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Language and Identity in the Middle East and North Africa
ISBN: 9780700704101 / Angielski / Twarda / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The question of identity in relation to language has hardly been dealt with in the Middle East and North Africa, in spite of the centrality of these issues to a variety of scholarly debates concerning this strategically important part of the world. The book seeks to cover a variety of themes in this area.
The question of identity in relation to language has hardly been dealt with in the Middle East and North Africa, in spite of the centrality of these i...
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China's Communist Revolutions: Fifty Years of the People's Republic of China
ISBN: 9780700716302 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. During its fifty years of existence the People's Republic of China has seen dramatic changes, from the proclamation of the independent state through the period of the Communist Revolution, the Cultural Revolution, the Reform Period. These changes are analysed from the political, economic and social points of view, chllaenging accepted orthodoxy. Throughout, the emphasis is on change in the context of contemporary China, and as part of the Chinese Communist Party's search for paths to development.
During its fifty years of existence the People's Republic of China has seen dramatic changes, from the proclamation of the independent state through t...
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Medieval Islamic Pragmatics: Sunni Legal Theorists' Models of Textual Communication
ISBN: 9780700711024 / Twarda / 284 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. One of the primary aims of the book is to explore and formulate several Muslim legal theorists' pragmatic theories, communicative principles and linguistic views, construct them in the form of models and set them within a general uniform framework.
One of the primary aims of the book is to explore and formulate several Muslim legal theorists' pragmatic theories, communicative principles and lingu...
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Sexual Cultures in East Asia
ISBN: 9780415308717 / Twarda / 308 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Using case studies from East and Southeast Asia, this book examines sexuality and AIDS-related sexual risk in the context of Asian cultures.
Using case studies from East and Southeast Asia, this book examines sexuality and AIDS-related sexual risk in the context of Asian cultures.
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Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec): The First Decade
ISBN: 9780700716289 / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An examination of APEC's achievements and failures, its role and functions in international relations, its linkages with regional organisations and the interplay between the forum and national interests in the region.
An examination of APEC's achievements and failures, its role and functions in international relations, its linkages with regional organisations and th...
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The Formative Period of Twelver Shi'ism: Hadith as Discourse Between Qum and Baghdad
ISBN: 9780700712779 / Angielski / Twarda / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Shows how the frictions and disparities between the different pockets of believers scattered throughout the Eastern Islamic world in the late ninth and tenth centuries, the relations between each of these and the Abbasid political institution favoured the narration of different bodies of the Imams' traditions
Shows how the frictions and disparities between the different pockets of believers scattered throughout the Eastern Islamic world in the late ninth an...
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Religious Pluralism in Christian and Islamic Philosophy
ISBN: 9780700710256 / Twarda / 308 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text compares the ideas of two contemporary philosophers, John Hick and Seyyed Hossein Nasr, on the issues of religion, religions, the concept of the ultimate reality, and the notion of sacred knowledge.
This text compares the ideas of two contemporary philosophers, John Hick and Seyyed Hossein Nasr, on the issues of religion, religions, the concept of...
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On Socialist Democracy and the Chinese Legal System: The Li Yizhe Debates
ISBN: 9781138194151 / Angielski / Twarda / 310 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1974, a small group of young intellectuals, the Li Yizhe group, circulated their dissident manifesto, 'On Socialist Democracy and the Legal System, ' a probing critique of the leftist authoritarianism of Mao Zedong. This title examines the writings of these dissidents as a means to better understand the views of non-Party Marxists in their struggle to defy the government and construct their own vision of a socialist China. Originally published in 1985, this title remains relevant in relation to contemporary Chinese politics and will be of interest to students of Asian Studies... In 1974, a small group of young intellectuals, the Li Yizhe group, circulated their dissident manifesto, 'On Socialist Democracy and the Le... |
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China's Policy Towards Territorial Disputes: The Case of the South China Sea Islands
ISBN: 9780415009270 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Considers the influence of China's campaign for economic modernisation on its foreign policy and argues that such influence works within the framework of Beijing's perception of its wider geopolitical concerns.
Considers the influence of China's campaign for economic modernisation on its foreign policy and argues that such influence works within the framework...
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Employment Relations in the Growing Asian Economies
ISBN: 9780415125840 / Angielski / Twarda / 382 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book analyzes the role of employment relations in the context of economic development in some of the key Asian economies - China, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, the Phillipines, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan. In recent years, these Asian economies have become increasingly more open and export-driven, and there is strong interest all over the world in the Asian economic miracle - among practitioners and scholars alike.
This book analyzes the role of employment relations in the context of economic development in some of the key Asian economies - China, Hong Kong, Indi...
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Interpreting Japanese Society: Anthropological Approaches
ISBN: 9780415172677 / Angielski / Twarda / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published in 1986, Interpreting Japanese Society became something of a classic in the field. In this newly revised and updated edition, the value of anthropological approaches to help understand an ancient and complex nation is clearly demonstrated.
While living and working in Japan the contributors have studied important areas of society. Religion, ritual, leisure, family and social relations are covered as are Japanese preconceptions of time and space - often so different from Western concepts. This new edition of Interpreting Japanese Society shows what an... First published in 1986, Interpreting Japanese Society became something of a classic in the field. In this newly revised and updated edition,...
