Regional Hierarchy Research Articles

Status Hierarchies and Stigma Shifting in International Relations

Abstract How do states as social actors cope with stigma-induced status anxiety? I propose the concept of “stigma shifting” as a way in which status-anxious states overcompensate for their stigma-induced inferiority and reaffirm their place in the world: by seeking identification with higher-status states and differentiation from lower-status states. In identifying with the desired group of states, stigmatized states engage in approval-seeking behavior and reaffirm their in-group status in areas where they feel discredited. In differentiating themselves from the undesired group, stigmatized states engage in distinction-seeking behavior, claiming their superiority over this “lesser” group in areas that gave rise to their status anxiety in the first place. Stigma shifting, in other words, allows a stigmatized state to take the role of a stigmatizer. To demonstrate the concept's depth and analytical utility, I draw on the case of East Asia in three disparate issue areas: colonial redress, nuclear disaster, and international order making. Japan, stigmatized in all three areas, has reaffirmed its status by shifting the stigma onto its significant but “lesser” others: China and Korea. Ultimately, stigma shifting solidifies status hierarchies in the world—not just the hierarchy as represented by the “Western” dominance of international society but also the regional hierarchies of the non-Western world.

Dialectics of cinematic co-production: ambivalent Korean fantasy romance in Ultimate Oppa

ABSTRACT Foregrounding the Korean Wave in storylines, there have been notable co-productions that have cinematically addressed the Southeast Asian fan of “K-Dramas” and her travels to South Korea. By analyzing Ultimate Oppa (2022), I align with a decolonial impulse to study a regional Asian co-production that excludes the usual analysis of the dominant European-U.S. film axis. I argue that intra-Asian co-productions produce ideological asymmetries in these arrangements. In Ultimate Oppa, the relationship between the Philippines and Korea is set against the macro-level influences of unequal “soft power” between Korean and Philippine media, producing visible dialectical tensions. As such, this essay argues that Ultimate Oppa ambivalently presents a cross-national romantic fantasy that reifies regional hierarchies, which are made more palatable through ideological dialectics.

Methodological proposal for measuring economic efficiency in regional transportation networks

This article seeks to improve the understanding and efficiency of transportation within and between metropolitan areas. Efficient transportation infrastructure and services are essential for achieving sustainable development, fostering economic growth, and minimizing environmental impacts. In metropolitan regions, where urbanization and population growth are concentrated, the significance of transportation efficiency becomes even more critical. To address this issue, the study proposes a methodology that combines graph theory and centrality measures to analyze regional hierarchies and their influence on transportation efficiency. By representing the regional road network, cities, and toll plazas as a graph with attributes linked to quantitative data of urban economies, this approach provides a concise and replicable method for examining network hierarchy in urban economies.

Sustainable Transportation Infrastructure Development (Case Study: Tanah Bumbu Regency)

The development of a region's transportation infrastructure is very important to increase economic growth. Infrastructure is the foundation for Indonesia to be competent with other countries and provides a multiplier impact that can encourage economic growth. This means, that one of the main elements of development policy to support economic activity is the provision of transportation infrastructure. One of the regional governments’ responsibilities is to provide transportation infrastructure as a commodity with a public dimension (public good ). This means that local governments are directly involved in providing transportation infrastructure as a complement to the economic system. The results of this research show that the regional hierarchy of Tanah Bumbu Regency is influenced by population density and the almost even distribution of public facilities, as well as interconnections between regions. For this reason, the Tanah Bumbu Regency government needs to respond to this situation by formulating a strategy for developing sustainable transportation infrastructure.

Protecting National Sovereignty: The ‘Australian Model’ and the Exclusion of Asylum Seekers

Increasingly, the ‘Australian model’ of offshore detention is promoted to restrict asylum seeker migration and preserve national sovereignty. This article analyses metaphor usage within press coverage of immigration to examine the origins of this discourse. Focusing on two high points of asylum seeker arrivals (2001–2002, 2012–2013), I demonstrate how negative metaphor use constructed asylum seekers as racialized, illegitimate, illegal Others, who breached Australian sovereignty. I argue that this was a response to a crisis of settler-colonial legitimacy, exacerbated by calls for Indigenous sovereignty, with anti-asylum discourse utilized as a tool to negate and neutralize Indigenous sovereignty claims and legitimate settler-colonial state power. I further argue that sovereignty claims were employed to reinforce Australia’s positioning within regional hierarchies of power, through the enactment of offshore processing agreements with less powerful, ostensibly ‘sovereign’ nations, thereby reaffirming and legitimating a racialized, neo-colonial ordering of the world.

