Kategoria BISAC: Political Science >> Colonialism & Post-Colonialism

"Navigating Colonial Orders is an extremely valuable record of geographically extensive and variously troubled and profitable Norwegian overseas adventures, enterprise and community from 1850 to 1950. Collated in a single, compelling collection, a series of painstakingly researched chapters by thirteen accomplished scholars examines Norwegian commerce, shipping, whaling, fishing, farming and forestry in Africa and the Pacific Islands....The presentations draw from an impressive range of primary archival material and secondary library material, and on the expertise of anthropologists,...

Northeast India has witnessed several nationality movements during the 20th century. The oldest and one of the most formidable has been that of the Nagas - inhabiting the hill tracts between the Brahmaputra river in India and the Chindwin river in Burma (now Myanmar). Rallying behind the slogan, 'Nagaland for Christ', this movement has been the site of an ambiguous relation between a particular understanding of Christianity and nation-making.

This book, based on meticulous archival research, traces the making of this relation and offers fresh perspectives on the workings of...

Few historical subjects have generated such intense and sustained interest in recent decades as the history of empires. While historians have approached this subject in very different ways, their shared preoccupation with the British imperial experience-its institutions, ideas and impact on peoples around the world-has endured and given rise to a rich, varied, and influential body of historical scholarship. What accounts for this preoccupation? Why has it gained such purchase on the historical imagination? How has it endured as an active area of inquiry even as the empire it studies slips...

Between 2008 and 2011, Nigeria's Abia State witnessed a flourishing of several brutal criminal gangs. Unsurprisingly the victims were predominantly vulnerable ordinary citizens and strangers. As Abia State collapsed into anarchy, the violent perpetrators resorted to increasingly debased tactics to terrorize their victims using rape and forced incest to achieve their objectives.

"You're Ordered to Rape Your Own Sister or Be Shot" tells the story of Mama-Oma and her three children, David, Nma, and Chidi. Raiders shoot Nma dead and then present Mama-Oma with a terrible choice: command her...

An introduction to the contemporary challenges states in the developing world face, and to the ways in which they can build capacity to handle them. It examines the key institutions of the state, the challenges of institutional reform, and the importance of institutional reform in achieving development.

An introduction to the contemporary challenges states in the developing world face, and to the ways in which they can build capacity to handle them. It examines the key institutions of the state, the challenges of institutional reform, and the importance of institutional reform in achieving development.