International Governance and Regimes : A Chinese Perspective
ISBN: 9780415681995 / Angielski / Twarda / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines China's involvement in international governance, international regimes, and globalization.
This book examines China's involvement in international governance, international regimes, and globalization.
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Eurasia's Ascent in Energy and Geopolitics: Rivalry or Partnership for China, Russia, and Central Asia?
ISBN: 9780415681506 / Angielski / Twarda / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Sino-Russian relationship has experienced several permutations in recent decades as both states have undergone radical domestic changes, including the end of Soviet communism and the abandonment of Maoism. This volume brings together scholars to address the current status of Sino-Russian relations in the political, military, energy and trade sectors. In this comprehensive new volume, authors offer a detailed account on the both the historical context and current status of relations between Russia and China and the geo-political realignments in Eurasia. This analysis of the... The Sino-Russian relationship has experienced several permutations in recent decades as both states have undergone radical domestic changes, includ... |
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Contemporary Pakistani Fiction in English: Idea, Nation, State
ISBN: 9780415682763 / Angielski / Twarda / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This critical study presents an overview of a wide selection of Pakistani novels in English contextualised in salient historical moments or developments, including pre-20th century Islamic history, the 1947 partition, the 1971 Pakistani war, the Zia years, and post-9/11 Pakistan, as well as in pervasive themes, including ethnonationalist tensions, diaspora, and corruption.
This critical study presents an overview of a wide selection of Pakistani novels in English contextualised in salient historical moments or developmen...
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Mapping China and Managing the World: Culture, Cartography and Cosmology in Late Imperial Times
ISBN: 9780415685092 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the founding of the Qin dynasty in 221 BCE to the present, the Chinese have been preoccupied with the notion of ordering their world. Efforts to create and maintain order are expressed not only in China's bureaucratic institutions and methods of social and economic organization but also in Chinese philosophy, religious and secular ritual, and comprehensive systems of classifying all natural and supernatural phenomena. Mapping China and Managing the World focuses on Chinese constructions of order (zhi) and examines the most important ways in which elites in late imperial China sought to...
From the founding of the Qin dynasty in 221 BCE to the present, the Chinese have been preoccupied with the notion of ordering their world. Efforts to ...
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Documenting Taiwan on Film : Issues and Methods in New Documentaries
ISBN: 9780415685115 / Angielski / Twarda / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. To date, there is but a handful of articles on documentary films from Taiwan. This volume seeks to remedy the paucity in this area of research and conduct a systematic analysis of the genre. Each contributor to the volume investigates the various aspects of documentary by focusing on one or two specific films that document social, political and cultural changes in recent Taiwanese history. Since the lifting of martial law, documentary has witnessed a revival in Taiwan, with increasing numbers of young, independent filmmakers covering a wide range of subject matter, in contrast to fiction...
To date, there is but a handful of articles on documentary films from Taiwan. This volume seeks to remedy the paucity in this area of research and con...
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The Dynamics of Social Capital and Civic Engagement in Asia
ISBN: 9780415678698 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The purpose of this volume is to highlight the impacts on civic engagement of social capital, and its various component parts (trust, norms, networks and associations), in diverse parts of Asia. Addressing the pressing need for improved governance within the spatial, political and cultural realities in the rapidly transforming landscapes of Asia, the contributors to the book bring together interdisciplinary work that focuses on the ways in which civic engagement can link with social capital building. The goal of this volume is to inspire policy that recognizes that a vibrant society with...
The purpose of this volume is to highlight the impacts on civic engagement of social capital, and its various component parts (trust, norms, networks ...
