Renegotiating the empire, forging the nation (-state): the Bohemian/Czechoslovakian case through the political–economic thought of Thomas G. Masaryk and Karel Kramář, c. 1890–1920s

2017 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 632-650 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrian Brisku
Keyword(s):  
Prime Minister ◽  
Economic Thought ◽  
Nation State ◽  
Wealth Creation ◽  
National Wealth ◽  
Imperial Period ◽  
National Wealth Creation ◽  
New Nation ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
Political Actions

This article explores the dilemma of the small Bohemian Lands/Czechoslovak nation (-state) in staying “in” or “out” of the larger Habsburg supranational entity in the late nineteenth and the early twentieth century. It does so mainly through the language of political economy (on national wealth creation and redistribution) articulated in the opinions and political actions of Czechoslovakia's two founding statesmen, the first president, Thomas G. Masaryk, and the first prime minister, Karel Kramař. The article argues that their choice of staying “in” the large imperial space was premised upon renegotiating a better political and political–economic deal for the Bohemian Lands, whereas the option of abandoning it and of forging the Czechoslovak nation-state was essentially based on political reasons. And while both advocated an interventionist role for the state in the economy during the imperial period, they considered such a prerogative even more essential for their new nation-state.

Renegotiating the Empire, Forging the Nation-State: The Albanian Case through the Political Economic Thought of Ismail Qemali, Fan Noli, and Luigj Gurakuqi, c. 1890–1920s

2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 158-174
Author(s):  
Adrian Brisku
Keyword(s):  
National Development ◽  
Economic Thought ◽  
Nation State ◽  
Wealth Creation ◽  
Economic Space ◽  
Building Process ◽  
National Economic ◽  
National Economic Development ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
Late Ottoman

AbstractThis article examines historical positions regarding the question of the small nation-(state) of Albania remaining “in” the larger Ottoman supranational entity and “out” as independent nation-state during the late 19th and early 20th century. It does so mainly, but not only, through the language of political economy (wealth creation and redistribution) as articulated in the thoughts and deeds of three founding intellectual and political figures of the Albanian nation-(state): Ismail Qemali, Fan Noli, and Luigj Gurakuqi. While lacking a clear political-economic perspective for this emerging nation in the late Ottoman period, all the three figures maintained that as an independent, small nation-state, Albania could survive and perhaps thrive if its wealth and national economic development remained anchored within a larger political and economic space. More than Qemali, Gurakuqi, and Noli envisaged a greater state role in the country’s “national economy-building” process. But while Gurakuqi was more of a “nationalist” on wealth creation, Noli sought to pursue a more “radical,” redistributive path to national development.

SUPPLY CHAIN TECHNOLOGY UTILIZATION IN MALAYSIA CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

2015 ◽  
Vol 77 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zulkifli M. Udin ◽  
Abdul Aziz Othman ◽  
Azhar Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Chain Process ◽  
Wealth Creation ◽  
Technology Utilization ◽  
National Wealth ◽  
Main Driver ◽  
Supply Chain Process ◽  
National Wealth Creation

Supply Chain Technology (SCT) utilization becomes a phenomenon in the construction industry nowadays. The uses of these technologies have shown an improvement in construction business process particularly in planning and designing processes. These improvements significantly affect the performance of Supply Chain Management (SCM) in construction industry. The construction industry is critical for national wealth creation particularly in the developing countries such Malaysia. However, about five percent of construction projects were not able to be completed due to various reasons. Therefore, there is a great interest to find out the level of utilization of SCT within the construction industry, which is believed as a main driver to improve the SCM performance and directly reflect to the construction project performance. The objective of this paper is to identify and highlight the issues and problems associated with the current SCM practices, particularly in the technology utilization among the major players in the Malaysian construction industry.  To be more specifically, the type of application system that is being utilized in the Malaysian construction supply chain process will be identified.

Renegotiating the empire, forging the nation-state: The Georgian case through the political economic thought of Niko Nikoladze and Noe Zhordania, c. 1870-1920

2016 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 299-318 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrian Brisku
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual History ◽  
Economic Thought ◽  
The Political ◽  
Late Nineteenth Century ◽  
Nation State ◽  
Prime Ministers ◽  
Nation States ◽  
Late Nineteenth ◽  
History Approach ◽  
Political Economic

This article begins with an observation of a contemporary and yet reoccurring political dilemma that small nation-states face with respect to larger states in being either inside or outside of supranational political entities regarding political and economic asymmetries. Employing an intellectual history approach, the article explores this dilemma with reference to the Georgian nation in late-nineteenth century Tsarist Russia and the early twentieth century, when that territory briefly became a nation-state: It explores this through the language of political economy articulated in the thoughts and actions of two founding Georgian national intellectual and political figures, the statesman Niko Nikoladze and Noe Zhordania, who was one of the first prime ministers. It argues that conceiving of the nation(state) primarily in economic terms, as opposed to exclusively nationalist ones, was more conducive to the option of remaining inside a supranational space.

Industrialising English Law: Entrepreneurship and Business Organisation 1720–1844. By Ron Harris. [Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2000. xvi, 293 and (Appendices) 6, (Bibliography) 21 and (Index) 9 pp. Hardback £37.50 net. ISBN 0–521–66275–3.]