Regional Development and The Direction for Regional Development: Empirical Study in Bogor Regency (Sectoral and Spatial Approaches)

The regional approach aims to identify, analyze and evaluate the extent of regional development carried out by local governments, as well as to achieve regional development whether it is in accordance with the characteristics of the region. Bogor Regency plays an important role as a buffer area for DKI Jakarta. The high regional development and economic growth of DKI Jakarta has caused high population growth and high economic growth in Bogor Regency. However, the high economic growth does not guarantee economic equality in the region. The purpose of this study is to analyze and map regional development in Bogor Regency based on regional hierarchy and analyze the extent of equitable distribution of economic activities in Bogor Regency. The analsysis method used is using Regional Hierarchy Analysis and Overlay by Geographic Information System. The data used in this study used data on Gross Regional Domestic Income (GRDI). The results showed that the Regional Development Index in Bogor Regency in total continued to increase. However, if observed, the value of the coefficient of variation shows a significant increase. This shows an increase in inequality during that period of 32.057 percent.

A new information priority grey prediction model for forecasting wind electricity generation with targeted regional hierarchy

Amidst the global transition to renewable energy electricity generation, this study addresses the need for improved wind electricity generation forecasting, which is pivotal in optimizing energy strategies and meeting sustainability targets. The research introduces an innovative adaptation of the grey prediction methods, named UNAGO-GM (1, 1), which is enhanced by the unified new-information priority accumulating generation operator (UNAGO) that emphasizes more recent data. This advanced model significantly improves the model's adaptability and accuracy in forecasting wind electricity generation within the regional hierarchy. To demonstrate the proposed model’s superior forecasting efficacy, the comparative experiments are conducted in the hierarchical forecasting fashion across national, regional, and global levels by contrasting UNAGO-GM (1, 1) with prevailing benchmarks like ARIMA and LSTM. The results indicate UNAGO-GM (1, 1)’ s highest forecasting accuracy and universality, with 54.07% and 156.48% improvement rates concerning MAPEs and RMSEs across all benchmarks and forecasting levels. Furthermore, UNAGO-GM (1, 1)’s output stability is validated through the robustness tests applying Monte Carlo simulations for the intelligent algorithm stability and matrix perturbation analyses. In conclusion, the novel UNAGO-GM (1, 1) model represents a significant breakthrough in renewable energy forecasting, providing precise and adaptable predictions essential for strategic planning and policy formulation in the transition towards sustainable energy sources.

Meşhur Vaizler ve Hikâye Anlatıcıları (Kussās) -İslam’ın En Eski Tarihçileri, Müfessirleri ve Fakihleri-

Meşhur vaizler ve hikâye anlatıcıları (kussâs; tk. kâs) birinci/yedinci yüzyılın ortalarında görünmeye başladı ve hızlı bir şekilde İslâm’ın ilk informal tarihçileri ve müfessirleri oldular. Çok geçmeden Emevî halifeleri onların söylevlerinin politik etkisini fark edip vaaz vermeyi ve hikâye anlatıcılığını (kasas) resmî bir kurum haline getirdi. Buna rağmen gayriresmi hikâye anlatıcılığı tamamen ortadan kalkmadı, bazen yönetimdeki hanedana karşı dinî bir memnuniyetsizliğinde sesi oldu. Elinizdeki makalede, Mervâniler döneminde kasasın yargı ve diğer resmî kurumlarla uyum içerisinde olduğunu ifade ediyorum. Yazılı kaynakların karşılaştırılması aynı dönem boyunca kâdı (hâkim) kavramının henüz kullanılmadığını ve Abbâsî tarih literatürü tarafından geriye dönük olarak Emevî tarihine aşılanmış olabileceğini gösterir. Edebî kaynaklarda kussâsın bölgesel hiyerarşilerinin varlığına işaret edilmektedir. İkinci/sekizinci yüzyılda kasas, İslam hukuku ve tefsirinin ihtiyacı için rivayetlerin profesyonel bir şekilde toplanması ve aktarılması sebebiyle önemini yitirmiştir. Sonunda hadis ravileri ve münekkitleri kussâsı aşağılama ve alay etme suretiyle görmezden gelmeye başladılar.

