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SOCIAL TERM: Ανιμισμός / Animism

APPROVED DEFINITIONS FOR TERM: 6

TERM TYPE: Theoretical

DEFINITION (1): The term animism comes from the latin word anima that means breath, spirit, life. It is a religious belief that objects, places and beings, all possess a distinct spiritual essence (Stringer, 1999).

DEFINITION TYPE: Nominal

DEFINITION WRITER: Mastropetrou Margarita

REFERENCE: Stringer, M. D. (1999). Rethinking Animism: Thoughts from the Infancy of our Discipline. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 5 (4), pp. 541–56.

DEFINITION (2): Animism is a fundamental type of human thought and action, alongside two other types, totemism and naturalism (Descola, 1992).

DEFINITION TYPE: Nominal

DEFINITION WRITER: Mastropetrou Margarita

REFERENCE: Descola, P. (1992). Societies of nature and the nature of society. London: Routledge.

SOCIAL TERM: Αντιδομή / Antistructure

APPROVED DEFINITIONS FOR TERM: 1

RELATED TERMS: Κοινωνία μέθεξης/Communitas

TERM TYPE: Theoretical

DEFINITION (1): Reversal of the structural state (Turner 1969)

DEFINITION TYPE: Nominal

DEFINITION WRITER: Deligiannidou Maria

DEFINITION COMMENTS: Found in ritual... – see also “communitas”

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SOCIAL TERM: Εφαρμοσμένη Έρευνα / Applied Research

APPROVED DEFINITIONS FOR TERM: 1

TERM TYPE: Theoretical

SOCIAL TERM: Περιφερειακή οικονομική ανάπτυξη / Regional economic development

APPROVED DEFINITIONS FOR TERM: 6

TERM TYPE: Theoretical

DEFINITION (1): Regional economic development is the application of economic processesand resources available to a region that results in the sustainable developmentof, and desired economic outcomes for a region and that meetthe values and expectations of business, of residents and of visitors (Stimson and Stough, 2006).

DEFINITION TYPE: Operational

DEFINITION WRITER: Eleni Gaki

REFERENCE: Stimson, R. R. and Stough, R. H (2006). Regional Economic Development, Springer.

DEFINITION (2): Here by ‘regional economicdevelopment’ is meant the ability of a local economic system to find, and constantly torecreate, a specific and appropriate role in the international division of labour through theefficient and creative use of the resources that it possesses (Capello, 2009).

DEFINITION TYPE: Operational

DEFINITION WRITER: Eleni Gaki

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DEFINITION (3): In 1994, Blakely defined regional economic development as “a process during which local authorities or community based organizations, are involved to stimulate or maintain the business activities and employment (Blakely, 1994).

DEFINITION TYPE: Operational

DEFINITION WRITER: Eleni Gaki

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SOCIAL TERM: Περιφερειακή ανθεκτικότητα / Regional resilience

APPROVED DEFINITIONS FOR TERM: 5

TERM TYPE: Theoretical

DEFINITION (1): Regional economic resilience inthis framework could be viewed as having to do with the capacity of a regionaleconomy to reconfigure, that is adapt, its structure (firms, industries, technologiesand institutions) so as to maintain an acceptable growth path in output,employment and wealth over time (Martin, 2012).

DEFINITION TYPE: Operational

DEFINITION WRITER: Eleni Gaki

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DEFINITION (2): The capacity of a regional or local economy to withstand or recover from market, competitive and environmental shocks to its developmental growth path, if necessary by undergoing adaptive changes to its economic structures and its social and institutional arrangements, so as to maintain or restore its previous developmental path, or transit to a new sustainable path characterized by a fuller and more productive use of its physical, human and environmental resources (Martin and Sunley, 2015).

DEFINITION TYPE: Nominal

DEFINITION WRITER: Eleni Gaki

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SOCIAL TERM: Ανιμισμός / Animism

DEFINITION (1): The term animism comes from the latin word anima that means breath, spirit, life. It is a religious belief that objects, places and beings, all possess a distinct spiritual essence (Stringer, 1999).

REFERENCE: Stringer, M. D. (1999). Rethinking Animism: Thoughts from the Infancy of our Discipline. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 5 (4), pp. 541–56.

DEFINITION (2): Animism is a fundamental type of human thought and action, alongside two other types, totemism and naturalism (Descola, 1992).

REFERENCE: Descola, P. (1992). Societies of nature and the nature of society. London: Routledge.

SOCIAL TERM: Αντιδομή / Antistructure

DEFINITION (1): Reversal of the structural state (Turner 1969)

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SOCIAL TERM: Εφαρμοσμένη Έρευνα / Applied Research

SOCIAL TERM: Περιφερειακή οικονομική ανάπτυξη / Regional economic development

REFERENCE: Stimson, R. R. and Stough, R. H (2006). Regional Economic Development, Springer.

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DEFINITION (3): In 1994, Blakely defined regional economic development as “a process during which local authorities or community based organizations, are involved to stimulate or maintain the business activities and employment (Blakely, 1994).

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SOCIAL TERM: Περιφερειακή ανθεκτικότητα / Regional resilience

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SOCIAL TERM: Ανιμισμός / Animism

DEFINITION (1): The term animism comes from the latin word anima that means breath, spirit, life. It is a religious belief that objects, places and beings, all possess a distinct spiritual essence (Stringer, 1999).

REFERENCE: Stringer, M. D. (1999). Rethinking Animism: Thoughts from the Infancy of our Discipline. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 5 (4), pp. 541–56.

DEFINITION (2): Animism is a fundamental type of human thought and action, alongside two other types, totemism and naturalism (Descola, 1992).

REFERENCE: Descola, P. (1992). Societies of nature and the nature of society. London: Routledge.

SOCIAL TERM: Αντιδομή / Antistructure

DEFINITION (1): Reversal of the structural state (Turner 1969)

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SOCIAL TERM: Εφαρμοσμένη Έρευνα / Applied Research

SOCIAL TERM: Περιφερειακή οικονομική ανάπτυξη / Regional economic development

REFERENCE: Stimson, R. R. and Stough, R. H (2006). Regional Economic Development, Springer.

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DEFINITION (3): In 1994, Blakely defined regional economic development as “a process during which local authorities or community based organizations, are involved to stimulate or maintain the business activities and employment (Blakely, 1994).

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SOCIAL TERM: Περιφερειακή ανθεκτικότητα / Regional resilience

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