Two Mediterranean Worlds
Diverging Paths of Globalization and Autonomy
Published on 1. January 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
440 pages
978-0-7748-2319-7 (ISBN)
Description
Globalization includes complex processes, easy to identify but difficult to explain. Why, for instance, are globalizing processes so unevenly distributed between poor and wealthy countries? What effect does this uneven distribution have on the everyday lives of ordinary people?
The contributors to this volume find answers to these questions in the Mediterranean, a region divided between the people of the north shore, who are engaged with Europe and modernized, and their poorer neighbours to the south, who struggle daily to atain the same standards of living and modes of governance as their more Westernized neighbours. In these two regions' divergent histories, economies, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, education systems, and political structures lead to explanations not only for uneven globalization but also for the wave of demonstrations for political and cultural autonomy that sparked the Arab Spring in North Africa and the Near East.
The contributors to this volume find answers to these questions in the Mediterranean, a region divided between the people of the north shore, who are engaged with Europe and modernized, and their poorer neighbours to the south, who struggle daily to atain the same standards of living and modes of governance as their more Westernized neighbours. In these two regions' divergent histories, economies, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, education systems, and political structures lead to explanations not only for uneven globalization but also for the wave of demonstrations for political and cultural autonomy that sparked the Arab Spring in North Africa and the Near East.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Vancouver
Canada
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
10 photos and graphs
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
635 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7748-2319-7 (9780774823197)
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Persons
Yassine Essid is an expert on the history of Islamic economic thought and on the history and place of Islam in North Africa and the Middle East. William D. Coleman has overseen the writing of the books in the Globalization and Autonomy Series. He carries out research on different theories about globalization and on global governance.
Contributors: Mongi Bahloul, Samouel Beji, Houda Ben Hassen, Almudena Hasan Bosque, Lotfi Bouzaiane, Abdeljabbar Bsaies, Faika Charfi, Hachmi Dhaou, Yassine Essid, Sonia Fellous, Amado A. Millan Fuertes, Nizard Jouini, Rulof Kerkhoff, Myriem Lakhoua, Latifa Lakhdhar, Jihen Malek, Paula Duran Monfort, Rim Ben Ayed Mouelhi, Olivia Orozco de la Torre, Fatma Sarraj, Francois Zabbal, and Sameh Zouari.
Contributors: Mongi Bahloul, Samouel Beji, Houda Ben Hassen, Almudena Hasan Bosque, Lotfi Bouzaiane, Abdeljabbar Bsaies, Faika Charfi, Hachmi Dhaou, Yassine Essid, Sonia Fellous, Amado A. Millan Fuertes, Nizard Jouini, Rulof Kerkhoff, Myriem Lakhoua, Latifa Lakhdhar, Jihen Malek, Paula Duran Monfort, Rim Ben Ayed Mouelhi, Olivia Orozco de la Torre, Fatma Sarraj, Francois Zabbal, and Sameh Zouari.
Content
Preface to Series / Preface to the English Edition
Introduction / Yassine Essid and William D. Coleman
Part 1: Adapting and Integrating -- Governing in Globalization
1 Globalization, Governance, and Autonomy / Abdeljabbar Bsaies
2 Globalization, Autonomy, and the Euro-Mediterranean Space: The Issues of Regional Cooperation and the Challenges of Sovereignty / Faika Charfi and Sameh Zouari
Part 2: Globalization in the Great Texts
3 'Asabiyya, Market, and Society: The Contemporary Relevance of Ibn Khaldun's Vision of Social Change / Olivia Orozco de la Torre
4 Transmission of Texts and Globalization of Knowledge: Inter-religious Dialogue in Castile in the Fifteenth Century / Sonia Fellous
Part 3: Religions and Globalization
5 Islam: Globalization, Autonomy, and Internationality / Mohamed Yassine Essid
