Urban Societies and Dominant Political Coalitions in the Internationalization of Cities

10.1068/c0639 ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 374-390 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernard Jouve
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Political Institutions ◽  
Political Order ◽  
The Political ◽  
Global Level ◽  
Political Coalitions ◽  
Institutional Conditions ◽  
Security Questions ◽  
International Strategies

We are facing a transformation of the political order in which cities are becoming more and more important, partly in the field of economic development but also regarding security questions, specifically after 9 September 2001, such as cultural diversity, social cohesion, and sustainable development. The institutional conditions of governability have evolved during the last two decades. Cities develop strategies at the global level and promote different kinds of collective value. In this paper we aim to analyse these international strategies, their elaboration, and their implementation by using a comparison of Montreal, Paris, and Rome. The various strategies are analyzed as the outcome of dominant political coalitions between the political institutions and very specific segments of civil society.

scholarly journals GEOTOURISM IN BOSNIA AND HERZGOVINA - STATE AND DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVES

2018 ◽  
pp. 99-110
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Bosnia And Herzegovina ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Geological Heritage ◽  
Global Level ◽  
The World ◽  
Nature Park

Geodiversity presents overall diversity of relief shapes, processes and the diversity of landscape. It basically consists of geological, geomorphological and pedological diversity. The most interesting for tourism valorisation are karstic areas that cover over 50% of the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina. When it comes to geoparks, it is necessary to emphasize that such forms of protection have not yet been established in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The European Geopark Network exsist since 2000 and currently there are 140 geoparks in the 38 countries in Europe. Three geoparks stand out in our region; in Slovenia, Idrija and Karavanke (together with part in Austria) and Papuk in Croatia. Their main goals are promotion of geoheritage, protection of geodiversity and support of economic development through geotourism, with the inevitable participation of local communities. In the meantime, this initiative has been raised to a global level by including these areas in the newly adopted UNESCO program - International Geodetic and Geopark Program, which now has over 130 parks in 33 countries of the world. In our country, Blidinje Nature Park and the Protected landscape of Bijambare, have potential for becoming geopark. These parks would be based on promotion of the geological heritage, the geodiversity of the karst zone of Bosnia and Herzegovina, preservation of biodiversity and the protection of specific karst hydrography of this area. The plan for protecting these areas and potential admission to the European geopark network should primarily be based on a new legal framework and a plan that would include sustainable development of geotourism in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Introduction

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lee J. Alston ◽  
Marcus André Melo ◽  
Bernardo Mueller ◽  
Carlos Pereira
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Political Institutions ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Brazilian Society

This chapter considers Brazil's path to sustainable development in brief. It argues that development is contextual; that is, each country must find its own way. Brazil is no exception, hence the chapter makes a brief exploration of the changes in Brazil and the change in beliefs in Brazilian society, which later led to changes in economic and political institutions. Today, the dominant belief held among those in power as well as the majority of the population is in “fiscally sound social inclusion.” The chapter examines how this belief emerged and, moreover, what forces will sustain it. In doing so, the chapter places Brazil within the larger context of economic development in the modern world.

scholarly journals THE RISE OF THE CHINGGISID DYNASTY: PRE-MODERN EURASIAN POLITICAL ORDER AND CULTURE AT A GLANCE

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-84
Author(s):  
Lhamsuren Munkh-Erdene
Keyword(s):  
Political Institutions ◽  
Natural Law ◽  
Conventional Wisdom ◽  
Political Order ◽  
The Political ◽  
Leaders And Followers ◽  
Asian State ◽  
Dynastic Succession ◽  
As If

Analyzing the messages and the responses that Chinggis Khan sent to and received from Ong Khan and his allies after his defeat at the hands of the latter at the battle of Qalaqaljit Elet in the spring of 1203, and explicating the terms of cimar (chimar) and törü that appear in the messages, this article looks at the political order and culture where the Chinggisid state rose. The article argues that pre-modern Mongolian and Inner Asian politics was guided by the idea of törü, which resembles the Indo-Buddhist idea of dharma, the Chinese idea of dao, and the European idea of natural law. It also argues that the hereditary divisional system that the Inner Asian state builders regularly employed to govern their nomadic populations, the institutions of dynastic succession, and the hereditary rights of princes and the nobility for inheritance fundamentally structured Inner Asian politics. Hence, it questions the conventional wisdom that depicts pre-modern Inner Asian politics not only as pragmatic, fluid, and fractious but also dependent on the personal charisma of leadership, and the personal bond and loyalty between leaders and followers, as if it were lacking enduring social, political institutions and order.

Why Confucianism? Which Confucianism?

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-31
Author(s):  
Tongdong Bai
Keyword(s):  
Political Institutions ◽  
Institutional Design ◽  
Political Order ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
Political Reality ◽  
Moral Metaphysics

This chapter argues that early Confucians were revolutionaries with a conservative facade. According to this “progressive” reading, they tried to solve issues of modernity not by rejecting modernity but by embracing it, although some of their locutions seem to resonate with those widely used in the “good old days,” and they were not as resolute as thinkers from some other schools. Moreover, not accepting early Confucianism as a moral metaphysics, the chapter also rejects the reading that early Confucians tried to solve political issues by improving on people’s morals alone. Rather, the premise of its reading is that they apprehended the political concerns as primary and the ethical ones as secondary, a byproduct of their political concerns. They were concerned with reconstructing a political order and were thus open to the idea of institutional design, even though they themselves did not discuss it in detail. To take a continuous reading of early Confucianism by asking about which political institutions they would have in mind, especially in today’s political reality, would not be alien to Confucianism.