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Hindu Pilgrimage: Shifting Patterns of Worldview of Shri Shailam in South India
ISBN: 9780415659970 / Angielski / Twarda / 222 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In recent years, changes in religious studies in general and the study of Hinduism in particular have drawn more scholarly attention to other forms of the Hindu faith that are concretely embodied in temples, icons, artworks, rituals, and pilgrimage practices. This book analyses the phenomenon of pilgrimage as a religious practice and experience and examines Shri Shailam, a renowned south Indian pilgrimage site of Shiva and Goddess Durga. In doing so, it investigates two dimensions: the worldview of a place that is of utmost sanctity for Hindu pilgrims and its historical evolution from... In recent years, changes in religious studies in general and the study of Hinduism in particular have drawn more scholarly attention to other forms... |
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Democratization in China, Korea and Southeast Asia?: Local and National Perspectives
ISBN: 9780415705363 / Angielski / Twarda / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Rapid economic pluralization in East Asia has empowered local and medial groups, and with this change comes the need to rethink usual notions regarding ways in which "democracies" emerge or "citizens" gain more power. Careful examination of current developments in China, Korea, and Southeast Asia show a need for expansion of our understandings of democracy and democratization. This book challenges traditional ways in which political regimes in local as well as national polities are conceived and labeled. It shows from Asian experiences that democracy and its precursors come in more forms... Rapid economic pluralization in East Asia has empowered local and medial groups, and with this change comes the need to rethink usual notions regar... |
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Rural Policy Implementation in Contemporary China: New Socialist Countryside
ISBN: 9780415718462 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. At the turn of the millennium, the disparities between rural and urban livelihoods, underdevelopment and administrative shortcomings in the Chinese countryside were increasingly seen as posing a manifest threat to social harmony and economic and political stability. At that time the term "three rural problems" ("sannong wenti") was coined which defined the main issues of rural life that needed to be targeted by government action: agriculture ("nongye"), villages ("nongcun") and farmers ("nongmin"). In turn, with the launch of the 11th Five-Year Plan in 2006, a pledge was made to shift the... At the turn of the millennium, the disparities between rural and urban livelihoods, underdevelopment and administrative shortcomings in the Chinese... |
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Separatist Conflict in Indonesia : The long-distance politics of the Acehnese diaspora
ISBN: 9780415668965 / Angielski / Twarda / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book describes, analyses and interprets more than thirty years of long-distance politics exercised by the Acehnese diaspora and the diasporans attempts to influence Aceha (TM)s homeland developments in the lead-up to, during and after the internal conflict that afflicted the region between 1976 and 2005. While other scholars have dealt with internal social, political, historical and cultural aspects of the small-scale conflict in Aceh, they have only touched marginally upon external factors related to the Acehnese overseas and their impact on homeland politics. Studying the Acehnese... This book describes, analyses and interprets more than thirty years of long-distance politics exercised by the Acehnese diaspora and the diasporans... |
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Ritual and Recovery in Post-Conflict Sri Lanka
ISBN: 9780415690652 / Angielski / Twarda / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Following over twenty years of war, Sri Lanka's longest cease-fire (2002-2006) provided a final opportunity for an inclusive peace settlement between the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). However, hostilities resumed with ever increasing desperation and ferocity on both sides, until the LTTE were overcome and largely eradicated in 2009. This book provides a contextualised analysis of the effects of war on a small Tamil community living in northern Sri Lanka during the cease-fire period. It examines how the society changed and adapted in order to...
Following over twenty years of war, Sri Lanka's longest cease-fire (2002-2006) provided a final opportunity for an inclusive peace settlement between ...
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Contemporary South Korean Society : A Critical Perspective
ISBN: 9780415691390 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The growing importance of the Korean economy in the global arena and the spread of the so-called Korean wave in Asia mean there is an increasing desire to understand contemporary Korean Society. To this end, this book provides a critical and progressive analysis of the diverse issues that impact on and shape contemporary Korean society at both local and national levels. The contributors address issues and movements which include:
The growing importance of the Korean economy in the global arena and the spread of the so-called Korean wave in Asia mean there is an increasing de... |
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Defending Rights in Contemporary China
ISBN: 9780415694308 / Angielski / Twarda / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The growth of rights defence movements in China reflects the increasing capacity of Chinese citizens to shape their own civic discourse in order to achieve diverse goals. Rights defence campaigns have taken novel forms which are unprecedented in China, including the use of the Internet by rights campaigners, the development of rights entrepreneurs, and the selection of representatives and leaders in rights defence campaigns. Defending Rights in Contemporary China offers the first comprehensive analysis of the emergence and development of notions of rights defence,... The growth of rights defence movements in China reflects the increasing capacity of Chinese citizens to shape their own civic discourse in order to... |
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The Alevis in Turkey and Europe: Identity and Managing Territorial Diversity
ISBN: 9780415667968 / Angielski / Twarda / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines the development of identity politics amongst the Alevis in Europe and Turkey, which simultaneously provided the movement access to different resources and challenged its unity of action. While some argue that Aleviness is a religious phenomenon, and others claim it is a cultural or a political trend, this book analyzes the various strategies of claim-making and reconstructions of Aleviness as well as responses to the movement by various Turkish and German actors. Drawing on intensive fieldwork, Elise Massicard suggests that because of activists' many different... This book examines the development of identity politics amongst the Alevis in Europe and Turkey, which simultaneously provided the movement access ... |
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Population Policy and Reproduction in Singapore: Making Future Citizens
ISBN: 9780415670685 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines the relationship between population policies and individual reproductive decisions in low-fertility contexts. Using the case study of Singapore, it demonstrates that the effectiveness of population policy is a function of competing notions of citizenship, and the gap between seemingly neutral policy incentives and the perceived and experienced disparate effects. Drawing on a substantial number of personal interviews and focus groups, the book analyzes the developmental welfare state's overarching emphasis of citizen responsibility, and examines population policies that...