Study of Hierarchy and Service Facility Centers of South Labuhanbatu Regency

The regional hierarchy, which includes the functions targeted at each region, is an important consideration in regional planning. The implementation of this function is related to existing service facilities in each sub-district in terms of the growth dynamics of South Labuhanbatu Regency. The distribution of the population in the sub-districts of South Labuhantu Regency has resulted in an increase in the quantity of infrastructure, facilities and service facilities. This research was conducted to determine the availability of service facilities in Labuhanbatu District and to examine the hierarchy and distribution of service centers. This research uses a quantitative descriptive research method using the centrality index analysis method, gravity analysis, and nearest neighbor analysis. Based on the study findings, it is known that the availability of service facilities in Labuhanbatu Regency is quite adequate, especially considering that Kota Pinang and Torgamba Subdistricts which have first order status already have quite complete and adequate facilities. In addition to the findings of the regional hierarchy analysis based on analysis of the centrality and gravity indices, the findings of the nearest neighbor analysis also show Kota Pinang and Torgamba Districts in the hierarchy. Service centers in Labuhanbatu Selatan Regency are located in Kota Pinang Subdistrict, which is the capital of the subdistrict, and Torgamba Subdistrict, which has the most availability of facilities and is supported by a large population and strong interaction strength.

Peran Administrasi Pertanahan dalam Perkembangan Wilayah Kota Tangerang Selatan

South Tangerang City is experiencing a process of suburbanization, where the increase in population causes an increase in the need for space for development. If development activities are not controlled, it will reduce the quality of the environment and people's lives. Land management is an activity that aims to support development programs by utilizing the capacity of land resources. This study aims to analyze the level of regional development and analyze the influence of land administration in supporting regional development in South Tangerang City in 2016 and 2019. The level of regional development is analyzed weighted scalogram with modification of physical, social and economic variables. The relationship between the Y variable (Urban village development index-IPWK) and the X variable (Land administration) was modeled using Geographically Weighted Regression (GWR). The results of the regional hierarchy analysis show that the urban village in South Tangerang City are dominant in Hierarchy 3 with an average IPWK value result 46.25 (2016) and 45.38 (2019), as a hinterland for DKI Jakarta. Land administration activities can have different positive and negative effects locally on the level of development of the urban village area.

Analisis Skalogram: Studi Kasus Pengembangan Kopi Mamasa Berbasis Kesesuaian Lahan dan Sarana Fasilitas Penunjang di Kabupaten Mamasa

To optimize Mamasa coffee production, a land use model that is appropriate to its designation is needed. The actual coffee area in Mamasa Regency reached 33,589.79 ha with a total of 20,980 farmer heads of households. This means that a large number of Mamasa people depend on Mamasa coffee. Analyze the land suitability of Mamasa coffee in relation to the regional hierarchy based on the availability of coffee supporting facilities in Mamasa Regency. Data analysis used the land suitability analysis method combined with a scalogram, to see contextually the process of intensification and development of Mamasa coffee supporting facilities. The results of this study indicate that most of the land for the business of managing Arabica and Robusta coffee plants is dominantly constrained by the physical conditions of the area where around 84.5% of the land is not suitable (N) with dominant slopes with erosion hazards (eh), root media (rc) and water availability (wa) in several open locations. In addition, the availability of coffee supporting facilities in Mamasa Regency is dominant in hierarchy 3 of 88%, while hierarchy 2 is only 9% and hierarchy 1 is 3%. This means that the facilities in Mamasa Regency in order to support coffee development related to processing facilities to marketing are still minimal. The Government of Mamasa Regency needs to pay attention to the improvement of coffee supporting facilities, especially in areas that are suitable land for Mamasa coffee, so that the intensification of coffee production in the upstream can be optimized and increased marketing in the downstream.

