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Understanding China: A Guide to China's Economy, History, and Political Culture
ISBN: 9780809016518 / Angielski / Inna / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this succinct, modest, and refreshingly forthright book--now revised and updated for the new century--Starr introduces to the uninitiated reader the background, basic data, and issues at stake in China's crisis-ridden present and future. After ten years, John Bryan Starr has thoroughly revised and updated his classic introduction to the background of, the data about, and the issues at stake in China's present and future. In the new edition, Starr seamlessly weaves in additional material on the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, the Chinese government's ongoing efforts to curb the influence... In this succinct, modest, and refreshingly forthright book--now revised and updated for the new century--Starr introduces to the uninitiated reader... |
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Warrior State: Pakistan in the Contemporary World
ISBN: 9780199322237 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Seemingly from its birth, Pakistan has teetered on the brink of becoming a failed state. Today, it ranks 133rd out of 148 countries in global competitiveness. Its economy is as dysfunctional as its political system is corrupt; both rely heavily on international aid for their existence. Taliban forces occupy 30 percent of the country. It possesses over a hundred nuclear weapons that could easily fall into terrorists' hands. Why, in an era when countries across the developing world are experiencing impressive economic growth and building democratic institutions, has Pakistan been such a...
Seemingly from its birth, Pakistan has teetered on the brink of becoming a failed state. Today, it ranks 133rd out of 148 countries in global competit...
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The Real North Korea: Life and Politics in the Failed Stalinist Utopia
ISBN: 9780199964291 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Andrei Lankov has gone where few outsiders have ever been. A native of the former Soviet Union, he lived as an exchange student in North Korea in the 1980s. He has studied it for his entire career, using his fluency in Korean and personal contacts to build a rich, nuanced understanding.
In The Real North Korea, Lankov substitutes cold, clear analysis for the overheated rhetoric surrounding this opaque police state. After providing an accessible history of the nation, he turns his focus to what North Korea is, what its leadership thinks, and how its people cope with living in such an... Andrei Lankov has gone where few outsiders have ever been. A native of the former Soviet Union, he lived as an exchange student in North Korea in the ...
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Our Time Has Come: How India Is Making Its Place in the World
ISBN: 9780190494520 / Angielski / Twarda / 358 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Over the last 25 years, India's explosive economic growth has vaulted it into the ranks of the world's emerging major powers. Long plagued by endemic poverty, until the 1990s the Indian economy was also hamstrung by a burdensome regulatory regime that limited its ability to compete on a global scale. Since then, however, the Indian government has gradually opened up the economy and the results have been stunning. India's middle class has grown by leaps and bounds, and the country's sheer scale-its huge population and $2 trillion economy-means its actions will have a major global impact. From...
Over the last 25 years, India's explosive economic growth has vaulted it into the ranks of the world's emerging major powers. Long plagued by endemic ...
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China's New Red Guards: The Return of Radicalism and the Rebirth of Mao Zedong
ISBN: 9780190605841 / Angielski / Twarda / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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119,93 |
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China and the Geopolitics of Rare Earths
ISBN: 9780197598740 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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119,93 |
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China's Vulnerability Paradox: How the World's Largest Consumer Transformed Global Commodity Markets
ISBN: 9780197771402 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Shadows in Paradise Volume 1: Kashmir, Politics and Insurgency, 1965-1989
ISBN: 9781804519653 / Angielski / 19-03-2026 Książka dostępna od: 19-03-2026 |
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Termin ukazania się książki: 19-03-2026
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Between Desolation and Death: Kashmir, Unknown Graves, and India's Military State
ISBN: 9781839764592 / Angielski / 20-10-2026 Książka dostępna od: 20-10-2026 |
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Termin ukazania się książki: 20-10-2026
Książkę można już zamówić z rabatem 5% |
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Dispatches from the South China Sea: Navigating to Common Ground
ISBN: 9781627343701 / Angielski / Miękka / 270 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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120,63 |
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The World Reshaped: Volume 2: Fifty Years After the War in Asia
ISBN: 9780333654514 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Half a century ago, much of Asia lay in ruins, shattered by the long years of total war. Fifty years later, much of the region has been transformed. Asia today is an economic powerhouse, generating wealth and prosperity on an enormous scale. An increasing number of Asian countries have embraced a market economy and adapted their political structures to accommodate the resulting economic and social changes. The so-called 'Asian Dragons' are roaring ahead. Japan, then Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Korea led the way, followed more recently by countries such as Malaysia, Indonesia and...
