This book addresses why some ethnic minority migrant groups have better economic and political integration outcomes than others. The central claim is that social integration leads to trade-offs with ...economic and political integration. The logic behind this claim is that socially segregated groups may have difficulties interacting with mainstream society but will have more capacity for group mobilization. That mobilization can improve economic and political integration. In comparison, socially integrated groups may have greater capacity to interact with mainstream society but also less likelihood of developing significant group mobilization resources. As a result, this can limit their economic and political integration outcomes. Rahsaan Maxwell develops this argument with evidence from Britain and France, claiming that similar group-level dynamics exist despite numerous national-level contextual differences, and provides a brief extension of the argument to The Netherlands and the United States.
This book examines how ruling elites manage and manipulate their political opposition in the Middle East. In contrast to discussions of government-opposition relations that focus on how rulers either ...punish or co-opt opponents, this book focuses on the effect of institutional rules governing the opposition. It argues rules determining who is and is not allowed to participate in the formal political arena affect not only the relationships between opponents and the state, but also between various opposition groups. This affects the dynamics of opposition during prolonged economic crises. It also shapes the informal strategies that ruling elites use toward opponents. The argument is presented using a formal model of government-opposition relations. It is demonstrated in the cases of Egypt under Presidents Nasir, Sadat and Mubarek; Jordan under King Husayn; and Morocco under King Hasan II.
Nyere analyser af kulturelle tidsregimer har peget på et overordnet skift mellem sådanne regimer over hele den vestlige verden i eller omkring 1970’erne. Ifølge de analyser så man en stærk tendens ...til, at postmoderne præsentisme og præsentistiske tilgange til fortiden trådte i stedet for de fremtidsorienteringer, der havde kendetegnet moderniteten siden 1700-tallet. Den bemærkelsesværdige og i samtiden energisk omdiskuterede nyinteresse for halvtredsernes rock’n’roll-kultur i 1970’erne kan synes at være et eksempel på dette, og i tilbageblik er dette fænomen ofte blevet fremhævet som det punkt, hvor en ny type retrokultur med fokus på de popkulturelle markører for nylige årtier kom til syne. Ved at undersøge fænomenet i en specifik kontekst, hvori disse kulturelle strømninger blev modtaget og bearbejdet – i dette tilfælde Danmark – kan man undersøge de generelle analyser af skiftende tidsregimer empirisk og derved ikke blot tilføje væsentlige nuancer, men også indarbejde menneskelig agens og subjektive projekter i analyserne. Datidens danske ekkoer af og refleksioner over 1970’ernes halvtredserdyrkelse var ikke en afspejling af et generelt skift mellem tidsregimer. Snarere viser det sig som et felt af omstridte positioner: ukritisk affirmation og kritisk affærdigelse, men også opfattelser af potentielt revolutionær subjektivitet og mere reflekterede brug.
Growing apart Lewis, Peter
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Indonesian and Nigerian politics paralleled each other to a remarkable degree before diverging suddenly when oil money came into play. Both were populous, ethnically diverse countries with abundant ...natural resources and histories of political turbulence and authoritarian rule. But despite these likenesses, the two countries have seen dramatic differences in economic performance over recent decades: Indonesia grew rapidly and was able to improve national standards of living, while Nigeria stagnated and experienced deepening poverty. Author Peter Lewis suggests that the explanation for this divergence is found in each country's way of confronting policy reform and developing institutions for economic growth. Based on the author's detailed study of forty years of economic change, Growing Apart offers conclusions about the policy decisions, governmental institutions, and political foundations needed for long-term economic growth.