The Popular Preachers and Storytellers (Quṣṣāṣ) – The Earliest Historians, Exegetes, and Legal Specialists in Islam

Popular preachers and storytellers (quṣṣāṣ; sg. qāṣṣ) appeared towards the middle of the first/seventh century and quickly became the earliest informal historians and exegetes in Islam. Before long, the Umayyad caliphs recognized the political impact of their sermons and institutionalized preaching and storytelling (qaṣaṣ) as a state office. Notwithstanding this fact, informal qaṣaṣ did not vanish altogether, sometimes giving voice to pious discontent with the ruling dynasty. In the present study, I demonstrate that during the Marwānid period qaṣaṣ was combined with judgeship and other official positions. A comparison with documentary sources suggests that during the same period the term qāḍī (judge) was not yet used, and it may have been retroactively grafted onto the Umayyad past by early ʿAbbāsid historical literature. Literary sources also imply the existence of regional hierarchies of quṣṣāṣ. During the second/eighth century, qaṣaṣ lost its significance to the professional collection and transmission of traditions (ḥadīth) for the needs of Islamic jurisprudence and exegesis. Ḥadīth transmitters and critics eventually came to dismiss the quṣṣāṣ with contempt and derision.

Selenium supplementation enhanced the expression of selenoproteins in hippocampus and played a neuroprotective role in LPS-induced neuroinflammation

Selenium (Se) is obtained from organic and inorganic selenium food content, which mainly depends on the regional soil selenium content. Selenium deficiency and decreased selenoprotein functions have been shown to associate with the progression of cognitive decline and neurodegenerations including Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson's disease (PD), and Huntington's disease (HD). Selenoproteins are well recognized for their anti-oxidative activities. Given the high oxygen consumption, mammalian brains preferent@ially supplied with Se.Here, we propose a beneficiary role for dietary supplementation of sodium selenite (300 ng per gram of body weight) in ameliorating neuroinflammation induced by bilateral intracerebroventricular injection of 1 μL LPS (1 μg/μL), evidenced by the significantly reduced oxidative stress, downregulated pro-inflammatory cytokines expression, improved integrity of blood-brain barrier, as well as suppressed glial activation and shifted microglial MI/M2 polarization in Se-sup mouse brain. Se intake also reduced neural cell death and significantly improved the cognition in Se-sup mice following LPS challenge. The neuroprotective role for supplementary Se is likely to be ascribed to the overall elevated expression of selenoproteins, especially Selenoprotein P (SELENOP) and Glutathione peroxidase 4 (GPX4), ranking on top of the change in selenoprotein expression hierarchy. The regional hierarchy of Se induced elevation of SELENOP expression was further characterized. The SELENOP expression in the mediodorsal thalamic nucleus, dendric gyrus (DG) and cornu ammonis 3 (CA3) of hippocampus and lateral habenular nucleus was highly sensitive to dietary Se intake.

Structural components for the development of a heart failure network.

Diagnosis and treatment of heart failure (HF) is challenging, and development of specialized HF networks is mandatory to warrant broad access to guideline directed therapies for patients. Numerous national cardiovascular societies recommend a three-level association of health care providers. This comprises tertiary academic centres, specialized HF clinics and specialized general cardiologists to cover the large spectrum of HF severity and entities. Although this idea of a multi-level care is widely accepted, optimal approach to build and implement a HF network service needs further definition. The core principle is that of network healthcare facilities that also consider regional peculiarities and that implements academic standards, quality indicators (QIs), interdisciplinarity and reimbursement strategies. These determinants of trans-sectoral healthcare need to be embedded in a network that provides sustainability and that incorporates QIs to objectify the efficacy of specific measures. The basis of a HF-network should be a certification system of the respective national HF association to warrant guideline standards and to prevent development of regional hierarchies or dependencies between members. This nationwide framework needs to be complemented by a federal system of regional networks, which also takes local demands into account. These regional units should incorporate digital communication and interaction pathways, structured educational programmes, certified telehealth concepts and follow-up algorithms to meet the requirements of sustainability and efficacy. We here summarize different components of HF networks and introduce the structure and development philosophy of the RUHR-HF-network that constitutes the first certified HF-clinics-network in the Ruhr area-the largest metropolitan area in Germany.

