Provincializing planning: Reflections on spatial ordering and imperial power

Planning Theory ◽

10.1177/14730952211026697 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 147309522110266

Author(s):

Yasminah Beebeejaun

Keyword(s):

Town Planning ◽

Colonial Legacy ◽

Starting Point ◽

Imperial Power ◽

Racial Differentiation ◽

Professional Field ◽

Spatial Ordering ◽

British Planning

This paper takes the development of the British town planning movement as its starting point to explore a series of challenges for the discipline’s historiography. The emergence of the professional field involved the circulation of ideas beyond the metropolitan core to colonial territories with spatial interventions that were deemed both physically and morally beneficial. The paper explores the role played by the discipline in developing spatialized forms of ethnic and racial differentiation within colonial territories. I conclude that British planning has largely ignored its own historiography, including the colonial legacy, enabling the discipline to assert its role as a socially progressive profession.

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Could performance audits promote governance effectively? The case of the Spanish municipalities.

Lex localis - Journal of Local Self-Government ◽

10.4335/12.4.829-849(2014) ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 12 (4) ◽

pp. 829-849

Author(s):

Carolina Pontones Rosa ◽

Rosario Pérez Morote ◽

Clara Isabel Muñoz Colomina

Keyword(s):

Empirical Literature ◽

External Auditors ◽

The Public ◽

Public Managers ◽

Starting Point ◽

Close Relationship ◽

Local Politicians ◽

Professional Field ◽

Performance Auditing ◽

The Empirical Analysis

Using as a starting point the close relationship between the concepts of governance, control and public auditing, this article puts forward the idea of introducing a set of roles and measures in the exercise of external performance auditing, one which would raise the efficiency of audit control in the field of governance. Specifically, it posits a hypothesis regarding how these proposals make a contribution to two essential aspects of local public life: citizens´ participation and the fight against fraud. The work takes Spain as the scene and analyzes its deficiencies and opportunities from a reformist viewpoint. The empirical analysis takes into account the opinions of the main interest groups in local government: internal and external auditors, local politicians, public managers and members of the public represented by local participatory committees. In this way the writers aim to make a contribution to the slim amount of empirical literature existing in this field and suggest ways to make improvements in the professional field of auditing and its national configuration.

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Self-determination in Oceania

Race & Class ◽

10.1177/0306396807073854 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 48 (3) ◽

pp. 29-46 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Terence Wesley-Smith

Keyword(s):

State Formation ◽

Political Development ◽

Pacific Islands ◽

Linguistic Diversity ◽

Self Determination ◽

True Self ◽

Colonial Legacy ◽

The Pacific ◽

Starting Point ◽

Nation State Formation

The interplay between national self-determination, the colonial legacy, the concept of sovereignty and the nature of state formation is what is at issue in any understanding of political development in the Pacific Islands. These complex territorial entities, scattered over thousands of square miles of ocean, embrace a vast range of cultural, geographical and linguistic diversity. Indigenous social and political organisation has been overlaid by arbitrary colonial divisions, and a model of western-style nation state formation promulgated by UN agencies. In the event, many of the fundamental economic and political problems of these societies have never been properly addressed-a situation exacerbated by the growing recourse to interventionism against ‘failed’ states by the most powerful. Any starting point for true self-determination in Oceania has to be found in indigenous practices of self-government.

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Rural Health under Colonialism and Neocolonialism: A Survey of the Ghanaian Experience

International Journal of Health Services ◽

10.2190/17yt-u91j-cdn5-mjx2 ◽

1982 ◽

Vol 12 (4) ◽

pp. 637-657 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

Thomas Akwasi Aidoo

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Rural Health ◽

Structural Transformation ◽

Critical Review ◽

Health It ◽

Post Colonial ◽

Colonial Legacy ◽

Starting Point ◽

The Impact ◽

Mode Of Production

This paper discusses some of the implications of colonialism and neocolonialism for rural health in Ghana. The starting point for discussion is a critical review of the dominant ahistorical, atheoretical, and technocratic conception of the underdevelopment of rural health. It is argued that the problems of rural health cannot be fully explained without a consideration of Ghana's colonial and neocolonial experiences. It is necessary to examine the impact of the colonial capitalist mode of production on rural health and health care, as well as the mechanisms underlying the post-colonial entrenchment of the colonial legacy. The implications of the reformist approach to the problems of health are examined, and the possibility of a structural transformationist solution, which must start from the elimination of imperialist control, is assessed. It is concluded that the Ghanaian social formation, given its current constitution and crises, makes structural transformation the only viable alternative to solving the problems of rural health.