Half a century ago, much of Asia lay in ruins, shattered by the long years of total war. Fifty years later, much of the region has been transformed. A...
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Race, Islam and Power: Ethnic and Religious Violence in Post-Suharto Indonesia
ISBN: 9781925835090 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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The Indo-Pacific: Trump, China, and the New Struggle for Global Mastery
ISBN: 9789811397981 / Angielski / Miękka / 362 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Human Rights Dissemination in Central Asia: Human Rights Education and Capacity Building in the Post-Soviet Space
ISBN: 9783031279713 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This open access book explores the field of human rights dissemination in Central Asia. Offering a comparative perspective on five post-Soviet Central Asian states—Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Tajikistan, it examines compliance with international human rights standards in these countries. The contributions capture various aspects of human rights dissemination through educational programs, seminars, training, and empowerment programs at Central Asian universities, together with Central Asian NGOs/CSOs and international organizations.The book shows that a change of...
This open access book explores the field of human rights dissemination in Central Asia. Offering a comparative perspective on five post-Soviet Central...
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Researching Central Asia
ISBN: 9783031390234 / Angielski / Miękka Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This open access book explores some of the struggles and challenges that researchers and practitioners face when conducting research in the Central Asian research setting. Written for scholars still in the planning stages of their research, it addresses key questions, including: How shall we problematize and reconceptualize the concept of positionality through lenses of local voices from the region? How does practitioners’ and scholars’ positionality contribute to their experiences of inclusion, exclusion, and access to the field? How do scholars navigate issues of personal safety and... This open access book explores some of the struggles and challenges that researchers and practitioners face when conducting research in the Central... |
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Bridging Borders: Central Asian Cross-Border Cooperation in a Comparative Global Perspective
ISBN: 9783031842528 / Angielski / Miękka / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The open access book analyzes cross-border cooperation (CBC) in Central Asia from a comparative perspective. It provides new insights into four main areas: (1) It highlights international experiences in CBC to identify best practices for Central Asian states; (2) it discusses various policies of Central Asian states towards CBC, specifically those policies that impact Central Asian CBC either positively or negatively; (3) it identifies best practices and actors for successful CBC in Central Asia, including the role of non-governmental entities; (4) it provides recommendations for enhancing...
The open access book analyzes cross-border cooperation (CBC) in Central Asia from a comparative perspective. It provides new insights into four main a...
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Golden Goose: The Story of a Peasant Family in Western China
ISBN: 9789811337734 / Angielski / Twarda / 186 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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The Bird and the Cage: China’s Economic Contradictions
ISBN: 9789819639960 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Chinese Communist Party’s complex and contradictory embrace of capitalism has played a pivotal role in shaping China’s economic reforms since the late 1970s. This book explores the persistent tensions between state control and market forces in China. It shows how these tensions provide a framework to understand Xi Jinping’s recent efforts to tighten control over the Chinese economy. The book evaluates the broader implications of these policies for China’s economic trajectory and its global trade relationships.
The Chinese Communist Party’s complex and contradictory embrace of capitalism has played a pivotal role in shaping China’s economic reforms since ...
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Let Only Red Flowers Bloom: Identity and Belonging in Xi Jinping's China
ISBN: 9780593594223 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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120,77 |
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The Reluctant Warlord: On the Trail of America's Most Wanted Man
ISBN: 9781739695842 / Angielski / Twarda / 262 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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