Tertiary industries’ value-added as a linkage’s engine: An interstate input-output application for Brazilian regions

Tertiary industries’ value-added have been considered an essential input for any production chain, as they have the potential to connect regions and services activities across networks. Moreover, spatially, services move more straightforward than the manufacturing of resource-based industries. This study estimates the interregional and inter-industry linkages regarding a set of services-related economic sectors and accounts for the trade in value-added (TiVA) measures, considering intraregional and interregional trade based on an interstate input-output application for Brazil. The main findings reveal that the poorest Brazilian states tend to lose linkages opportunities in services activities, remaining hostages to supply natural resources to production networks for subnational and foreign demand. On the other hand, the potential for gains from connections in the services’ networks reveals greater spatial dispersion across regional hierarchies, increasing the concentration in large urban agglomerations. In this regard, the paper concludes that the connectivity potential of services at the intraregional level can be an essential starting point to promote innovative systems away from large urban areas in the wealthiest regions inside Brazil, potentially reducing value-added imbalances in internal geography trade flows.

Влияние стратегического партнерства АУКУС на геополитическую ситуацию в Индо-Тихоокеанском регионе

The purpose of the AUKUS strategic alliance is to develop cooperation between the member countries (U.S., UK and Australia) in the field of security and defence in the Indo-Pacific region. The agreement provides for the supply of submarines powered by nuclear reactors to Australia. The emergence of this new strategic alliance was caused by the following factors: the increased power of China in the region; the weakening of the U.S. position in the Indo-Pacific; the desire of the UK to implement the “global Britain” strategy in practice; and the need for the U.S. to have reliable allies to contain China. These factors reveal the true purpose of AUKUS—containment of China and opposition to its active policy in the region. In this article, the author uses comparative analysis to reveal the different goals and geopolitical interests of the AUKUS countries. The systematic approach helps to describe the essence of the complex developing geopolitical system of the Indo-Pacific region.The theories of new institutionalism and constructivism make it possible to identify both continuity and gaps in the security policy and foreign policy of regional actors. Australia’s participation in the AUKUS allows it to: strengthen its political ties with influential partners—the United States and Great Britain; receive additional security guarantees from them in the context of increased activity of Chinese policy in the region; raise the country’s status in the regional hierarchy; and strengthen its defence capability. Australia’s entry into the AUKUS means the formation of a new, anti-Chinese strategy in the region. For the UK, membership in the AUKUS allows it to: expand its naval presence in the Indo-Pacific region; strengthen its special relations with the United States; improve its image, which was shaken after the country’s exit from the EU; and restore traditional ties with Australia. For the United States, AUKUS is the implementation of the strategy of “pivot” to Asia and the creation of a new alliance that has greater opportunities for military-strategic cooperation in the face of the threat from China to use the Pacific Ocean to oust the United States from a leading position. There are some possible geopolitical consequences of creating AUKUS for the region. They are escalation of tension and the nuclear arms race of the opposing parties; a new cold war with China; expansion of the club of nuclear powers because of Australia; imbalance of geopolitical forces in the region; undermining transatlantic unity; and a common strategy in the foreign policy of European countries and the United States.

Влияние стратегического партнерства АУКУС на геополитическую ситуацию в Индо-Тихоокеанском регионе

The purpose of the AUKUS strategic alliance is to develop cooperation between the member countries (U.S., UK and Australia) in the field of security and defence in the Indo-Pacific region. The agreement provides for the supply of submarines powered by nuclear reactors to Australia. The emergence of this new strategic alliance was caused by the following factors: the increased power of China in the region; the weakening of the U.S. position in the Indo-Pacific; the desire of the UK to implement the “global Britain” strategy in practice; and the need for the U.S. to have reliable allies to contain China. These factors reveal the true purpose of AUKUS—containment of China and opposition to its active policy in the region. In this article, the author uses comparative analysis to reveal the different goals and geopolitical interests of the AUKUS countries. The systematic approach helps to describe the essence of the complex developing geopolitical system of the Indo-Pacific region.The theories of new institutionalism and constructivism make it possible to identify both continuity and gaps in the security policy and foreign policy of regional actors. Australia’s participation in the AUKUS allows it to: strengthen its political ties with influential partners—the United States and Great Britain; receive additional security guarantees from them in the context of increased activity of Chinese policy in the region; raise the country’s status in the regional hierarchy; and strengthen its defence capability. Australia’s entry into the AUKUS means the formation of a new, anti-Chinese strategy in the region. For the UK, membership in the AUKUS allows it to: expand its naval presence in the Indo-Pacific region; strengthen its special relations with the United States; improve its image, which was shaken after the country’s exit from the EU; and restore traditional ties with Australia. For the United States, AUKUS is the implementation of the strategy of “pivot” to Asia and the creation of a new alliance that has greater opportunities for military-strategic cooperation in the face of the threat from China to use the Pacific Ocean to oust the United States from a leading position. There are some possible geopolitical consequences of creating AUKUS for the region. They are escalation of tension and the nuclear arms race of the opposing parties; a new cold war with China; expansion of the club of nuclear powers because of Australia; imbalance of geopolitical forces in the region; undermining transatlantic unity; and a common strategy in the foreign policy of European countries and the United States.