This book examines the relationship between population policies and individual reproductive decisions in low-fertility contexts. Using the case study ...
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Young Chinese in Urban China
ISBN: 9780415677578 / Angielski / Twarda / 210 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines the condition of being a young person in China and the way in which changes in various dimensions of urban life have affected Chinese youths' quests to understand themselves. The author examines social factors such as changes in the physical construction of urban neighbourhoods; changes in family life including reduced family size, increasing rates of divorce and increased physical mobility of the family unit; school life and mounting pressure to perform well in examinations and be a good student; access to foreign and domestic media as well as access to the internet....
This book examines the condition of being a young person in China and the way in which changes in various dimensions of urban life have affected Chine...
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Health Care Systems in Europe and Asia
ISBN: 9780415671682 / Angielski / Twarda / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text examines the healthcare experience of the most developed countries in Asia (Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Singapore) and compares this with four of the most important health care systems in Europe (UK, France, Germany and Italy).
This text examines the healthcare experience of the most developed countries in Asia (Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Singapore) and compares this with...
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Security, Insecurity and Migration in Europe
ISBN: 9781409409205 / Angielski / Twarda / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Having often been framed in terms of security concerns, migration issues have simultaneously given rise to issues of insecurity: on the one hand, security of borders, political, societal and economic security/insecurity in the host country; on the other, social, legal and economic concerns about human security, with regard to both EU citizens and migrants entering Europe. In terms of state security, migration is a core target of increasingly globally networked surveillance capabilities, whilst with respect to human security, it exposes the gap between the protections that migrants formally...
Having often been framed in terms of security concerns, migration issues have simultaneously given rise to issues of insecurity: on the one hand, secu...
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Normalizing the Balkans: Geopolitics of Psychoanalysis and Psychiatry
ISBN: 9781409433156 / Angielski / Twarda / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Normalizing the Balkans argues that, following the historical patterns of colonial psychoanalysis and psychiatry in British India and French Africa as well as Nazi psychoanalysis and psychiatry, the psychoanalysis and psychiatry of the Balkans during the 1990s deployed the language of psychic normality to represent the space of the Other as insane geography and to justify its military, or its symbolic, takeover. Freud's self-analysis, influenced by his journeys through the Balkans, was a harbinger of orientalism as articulated by Said. However, whereas Said intended Orientalism to be a...
Normalizing the Balkans argues that, following the historical patterns of colonial psychoanalysis and psychiatry in British India and French Africa as...
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The Evolution of the Japanese Developmental State: Institutions Locked in by Ideas
ISBN: 9780415503464 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Japanese economy underwent a fundamental transition from a liberal economy to a developmental state system during World War II, and despite efforts by the American occupation forces to dismantle them after 1945, these elements of the wartime economic system remained in place. Through an historical institutionalist lens, this book examines the reasons why the key features of the Japanese developmental state, such as pilot agencies and industrial associations, continued to play key roles in the post-war Japanese economy. Further, it locates the fundamental roots of the developmental... The Japanese economy underwent a fundamental transition from a liberal economy to a developmental state system during World War II, and despite eff... |
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