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Global and ReGional PRoblems
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In this book we will propose new interdisciplinary directions for the study of global and regional problems and the interactions between these two scales. Today contemplating and addressing global and regional problems are bread and butter activities for many professionals interested in ‘international’ matters broadly conceived: academic analysts in several disciplines and fields, practising policy analysts, policy-makers and activists. Or more precisely, one might suggest that living in the ‘age of globalization’ has forced many of us to also examine the pressures and opportunities of regionalization.
What makes global and regional problems more unapproachable than traditional ‘international’ problems in relations among states, is that ultimately, they are about ‘life, the universe and everything’ (see Edkins and Zehfuss 2009: 1, also 5). Alongside such an ambitious scale and magnitude, global and regional problems connote further scales extending beyond relations among states and nations in several ways. Simultaneously they do involve states and nations, reaching deep inside them. In other words, the global and regional aspects are often inextricably interlinked (Krishna-Hensel 2000: x–xi), just as they are often tied to other scales. The empirical substance matter of contemporary global and regional problems is likewise frequently highly complex. It has proved difficult to understand and explain these interlinkages and complexities properly with conventional approaches, let alone to adequately envision normatively desirable end-states, and ultimately, to come up with concrete policy suggestions and solutions
Pami aalto, Vilho harle and sami moisio - Personal Name
1st Edtion
9781409408420
NONE
Global and ReGional PRoblems
Management
English
ashgate Publishing Limited
2012
England
1-264
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