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The new South Africa is attempting to create a sense of national identity at the very moment when cultural globalisation is questioning not only traditional identities and values but also those of the modern nation-state. Yet the major forces (labour, nationalist, women, democratic, church, liberal) for the creation of a new South Africa have for decades been engaged with the ideas and practices of international solidarity. This paper examines two of the more intellectual radical journals in South Africa - one labour/socialist ("South African Labour Bulletin") and one women's/feminist ("Agenda") - which have demonstrated their particular understandings of the international solidarity during the apartheid and transition period. (DÜI-Hff)

The study aims to reveal the relationship between financial innovation in the banking sector and economic growth for Statistical Region Units Level-1 (12 regions) and Türkiye's 81 provinces. In the study, annual data from 2010 to 2021 was employed. The Arellano-Bond GMM first differences and Pooled Data approach were used as models. The coefficient of the variable measuring financial innovation in the banking industry was significant and positive for the regions and provinces. The findings suggest that the banking sector's innovative goods and services, led by technical advancements and globalisation, contribute positively to the economies of certain Turkish regions and provinces. These empirical validate Schumpeter's theory and ideas of endogenous growth.

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The war in Ukraine has not only dramatically changed Western perceptions of geopolitics, but also influenced risk assessments of economic interdependencies between Western economies and China. China has gradually emerged as an important, and in some cases indispensable, supplier to Western economies. The illusion of a gradual development and spread of Western values in the wake of the globalisation has failed. The paper discusses the challenges that China faces, i.e. the dramatic effects of demography, the misallocation of goods or its own dependencies on the West. The West cannot avoid the systemic conflict if it wants to remain a major global player, but it must clearly state its own interests.

Mountain regions are undergoing rapid changes, closely intertwined with economic globalisation and neoliberal practices, which modify their production models, land use, population, and lifestyles in unexpected ways. This Special Issue aims to reflect upon ways of living in mountain areas today, taking an innovative stance and a reflexive approach. This Issue examines mountain life from the perspective of the production of locality, being a matter of relationships and context (re)produced by, and within, social interactions (Appadurai, 1996). This approach invites us to take an alternative vantage point to the classical area of mountain anthropology, exploring the making of locality in a global world, while strengthening the debates between issues of im/mobility, migration, and mountain studies.

The rise of China is ever-present in debates on globalisation and ongoing power shifts. In a time of rising international tensions, understanding the interdependencies between China's course and the world economy is ever more important. Often, the economic reforms under Deng Xiaoping after 1978 are emphasised. They initiated dramatic changes in China's economy and contributed to its ascent as a world power. In contrast, less attention has been given to the context in which these reforms were implemented. Philippe Lionnet analyses important adjustments in China's agricultural, industrial and foreign trade policies in the course of the 1970s as well as their origins. He shows how policy experiments and their limits shaped the path of the socialist state

The rise of China is ever-present in debates on globalisation and ongoing power shifts. In a time of rising international tensions, understanding the interdependencies between China's course and the world economy is ever more important. Often, the economic reforms under Deng Xiaoping after 1978 are emphasised. They initiated dramatic changes in China's economy and contributed to its ascent as a world power. In contrast, less attention has been given to the context in which these reforms were implemented. Philippe Lionnet analyses important adjustments in China's agricultural, industrial and foreign trade policies in the course of the 1970s as well as their origins. He shows how policy experiments and their limits shaped the path of the socialist state.

The paper analyses the implications of a subsidy policy on education and of different liberalised trade and investment policies on the incidence of child labour in a developing economy in terms of a three-sector general equilibrium model with informal sector and child labour. The supply function of child labour is endogenously determined. The paper shows that different policies, if undertaken concurrently, may produce mutually contradictory effects, thereby producing little or no impact on the incidence of child labour. The paper provides a theoretical answer as to why the incidence of child labour has not significantly declined in the developing economies in spite of economic development and globalisation.

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This paper presents the argument that the practice of modern theatre constitutes a crucial method for reorienting the particular traumas of the Chinese diaspora in contemporary Taiwan. In particular, it offers a close reading of Far Away from Home (西出陽關, Xichu yangguan, 1988) by Taiwanese playwright Lee Kuohsiu (李國修, 1955‒2013) and its performance archive of 2004. Lee deploys theatre as a negotiating space in which to reflect the social formations, identities, and history of Taiwan in the late 1980s—a period that saw Taiwan's complicated relationship with China become the subject of intense scrutiny as the Cold War came to an end and the pressures of rapid globalisation mounted.

