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This paper outlines topic and research approach for my Masters' Thesis in Geopolitical Studies su... more This paper outlines topic and research approach for my Masters' Thesis in Geopolitical Studies supervised by RNDr. Jan Kofroň, Ph.D. at Charles University, Prague. By conducting phronetic social science through a case study in connection to an internship in Cairo, Egypt I entitle my thesis The 'left-behind'. Poverty reduction, con ict prevention, peace building, 'good governance', . . . in informal urban settlements of the planet's most growing cities. A case study in Cairo, Egypt The thesis' goal is to answer the following research question: How to achieve better living conditions for the 'left-behind' in face of an increasing scale and speed of planetary urbanisation and the lack of willingness and ability of local and national governments to provide needed resources? * @fsv.cuni.cz Key concepts so far considered are: better living conditions, the 'left-behind', planetary urbanisation, and needed resources.
As shown in the previous part of the article, Cyprus' geostrategic role in the Mediterranean is u... more As shown in the previous part of the article, Cyprus' geostrategic role in the Mediterranean is undoubted. 1 Within the scope of this part of the article the following four questions are examined: 1. What are the characteristics of the economic relations of Cyprus and Russia? 2. How do these relations form Russia's approach towards the European Union? 3. How do these relations form the European Union's approach towards Russia? 4. How are these relations suspected to develop in future?
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Although an increasing number of donors try to improve the living conditions of inhabitants in in... more Although an increasing number of donors try to improve the living conditions of inhabitants in informal urban settlements, some studies show that only a very limited amount of provided resources reach those impoverished. The inability of projects to change the situation for the better could point to dubious practices. Despite academia trying to produce socially relevant work, it has failed to translate its criticism into actions at the substantive level. Researchers are perturbed from engaging because of meta-theoretical concerns in regard to normativity, among others. The study scrutinises this dilemma and proposes a solution. It reconsiders the core of critical realism and enhances its metaphysical accounts with epistemological ones from both phronetic social science and the French school of *géopolitiques*. It argues that political geography can challenge dubious practices in the socio-spatial world without losing neither philosophical nor scientific rigour. The ideas are assessed in a short study on a development project in Cairo, Egypt, demonstrating their applicability and usefulness.
This paper outlines topic and research approach for my Masters' Thesis in Geopolitical Studies su... more This paper outlines topic and research approach for my Masters' Thesis in Geopolitical Studies supervised by RNDr. Jan Kofroň, Ph.D. at Charles University, Prague. By conducting phronetic social science through a case study in connection to an internship in Cairo, Egypt I entitle my thesis The 'left-behind'. Poverty reduction, con ict prevention, peace building, 'good governance', . . . in informal urban settlements of the planet's most growing cities. A case study in Cairo, Egypt The thesis' goal is to answer the following research question: How to achieve better living conditions for the 'left-behind' in face of an increasing scale and speed of planetary urbanisation and the lack of willingness and ability of local and national governments to provide needed resources? * @fsv.cuni.cz Key concepts so far considered are: better living conditions, the 'left-behind', planetary urbanisation, and needed resources.
As shown in the previous part of the article, Cyprus' geostrategic role in the Mediterranean is u... more As shown in the previous part of the article, Cyprus' geostrategic role in the Mediterranean is undoubted. 1 Within the scope of this part of the article the following four questions are examined: 1. What are the characteristics of the economic relations of Cyprus and Russia? 2. How do these relations form Russia's approach towards the European Union? 3. How do these relations form the European Union's approach towards Russia? 4. How are these relations suspected to develop in future?
Although an increasing number of donors try to improve the living conditions of inhabitants in in... more Although an increasing number of donors try to improve the living conditions of inhabitants in informal urban settlements, some studies show that only a very limited amount of provided resources reach those impoverished. The inability of projects to change the situation for the better could point to dubious practices. Despite academia trying to produce socially relevant work, it has failed to translate its criticism into actions at the substantive level. Researchers are perturbed from engaging because of meta-theoretical concerns in regard to normativity, among others. The study scrutinises this dilemma and proposes a solution. It reconsiders the core of critical realism and enhances its metaphysical accounts with epistemological ones from both phronetic social science and the French school of *géopolitiques*. It argues that political geography can challenge dubious practices in the socio-spatial world without losing neither philosophical nor scientific rigour. The ideas are assessed in a short study on a development project in Cairo, Egypt, demonstrating their applicability and usefulness.