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AbstractAs all objects of sociological analysis, the city possesses a dual character as the product of the historical development of social action and as an objective framework, (i. e., made objective socially) of integration and structuration of action. The transformation system by which such an object can be defined in its specificity then takes the form of a methodological reconstruction of the social process which produced it. The only general categories which can be brought to bear in this reconstruction are not properties of the object, but •" modes of operation " of this historical process. This " dialectical " point of view is here applied to the construction of a typology of the principal historical forms of the city, where the relationships between the different types are mediated by the relationship which each urban form has with corresponding types of society (modes of historical production),
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The Orient is not a major theme for Dany Laferrière, whose works generally recreate the geography of his personal trajectory from his native island of Haiti to Montreal, the first location of his exile. However, his second text, Éroshima, is made up of motifs from Japanese culture. The author of this article analyzes the ambiguous status of Éroshima's Asian theme, which is the vehicle for a large number of stereotypes. She shows that the narrator is offering a reflection on the resonance of cliché while attempting to outmaneuver it by adopting a poetic mode foreign to Western thought.
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The achievement of scientific socialism as conceived by MM. Ch. Bettelheim, J. Charrière and H. Marchisio is based on four general principles, namely : the taking of power by proletarian party ; the establishment of the dictatorship of the proletariat ; the public ownership and control of the economy ; and agricultural reform. Relating the experience of Benin to these fundamental principles shows that there are different paths to socialism. Accordingly, the accumulation of different facts leads to a revision of the theory of scientific socialism.
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AbstractJust as the study of economics moved ahead by distinguishing between modes of production, International Relations (ir) may profit from distinguishing modes of foreign relations. In this way, ir can perhaps be saved from virtual irrelevance in a world in which state boundaries are increasingly permeable to all but the poor. Also, the prehistory of the Westphalian state system, which is everywhere around us, may be properly integrated into the understanding of world politics and global political economy. In this paper, two modes of foreign relations prior to relations of multiple sovereignty (ir properly speaking) will be distinguished : tribal relations, and empire/nomad relations. It will be argued that far from have been overcome by later history, these modes still inform the contemporary reality of world politics/global political economy.
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This article looks at the progress made on the draft transpacific free-trade agreement and the motivations driving the Southeast Asian countries. We seek to explain why it has been so difficult, if not impossible, to implement an agreement officially adopted by four Asean countries. Our hypothesis is that countries in Southeast Asia, where China and the United States are embroiled in a geopolitical battle, join forces only when self-interest dictates. This prevents them from collectively seizing the opportunity that this new era in international cooperation presents. Most of all, the treaty attests to the dwindling influence of the United States in Southeast Asia and highlights China's policy of assertiveness and its power of attraction.
Keywords: traité de libre-échange transpacifique, Asie du Sud-Est, Asean, États-Unis, Chine, Transpacific free-trade agreement, Southeast Asia, Asean, United States, China, tratado de libre comercio transpacífico, Asia Sudoriental, Asean, Estados Unidos, China