6 Muslim Women in the Mediterranean Region: Discriminatory Autonomy / Latifa Lakhdhar
Part 4: Cultural Autonomy -- Music and Food
7 Local Tunisian Music and Globalization: Between Musical Autonomy and Commercial Autonomy / Myriem Lakhoua
8 Globalization and Food Autonomy in the Mediterranean Region / Amado A. Millan Fuertes
9 The Fuentes de Ebro Sweet Onion: Autonomy through Globalization / Rulof Kerkhoff
10 Globalization of Food Practices in Amman / Almudena Hasan Bosque
11 Food Globalization and Autonomy Strategies: The Case of Meat in Tunisia / Paula Duran Monfort
Part 5: Cultural Autonomy -- Languages and Education
12 Globalized Literature and Autonomy: The Arabic Novel in the West / Francois Zabbal
13 The Use of English in North Africa: From Globalization to Autonomy / Mongi Bahloul
14 Globalization, Autonomy, and Higher Education: The French and Tunisian Cases / Houda Ben Hassen
Part 6: Globalization and Autonomy -- The Economic Question
15 The Economics of Globalization and Autonomy in the Mediterranean Region / Lotfi Bouzaiane
16 Globalization and Autonomy in the Mediterranean Region: The Roles of the Main Stakeholders / Rim Ben Ayed Mouelhi
17 The Challenge of Financial Globalization in Countries South of the Mediterranean Basin / Samouel Beji
18 Industrial Policy in the Mediterranean Region and Capacities for Autonomy in a Context of Globalization / Jihen Malek
19 The South Mediterranean Countries and Economic Opening: The State of Affairs / Nizard Jouini
20 The Mediterranean and Outsourcing / Fatma Sarraj
Epilogue
21 Globalization and Autonomy: The Individual in the Maghreb / Interview with Dr. Hashmi Dhaoui
Notes; Works Cited; Index
Introduction / Yassine Essid and William D. Coleman
Part 1: Adapting and Integrating -- Governing in Globalization
1 Globalization, Governance, and Autonomy / Abdeljabbar Bsaies
2 Globalization, Autonomy, and the Euro-Mediterranean Space: The Issues of Regional Cooperation and the Challenges of Sovereignty / Faika Charfi and Sameh Zouari
Part 2: Globalization in the Great Texts
3 'Asabiyya, Market, and Society: The Contemporary Relevance of Ibn Khaldun's Vision of Social Change / Olivia Orozco de la Torre
4 Transmission of Texts and Globalization of Knowledge: Inter-religious Dialogue in Castile in the Fifteenth Century / Sonia Fellous
Part 3: Religions and Globalization
5 Islam: Globalization, Autonomy, and Internationality / Mohamed Yassine Essid
6 Muslim Women in the Mediterranean Region: Discriminatory Autonomy / Latifa Lakhdhar
Part 4: Cultural Autonomy -- Music and Food
7 Local Tunisian Music and Globalization: Between Musical Autonomy and Commercial Autonomy / Myriem Lakhoua
8 Globalization and Food Autonomy in the Mediterranean Region / Amado A. Millan Fuertes
9 The Fuentes de Ebro Sweet Onion: Autonomy through Globalization / Rulof Kerkhoff
10 Globalization of Food Practices in Amman / Almudena Hasan Bosque
11 Food Globalization and Autonomy Strategies: The Case of Meat in Tunisia / Paula Duran Monfort
Part 5: Cultural Autonomy -- Languages and Education
12 Globalized Literature and Autonomy: The Arabic Novel in the West / Francois Zabbal
13 The Use of English in North Africa: From Globalization to Autonomy / Mongi Bahloul
14 Globalization, Autonomy, and Higher Education: The French and Tunisian Cases / Houda Ben Hassen
Part 6: Globalization and Autonomy -- The Economic Question
15 The Economics of Globalization and Autonomy in the Mediterranean Region / Lotfi Bouzaiane
16 Globalization and Autonomy in the Mediterranean Region: The Roles of the Main Stakeholders / Rim Ben Ayed Mouelhi
17 The Challenge of Financial Globalization in Countries South of the Mediterranean Basin / Samouel Beji
18 Industrial Policy in the Mediterranean Region and Capacities for Autonomy in a Context of Globalization / Jihen Malek
19 The South Mediterranean Countries and Economic Opening: The State of Affairs / Nizard Jouini
20 The Mediterranean and Outsourcing / Fatma Sarraj
Epilogue
21 Globalization and Autonomy: The Individual in the Maghreb / Interview with Dr. Hashmi Dhaoui
Notes; Works Cited; Index