ABSTRACTGlobal agro-food trade grew strongly during the first globalisation. The increase in demand, the fall in trade costs, liberal policies and technological advances explain this expansion in trade. Within this context, this study analyses the formation and evolution of the international market of a special product: meat. It is a peculiar product because it is perishable. Furthermore, it is important to point out that the increase in its trade was based mostly on the strong demand in the United Kingdom, which acquired an almost monopsonist position, and also on the diffusion of mechanical refrigeration. This enabled the countries of the Río de la Plata, particularly Argentina, together with Australia and New Zealand to become world leaders in meat exports.

Une analyse critique du Pacte vert pour l´Europe fait apparaître une méconnaissance de l'indivisibilité des deux aspects de la source du développement durable, la diversité biologique et la diversité culturelle. Ainsi, il ne contrecarre pas les tendances à homogénéiser toutes les formes d´entreprise. Pourtant, la spécificité de la structure coopérative contribue au développement durable par la participation démocratique, mécanisme de régénération de la justice sociale, qui à son tour, est l´aspect central du développement durable. La contribution cherche à établir ce que le droit coopératif peut apporter en termes de participation démocratique dans un contexte où les facteurs de la globalisation tendent à désorganiser les entreprises.

AbstractMore than 35 years ago, in the infancy of the globalisation and professionalisation of sport, John Blundell1 published a blueprint for cricket in England and Wales in this journal. His proposals, aimed at giving market forces a greater role, related to player eligibility regulations, the admission of new teams, changing cricket formats and the creation of special games and tours. Most of these proposals were subsequently adopted by the sport's administrators. The consequent benefits derived by the sport, its teams, fans and players have, however, been mixed, and the effects are confounded by the number of changes made and the complex and dynamic nature of the competitive environment.

The article deals with the phenomenon of separatism, its common understanding and main features. It discusses the most important separatist tendencies and the threat of separatism in the EU, including the typology and the centres of separatism in Europe. The principal reasons for separatist movements in the EU are described. Considering the complex origin of separatism, the homogeneity of its foundation in Europe is proved and the threat of separatism in Ukraine is analysed. Manifestations of separatism in Ukraine and the EU are compared, the influence of globalisation and regionalisation on the ethnopolitical process in the EU and Ukraine is justified, and the dual influence of regionalisation on separatism is revealed.

There are plenty of challenges brought by modern society. Globalisation, modernisation, transition processes, social conflicts and off-the-charts development of technology have resulted in the world changing at overwhelming rates on a daily basis. In such circumstances, the individual finds himself/herself alienated from society. The aim of this paper is to analyse the complexities of the phenomenon of alienation in political theory, as a significant indicator of the collapse of democratic institutions. Following a detailed analysis of theories that are relevant for understanding political alienation, the paper at the same time presents experiences and perspectives of relevance for comprehending political alienation in the Republic of Serbia.

The transition from a knowledge society to a network society leads to growing globalisation, networking and a sudden increase in networked knowledge. Higher education and further education, like vocational training, must react with hybrid forms of generalisation and specialisation, in which way complexity and diversity are rapidly increasing in the education systems. In addition, digitalisation and the consequences of the pandemic are pushing this development. Hybridisation can make a theoretical and practical contribution to finding an answer to the complexity of mastering these processes. The consistent further development of learning theory approaches in the context of modelling and applying hybrid systems and automata leads to hybridism and thus to the expansion of the spectrum of learning theories.

La globalisation implique l'interconnexion des agents économiques et la mise en place d'un multilatéralisme intergouvernemental, qui demeure fortement influencé par les doctrines libérales. Elle repose sur l'idée selon laquelle la liberté des marchés conduit à l'optimum économique qui profiterait, par ruissellement, à tous les acteurs concernés. Dans ce contexte, les États subissent une réduction de leurs compétences et de leurs prérogatives. Les organisations économiques internationales, quant à elles, font preuve d'un activisme qui s'avère souvent bénéfique aux seules entreprises multinationales. Ce faisant, le système s'inscrit en porte-à-faux avec les défis fondamentaux du xxi e siècle, comme le changement climatique, la pollution, la liberté de l'information ou les inégalités sociales .