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This volume is the second attempt by a joint international research team (consisting of Bulgarian, Chinese, Russian and American ethnologists) to contribute to the domain of ecological anthropology. The editors of and contributors to this collection share the understanding that catastrophic events challenge society to rework a specific methodology, and to activate a specific resource, to adapt to and cope Other crises ecologically, socially and ideologically. The main aim of this volume is to

Text which follows represents geographical contribution to the study of the economy of northeastern Montenegro, on example of municipalities Berane, Andrijevica and Plav. Temporal frame for the study covers the period from prehistoric of our time. The focus of research directed on two sets of questions, it is on: the characteristics of economic development to the Second World War and on characteristics of the development of the economy after the Second World War. By the beginning World War II, analyzed the geographical space was one of the underdeveloped areas of Montenegro. Prevailing is mostly agricultural production. After the Second World War former Yugoslavia, in whose composition is entered and Montenegro, started is in process accelerated industrialization. High measure of job security prevented activity mechanism of competition and the market economy. There was no pressure on employed workers to increase efficiency, which led to such situations that for exercise same scale of production engaged considerably more workers than in the classical (an entrepreneurial) firms. The economic consequences were are expected: since the mid-of the seventies years ago the last century up to the complete collapse of the economic system at the end of the eighties years ago the last century, productivity Labour is mobiles falls while is hidden unemployment grew. Development problems and irrational economic system retain all the professional and scientific opinions, without the possibility of that the any particular conduct proceedings. I then, appearance and now we did not manage to elevate above observation. Therefore, thus conclude that is necessary develop a special economic innovative strategy for regional policy, adapted on the hilly-mountainous regions what, kind of is exactly and analyzed geo-space.

The European Constitutional Treaty (ECT) was presented by its drafters as an explicit constitution for the European Union (EU 25). We argue that considered as the European economic constitution its provisions do not sufficiently allow for the possibility of cooperative collective decision (leading to convergence in welfare) in a more than ever numerous and heterogeneous EU. Our essential argument in this respect regards the implications of the structurally different economic performances and incentives of small and large countries under the European economic constitution. Finally, since the present European trade-off between "integrity" and "efficiency" appears sub-optimal, we present two original ways of achieving potentially better ones in the EU, through a "Great compromise" or "Economic constitution(s)," expressing a preference for the latter.

The European Constitutional Treaty (ECT) was presented by its drafters as an explicit constitution for the European Union (EU 25). We argue that considered as the European economic constitution its provisions do not sufficiently allow for the possibility of cooperative collective decision (leading to convergence in welfare) in a more than ever numerous and heterogeneous EU. Our essential argument in this respect regards the implications of the structurally different economic performances and incentives of small and large countries under the European economic constitution. Finally, since the present European trade-off between "integrity" and "efficiency" appears sub-optimal, we present two original ways of achieving potentially better ones in the EU, through a "Great compromise" or "Economic constitution(s)," expressing a preference for the latter.

This article is an evaluation of Foucault's & Habermas's conceptions of critique, which asks two questions: first, in what sense do these philosophers explicate a helpful conception of critique that can illuminate their own work? Secondly, are these conceptions adequate as general conceptions of critique? The analysis rests upon a study of Habermas' arguments regarding a seemingly paradoxical claim by Foucault: specifically, Foucault claims that any analysis has only local significance, & yet takes the view that some analyses can show others to be problematic. Habermas's response to this apparent paradox has been to deny the critical aspect of Foucault's work. Habermas claims that Foucault's "felicitous positivism" (trying to free our understanding from the subjective perspective) ends up in an "unholy subjectivism," in which no critique is possible. The present article sets out to describe a notion of critique that demonstrates that it actually does make sense to attribute a critical approach to the Foucauldian writings. It is argued that Foucault's critical approach has certain difficulties, but that at the same time, it has certain qualities that can broaden the more traditional account of critique than can be extracted from, for example, Habermas's writings. T. K. Brown

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. The Smart City: Strategic Placemaking and the Internet of Things -- 2. The Connected City: Digital Infrastructure and Urban Transformation -- 3. The Familiar City: Navigating Space as Place -- 4. The Social City: Belonging, Social Media, and the Spatial Self -- 5. The Creative City: Digital Media in Creative Placemaking -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix: Timeline of Google Fiber in Kansas City, 2010– 2015 -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author

Address before the Royal institute of international affairs, London, Feb. 21, 1950.