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Mobility studies emerged from a postmodern moment in which global ‘flows’ of capital, people and objects were increasingly noted and celebrated. Within this new scholarship, categories of migrancy are all seen through the same analytical... more

Mobility studies emerged from a postmodern moment in which global ‘flows’ of capital, people and objects were increasingly noted and celebrated. Within this new scholarship, categories of migrancy are all seen through the same analytical lens. This article and Regimes of Mobility: Imaginaries and Relationalities of Power, the special issue of JEMS it introduces, build on, as well as critique, past and present studies of mobility. In so doing, this issue challenges conceptual orientations built on binaries of difference that have impeded analyses of the interrelationship between mobility and stasis. These include methodological nationalism, which counterpoises concepts of internal and international movement and native and foreigner, and consequently normalises stasis. Instead, the issue offers a regimes of mobility framework that addresses the relationships between mobility and immobility, localisation and transnational connection, experiences and imaginaries of migration, and rootedness and cosmopolitan openness. The introduction highlights how, within this framework and its emphasis on social fields of differential power, the contributors to this collection ethnographically explore the disparities, inequalities, racialised representations and national mythscapes that facilitate and legitimate differential mobility and fixity. Although the authors examine nation-state building processes, their analysis is not confined by national boundaries.

It is reported that the environment has become less likely to support the quality of life previously enjoyed by the people due to oil and gas (O&G) exploration and production (E&P) activities. The effect of which includes, death or... more

It is reported that the environment has become less likely to support the quality of life previously enjoyed by the people due to oil and gas (O&G) exploration and production (E&P) activities. The effect of which includes, death or extinction of plant and animal resources, thus creating an imbalance in the ecosystem. For example, the Ogoni’s, (an ethnic group in the Delta region) have protested against Shell’s E&P activities for devastating the local environment and destroying the economic viability of the region for local farmers. The Nigerian government on the other hand, has been accused of failing to enact and/or enforce existing O&G environmental laws. There results an urgent need for legal, regulatory and institutional reform, geared towards curbing environmental impact from the O&G industry. This need has necessitated the development and application of various approaches/principles. This study therefore, will provide a critical overview of the wide-ranging theories and approaches that underpin policy and practice today. The research seeks to assess the application of precautionary principle (PP) and the polluter pays principle (PPP) in Nigeria. It identifies the challenges hindering the proper application of the PP and PPP in Nigeria as well as highlights lessons developing oil-producing country like Nigeria can learn from India and United States.

La crisis financiera del 2008 modificó las relaciones sostenidas entre el sistema político, la esfera jurídica y el dominio financiero a escala global. Ante la incapacidad de las estructuras regulatorias de los países afectados por... more

La crisis financiera del 2008 modificó las relaciones sostenidas entre el sistema político, la esfera jurídica y el dominio financiero a escala global. Ante la incapacidad de las estructuras regulatorias de los países afectados por salvaguardar la estabilidad de sus mercados, la solución política ha estribado en un incremento de la participación estatal sobre los órganos jurídicos encargados de supervigilar los procesos financieros, provocando un nuevo giro en la disputa por el control de la regulación financiera sostenida entre el sistema político y el sistema financiero. Este artículo indaga los orígenes y los potenciales efectos de esta dinámica emergente, identificando los principales acoplamientos estructurales dispuestos por el Estado para subsanar los vicios funcionales del régimen financiero global, así como las raíces de la desdiferenciación derivada de la captura regulatoria en la que ha incurrido históricamente el sistema financiero. Para describir este fenómeno desde la perspectiva sociológica, se conjugó la óptica analítica que proporciona la teoría de sistemas con el arsenal teórico propio de la regulación financiera, incluyendo una investigación empírica en dicho campo. Finalmente, este artículo propone resaltar las ventajas funcionales de esta pugna intersistémica, introduciendo una reflexión que rescata sus beneficios para la sociedad en el largo plazo.

Abstract The rise of the global economy has transformed competitive and interdependent relationships in East Asian production linkage. With the development of globalization, Japanese downstream industry, such as manufacturing and... more

Abstract The rise of the global economy has transformed competitive and interdependent relationships in East Asian production linkage. With the development of globalization, Japanese downstream industry, such as manufacturing and especially the consumer electronics industry, is facing fierce competition from the catch-up phenomenon in South Korean, Taiwanese, and Chinese manufacturers. Many factories for Japanese consumer electronics firms have been forced to shut down. In addition, their suppliers, upstream Japanese firms like electronic component and equipment suppliers, have lost their business in the domestic Japanese market and have experienced pressure to enter global markets. With regard to the Japanese upstream industry and Taiwanese thin film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) downstream firms, the Japanese electronic component and equipment suppliers have been integrated into the strategic production linkage in East Asian countries by way of responding to this transformation in competitive relationships in global TFT-LCD markets. Thus, they are increasingly abandoning Japanese clients to become the main electronic component and equipment suppliers for TFT-LCD manufacturers in Taiwan. In spite of the long-term recession in the Japanese economy and decay in the downstream industry, under the Japanese regulatory regime, Japanese upstream industry has thus far maintained its technological advantage in the global TFT-LCD markets and has continued to dominate the electronic component and equipment business for TFT-LCD manufacturers in Taiwan.