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Colonizing Taiwan

10.1525/california/9780520225510.003.0001 ◽

2012 ◽

Author(s):

Leo T. S. Ching

Keyword(s):

Primary Objective ◽

Japanese Empire ◽

Japanese Colonialism ◽

Japanese Imperialism ◽

Colonial Legacy ◽

Imperial Power ◽

Japanese Colonial ◽

Historical Relationship ◽

Relationship Of

Taiwan was the first acquired country to be placed on the Japanese overseas empire after the resounding victories of the Sino-Japanese War in 1895. This acquisition was not a primary objective of the Japanese imperial power, but it was a desire to undermine and to unseat Chinese influence over the strategic positions of Korea and southern Manchuria that encouraged Japanese aggression. The incorporation of Taiwan into the Japanese Empire reveals the particular historical relationship of Japanese colonialism in the geopolitics of global colonialism. The author emphasizes two issues in this chapter: (1) the particularization of Japanese imperialism and colonialism are different and unique, highlighting the interrelationship and interdependency of the Japanese case with the generality of global capitalist colonialism; and (2) the lack of the decolonization process in the separation of the Japanese Empire has prevented both Japan and Taiwan from addressing and confronting their colonial relationship and the overall Japanese colonial legacy.

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Negotiating Cultures

10.1093/oso/9780199479580.001.0001 ◽

2018 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Pilar Maria Guerrieri

Keyword(s):

Transition Period ◽

Active Role ◽

Town Planning ◽

New Delhi ◽

Local Conditions ◽

Architectural Elements ◽

Architectural Styles ◽

Complex Process ◽

Starting Point ◽

The City

This book focuses on the city of Delhi, one of the largest mega-cities in the world, and examines—from a historical perspective—the processes of hybridization between cultures within its local architecture and urban planning from 1912, when the British Town Planning Committee for New Delhi was formed, to 1962, when the first Master plan was implemented. The research originates directly from primary documents and examines how and to what extent the city plans, the neighbourhoods, the types of residential, public buildings and the architectural styles have changed over time. The analysis of architectural elements, the city and its intricacies, is in itself useful to understand how foreign models were adopted, how much resistance was encountered, and how much adaptation there was to local conditions. The book establishes and demonstrates that Delhi has played an active role in the complex process of hybridization in both the pre- and post-Independence periods, developing its own character as opposed to merely accepting what was brought from abroad. Both periods have been characterized by a resilient and continuing compromise between indigenous and foreign elements and thus the post-1947 period cannot be construed as more ‘indigenous’ than that which preceded it. Delhi can be considered to be a comprehensive model or case study of the intermingling and conflict of cultures; its initial transition period, when the actual mega-city was born, gives an important starting point to critically investigate the current phenomenon of globalization.

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The Real History of Protestantism: Thomas Carlyle and the Spirit of Reformation

Bulletin of the John Rylands Library ◽

10.7227/bjrl.90.1.14 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 90 (1) ◽

pp. 305-322 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

John Morrow

Keyword(s):

Human Development ◽

Thomas Carlyle ◽

The Real ◽

Starting Point ◽

The Reformation ◽

Imperial Power ◽

Transformative Action ◽

History Of ◽

Modern Europe

Carlyle regarded the Reformation as a seminal event in the history of modern Europe, the starting point of an ongoing stage in human development. Reformation Protestantism gave birth to a more general and pervasive spirit of ‘reformation’ that Carlyle identified with the moral destiny of all individuals and communities. These qualities were epitomized by heroic figures such as Luther and Cromwell but they were also embedded in cultures that responded productively to the ongoing challenge of reformation. Having traced the history of the ethos of reformation through English Puritanism and in the commitment to transformative action or ‘work’ that gave rise to Britains emergence as a leading industrial and imperial power, Carlyle brought this reinvention of the Reformation to bear in his critique of the counter-reforming tendencies in early Victorian society that he saw as posing a profound threat to it.

