Romanian glocalization : Case study on the Rosia Montana Gold Corporation Mining Project

At the end of the communist era, which was characterised as a closed social experiment, Romania found itself in the middle of a globalization process. Its industrial capacities have been considerably reduced through a poor and spendthrift management. There was a mass exodus of the labour force abroad and the educational background for the remaining part was no longer in agreement with the labour market. On these grounds, the vectors of globalization, in the form of foreign investments, entered Romania effortlessly. There even were local communities where the arrival of foreign investors was expected like a second coming of Christ. This is the context in which a Canadian company set forth the mining project Rosia Montana Gold Corporation. The implementation of the project should have started in 2005. Nevertheless, the project has not been effectively launched yet. This situation is based on what we call Romanian glocalization, namely a specific confrontation between global and local on Romanian land

Romanian glocalization : Case study on the Rosia Montana Gold Corporation Mining Project

At the end of the communist era, which was characterised as a closed social experiment, Romania found itself in the middle of a globalization process. Its industrial capacities have been considerably reduced through a poor and spendthrift management. There was a mass exodus of the labour force abroad and the educational background for the remaining part was no longer in agreement with the labour market. On these grounds, the vectors of globalization, in the form of foreign investments, entered Romania effortlessly. There even were local communities where the arrival of foreign investors was expected like a second coming of Christ. This is the context in which a Canadian company set forth the mining project Rosia Montana Gold Corporation. The implementation of the project should have started in 2005. Nevertheless, the project has not been effectively launched yet. This situation is based on what we call Romanian glocalization, namely a specific confrontation between global and local on Romanian land

Romanian glocalization : Case study on the Rosia Montana Gold Corporation Mining Project

At the end of the communist era, which was characterised as a closed social experiment, Romania found itself in the middle of a globalization process. Its industrial capacities have been considerably reduced through a poor and spendthrift management. There was a mass exodus of the labour force abroad and the educational background for the remaining part was no longer in agreement with the labour market. On these grounds, the vectors of globalization, in the form of foreign investments, entered Romania effortlessly. There even were local communities where the arrival of foreign investors was expected like a second coming of Christ. This is the context in which a Canadian company set forth the mining project Rosia Montana Gold Corporation. The implementation of the project should have started in 2005. Nevertheless, the project has not been effectively launched yet. This situation is based on what we call Romanian glocalization, namely a specific confrontation between global and local on Romanian land

Regionalismo estratégico : una respuesta frente a la glocalización. El desarrollo urbano posfordista en el este de Alemania

Los procesos de asociatividad territorial de una ciudad pueden derivar en proyectos de regionalización a diferentes escalas. Otrora, factores como conectividad, accesibilidad y proximidad eran imprescindibles para el posicionamiento urbano. En la actual glocalización ellos son insuficientes y dan lugar a desarrollos urbanos posfordistas. La ideología de la competitividad llevada al territorio condujo a diversos tipos de estrategias para jugar el juego de seducción al capital. La región emerge como la forma territorial que posibilita la entrada al "mercado de los lugares" que pertenecen al mundo global. La promoción de regiones es una estrategia para reforzar identidad frente a la globalización y funciona como factor para atraer actividades y población. No todas las ciudades tienen "éxito" pero la participación de agentes y la paradójica combinación de competitividad y asociatividad permiten corregir distorsiones. Aquí se aborda el caso de la ciudad-región Weimar, donde el regionalismo estratégico surge como uno de los caminos de reproducción urbana.

Regionalismo estratégico : una respuesta frente a la glocalización. El desarrollo urbano posfordista en el este de Alemania

Los procesos de asociatividad territorial de una ciudad pueden derivar en proyectos de regionalización a diferentes escalas. Otrora, factores como conectividad, accesibilidad y proximidad eran imprescindibles para el posicionamiento urbano. En la actual glocalización ellos son insuficientes y dan lugar a desarrollos urbanos posfordistas. La ideología de la competitividad llevada al territorio condujo a diversos tipos de estrategias para jugar el juego de seducción al capital. La región emerge como la forma territorial que posibilita la entrada al "mercado de los lugares" que pertenecen al mundo global. La promoción de regiones es una estrategia para reforzar identidad frente a la globalización y funciona como factor para atraer actividades y población. No todas las ciudades tienen "éxito" pero la participación de agentes y la paradójica combinación de competitividad y asociatividad permiten corregir distorsiones. Aquí se aborda el caso de la ciudad-región Weimar, donde el regionalismo estratégico surge como uno de los caminos de reproducción urbana.