Between Legibility and Alterity

2019 ◽  
pp. 213-274
Author(s):  
Michael Birenbaum Quintero
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Cultural Difference ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Black Identity ◽  
Traditional Music ◽  
The State ◽  
Black Artists ◽  
The Past ◽  
Local Activism ◽  
The Pacific

Chapter 5 discusses how, in the past three decades, black southern Pacific traditional music has been recast as a touchstone for cultural difference through its mobilization by black artists, activists, and intellectuals and the Colombian state. Positing black identity in Colombia depended on what might be called a politics of resemblance, the couching of local black cultural practices in such a way as to be recognizable as legitimate bearers of credible difference. Once adopted by the state in the 1991 multicultural Constitution, the music of the Pacific has been taken up in a context of neoliberal multiculturalism, as a resource for a variety of divergent and even contradictory agendas, including economic development, social amelioration, governance, and local activism.

Some Speculations on the Return of the Regions: Parallels with the Past

1978 ◽  
Vol 75 ◽  
pp. 623-638 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dorothy J. Solinger
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
The State ◽  
Economic Systems ◽  
State Council ◽  
Planning Commission ◽  
State Planning ◽  
The Past ◽  
State Planning Commission ◽  
Regional Basis

At the National Conference on Learning from Taching in Industry, held in Peking in May 1977, vice-premier of the State Council, Yu Ch'iu-li, first publicly mentioned the recreation of regional “economic systems.” Although there has been no reference to any administration for governing these regions, the use of the term “systems” (t'i-hsi), which must be “established,” suggests organized co-ordination on a regional basis. Several Hong Kong-based journals that report on current Chinese economic or political developments took note of Yu's remarks, speculating, respectively, that they were to serve economic development or defence goals, or that they might represent a concession to provincial leaders demanding autonomy. Thereafter, no further word of these regions surfaced for over four months. Then, in mid-September, in an article on socialist construction, the State Planning Commission drew attention again to these regions.

scholarly journals MARKET UPDATE IN POST-SOVIET KAZAKHSTAN

2021 ◽  
Vol 69 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anar Mami ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Market Economy ◽  
The State ◽  
Soviet Period ◽  
Market Reforms ◽  
Private Ownership ◽  
Current Crisis ◽  
Mixed Economy ◽  
The Past ◽  
Post Soviet Period

The article examines the results of market reforms in Kazakhstan in the post-Soviet period, comparing the past and present. For 30 years, the market economy has decided only some of the most pressing issues of the economy. The full transition to private ownership, which began in the 1990s, is already in its infancy. To get out of the current crisis in Kazakhstan, it is necessary to change the direction of economic development. The state must take responsibility for these changes. The result in the country should be a model of mixed economy, offering different forms of ownership. At the same time, the state must control the spheres that facilitate the lives of people and play a key role in the security of the country.

The Effects of Exogenous Bioregulators and Environment on Regular Cropping of Apple

HortScience ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 554e-555
Author(s):  
Kathleen M. Williams
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Northwest ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Fruit Size ◽  
Physiological Status ◽  
Naphthalene Acetic Acid ◽  
Crop Load ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Return Bloom

Use of exogenous bioregulators (“hormones”) to adjust crop load in apple remains challenging to both researchers and producers. These hormones are sensitive to the rate and timing of application, to the physiological status of the tree, the choice of orchard system, variety and rootstock, and a myriad of cultural practices and environmental factors. All classes of plant bioregulators have been used over the past 30 to 40 years as chemical thinning materials. Most of the standard postbloom thinning programs involve application of a synthetic auxin, such as naphthalene acetic acid (NAA) in combination with carbaryl, a commonly used insecticide. The mode of action of these two compounds is not clearly understood. Gibberellins generally have not been effective thinning materials because of the negative impact on return bloom. Ethylene-releasing compounds have been used successfully as postbloom thinning materials. And cytokinins, particularly synthetic sources such as 6-BA, have been shown to effectively thin fruit and to enhance fruit size on many commercial varieties. The rate and timing of 6-BA applications are particularly critical to obtain the desirable thinning and size responses. Overall, these bioregulators are sensitive to temperature. The use of bloom thinning compounds and their efficacy in the Pacific Northwest will be discussed in the context of return bloom.

scholarly journals 462 Nursery Management Offered Via Videotape for Place-bound Students

HortScience ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 473D-473
Author(s):  
Robert R. Tripepi
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Northwest ◽  
Subject Matter ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
The State ◽  
Plant Production ◽  
Final Exam ◽  
Landscape Plant ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Nursery Management ◽  
E Mail

Nursery management, a course covering practices involved in production of woody landscape plants, was developed for delivery to place-bound students at distant sites around the state. Course subject matter was divided into 41 modules and involved aspects of site selection, cost accounting, plant propagation, nursery trade associations, licensing, as well as container and field production practices. Each module began and ended with a 1- to 2-min introduction and summary to the subject matter, and these segments were taped on location at nurseries in the Pacific Northwest. The lecture portion of each module was taped in a multimedia classroom, and presentation software was used to present text, slides, drawings and animation. Videotape footage of some cultural practices was also inserted into lectures as a “field trip.” Students in the course also received a lecture note guide for all modules in the course. In Idaho, the videotapes were distributed to education centers around the state. The first time the course was offered, 11 students at distant sites and three time-constrained students on campus enrolled. Students contacted the instructor by phone or e-mail. Homework assignments were sent via FAX or e-mail attachments, and tests were sent to the education centers where proctors gave three exams and a final exam. All tests and homework assignments were graded by the instructor located on campus. A videotaped course in nursery management can adequately convey principles involved in landscape plant production, but logistics of mailing videotapes and grading assignments and tests should be carefully evaluated when deciding if a course should be offered at a distance.

