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* [http://europa.eu.int/scadplus/leg/en/lvb/g24401.htm ESDP - European Spatial Development Perspective. Towards a balanced and sustainable development of the Union territory.] | * [http://europa.eu.int/scadplus/leg/en/lvb/g24401.htm ESDP - European Spatial Development Perspective. Towards a balanced and sustainable development of the Union territory.] | ||
In an article in The Nation (March 6,2006) on "The World Social Forum: Protest or Celebration," Michael Blanding writes, "This year, the Caracas forum was one of three in a new 'polycentric' format intended to foster more regional collaboration." The quotes around "polycentric" indicate that this is a new use of the word. It is apt, in that most of those who attend gatherings like the World Social Forum are opposed to what could be called the "unicentrism" that characterizes imperial, neoliberal, and neoconservative economic and political theories and institutions; such people could be said to adherents to "polycentrism." | In an article in The Nation (March 6,2006) on "The World Social Forum: Protest or Celebration," Michael Blanding writes, "This year, the Caracas forum was one of three in a new 'polycentric' format intended to foster more regional collaboration." The quotes around "polycentric" indicate that this is a new use of the word. It is apt, in that most of those who attend gatherings like the World Social Forum are opposed to what could be called the "unicentrism" that characterizes imperial, neoliberal, and neoconservative economic and political theories and institutions; such people could be said to adherents to "polycentrism." | ||
* [http://royherndonsmith.blogs.com/ The Love of Reality | * [http://royherndonsmith.blogs.com/ The Love of Reality, Roy Herndon Smith] | ||
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In an article in The Nation (March 6,2006) on "The World Social Forum: Protest or Celebration," Michael Blanding writes, "This year, the Caracas forum was one of three in a new 'polycentric' format intended to foster more regional collaboration." The quotes around "polycentric" indicate that this is a new use of the word. It is apt, in that most of those who attend gatherings like the World Social Forum are opposed to what could be called the "unicentrism" that characterizes imperial, neoliberal, and neoconservative economic and political theories and institutions; such people could be said to adherents to "polycentrism."