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Secondary Cities And The Global Economy, Xiangming Chen, Ahmed Kanna
Secondary Cities And The Global Economy, Xiangming Chen, Ahmed Kanna
Faculty Scholarship
Cities operate today in a more complex, indeed, global world. Cities help shape the global economy and culture, and are affected by it as they grow or decline. Cities change in varying ways in response to local and extra-local conditions. In this article, we address the understudied but distinctive conditions and roles of so-called secondary cities in the global economy. The critical importance of many secondary cities stems from and sustains their historical path of development and their shifting positions in national and global urban systems.
The Conflicts Of Euro-Islam: The Issues Of Immigration And Integration Of Muslims Into European Society, Shayla B. Campbell
The Conflicts Of Euro-Islam: The Issues Of Immigration And Integration Of Muslims Into European Society, Shayla B. Campbell
Senior Theses and Projects
Islamophobia is on the rise and is now a sentiment that has transcended almost every European country. In the aftermath of 9/11 and the subsequent bombings in Madrid and London, anxiety and fear of the “other” has been heightened. This fear has been harnessed by political parties in many European countries, most notably Denmark, Sweden, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and France. These countries all have supported political parties that have formed an anti-Muslim platform. The main claim is that the “Islamic identity” is incompatible with the “European identity”. Despite these xenophobic attitudes, the immigration population still inhabits European countries and continues …
Steel Pan's Heart, Chioma Viola Ozuzu
Steel Pan's Heart, Chioma Viola Ozuzu
Senior Theses and Projects
Even though mostly Afro-Trinidadians play pan, the Steel Pan instills national identity and pride because Pan has become internationally popular and the proliferation of so many steel drum events before carnival, including Panorama-the world largest Steel Pan competition.The purpose of this paper looks the hybridization and Creolization of the music culture of the nation, in regards to the major ethnic groups, especially Indo-Trinidadian.
The Eroding Hukou System And The New Minimum Wage In China: The Impacts Of Economic Inequality, Labor Shortages And Social Unrest, Allison J. Selby
The Eroding Hukou System And The New Minimum Wage In China: The Impacts Of Economic Inequality, Labor Shortages And Social Unrest, Allison J. Selby
Senior Theses and Projects
The hukou system, also known as the Household Registration System, has had a significant impact on China’s social, political, and economic trajectory since the time of its implementation in 1958. Specifically, it has helped to create the societal-wide imbalance between the prosperous coastal cities along the eastern seaboard and the lagging rural countryside of China’s interior provinces, where a second class group of citizens has emerged. As a result, the central government has strategically begun to increase the minimum wage nation-wide, as evidenced by the 12th Five Year Plan. The repercussions of this are potentially enormous, not only for …
Look Who’S Talking: The Burqa Ban In France, Margaret Epstein
Look Who’S Talking: The Burqa Ban In France, Margaret Epstein
Senior Theses and Projects
This thesis is an effort to study a new area of what is known as the “headscarf affair” and the laws that have been written in response to it. Rather than simply state the facts over twenty years after the first “headscarf affair” “Look Who’s Talking: The Burqa Ban in France” investigates the way that France and the rest of the world create a discourse on the current matter at hand, supporting or opposing past, present and potentially future laws banning the headscarf. This is done in three parts, first through an analysis of other analytical essays, which discuss headscarf …
Mexico's Quest In The North American Markets, Antonio Diaz Gonzalez Salas
Mexico's Quest In The North American Markets, Antonio Diaz Gonzalez Salas
Senior Theses and Projects
Since the 1980s Mexico has implemented various economic policies that have improved its financial system at times. All the policies have ultimately failed. Since the 1990s both Mexico and China have made progress in foreign trade with their respective trade organizations. Mexico entered the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in 1994 and China joined the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2001. In spite of being a part of two different trade organizations, both countries had a significant increase on their GDP and consequently a change of focus and direction towards their internal investments to enhance their production of exports. …