Recasting geopolitics: the discursive scripting of the international monetary fund

Geopolitics and international organizations: An empirical study on IMF facilities

“…The fact that they dominate has allowed them to obtain a great importance in the (recently created) International Organizations. Indeed, as argued by Popke (1994), the role of the IMF "has increasingly come to be scripted 2 The other one is the already mentioned bad estimation of what creates power. 3 We do not focus on the measurement of country's ability to transform strategic resources into effective power.…”

Preventing conflict by building civil society: post-development theory and a central Asian–uk policy success story

“…24 Analysis seeks to 'denaturalize the global order by portraying it as socially and historically constructed'. 25 A key theme has been the conceptualisation of 'security', as a subjective cultural and political interpretation rather than an objective given. 26 This has explored the cultural and historical reasons why certain places are portrayed as dangerous, in the discourse of intellectuals, 27 governments 28 and in the realm of popular culture.…”

Colouring the City: ‘Black‐On‐Black Violence’ and Liberal Discourse

“…From numerous discourses, the public came to know the world as spatial unfoldings. Most crucial were discourses on globalisation, deindustrialisation, American international policy, and urban crime (Popke 1994;Thrift 1995). Each was understood in spatial terms (knowing what these issues were, meant to America, meant to people personally).…”