Sentientist Politics

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alasdair Cochrane
Keyword(s):  
Political Institutions ◽  
Political System ◽  
Political Order ◽  
The Political ◽  
The Public ◽  
Moral Agents ◽  
Shared Set ◽  
Political Implications ◽  
Widespread Agreement ◽  
Cosmopolitan Democracy

There is now widespread agreement that many non-human animals are sentient, and that this fact has important moral and political implications. Indeed, most are in agreement that animal sentience ought to constrain the actions of political institutions, limiting the harms that can be perpetrated against animals. The primary aim of this book is to show that the political implications of animal sentience go even further than this. For this book argues that sentience establishes a moral equality and a shared set of rights amongst those creatures who possess it. Crucially, this worth and these rights create a duty on moral agents to establish and maintain a political order dedicated to their interests. This book is devoted to sketching what this ‘sentientist politics’ might look like. It argues in favour of a ‘sentientist cosmopolitan democracy’: a global political system made up of overlapping local, national, regional, and global communities comprised of human and non-human members who exist within shared ‘communities of fate’. Furthermore, the institutions of those communities should be democratic—that is to say, participative, deliberative, and representative. Finally, those institutions should include dedicated representatives of non-human animals whose job should be to translate the interests of animals into deliberations over what is in the public good for their communities.

Sustainable Development in Russia: Specific Features of Transition Procedure

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ekaterina Grigoreva
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Economic Security ◽  
Economic Science ◽  
Global Level ◽  
Economic Interests ◽  
Development Models ◽  
Scientific Justification ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Transition Procedure

Current issues on economic security, preventing new challenges and threats to its strength and stability along with sustainable development of the regions require scientific background and scientific justification. New conceptual approaches to the mechanisms and methods are being searched for the purpose of the Russian Federation, as well as its constituent entities’, enterprises’ and organizations’, public and entrepreneurship activity spheres’ economic interests protection, which is reflected in the strategy of socio-economic development of the Russian regions. The article considers conceptual frameworks of sustainable ecological and economic development at a global level. It defines the concept of sustainable development in terms of economic science and the range of its problems. It also discusses debating points of experts and volunteer environmentalists concerning the transition procedure to sustainable development models in Russia.

scholarly journals Governance, Globalization, and Sustainable Development: A Conceptual Framework

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
Zechariah Langnel ◽  
Pairote Pathranarakul
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Political Institutions ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Institutional Quality ◽  
Environmental Problems ◽  
Level Of Economic Development ◽  
The Relationship

This paper proposes some assumptions on the intricate relationship between governance, globalization, and sustainable development. A literature-based analysis was used. We assume that because environmental problems are complex, multi-faced, and transboundary, the relationship between governance and sustainable development may not always be linear. With respect to political institutions, we propose that a democracy is most likely (than autocracy) to promote sustainable development. The paper further signals that though globalization is likely to exert a negative impact on sustainable development, the relationship may be moderated by the level of economic development as well as the institutional quality. These assumptions will help researchers and practitioners in sustainability studies and other allied fields.

Management of the Political Enterprise in the Service of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Cosmopolitan Society

2022 ◽  
pp. 50-66
Author(s):  
Jacob Dahl Rendtorff
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Political Community ◽  
Political Order ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Values ◽  
Contemporary Debate ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Social Agent ◽  
Development Goals

This chapter proposes to analyze the theory of the political enterprise with focus on the concept of ethical values-driven management in the contemporary debate on the politization of business in service of sustainability in cosmopolitan society. By service of cosmopolitan society of the political enterprise the chapter investigates the idea of the political enterprise as being a responsible political, ethical, and social agent with focus on the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that are required to justify its mission and role in society as a political actor that makes a different for its social and political community. The company is embedded in a social and political order with a diversity of political values, and the discussion about the meaning of the concept of values-driven management is therefore fundamental if one is to analyze the concept of the political enterprise in service of the Sustainable Development Goals.

SOLUTIONS SUPPORTING FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF ETHNIC MINORITY AND MOUNTAINOUS AREAS

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nguyen Duy Dung
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Ethnic Minority ◽  
Ethnic Minorities ◽  
Spiritual Life ◽  
The Political ◽  
Mountainous Areas ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Right

Ethnic minority and mountainous areas are considered to be strategically important especially in the political, socio-economic, defense and security fields of the country. In the past years, thanks to the deep concern of the Party and State, the material and spiritual life of ethnic minorities has changed and gradually improved. Apart from the achievements, up to now, the socio-economy of the ethnic minority and mountainous areas are still lagging behind the rest of the country, the lives of ethnic minorities are still difficult. One of the main causes is “Lack of capital for development investment”, which is a big obstacle for the region’s economic development. From the above issues, recognizing the right challenges to the development of ethnic minority and mountainous areas to find solutions for development to be a process that needs to be addressed, studied.

scholarly journals Lord Acton’s “Organic” Liberalism and His Best Practical Regime

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
pp. 101-119
Author(s):  
Chris Lazarski ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
Political Institutions ◽  
Social Engineering ◽  
Political Order ◽  
The Political ◽  
Evolutionary Trend ◽  
Political Regimes ◽  
Political Practice ◽  
Organic Growth

This article focuses on a forgotten evolutionary trend of liberalism clearly visible in Lord Acton’s writing. According to him, liberalism has roots not only in the theories of early modern thinkers but also in political practice, as seen in English and American political regimes of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The first—doctrinaire liberalism—aims at changing the political order by appealing to higher principles and resorts to social engineering and coercion. The second rests on the organic growth of existing political institutions, laws and customs. Acton claims that only the latter is truly liberal, while the former is in fact illiberal.

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