Cameron Gordon
Dr. Cameron Gordon works in the areas of transport project finance
Address: University of Canberra, Health Research Institute, University Drive, Bruce, ACT 2601
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Address: University of Canberra, Health Research Institute, University Drive, Bruce, ACT 2601
-- Australian mobile: 0406 379 535. US mobile: 347-604-2135
Amazon author page: https://www.amazon.com/author/camerongordon
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Domination and exploitation of one group’s territory by another is nothing new, of course. Indeed, the rawest form of such domination, “colonialism,” was practiced by the ancient Romans and Greeks, well before the advent of the modern nation-state. The root of the term Imperialism comes from the Latin term “imperium,” meaning “to command,” while the word “colony” is derived from the Latin “colonus” referring to ‘farmer.’ (Kohn and Kavita 2017).
Imperialism and colonialism are often used interchangeably and in economic terms, the boundaries between the two are ambiguous. The two may be distinguished historically by the quantum leap in scale, scope and sophistication of such domination that was associated with the rise of industrialization. Indeed the “Imperial Age” distinctly refers to a modern period that is generally agreed to have ended in 1914, and which starts anywhere from the late 1600’s (the height of the Commercial Revolution) to the late 1700’s (the beginning of the Industrial Revolution) (Bayly 2004). The economic globalization of the 1800s and early 1900s resulted in a network of hierarchical interdependency between European colonizers and present and former colonies that was unprecedented in its complexity and all-round economic impacts.
An ongoing debate continues about how all of this affected the wellbeing and economic development of those being colonized. This paper conducts a broad conceptual review of the issues faced when trying to frame and then assess such impacts. A major focus will be on how the choice of benchmark for comparison – “mirrors” being the term of art – may affect evaluation of economic performance, narrowly defined.
Domination and exploitation of one group’s territory by another is nothing new, of course. Indeed, the rawest form of such domination, “colonialism,” was practiced by the ancient Romans and Greeks, well before the advent of the modern nation-state. The root of the term Imperialism comes from the Latin term “imperium,” meaning “to command,” while the word “colony” is derived from the Latin “colonus” referring to ‘farmer.’ (Kohn and Kavita 2017).
Imperialism and colonialism are often used interchangeably and in economic terms, the boundaries between the two are ambiguous. The two may be distinguished historically by the quantum leap in scale, scope and sophistication of such domination that was associated with the rise of industrialization. Indeed the “Imperial Age” distinctly refers to a modern period that is generally agreed to have ended in 1914, and which starts anywhere from the late 1600’s (the height of the Commercial Revolution) to the late 1700’s (the beginning of the Industrial Revolution) (Bayly 2004). The economic globalization of the 1800s and early 1900s resulted in a network of hierarchical interdependency between European colonizers and present and former colonies that was unprecedented in its complexity and all-round economic impacts.
An ongoing debate continues about how all of this affected the wellbeing and economic development of those being colonized. This paper conducts a broad conceptual review of the issues faced when trying to frame and then assess such impacts. A major focus will be on how the choice of benchmark for comparison – “mirrors” being the term of art – may affect evaluation of economic performance, narrowly defined.
systems more generally) to be designed to be more 'resilient' and ‘sustainable.’ This paper considers the various definitions of the terms “resilient” and “sustainable” and “economic efficiency” and then details some preliminary answers to the following questions: (1) what factors build up resilience and
what are the 'efficiency' implications of those factors? (2) what sorts of actions increase resiliency and what are their 'efficiency' implications? (3) how 'efficient' is the status quo ex ante to begin with? (4) is the 'efficiency' baseline itself sensible? The article then concludes that some resilience and
sustainability adaptations may in fact increase economic efficiency if done well. However, there certainly will be trade-offs needed given the changes we are seeing and some material sacrifice for ‘mere’ survival will surely be needed.
Design/methodology/approach: This article critically examines the existing literature on sports sponsorship and collates the various measures of success that have been
used. These measures are ranked and assessed in terms of their meaningfulness to the sponsor and, where applicable, to those involved in what is being sponsored. Overall there is little consensus on whether event sponsorship is a
‘successful’ strategy and what ‘success’ actually means, or should mean. This is no surprise in one way since every event and each sponsorship is unique. In general there needs to be more research on the impacts of sponsorship from the event participant’s point of view and from the larger social frame.
These impressions were gathered during a 6-week stint there by the author, following an earlier 1998 trip and numerous trips afterwards. As he says: "I still find Shanghai 2004 to be particularly interesting. I hope you will as well. And if you yourself have been there at that time, maybe this book will bring back some fond memories of a place that is still a fascinating but ever moving place."