2002 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 463-492
Author(s):  
Nicholas Sinclair-Brown
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Wealth Creation ◽  
Cambridge University ◽  
Business Organisation ◽  
The Past ◽  
Public Purpose ◽  
National Wealth ◽  
Vested Interests ◽  
Technical Challenges ◽  
National Wealth Creation

During the past decade entrepreneurs have emerged as key figures in national wealth creation. This book serves as a reminder that they were not always so highly regarded and records the intense struggles by which the medieval public purpose corporation was adapted to the structural challenges wrought by the industrial revolution. These were not merely the technical challenges of developing appropriate legal mechanisms to balance the needs of management and investors but entailed the readjustment of a whole range of vested interests and conflicting ideologies.

scholarly journals From command to market-driven economy: the changing role of manufacturing industries in Romania

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 127-146
Author(s):  
Claudia Popescu ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Temporal Dynamics ◽  
Economic Restructuring ◽  
Foreign Direct Investments ◽  
Wealth Creation ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
National Wealth ◽  
Spatial Changes ◽  
Evolutionary Trajectories ◽  
National Wealth Creation ◽  
Changing Role

In 1990, Romania and other CEE countries embarked on a political shift that prompted radical structural and spatial changes in economic activities. Industrial restructuring holds a central role in strengthening both EU convergence and internal socioeconomic divergence. The aim of this paper is to discuss the contribution of manufacturing to national wealth creation, the attractiveness of industries to foreign direct investments, and the evolutionary trajectories of manufacturing employment and firms in conjunction with the pathways taken at the level of the national economy. To attain this aim, we analyse in detail the period between 2002 and 2019, looking at the temporal dynamics of the industry in times of growth and crisis. The changes discussed are typical of economic restructuring, with regions and urban centres experiencing a dramatic change in their economic roles and functions and increasing inequalities between metropolitan and non-core regions.

Productivity—health and wealth

2019 ◽  
pp. 14-21
Author(s):  
Mark Britnell
Keyword(s):  
Global Economy ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Wealth Creation ◽  
Short Term ◽  
National Wealth ◽  
Education Innovation ◽  
Increase Productivity ◽  
The Subject ◽  
National Wealth Creation

Although productivity is the ultimate engine of economic growth in the global economy, health leaders tend to avoid the subject. As a result, we are faced with a reality in which investment has been hampered. Instead of promoting productivity, national decision-makers have provided short-term decisions. These types of quick solutions and short-term thinking have prevented healthcare from making a substantial and sustainable contribution to national wealth creation through raised productivity. In this chapter, Mark Britnell outlines the goals of productivity within the healthcare sector. He discusses how education, innovation, technology, improved infrastructure, and enhanced business models increase productivity within healthcare.

Nation Building and Modern Architecture in Malaysia

2017 ◽  
pp. 30-37
Author(s):  
Nor Hayati Hussain
Keyword(s):  
Historical Development ◽  
Prime Minister ◽  
Nation Building ◽  
Modern Architecture ◽  
Architectural Practice ◽  
Architectural Language ◽  
New Nation ◽  
Political Economic

This paper explores the historical development of modern architecture in Malaysia, which is evident in the emerging architectural language; the efforts of the Federation of Malaya Society of Architects (later known as the Pertubuhan Akitek Malaysia); as well as the direction taken by the architectural practice in the country; all of which were driven by the prevailing political, economic as well as the socio-cultural attributes of the new nation, and the vision on Tunku Abdul Rahman, the first Prime Minister of the Federation of Malaya. The outcome of all these is an architecture that speaks of the nation’s modern society’s values and identity.

scholarly journals The Dilemma of Public–Private Partnerships as a Vehicle for the Provision of Regional Transport Infrastructure Development in Africa

2013 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Olabisi Delebayo Akinkugbe
Keyword(s):  
Financial Burden ◽  
Developmental State ◽  
Economic Thought ◽  
Transport Infrastructure ◽  
Public Private Partnerships ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Regional Transport ◽  
Regional Economic ◽  
Policy Goals ◽  
Political Economic

AbstractWith regional economic integration (REI) as a major strategy for development, the African continent hosts a plethora of regional economic communities of varying ambition longevity and success. While in the 1970s, political-economic ideas built mainly on the “developmental state” informed the design of most of these agreements, the change in economic thought in the 1980s which ushered in the “neoliberal turn” has since influenced the design of most REI schemes in Africa, including the New Partnership for African Development. However, among other factors, inadequate transport infrastructure linking regions poses a major impediment to regional trade and development in Africa. The more so as most African governments are not able to meet up with the financial burden, pace and managerial capability for the efficient provision and management of regional transport infrastructure. The article explores the dilemma associated with the adoption of Public–Private Partnerships (“PPP”) as a mechanism for the provision of regional transport infrastructure in Africa. While sourcing infrastructure provision through the PPP mechanism has significant advantages, it is however also embedded with a complex financial, contractual and legal process. First, it explores the theoretical assumptions which inform PPP based on ideologies within law and development debates. It argues that theoretically, PPPs are reflective of the neoliberal policy set. Against the trajectory of governance in Africa, it critically foregrounds insights that are derivable from an application of Path Dependency theory to the institutional change which comes with the planned adoption of PPP at the regional level. These insights are essential considerations for policy experts to bear in mind both while designing the regional institutional framework for PPP and during the implementation stage. Secondly, although most of the past initiatives for the provision of regional infrastructure have fallen short of their flamboyant development policy goals, the article argues that the recently initiated Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (“PIDA”) provides a new hope for the future of infrastructure development in the continent. The article contends that PIDA offers a legitimate platform which with the requisite support of the regional economic initiatives can generate the enabling environment for the implementation of successful regional PPP infrastructure projects.

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