Border Zone Trade and the Economic Boundaries of the State in North-East Ghana

Africa ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 71 (2) ◽  
pp. 202-224 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brenda Chalfin
Keyword(s):  
Burkina Faso ◽  
Geographic Region ◽  
Border Zone ◽  
Shea Butter ◽  
Spatial Patterning ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
North East ◽  
The Social ◽  
International Boundaries

AbstractFocusing on the tri-juncture of Ghana, Togo and Burkina Faso, this article examines the role of cross-border traders in the construction and redefinition of international boundaries. Through the study of the social and spatial patterning of trade surrounding three commodities–imported cloth, beans and shea butter (karite)—it explores the multiple ways the border is endowed with or deprived of significance. When the border is viewed as a socio-geographic region the importance of popular practice to the on-going constitution of state power and presence becomes evident.

scholarly journals Transmission of climate risks across sectors and borders

2018 ◽  
Vol 376 (2121) ◽  
pp. 20170301 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andy J. Challinor ◽  
W. Neil Adger ◽  
Tim G. Benton ◽  
Declan Conway ◽  
Manoj Joshi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
National Level ◽  
Systems Science ◽  
Climate Risks ◽  
Transmission Mechanisms ◽  
The Social ◽  
International Boundaries ◽  
Global Systems

Systemic climate risks, which result from the potential for cascading impacts through inter-related systems, pose particular challenges to risk assessment, especially when risks are transmitted across sectors and international boundaries. Most impacts of climate variability and change affect regions and jurisdictions in complex ways, and techniques for assessing this transmission of risk are still somewhat limited. Here, we begin to define new approaches to risk assessment that can account for transboundary and trans-sector risk transmission, by presenting: (i) a typology of risk transmission that distinguishes clearly the role of climate versus the role of the social and economic systems that distribute resources; (ii) a review of existing modelling, qualitative and systems-based methods of assessing risk and risk transmission; and (iii) case studies that examine risk transmission in human displacement, food, water and energy security. The case studies show that policies and institutions can attenuate risks significantly through cooperation that can be mutually beneficial to all parties. We conclude with some suggestions for assessment of complex risk transmission mechanisms: use of expert judgement; interactive scenario building; global systems science and big data; innovative use of climate and integrated assessment models; and methods to understand societal responses to climate risk. These approaches aim to inform both research and national-level risk assessment.

HISTORY AND PROSPECTS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF RUSSIAN-CHINESE INTERREGIONAL CROSS-BORDER COOPERATION IN THE FAR EAST

2020 ◽  
pp. 22-33
Author(s):  
A. L. Voronenko ◽  
S. V. Greyzik
Keyword(s):  
Russian Far East ◽  
Far East ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
The Far East ◽  
Role Of The State ◽  
Energy Projects ◽  
Cross Border Cooperation

The article considers all stages of development of Russian-Chinese interregional cross-border cooperation in the Far East, from chaotic «shuttle trade» to large infrastructure and energy projects. The role of the state in structuring of interregional relations and subordinating them to common ideas is demonstrated with the use of programmatic approach. The implementation of the program of cooperation between the regions of the Far East, Eastern Siberia of the Russian Federation and the North-East of the People's Republic of China (2009-2018) and its significance for the further development of interregional cooperation between countries are ana-lyzed. The role of major infrastructure and energy projects, as well as territories of advanced socio-economic development in Russian-Chinese cross-border cooperation, is considered. The main aspects of the new Program for the Development of Russian-Chinese Cooperation in Trade, Economic and Investment fields in the Russian Far East for 2018-2024 are defined. The prospects for its implementation are estimated

scholarly journals Transnational Class Formation? Globalization and the Canadian Corporate Network

2011 ◽  
pp. 379-402 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jerome Klassen ◽  
William K. Carroll
Keyword(s):  
Social Space ◽  
Class Formation ◽  
Capitalist Class ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Corporate Elite ◽  
Border Trade ◽  
The Social ◽  
Corporate Network ◽  
Corporate Community

The issue of transnational class formation has figured centrally in recent debates on globalization. These debates revolve around the question of whether or not new patterns of cross-border trade and investment have established global circuits of capital out of which a transnational capitalist class has emerged. This paper takes up the notion of transnational class formation at the point of corporate directorship interlocks. Using Canada as a case study, it maps the changing network of directorship interlocks between leading firms in Canada and the world economy. In particular, the paper examines the role of transnational corporations (TNCs) in the Canadian corporate network; the resilience of a national corporate community; and new patterns of cross-border interlocking amongst transnational firms. Through this empirical mapping, the paper finds a definite link between investment and interlocking shaping the social space of the global corporate elite. Corporations with a transnational base of accumulation tend to participate in transnational interlocking. While national corporate communities have not been transcended, transnational firms increasingly predominate within them, articulating national with transnational elite segments. This new network of firms reconstitutes the corporate power bloc and forms a nascent transnational capitalist class.

Social Representations and Commitment

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 233-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Bonetto ◽  
Fabien Girandola ◽  
Grégory Lo Monaco
Keyword(s):  
Social Representations ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
Second Line ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
First Line ◽  
Research Perspectives ◽  
The Social ◽  
Bibliographic Search ◽  
English Articles

Abstract. This contribution consists of a critical review of the literature about the articulation of two traditionally separated theoretical fields: social representations and commitment. Besides consulting various works and communications, a bibliographic search was carried out (between February and December, 2016) on various databases using the keywords “commitment” and “social representation,” in the singular and in the plural, in French and in English. Articles published in English or in French, that explicitly made reference to both terms, were included. The relations between commitment and social representations are approached according to two approaches or complementary lines. The first line follows the role of commitment in the representational dynamics: how can commitment transform the representations? This articulation gathers most of the work on the topic. The second line envisages the social representations as determinants of commitment procedures: how can these representations influence the effects of commitment procedures? This literature review will identify unexploited tracks, as well as research perspectives for both areas of research.

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