Regionalizing Oman : political, economic and social dynamics / Steffen Wippel, editor.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: United Nations University series on regionalism ; 6.Publisher: Dordrecht : Springer, [2013]Copyright date: ©2013Description: xi, 351 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9789400768208
  • 9400768206
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Regionalizing Oman.DDC classification:
  • 300
LOC classification:
  • JQ1843.A38 R43 2013
Contents:
Preface / Fred Scholz -- 1. ''Regionalizing Oman'': A New Interest of Research on Oman and its Spatial Dimensions / Steffen Wippel -- Part I: Concepts of Regionalisation and Region-Building. 2. Conceptual Considerations of Space and Region : Political, Economic and Social Dynamics of Region-Building / Steffen Wippel ; 3. Theorizing Regionalism(s): When Regions Emerge and Interact / Ulrike Lorenz and Frank Mattheis ; 4. Working with Translocality : Conceptual Implications and Analytical Consequences / Katrin Bromber -- Part II. The Translocal, Transnational and Transregional Movement of People. 5. We are part of Zanzibar Translocal Practices and Imaginative Geographies in Contemporary Oman-Zanzibar Relations / Julia Verne and Detlef Müller-Mahn ; 6. Of Red Cells, Translocality and Origins: Inherited Blood Disorders in Oman / Claire Beaudevin ; 7. Oman-India Relations: Exploring the Long-Term Migration Dynamics / Samir Pradhan ; 8. Negotiating Authenticity and Translocality in Oman: the Desertscapes of the Harasiis Tribe / Dawn Chatty -- Part III. Micro and Macro Regionalisation through Economic Practices. 9. Re-reading the Role of Oman within its International Trade Relations. From 16th through to the 19th Centuries / Beatrice Nicolini ; 10. Oman and the Indian Ocean Rim Economic Integration Across Conventional Meta-Regions / Steffen Wippel ; 11. Oman Caught Between the GCC Common Market and Bilateral Free Trade with the US: Is It Worth Breaking the Rules? / Anja Zorob ; 12. Musandam and its Trade with Iran. Regional Linkages across the Strait of Hormuz / Michael Benz ; 13. Is Littoralization Reconfiguring the Omani Territory? / Belgacem Mokhtar ; 14. The Impact of Shopping Malls on Traditional Retail Stores in Muscat. Case study of al-Seeb Wilayat / Montasser I. M. Abdelghani -- Part IV. State and Society in Regional and Global Perspectives. 15. Private Documents as a Source for Regional History: The Archive of the Abr y n of al- amr / Michaela Hoffmann-Ruf ; 16. Domesticating Local Elites. Sheikhs, Walis and State-Building under Sultan Qaboos / Marc Valeri ; 17. Musandam: Creating a New Region Across the Water / Gulshan Dietl ; 18. The Political Economy of Internationalization and Privatization of Higher Education in the Sultanate of Oman / Torsten Brandenburg ; 19. Bringing the Global and the Local Together through English in Oman / Rahma Al-Mahrooqi and Victoria Tuzlukova -- Concluding Remarks: Regionalizing Oman beyond Conventional Metageographies / Steffen Wippel.
Summary: This volume addresses the historical structures and current dynamics of Oman's regionalization processes and their political, economic and social dimensions. It is based on an interdisciplinary and trans-regional dialogue between scholars from different social sciences and area studies such as political science, economics, management, economic and social geography, history, social anthropology and linguistics as well as Middle East/West Asian, gulf and African studies, and develops four major axes of research: Oman's integration into global and regional flows of goods, capital, people and ideas; The multi-scaled political negotiation of such integration (or disintegration) processes; Consequences of suchlike processes and forms of regionalization for (translocal) actors; Ideas and strategic communication of regional belonging and the constitution of regions.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface / Fred Scholz -- 1. ''Regionalizing Oman'': A New Interest of Research on Oman and its Spatial Dimensions / Steffen Wippel -- Part I: Concepts of Regionalisation and Region-Building. 2. Conceptual Considerations of Space and Region : Political, Economic and Social Dynamics of Region-Building / Steffen Wippel ; 3. Theorizing Regionalism(s): When Regions Emerge and Interact / Ulrike Lorenz and Frank Mattheis ; 4. Working with Translocality : Conceptual Implications and Analytical Consequences / Katrin Bromber -- Part II. The Translocal, Transnational and Transregional Movement of People. 5. We are part of Zanzibar Translocal Practices and Imaginative Geographies in Contemporary Oman-Zanzibar Relations / Julia Verne and Detlef Müller-Mahn ; 6. Of Red Cells, Translocality and Origins: Inherited Blood Disorders in Oman / Claire Beaudevin ; 7. Oman-India Relations: Exploring the Long-Term Migration Dynamics / Samir Pradhan ; 8. Negotiating Authenticity and Translocality in Oman: the Desertscapes of the Harasiis Tribe / Dawn Chatty -- Part III. Micro and Macro Regionalisation through Economic Practices. 9. Re-reading the Role of Oman within its International Trade Relations. From 16th through to the 19th Centuries / Beatrice Nicolini ; 10. Oman and the Indian Ocean Rim Economic Integration Across Conventional Meta-Regions / Steffen Wippel ; 11. Oman Caught Between the GCC Common Market and Bilateral Free Trade with the US: Is It Worth Breaking the Rules? / Anja Zorob ; 12. Musandam and its Trade with Iran. Regional Linkages across the Strait of Hormuz / Michael Benz ; 13. Is Littoralization Reconfiguring the Omani Territory? / Belgacem Mokhtar ; 14. The Impact of Shopping Malls on Traditional Retail Stores in Muscat. Case study of al-Seeb Wilayat / Montasser I. M. Abdelghani -- Part IV. State and Society in Regional and Global Perspectives. 15. Private Documents as a Source for Regional History: The Archive of the Abr y n of al- amr / Michaela Hoffmann-Ruf ; 16. Domesticating Local Elites. Sheikhs, Walis and State-Building under Sultan Qaboos / Marc Valeri ; 17. Musandam: Creating a New Region Across the Water / Gulshan Dietl ; 18. The Political Economy of Internationalization and Privatization of Higher Education in the Sultanate of Oman / Torsten Brandenburg ; 19. Bringing the Global and the Local Together through English in Oman / Rahma Al-Mahrooqi and Victoria Tuzlukova -- Concluding Remarks: Regionalizing Oman beyond Conventional Metageographies / Steffen Wippel.

This volume addresses the historical structures and current dynamics of Oman's regionalization processes and their political, economic and social dimensions. It is based on an interdisciplinary and trans-regional dialogue between scholars from different social sciences and area studies such as political science, economics, management, economic and social geography, history, social anthropology and linguistics as well as Middle East/West Asian, gulf and African studies, and develops four major axes of research: Oman's integration into global and regional flows of goods, capital, people and ideas; The multi-scaled political negotiation of such integration (or disintegration) processes; Consequences of suchlike processes and forms of regionalization for (translocal) actors; Ideas and strategic communication of regional belonging and the constitution of regions.