Regionalizing Oman: Political, Economic and Social Dynamics, UNU Series on Regionalism
Regionalizing Oman: Political, Economic and Social Dynamics, UNU Series on Regionalism, ed. Wippel, Steffen (Dordrecht: 2013).
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Editor Wippel, Steffen Title Regionalizing Oman: Political, Economic and Social Dynamics, UNU Series on Regionalism Publication Date 2013/08/27 Place of Publication Dordrecht Pages xi, 351 Language eng Abstract 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 political science, economics, management, economic and social geography, history, social anthropology and linguistics as well as Middle East/West Asian, gulf and African studies, and develops four major axes of research: Oman�s integration into global and regional flows of goods, capital, people and ideas; The multi-scaled political negotiation of such integration (or disintegration) processes; Consequences of suchlike processes and forms of regionalization for (translocal) actors; Ideas and strategic communication of regional belonging and the constitution of regions. Each chapter deals with one or more of these issues. Part I deals with concepts of regionalisation and region-building and presents different approaches that accentuate certain dimensions of these processes and come from different disciplinary backgrounds. Part II focuses on the translocal, transnational and (trans)regional movement of people, their practices and imaginations, be they contemporary labour in- and out-migrants, returnees from Eastern Africa or nomadic tribal members. Part III takes a closer look particularly at economic issues and regionalisation processes that are mainly based on multiple trade links, regional development policies or politics of regionalism. Part IV analyses political and socio-cultural issues in regional and global perspectives. Copyright Holder Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht Copyright Year 2013 Copyright type All Rights Reserved ISBN 9400768206 -
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