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Book Synopsis Regional Identity and Behavior by : Max Sugar
Download or read book Regional Identity and Behavior written by Max Sugar and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author proposes that the four earliest British North American colonies in the United States promoted the development of distinct regional identities and that this cultural legacy affected identity development as well as behavioral patterns differently in each region. He compares data from the North American colonies to the situation in England and discovers that the findings in the latter's eight standard regions are very similar to those in the United States.
Book Synopsis The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Regionalism by : Tanja A. Börzel
Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Regionalism written by Tanja A. Börzel and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 705 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Regionalism - the first of its kind - offers a systematic and wide-ranging survey of the scholarship on regionalism, regionalization, and regional governance. Unpacking the major debates, leading authors of the field synthesize the state of the art, provide a guide to the comparative study of regionalism, and identify future avenues of research. Twenty-seven chapters review the theoretical and empirical scholarship with regard to the emergence of regionalism, the institutional design of regional organizations and issue-specific governance, as well as the effects of regionalism and its relationship with processes of regionalization. The authors explore theories of cooperation, integration, and diffusion explaining the rise and the different forms of regionalism. The handbook also discusses the state of the art on the world regions: North America, Latin America, Europe, Eurasia, Asia, North Africa and the Middle East, and Sub-Saharan Africa. Various chapters survey the literature on regional governance in major issue areas such as security and peace, trade and finance, environment, migration, social and gender policies, as well as democracy and human rights. Finally, the handbook engages in cross-regional comparisons with regard to institutional design, dispute settlement, identities and communities, legitimacy and democracy, as well as inter- and transregionalism.
Book Synopsis Regionally-focused Concepts as the Core of Personal Regional Identity: Structure and Content by : Kulikova Nadezhda
Download or read book Regionally-focused Concepts as the Core of Personal Regional Identity: Structure and Content written by Kulikova Nadezhda and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Personal connection with the territory of residence (regional identity) remains highly significant for modern people; it defines the motives of their regionally-focused behavior. Regional identity is formed through creation of an individual u201cimageu201d of the region of residence reflected in specific personally-axiological units u2013 regionally-focused concepts forming the regional identity conceptual sphere.The research objective is to identify the structure of such concepts inherent to young people aged 16-19. Selection of this age group is justified by the fact that at this particular period the personality is actively engaged in the process of self-identification. The research was conducted in February 2018. The sample included 61 members residing in the Sverdlovsk region.Research questions:1.tWhat territorially-focused concepts are presented in the respondentsu2019 consciousness?2.tWhat is the factor structure of the regional identity conceptual sphere in adolescence?The respondents were offered to define 10 concepts which, in their opinion, comprehensively characterize the Sverdlovsk region and range them from 1 to 10. The factor analysis method was applied to the information obtained to define the regionally-focused concepts structure.The following concepts were mentioned by the respondents most often: Yekaterinburg city, forests, mountains, plants (the Sverdlovsk region is characterized with developed industry), rivers, frost, Sverdlovsk Teacher Training College (the place of the respondentsu2019training), museums, Bazhov (the famous Ural writer), 1905 Square (Yekaterinburg historical centre), Church on Blood (built on the place of the Romanovs family execution), malachite (the Ural ornamental stone), Grinvich (the largest shopping centre in Yekaterinburg), winter, u201cPlotinkau201d (the architectural centre of Yekaterinburg), friends, Passazh (the large shopping centre situated in Yekaterinburg central square), Vysotskiy (the cult Soviet poet and the name of the first Yekaterinburg skyscraper), Ganina Yama (the place where the royal remains were buried).Qualitative analysis of the concepts most presented allows distributing them in 4 groups: climatic objects (rivers, mountains, etc.), cultural objects (museums, 1905 Square, etc.) architectural objects (Grinvich, Plotinka, etc.) and historical figures (Bazhov). Quantitative analysis allowed identifying a 6 factors model of the regional identity conceptual structure. The obtained results will be applied in studying the mechanisms forming personal regional identity in adolescence.
Book Synopsis Ethnic and Regional Foodways in the United States by : Linda Keller Brown
Download or read book Ethnic and Regional Foodways in the United States written by Linda Keller Brown and published by Univ. of Tennessee Press. This book was released on 1984 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " . . . provides valuable information for the specialist in American studies, and for the anthropologist or folklorist focusing on food use, and may also be of interest to the general reading audience. With such a wide appeal, the book may not only document the American romance with ethnic foods, but may contribute to it as well." --Joanne Wagner, Anthropological Quarterly How do customs surrounding the preparation and consumption of food define minorities within a population? The question receives fascinating and multifaceted answers in this book, which considers a smorgasbord of dishes that sustain group identity and often help to bridge inter-group barriers. The essays explore the symbolic meaning of shared foodways in interpreting inter- and intra-group behavior, with attention to theoretical problems and the implications of foodways research for public policy. Topics receiving rewarding analysis in this volume include food festivals, modes of food preparation, meal cycles, seasonal celebrations, nutrition education, and the government's inattention to ethnic customs in forumlating its food policies.