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Culture and Politics in the Information Age : A New Politics?
ISBN: 9780415246354 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume addresses culture and politics in the information age through an analysis of important theoretical debates on issues such as digital democracy, cultural politics and trans-national communities. Featuring contributors from both sides of the Atlantic, the book contains a series of case studies on new social movements including campaigns on the environment, gender, animal rights and human rights.
This volume addresses culture and politics in the information age through an analysis of important theoretical debates on issues such as digital democ...
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Endangered Daughters: Discrimination and Development in Asia
ISBN: 9780415247641 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This unique and groundbreaking book seeks to re-focus gender debate onto the issue of daughter discrimination - a phenomenon still hidden and unacknowledged across the world.
It asks the controversial question of why millions of girls do not appear to be surviving to adulthood in contemporary Asia. In the first major study available of this emotive and sensitive issue, Elisabeth Croll investigates the extent of discrimination against female children in Asia and shifts the focus of attention firmly from son-preference to daughter-discrimination. This book brings together demographic... This unique and groundbreaking book seeks to re-focus gender debate onto the issue of daughter discrimination - a phenomenon still hidden and unacknow...
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The Future of North Korea
ISBN: 9780415249652 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume explores the possibility of North Korea's'soft-landing' as the most desirable outcome on the Korean Peninsula. The collection of essays by noted students of Asian security examines the perspectives and interests of North and South Korea, the United States, China, Russia and Japan regarding North Korea's future, including the possibility of its neutrality.
This volume explores the possibility of North Korea's'soft-landing' as the most desirable outcome on the Korean Peninsula. The collection of essays by...
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Rethinking China's Provinces
ISBN: 9780415270076 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text is the third volume in a series examining the political importance of China's provinces under reform. The present book provides a survey of provinces as echelons of the People's Republic of China. It seeks to locate the province as an administrative level in the Chinese state, through an examination of history, economic, social and political developments of these units. By situating the province history, this volume identifies new developments in the territorial administration of the People's Republic over the reform era. It also charts the consequent emergence of the city as an...
This text is the third volume in a series examining the political importance of China's provinces under reform. The present book provides a survey of ...
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Inequality, Crisis and Social Change in Indonesia: The Muted Worlds of Bali
ISBN: 9780415296885 / Angielski / Twarda / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Indonesia has experienced a quick succession of new governments and fundamental reforms since the collapse of Suharto's dictatorial regime in 1998. Established patterns in the distribution of wealth, power and knowledge have been disrupted, altered and re-asserted. The contributors to this volume have taken the unique opportunity this upheaval presents to uncover social tensions and fault lines in this society. Focusing in particular on disadvantaged sectors of Balinese society, the contributors describe how the effects of a national economic and political crisis combined with a variety of...
Indonesia has experienced a quick succession of new governments and fundamental reforms since the collapse of Suharto's dictatorial regime in 1998. Es...
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The Geopolitics of East Asia: The Search for Equilibrium
ISBN: 9780415297172 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. East Asia is a potential area of international conflict, with a number of possible flashpoints and with the absence of strong regional organizations able to deal with conflict resolution. At the same time, global powers frequently get involved in the international politics of the region in order to protect their interests. It focuses in particular on the way geographical and historical forces continue to play a key role in shaping international relations here. It considers the role of both regional and international powers, and assesses the risks of war in the region.
East Asia is a potential area of international conflict, with a number of possible flashpoints and with the absence of strong regional organizations a...
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Islam in Post-Soviet Russia
ISBN: 9780415297349 / Angielski / Twarda / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book, based on extensive original research in the field, analyses the political, social and cultural implications of the rise of Islam in post-Soviet Russia. Examining in particular the situation in Tartarstan and Dagestan, where there are large Muslim populations, the authors chart the long history of Muslim and orthodox Christian co existence in Russia, discuss recent moves towards greater autonomy and the assertion of ethnic-religious identities which underlie such moves, and consider the actual practice of Islam at the local level, showing the differences between official and...
This book, based on extensive original research in the field, analyses the political, social and cultural implications of the rise of Islam in post-So...
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The Future of Foreign Investment in Southeast Asia
ISBN: 9780415308410 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This work portrays the dynamics that currently lie behind Southeast Asia's foreign investment activity, and seeks to identify the region's future options in reviving its reputation as an attractive host for foreign investors. Each chapter focuses on a key element, and in concert they combine to portray Southeast Asia's foreign investment profile and prospects. By bringing these key inter-locking elements together under a single cover, the book aims to provide a more profound understanding of the challenges that currently face Southeast Asian countries in their on-going attempts to both...
This work portrays the dynamics that currently lie behind Southeast Asia's foreign investment activity, and seeks to identify the region's future opti...
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Antisemitism and Modernity: Innovation and Continuity
ISBN: 9780415311731 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The subject of anti-Semitism, not long ago thought to be a dead issue, has been revised due to the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. Maccoby traces the now topical discussion of the origins of Anti-Semitism, and especially its development in the modern world. The key questions that are addressed include:
The subject of anti-Semitism, not long ago thought to be a dead issue, has been revised due to the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. Ma... |
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