Regionalizing Oman Political, Economic and Social Dynamics /
This volume addresses the historical structures and current dynamics of Oman’s regionalization processes and their political, economic and social dimensions. It is based on an interdisciplinary and trans-regional dialogue between scholars from different social sciences and area studies such as polit...
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Μορφή: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο |
Γλώσσα: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer,
2013.
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Σειρά: | United Nations University Series on Regionalism ;
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Διαθέσιμο Online: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- Preface; Fred Scholz
- Chapter 1. ''Regionalizing Oman'': A New Interest of Research on Oman and its Spatial Dimensions; Steffen Wippel
- Part I: Concepts of Regionalisation and Region-Building
- Chapter 2. Conceptual Considerations of “Space” and “Region”: Political, Economic and Social Dynamics of Region-Building
- Steffen Wippel
- Chapter 3. Theorizing Regionalism(s): When “Regions” Emerge and Interact; Ulrike Lorenz and Frank Mattheis
- Chapter 4. Working with “Translocality”: Conceptual Implications and Analytical Consequences; Katrin Bromber
- Part II. The Translocal, Transnational and Transregional Movement of People
- Chapter 5. “We are part of Zanzibar” – Translocal Practices and Imaginative Geographies in Contemporary Oman-Zanzibar Relations; Julia Verne and Detlef Müller-Mahn
- Chapter 6. Of Red Cells, Translocality and Origins: Inherited Blood Disorders in Oman; Claire Beaudevin
- Chapter 7. Oman-India Relations: Exploring the Long-Term Migration Dynamics; Samir Pradhan
- Chapter 8. Negotiating Authenticity and Translocality in Oman: the “Desertscapes” of the Harasiis Tribe; Dawn Chatty
- Part III. Micro and Macro Regionalisation through Economic Practices;
- Chapter 9. Re-reading the Role of Oman within its International Trade Relations. From 16th through to the 19th Centuries; Beatrice Nicolini
- Chapter 10. Oman and the Indian Ocean Rim – Economic Integration Across Conventional Meta-Regions; Steffen Wippel
- Chapter 11. Oman Caught Between the GCC Common Market and Bilateral Free Trade with the US: Is It Worth Breaking the Rules?; Anja Zorob
- Chapter 12. Musandam and its Trade with Iran. Regional Linkages across the Strait of Hormuz; Michael Benz
- Chapter 13. Is Littoralization Reconfiguring the Omani Territory?; Belgacem Mokhtar
- Chapter 14. The Impact of Shopping Malls on Traditional Retail Stores in Muscat. Case study of al-Seeb Wilayat; Montasser I. M. Abdelghani. Part IV. State and Society in Regional and Global Perspectives
- Chapter 15. Private Documents as a Source for Regional History: The Archive of the ÝAbrÐyÐn of al-ÍamrÁÞ; Michaela Hoffmann-Ruf
- Chapter 16. Domesticating Local Elites. Sheikhs, Walis and State-Building under Sultan Qaboos; Marc Valeri
- Chapter 17. Musandam: Creating a New Region Across the Water; Gulshan Dietl
- Chapter 18. The Political Economy of Internationalization and Privatization of Higher Education in the Sultanate of Oman; Torsten Brandenburg
- Chapter 19. Bringing the Global and the Local Together through English in Oman; Rahma Al-Mahrooqi and Victoria Tuzlukova
- Concluding Remarks: Regionalizing Oman beyond Conventional Metageographies; Steffen Wippel. .