State legitimacy and Third World conflicts

Dealing with the post-World War II security issues, in this article I outline an approach that takes into account the context of the weak states in Third World environments. In this respect, first of all I make a case that domestic politics should be factored in the security concerns of states. Especially in the Third World context domestic political and social dissentions become key factors in defining foreign policy behavior of such states. Secondly, I highlight regional context, especially unstable regional conditions, regional hierarchies, and other factors that contribute to conflict propensities of states situated in the Third World environments. Finally, I make a case that, compared to democracy, legitimacy is a better variable to explain the link between domestic politics and foreign policy behavior of the Third World states. Legitimacy is not only value-neutral variable, but can also be applied across time and place.

Involvement of Jewish Minority to the Cultural Development of Bacau

During more than six centuries of existence, Bacau benefited both from the favorable socio-economic and political context, and from the interrelationships with the other communities, from the harmonious combination of these two elements resulting both the growth and development of the locality and the position in the local and regional hierarchy. The main beneficiaries of the progress made were of course the inhabitants, the city representing a living environment for them, as well as the essential factor in the functional dynamics and in the urban landscape. The sum of the histories of the communities that contributed to its secular existence, Bacau is in fact the binder and the proof of the perfect communion between them and the Romanians. Each community that contributed to the existence of Bacau actually contributed to the definition of the complex identity of the locality. Through its own cultural values, each community, with its own religion, history, with its own traditions, holidays and symbols, through its own way of being has expressed its vision of the world, of man and of relations with fellow human beings in a specific language, which it distinguishes it from both the majority population and the other communities. Over time, the Jewish community has contributed not only numerically to the growth of the population of Bacau, but also economically and culturally. Personalities with remarkable intellectual capacity honored Bacau both in the religious field and in the field of science and art. Their impact on the evolution of Bacau was extremely strong, largely due to the economic evolution of Bacău at the end of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th century.

МАТЕМАТИКО-СТАТИСТИЧЕСКОЕ МОДЕЛИРОВАНИЕ ИЕРАРХИИ И ГЕТЕРАРХИИ ЭКОНОМИКО-ГЕОГРАФИЧЕСКИХ СИСТЕМ

The paper considers the structure of territorial economic-geographical system of Russian regions in the vertical (hierarchy) and horizontal (heterarchy) aspects using methods of mathematical modeling of a multilevel indicative function. It connects indicators of socio-economic development of regions and takes into account characteristics of the economic-geographical environment and regional spatial hierarchy. For the model calculations, we use data of dependence of the annual regional domestic in- vestment on the volume of industrial and agricultural production from 1999 to 2018. The calculated values of investment acceleration indicators vary in time and between regions. They reflect the variability of the economic-geographical environment at the different hierarchical levels. A logical chain of regression equations statistically describes the vertical hierarchy of the Russian economic system. Linear regional trends form groups, or congruencies, with similar norms of the socio-economic environment at the federal okrug level. The congruencies shape the all-Russian directive surface, or directress, and demonstrate diversity of the levels and directions of region development. Described in terms of the relationship between domestic investment and production volumes, the structure reflects the hierarchy of the Russian economic system at the regional, okrug and state levels and forms spatial heterarchical network of similarity of economic growth potentials.