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Scandal and Secrecy in the History of the Nineteenth-Century British Empire

The Historical Journal ◽

10.1017/s0018246x21000066 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-25

Author(s):

Callie Wilkinson

Keyword(s):

Nineteenth Century ◽

Case Studies ◽

British Empire ◽

The Political ◽

General Picture ◽

Future Studies ◽

Starting Point ◽

Imperial Power ◽

History Of

Abstract For historians of empire, scandals provide a useful starting point for investigating how the operations of imperial power were contested and reworked in moments of crisis. Yet, existing scholarship on imperial scandal consists mostly of case-studies that do not always reflect on the larger trend of which they are a part. This review draws on six accounts of imperial scandals to produce a general picture of the characteristics and functions of scandals in the historiography of the nineteenth-century British empire. What this comparison suggests is that imperial scandals possessed distinctive stakes and seem, as a result, to have represented periodic ruptures in longer-term patterns of local silence and complicity. Scandals, if used cautiously, can therefore provide evidence to support ongoing discussions about the logic of colonial concealment. At the same time, scandals also remind us that publicity is not a simple cure-all. By including a wider range of actors and non-governmental sources, future studies of scandal might elucidate the political limits of transparency, as well as exploring how imperial subjects negotiated gendered and racialized access to public and political platforms.

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Legacies of Colonialism in Africa

Volume 5 - 2020, Issue 9 - September - International Journal of Innovative Science and Research Technology ◽

10.38124/ijisrt20aug013 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 5 (8) ◽

pp. 241-249

Author(s):

Dr. Prisca A. Gobo

Keyword(s):

Present State ◽

African Continent ◽

Negative Consequences ◽

Colonial Legacy ◽

Starting Point ◽

The Future ◽

State Of Affairs ◽

The Impact ◽

New Strategies

There appears to be a general paucity of literature on the legacies of colonialism and the impact on Africa. This informed the decision to examine this colonial legacy which is so deep rooted and enduring. This paper attempts to provide clarity to the narrative of the present state of affairs in Africa in its broadest sense. This research seeks to interpret their experience and guide their actions towards reconciling their dilemmas. The continuity between past and present is often neglected or trivialized with its attendant negative consequences for the development of the African continent. Given these legacies, what are the consequences of this past, how have they changed how we live, who we are and our hope for the future. This paper interrogates the various forces working against development in Africa, their origins and effects and to proffer some solutions. This research is by no means exhaustive but it will provide a starting point for more research. Approaching these issues from a multi-disciplinary context, the paper concludes by exploring new strategies and making useful recommendations towards ensuring a more stable and progressive Africa.

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Dramatized Spaces Between History and Anthropology

Theatre Research International ◽

10.1017/s0307883300018800 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 19 (1) ◽

pp. 37-46

Author(s):

Elie Konigson

Keyword(s):

Middle Ages ◽

Town Planning ◽

Western World ◽

Theatrical Space ◽

Late Middle Ages ◽

Morphological Unit ◽

Starting Point ◽

Theatre Studies ◽

The Individual ◽

The Town

The starting point for this brief study (which is a summary of several others) is simple: it is not so much in the location of the theatrical site as in the whole of the constructed spaces in which it is situated, that we glean what few insights there are into the evolution of theatrical space.In Greece, in Rome, then in the Western world of the late Middle Ages, the primary dramatic site has always been an urban one, so that we could assert, paradoxically, that the question of the origins of the theatrical space is less a matter for theatre studies than an aspect of town planning!Thus if we are to analyse the theatre we must analyse the town. In any case, the two poles between which the destiny of dramatized spaces is played out can be seen in the morphological unit which dominates the history both of the forms of the urban environment and the individual habitat and of the evolution of the theatrical space itself. In effect there exists an original space, a sort of matrix at the heart of the lived space of the urban/residential area, within which human enterprise includes, from the outset, activity which is generally dramatic: the hall-courtyaid-square,1 a complex of spaces which are identical in morphological, functional and symbolic terms and which is differentiated only by the built environment within which it is inscribed, provides a framework within which are carried out all the collective activities connected with the habitat and the urban area.

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