scholarly journals POSITIVE EFFECTS OF IMPROVEMENTS IN THE FIELDS OF ENFORCEMENT AND TAX POLICIES IN SERBIA

2013 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nagy Attila
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
The State ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Long Period ◽  
The Past ◽  
Political Ideas ◽  
The Government ◽  
Debt Collection ◽  
The Eu

In this work we are dealing with the possible and more likely development ideas and opportunities which could happen in Serbia. These ideas are based on the Governmental policies and even more on the need of the Serbian economy and its citizens. For a long period of time the economy was struggling and every small step towards development is noticeable. Apart from having the same idea of joining the EU different governments in the past and now claim that they will lead Serbia on the shortest and most efficient path to the EU. Their political ideas differ somehow but certainly the decisions they are making are just following one pattern. Everyday citizens and businesses just experience the same as in any other country which has its economy in transition. Much depends on the determination to make a certain step towards economic development. Sometimes it looks like the steps were made with a big delay and that everyone except the government was ready to certain changes. Some big structural changes are not properly done and there is not enough care taken of parallel practices of states in transition. The new procedure of debt collection in Serbia is done with an intention to make debtors pay more easily. Unfortunately on the end we see that the system does not work perfectly since the state itself has some problems of getting its tax money collected. In every aspect of life we see a big influence of politics to the economy, some would say that there is no economy without being involved in politics. This unfortunate situation is following Serbia and many Western Balkan countries for a long period of time. It is hard to expect economic development with such a bad attitude which is somehow always proved in practice. The redistribution of wealth is also problematic, having in mind that the tax policy serves only as a tool to fill the budget which is anyway not just in the sense of just redistribution. The budget of Serbia has many loopholes and certainly the current economic development is not ready to support it. There is a clear need to adjust politics to economy and make the state treat better the hand which is feeding it.

Editor's Introduction to Part Two, "Crossing the Rivers of Time and Oceans of Culture: The Uses of Film in American-East Asian Relations"

2011 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Charles Hayford
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Difference ◽  
East Asian ◽  
Historical Change ◽  
The Other ◽  
Theme Issue ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Past ◽  
Analytic Truth ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
The Cost

AbstractThe Editor's Introduction to Part One of this two-part theme issue described the articles and offered thoughts on ways of looking at film in American-East Asian relations. This essay, the Introduction to Part Two, weighs the rewards and problems of using fiction film to represent history and other cultures. The dilemma inherent in fiction is that if we portray the past and foreign cultures as being "just like us," we gain immediacy and connection, but at the cost of ignoring cultural difference and historical change. On the other hand, if we respect the "strangeness of the past," we gain authenticity, analytic truth, and responsibility but invite sterility, academic solipsism, and isolation from the public. The essay concludes with a list of questions on how to learn about art, politics, and business when we compare film cultures and national projects across the Pacific.

Hegemonic Geographies of the Mexican Neoliberal State

2009 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michal Kohout
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Economic Model ◽  
The State ◽  
Political Elites ◽  
Regional Economic ◽  
Labor Politics ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Government ◽  
Regional Economic Model

I use Gramsci's notion of hegemony to analyze how Mexican governments have reproduced the neoliberal state over the past twenty-five years. Hegemony is a spatially-contingent process of consensus and coercion that explains how dominant economic and political policies take shape. In the case of Mexico, I examine the rise of new political elites (technocrats), their attempts at reshaping the corporatist consensus through social pacts, and their use of a regional economic model as national archetype for economic development. More specifically, this analysis employs labor politics to illustrate how the government uses consensus and coercion to maintain the state as the privileged space for shaping the hegemonic geographies of economic development in Mexico.

Shipbuilding and the State in Japan since the 1850s

1977 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 601-613 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seymour Broadbridge
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Significant Role ◽  
Economic History ◽  
Private Enterprise ◽  
Banking System ◽  
The State ◽  
The Past ◽  
Role Of The State ◽  
The Government

In the past decade or so there have been several critical revisions of the long-accepted view of the important role of the state in Japan's economic development and programme of modernization generally. Professor Harry Oshima has attempted to demolish the argument that the Meiji governments' policies were at all economically beneficial. On the contrary, he has said, those policies retarded growth, particularly through their neglect of agriculture. Professor Hugh Patrick has cautioned us against giving the Meiji governments too much credit for the development of the banking system. Private enterprise, he has insisted, was also important. Most recently, Professor Kozo Yamamura has delivered yet another broadside against what he considers the myths of Japanese economic history. This time he criticizes the view that the government, by intervening and pioneering model plants, played a significant role in Meiji Japan's industrial dcvelopment.

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