists-revisionists both in Poland and Israel. The author has focused on a deconsturction of the most important and best known “testimonies regarding the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising”, the development and JFU participation in this struggle, given by Henryk Iwaƒski, WΠadysΠaw Zajdler, Tadeusz Bednarczyk and Janusz Ketling–Szemley.A comparative analysis of these materials, supplemented by important details of their war-time and postwar biographies, leaves no doubt as to the fact that they should not be analysed in terms of their historical credibility and leads one to conclude that a profound revision of research approach to JFU history is necessary.

Global Development

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Lorenzini
Keyword(s):  
Cold War ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
Development Aid ◽  
Global Perspective ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
Berlin Wall ◽  
History Of Development ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Cold War

In the Cold War, “development” was a catchphrase that came to signify progress, modernity, and economic growth. Development aid was closely aligned with the security concerns of the great powers, for whom infrastructure and development projects were ideological tools for conquering hearts and minds around the globe, from Europe and Africa to Asia and Latin America. This book provides a global history of development, drawing on a wealth of archival evidence to offer a panoramic and multifaceted portrait of a Cold War phenomenon that transformed the modern world. Taking readers from the aftermath of the Second World War to the tearing down of the Berlin Wall, the book shows how development projects altered local realities, transnational interactions, and even ideas about development itself. The book shines new light on the international organizations behind these projects—examining their strategies and priorities and assessing the actual results on the ground—and it also gives voice to the recipients of development aid. It shows how the Cold War shaped the global ambitions of development on both sides of the Iron Curtain, and how international organizations promoted an unrealistically harmonious vision of development that did not reflect local and international differences. The book presents a global perspective on Cold War development, demonstrating how its impacts are still being felt today.

Consortium of European Research Libraries 2008: New Challenges

2009 ◽  
pp. 80-84
Author(s):  
Nailya F. Verbina ◽  
Andrei C. Masevich
Keyword(s):  
International Organizations ◽  
International Research ◽  
Book History ◽  
Bibliographic Database ◽  
European Research ◽  
Research Libraries ◽  
International Research Institute ◽  
History Of ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
History Of Culture

On the activities of one of the most significant international organizations connected with research of book history - Consortium of European Research Libraries. The creation of a bibliographic database of the printed book from 1452 to 1830, which was supposed to collect materials from libraries of Europe, was the goal of Consortium since the beginning of its foundation. The authors of the article write that today the activities of the Consortium is much broader, it turns into international research institute on the history of culture.

THE TIMURID PERIOD FROM THE HISTORY OF THE FINE ARTS

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 28-33
Author(s):  
Ulug'bek Kuryazov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Fine Arts ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of

The article examines the works of scholars in the study of the history of fine arts, in particular miniatures of the Amir Temur era and temurids. Special attention is paid to the history of the creativity of Mirak Nakkosh and the outstanding miniaturist Kamoliddin Behzod. A comparative analysis of several miniature works is given. As well as analyzed some miniatures stored in the collections of museums and libraries of the world

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