Book Synopsis Rising Powers and Foreign Policy Revisionism by : Cameron G Thies
Download or read book Rising Powers and Foreign Policy Revisionism written by Cameron G Thies and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2017-11-29 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Addresses concerns that rising powers may generate international conflict, focusing on Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (BRICS)
Download or read book Identity written by Florian Coulmas and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2019 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book introduces identity, one of the most iconic concepts of our time, which is used ubiquitously but rarely explained. It discusses the various uses of 'identity' separately for different fields of study - philosophy, psychology, sociology, gender studies, and linguistics. This book also compares Western concepts and theories of identity with similar concepts in other parts of the world. It explains how contemporary trends in marketization and globalization have made identity increasingly important to us in the last 50 years. This book also outlines the historical background to the concept of identity.
Book Synopsis Identity Politics Inside Out by : Lisel Hintz
Download or read book Identity Politics Inside Out written by Lisel Hintz and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-08-28 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The trajectory of Turkey's Justice and Development Party (AKP) rule offers an ideal empirical window into puzzling shifts in Turkey's domestic politics and foreign policy. The policy transformations under its leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan do not align with existing explanations based on security, economics, institutions, or identity. In Identity Politics Inside Out, Lisel Hintz teases out the complex link between identity politics and foreign policy using an in-depth study of Turkey. Rather than treating national identity as cause or consequence of a state's foreign policy, she repositions foreign policy as an arena in which contestation among competing proposals for national identity takes place. Drawing from a broad array of sources in popular culture, social media, interviews, surveys, and archives, she identifies competing visions of Turkish identity and theorizes when and how internal identity politics becomes externalized. Hintz examines the establishment of Republican Nationalism in the wake of imperial collapse and examines failed attempts made by those challenging its Western-oriented, anti-ethnic, secularist values with alternative understandings of Turkishness. She further demonstrates how the Ottoman Islamist AKP used the European Union accession process to weaken Republican Nationalist obstacles in Turkey, thereby opening up space for Islam in the domestic sphere and a foreign policy targeted at achieving leadership in the Middle East. By showing how the "inside out" spillover of national identity debates can reshape foreign policy, Identity Politics Inside Out fills a major gap in existing scholarship by closing the identity-foreign policy circle.
Book Synopsis The Oxford Handbook of Personality and Social Psychology by : Kay Deaux
Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Personality and Social Psychology written by Kay Deaux and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2018-10-30 with total page 993 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second edition of The Oxford Handbook of Personality and Social Psychology uniquely integrates personality and social psychology perspectives together in one volume. Contributors explore historical, conceptual, methodological, and empirical foundations that link the two fields together. Further, this new edition offers readers comprehensive coverage of new and emerging areas of theory, research, and application, and assesses the fields' growth and development since the publication of the first edition.
Book Synopsis International Encyclopedia of Human Geography by :
Download or read book International Encyclopedia of Human Geography written by and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2019-11-29 with total page 7278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International Encyclopedia of Human Geography, Second Edition, Fourteen Volume Set embraces diversity by design and captures the ways in which humans share places and view differences based on gender, race, nationality, location and other factors—in other words, the things that make people and places different. Questions of, for example, politics, economics, race relations and migration are introduced and discussed through a geographical lens. This updated edition will assist readers in their research by providing factual information, historical perspectives, theoretical approaches, reviews of literature, and provocative topical discussions that will stimulate creative thinking. Presents the most up-to-date and comprehensive coverage on the topic of human geography Contains extensive scope and depth of coverage Emphasizes how geographers interact with, understand and contribute to problem-solving in the contemporary world Places an emphasis on how geography is relevant in a social and interdisciplinary context
Book Synopsis The Mind of the South by : W. J. Cash
Download or read book The Mind of the South written by W. J. Cash and published by Vintage. This book was released on 1991-09-10 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever since its publication in 1941, The Mind of the South has been recognized as a path-breaking work of scholarship and as a literary achievement of enormous eloquence and insight in its own right. From its investigation of the Southern class system to its pioneering assessments of the region's legacies of racism, religiosity, and romanticism, W. J. Cash's book defined the way in which millions of readers— on both sides of the Mason-Dixon line—would see the South for decades to come. This fiftieth-anniversary edition of The Mind of the South includes an incisive analysis of Cash himself and of his crucial place in the history of modern Southern letters.
Book Synopsis Handbook of the Economics of Innovation by : Bronwyn H. Hall
Download or read book Handbook of the Economics of Innovation written by Bronwyn H. Hall and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2010-05-14 with total page 803 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Economists examine the genesis of technological change and the ways we commercialize and diffuse it. The economics of property rights and patents, in addition to industry applications, are also surveyed through literature reviews and predictions about fruitful research directions. Two volumes, available as a set or sold separately - Expert articles consider the best ways to establish optimal incentives in technological progress - Science and innovation, both their theories and applications, are examined at the intersections of the marketplace, policy, and social welfare - Economists are only part of an audience that includes attorneys, educators, and anyone involved in new technologies
Book Synopsis International Encyclopedia of Human Geography by :
Download or read book International Encyclopedia of Human Geography written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Identity and Foreign Policy in the Middle East by : Shibley Telhami
Download or read book Identity and Foreign Policy in the Middle East written by Shibley Telhami and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shibley Telhami and Michael Barnett, together with experts on Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, and Syria, explore how the formation and transformation of national and state identities affect the foreign policy behavior of Middle Eastern states.
