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Localism
About: Localism is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 2125 publications have been published within this topic receiving 41332 citations.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine the manifestations of this move in four key political arenas: decentralised service delivery, participatory development, social capital formation and local development, and collective actions for "radical democracy".
Abstract: Recent discussions in development have moved away from holistic theorisation towards more localised, empirical and inductive approaches. In development practice there has been a parallel move towards local ‘participation’ and ‘empowerment’, which has produced, albeit with very different agendas, a high level of agreement between actors and institutions of the ‘new’ Left and the ‘new’ Right. This paper examines the manifestations of this move in four key political arenas: decentralised service delivery, participatory development, social capital formation and local development, and collective actions for ‘radical democracy’. We argue that, by focusing so heavily on ‘the local’, the see manifestations tend to underplay both local inequalities and power relations as well as national and transnational economic and political forces. Following from this, we advocate a stronger emphasis on the politics of the local, ie on the political use of ‘the local’ by hegemonic and counter-hegemonic interests.
1,144 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that rather than declaiming the "radical particularism" of localism, it is more productive to question an "unreflexive localism" and to forge localist alliances that pay attention to equality and social justice.
1,136 citations
TL;DR: The authors examined the relationship between quality and local embeddedness in five rural localities of England and Wales and suggested that the patterns of food purchasing revealed, with local food figuring more highly than organic, illustrate a defensive politics of localism rather than a strong turn to quality based around organic and ecological production.
1,005 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors unpacked the renaissance of interest in local dimensions of peace in a wider context of increased assertiveness by local actors as well as a loss of confidence by major actors behind international peace-support actors.
Abstract: This article unpacks the renaissance of interest in ‘the local’ in peace building. It pays increased attention to local dimensions of peace in a wider context of increased assertiveness by local actors as well as a loss of confidence by major actors behind international peace-support actors. The article sees the ‘local turn’ in peace building as part of a wider critical turn in the study of peace and conflict, and focuses on the epistemological consequences of the recourse to localism in the conceptualisation and execution of peace building. The local turn has implications for the nature and location of power in peace building. This article is largely conceptual and theoretical in nature but it is worth noting that the local turn is based on reactions to real-world events.
983 citations
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1 Jan 1995
TL;DR: The Autonomization of the Cultural Sphere Personality, Unity and the Ordered Life The Heroic Life and Everyday Life Globalizing the Postmodern Global and Local Cultures Localism, Globalism and Cultural Identity Travel, Migration and Images of Social Life as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: Introduction Globalizing Cultural Complexity The Autonomization of the Cultural Sphere Personality, Unity and the Ordered Life The Heroic Life and Everyday Life Globalizing the Postmodern Global and Local Cultures Localism, Globalism and Cultural Identity Travel, Migration and Images of Social Life
831 citations
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| 2023 | 93 |
| 2022 | 127 |
| 2021 | 62 |