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Distributed for University of British Columbia Press

Two Mediterranean Worlds

Diverging Paths of Globalization and Autonomy

Distributed for University of British Columbia Press

Two Mediterranean Worlds

Diverging Paths of Globalization and Autonomy

Why are globalizing processes unevenly distributed between poor and wealthy countries? What effect do these disparities have on the lives of ordinary people? The contributors to this volume find answers to these questions in the Mediterranean, a region divided between the wealthier nations of the north shore and their poorer neighbours to the south. The divergent histories, economies, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, education systems, and political structures of these two regions lead to explanations not only for uneven globalization but also for the wave of demonstrations that have sparked unrest in North Africa and the Near East.

440 pages | © 2012

Globalization and Autonomy


Table of Contents

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. Millán 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 Tu

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