Book Synopsis Border Identities by : Thomas M. Wilson
Download or read book Border Identities written by Thomas M. Wilson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1998-01-22 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers fresh insights into the complex and various ways in which international frontiers influence cultural identities. Ten anthropological case studies describe specific international borders in Europe, Asia, Africa, and North America, and bring out the importance of boundary politics, and the diverse forms that it may take. As a contribution to the wider theoretical debates about nationalism, transnationalism, and globalization, it will interest to students and scholars in anthropology, political science, international studies and modern history.
Author :National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Publisher :National Academies Press ISBN 13 :0309490111 Total Pages :493 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (94 download)
Book Synopsis The Promise of Adolescence by : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Download or read book The Promise of Adolescence written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2019-07-26 with total page 493 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adolescenceâ€"beginning with the onset of puberty and ending in the mid-20sâ€"is a critical period of development during which key areas of the brain mature and develop. These changes in brain structure, function, and connectivity mark adolescence as a period of opportunity to discover new vistas, to form relationships with peers and adults, and to explore one's developing identity. It is also a period of resilience that can ameliorate childhood setbacks and set the stage for a thriving trajectory over the life course. Because adolescents comprise nearly one-fourth of the entire U.S. population, the nation needs policies and practices that will better leverage these developmental opportunities to harness the promise of adolescenceâ€"rather than focusing myopically on containing its risks. This report examines the neurobiological and socio-behavioral science of adolescent development and outlines how this knowledge can be applied, both to promote adolescent well-being, resilience, and development, and to rectify structural barriers and inequalities in opportunity, enabling all adolescents to flourish.
Book Synopsis Democratic Identity by : Scott David Orr
Download or read book Democratic Identity written by Scott David Orr and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: The project tests the hypothesis that individuals who see themselves as members of multiple social groups (for example, groups based on profession, class, ideology, gender, or any number of other ties) that "cross-cut" each other--rather than solely as members of mutually exclusive groups (such as those structured along ethnic, religious, or regional lines)--will be more willing to support democratic practices, including cooperation with erstwhile opponents, tolerance of dissent, and willingness to compromise. As a result, countries where more individuals perceive identities as cross-cutting will be more successful as democracies and implement policies that benefit their citizens. This theory has much in common with early theories about the importance to democracy of "cross-cutting ties" in society, but the emphasis is less on the objective ties, and more on the ways in which different individuals perceive identities based on those ties. A quantitative study focuses on the first hypothesis in the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Poland, Slovakia, and Ukraine. Ethnic and regional identities and support for democratic behaviors are measured through secondary analysis of social surveys, including the New Democracy Barometers and a number of other polls from 1988 to the present. Structural equation modeling is used to analyze the interaction of demographic variables, identity, democratic attitudes, and voting behavior. A qualitative study focuses on the second hypothesis by examining two policy areas in Latvia, Poland, and Ukraine. I conducted interviews with activists in women's and environmental NGO's. If the hypothesis is correct, women's and environmental issues--issues that by their very nature invoke identities that cross-cut ethnic and regional identities--should find more sympathy in countries where identities are not viewed as mutually exclusive. The two parts of the project provide considerable support for the hypotheses. If these hypotheses are indeed correct, and social identity is critical to the functioning of democracy, then measures to shape social identity may become an important tool in the repertoire of democratic reformers, including those who work in the countries of East Central Europe.
Book Synopsis The Increasingly United States by : Daniel J. Hopkins
Download or read book The Increasingly United States written by Daniel J. Hopkins and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2018-05-30 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a campaign for state or local office these days, you’re as likely today to hear accusations that an opponent advanced Obamacare or supported Donald Trump as you are to hear about issues affecting the state or local community. This is because American political behavior has become substantially more nationalized. American voters are far more engaged with and knowledgeable about what’s happening in Washington, DC, than in similar messages whether they are in the South, the Northeast, or the Midwest. Gone are the days when all politics was local. With The Increasingly United States, Daniel J. Hopkins explores this trend and its implications for the American political system. The change is significant in part because it works against a key rationale of America’s federalist system, which was built on the assumption that citizens would be more strongly attached to their states and localities. It also has profound implications for how voters are represented. If voters are well informed about state politics, for example, the governor has an incentive to deliver what voters—or at least a pivotal segment of them—want. But if voters are likely to back the same party in gubernatorial as in presidential elections irrespective of the governor’s actions in office, governors may instead come to see their ambitions as tethered more closely to their status in the national party.
