The “margins” of the global political economy may be defined as those areas that are relatively d... more The “margins” of the global political economy may be defined as those areas that are relatively disconnected from the world economy. Of course, at the dawn of the twenty-first century, no world region is entirely detached from global developments. Some areas, however, are more integrated than others. I focus in this chapter on one important dimension of the globalization process: the diffusion of a transnational liberal ideology. The premise of this chapter is that the embrace of liberalization by governments in formerly more closed national economies leads into a highly critical phase of national economic development. This is due to potentially massive rescaling of the local/national market to global configurations. The term “transitional economy” has often been reserved for formerly communist states in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, or for a country such as South Africa since the end of apartheid. It has also applied to many other countries in Latin America, Africa, and Asia...
... escalate. The general culture of real estate in India, in combination with the geo-... As poi... more ... escalate. The general culture of real estate in India, in combination with the geo-... As pointed out above, the culture of real estate in India is traditionally such that most land enters the market only under very unusual circum-stances. As ...
About 32% of the Indian population presently resides in towns and cities, and national and state ... more About 32% of the Indian population presently resides in towns and cities, and national and state governments are intent on increasing that number. Based on the past experience of most of the developed world, urbanization is considered integral to modernization and progress. However, India’s urbanization rate is particularly low and this is partly related to the country’s low level of industrialization. At the same time, urban slums have expanded and their populations have increased despite successive policies aimed at slum eradication or rehabilitation. This study aims to connect macro trends in urbanization and the space economy with a finer scale analysis of the logic of slums and slum dweller views in order to consider the future of India’s cities. Most of the data presented here are based on extensive surveys of households and firms in Dharavi (Mumbai) that investigated work, well-being, livelihoods, community, and environmental issues. It is argued that slums may well be a stru...
Abstract Environmental issues are increasingly important both in politics and in academia. This c... more Abstract Environmental issues are increasingly important both in politics and in academia. This classroom project deals with tropical deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon and addresses both environmental consequences and economic, social, and political causes. Designed for the lower undergraduate level, the project covers a period of three weeks and includes lectures, individual research by students on the actors involved in Amazonian deforestation, and a simulation in which students role-play a Brazilian “Regional Planning Commission,” which formulates recommendations for the development of southeastern Amazonia.
This article discusses the effects of cultural globalization on urban identities, and concentrate... more This article discusses the effects of cultural globalization on urban identities, and concentrates on a case study of Amsterdam. The theoretical part of the paper defines cultural globalization and outlines its effects on localities, including the ways in which the images of localities are transformed in the process of global information exchange. It emphasizes the importance of rapidly growing flows of people, in particular in the form of mass tourism, in the deliberate and spontaneous re-identification and changing meaning of places. The empirical part of the paper juxtaposes the historically grown urban identity of Amsterdam since the sixteenth century with the city’s re-created identity of recent decades. It is argued that Amsterdam’s present-day image as a city with very liberal attitudes towards sex and drugs emerged under the influence of global mass tourism, and that it is not as authentic as is often suggested or believed. The discussion concentrates on past and present cultural traits of Amsterdam in the form of Calvinism, commercialism, morality and tolerance.
Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 2002
... Globalization and the Corporate Geography of Cities in the Less-Developed World Richard Grant... more ... Globalization and the Corporate Geography of Cities in the Less-Developed World Richard Grant and Jan Nijman ... Much commercial ac-tivity involved trade of agricultural produce and crafts, small-scale industry, and retailing (Acquah 1957; Mukhopadhyay 1995). ...
The “margins” of the global political economy may be defined as those areas that are relatively d... more The “margins” of the global political economy may be defined as those areas that are relatively disconnected from the world economy. Of course, at the dawn of the twenty-first century, no world region is entirely detached from global developments. Some areas, however, are more integrated than others. I focus in this chapter on one important dimension of the globalization process: the diffusion of a transnational liberal ideology. The premise of this chapter is that the embrace of liberalization by governments in formerly more closed national economies leads into a highly critical phase of national economic development. This is due to potentially massive rescaling of the local/national market to global configurations. The term “transitional economy” has often been reserved for formerly communist states in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, or for a country such as South Africa since the end of apartheid. It has also applied to many other countries in Latin America, Africa, and Asia...
... escalate. The general culture of real estate in India, in combination with the geo-... As poi... more ... escalate. The general culture of real estate in India, in combination with the geo-... As pointed out above, the culture of real estate in India is traditionally such that most land enters the market only under very unusual circum-stances. As ...
About 32% of the Indian population presently resides in towns and cities, and national and state ... more About 32% of the Indian population presently resides in towns and cities, and national and state governments are intent on increasing that number. Based on the past experience of most of the developed world, urbanization is considered integral to modernization and progress. However, India’s urbanization rate is particularly low and this is partly related to the country’s low level of industrialization. At the same time, urban slums have expanded and their populations have increased despite successive policies aimed at slum eradication or rehabilitation. This study aims to connect macro trends in urbanization and the space economy with a finer scale analysis of the logic of slums and slum dweller views in order to consider the future of India’s cities. Most of the data presented here are based on extensive surveys of households and firms in Dharavi (Mumbai) that investigated work, well-being, livelihoods, community, and environmental issues. It is argued that slums may well be a stru...
Abstract Environmental issues are increasingly important both in politics and in academia. This c... more Abstract Environmental issues are increasingly important both in politics and in academia. This classroom project deals with tropical deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon and addresses both environmental consequences and economic, social, and political causes. Designed for the lower undergraduate level, the project covers a period of three weeks and includes lectures, individual research by students on the actors involved in Amazonian deforestation, and a simulation in which students role-play a Brazilian “Regional Planning Commission,” which formulates recommendations for the development of southeastern Amazonia.
This article discusses the effects of cultural globalization on urban identities, and concentrate... more This article discusses the effects of cultural globalization on urban identities, and concentrates on a case study of Amsterdam. The theoretical part of the paper defines cultural globalization and outlines its effects on localities, including the ways in which the images of localities are transformed in the process of global information exchange. It emphasizes the importance of rapidly growing flows of people, in particular in the form of mass tourism, in the deliberate and spontaneous re-identification and changing meaning of places. The empirical part of the paper juxtaposes the historically grown urban identity of Amsterdam since the sixteenth century with the city’s re-created identity of recent decades. It is argued that Amsterdam’s present-day image as a city with very liberal attitudes towards sex and drugs emerged under the influence of global mass tourism, and that it is not as authentic as is often suggested or believed. The discussion concentrates on past and present cultural traits of Amsterdam in the form of Calvinism, commercialism, morality and tolerance.
Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 2002
... Globalization and the Corporate Geography of Cities in the Less-Developed World Richard Grant... more ... Globalization and the Corporate Geography of Cities in the Less-Developed World Richard Grant and Jan Nijman ... Much commercial ac-tivity involved trade of agricultural produce and crafts, small-scale industry, and retailing (Acquah 1957; Mukhopadhyay 1995). ...
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