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Connecting the Indian Ocean World - Across Sea and Land (Paperback): Radhika Seshan, Ryuto Shimada Connecting the Indian Ocean World - Across Sea and Land (Paperback)
Radhika Seshan, Ryuto Shimada
R1,113 Discovery Miles 11 130 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

The Indian Ocean world has a rich history of socio-economic and cultural exchanges across time and space. This book and its companion, Merchants and Ports in the Indian Ocean World, explore these connections around the wider Indian Ocean world. The book examines the many overlapping linkages that existed from the early modern period and into the colonial era. It offers a clear understanding of the economic networks that extended across the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic during the 19th century. With a critical historical lens, the volume discusses themes like the opium trade in the Malay-Indonesian Archipelago - the biggest opium trade market at the time; the Safavid mission to Siam; and the economic relationship between Pondicherry and West Africa, via France. Rich in archival material, this book will be of interest for scholars and researchers of Indian Ocean history, maritime history, Indian history, economic and commercial history, South Asian history, and social history, anthropology, and trade relations in general.

Mucho Macho - Seduction, Desire, and the Homoerotic Lives of Latin Men (Paperback): Chris Girman Mucho Macho - Seduction, Desire, and the Homoerotic Lives of Latin Men (Paperback)
Chris Girman
R1,443 Discovery Miles 14 430 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Quality researchuniquely enhanced by the author's personal experience! In one of the first books to examine machismo from the perspective of Latin American and Latino men, Chris Girman relies on a compelling combination of ethnographic research and personal experience to explain how macho menmen like the author himselfregulate and sustain same-sex erotic encounters. Girman incorporates his own sexual experiences with a variety of Latin men into the book, infusing his writing with the unique perspective and vivid description that can only be related by someone who has lived the research he writes about. While most of the literature on Latin American male same-sex desire ignores the significance of the male body in its investigation, this book shows why it is essential to focus on the macho male body and re-evaluates so-called machismo to forge a more nuanced description of Latin American masculinity. Girman incorporates his own sexual experiences with a variety of Latin American men into the book, infusing his writing with the unique perspective and vivid descriptions that can only be related by someone who has lived the research he writes about. With this book, you'll become familiar with various kinds of Latin-American homosexual behavior. Here's a glimpse at what you'll find inside: Machismo, Practice Theorists, and Macho Performance summarizes previous research on Latin American male [homo]sexuality and defines the author's concept of machismo and Latin American masculinity. Head, Hands, Balls, and Ass shows why focusing on the body as living matter, rather than metaphor (as is done in so many other books on sexuality), is the ideal point of entry into the study of Latin American male [homo]sexuality and masculinity. This chapter focuses on specific regions of the macho bodyhead, hands, balls, and assto explain how machismo actually promotes, rather than denies, sexual encounters between men. It also shows the importance of the Latin American family as a variable that structures the manner and frequency in which [homo]sexual encounters occur. The Dominican Tiguere and Hegemonic Masculinities takes a specific look at a very peculiar form of hegemonic masculinityrelying on cunning more than strength to come out on topthat is indigenous to the Dominican Republic. This chapter also tells the stories of five of the author's sexual encounters in that nation and discusses the tiguere style of masculine performance. Desire in a Costa Rican Prison analyzes the ways in which desire, power, and pleasure are constituted in the Latin American prison environment. Historical Representations of Same-Sex Desire examines two short storiesEl Matadero (Esteban Echeverria) and Comienza el Desfile (Reinaldo Arenas), which highlight male eroticism as important concepts within discourses on national identity. Both stories conceptualize same-sex desire within specific historical moments and demonstrate how male [homo]sexuality emerges and represents itself not in contrast to the dominant discourse, but within that discourse itself. Familiar, Familial Voices: Latino Men Speak Out documents the voices of gay-identified Latino men living in Central Texasmen who have come to love other Latin, Black, and Anglo men in the context of very full lives. These men reveal their conceptions of identity, race, performance, resistance, family, pleasure, desire, masculinity, silence, and place. Performing Matter[s]-Masculinity, the Male Body, and the Evocation of the [non]real defies the notion that written representations can capture the lived realities of

Economic Thought and the Making of European Monetary Union - Selected Essays of Ivo Maes (Hardcover, illustrated edition): Ivo... Economic Thought and the Making of European Monetary Union - Selected Essays of Ivo Maes (Hardcover, illustrated edition)
Ivo Maes
R2,973 Discovery Miles 29 730 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This valuable book examines the interaction between economic ideas and the policy-making process in Europe, centred around the creation of European Monetary Union. The essays cover three broad areas: early debates on European monetary integration, economic thought at the European Community institutions, and the establishment of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) in Europe. Core elements of the book are analyses of Europe's quest for exchange rate stability and of the debates on the nature of EMU and the path towards it. With the aid of crucial case studies, Ivo Maes goes on to chart the growing awareness among policymakers of the increasing interdependence between Europe's economies and the rise of a new medium-term, stability-oriented policy conception - both vital and necessary factors in the genesis of EMU. Drawing on the extensive experience of the author, both as an academic and a senior official involved in European economic policy-making, this book undoubtedly contributes towards a better understanding of the role of economic ideas in the process of European monetary integration. It will be an important addition to the literature on EMU and will be required reading for scholars and policymakers in the fields of economics, European studies and the history of economic thought.

The Foreign Economic Policies of Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan (Hardcover): Christopher M Dent The Foreign Economic Policies of Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan (Hardcover)
Christopher M Dent
R3,748 Discovery Miles 37 480 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan - East Asia's newly industrialised economies (the NIE-3) - experienced a profound development transformation over recent decades. Christopher Dent makes a comparative study of their foreign economic policies, highlighting how the NIE-3 have engaged with the international economic system in an increasingly dynamic way. The book develops a new macro-framework of foreign economic policy analysis that provides the structure for this study. The author argues that the 'development context' of the NIE-3's foreign economic policies is grounded in their common development statism and semi-peripheralisation. He further contends that it is the pursuit of economic security that primarily motivates their respective foreign economic policies. This new conceptualisation of economic security in the context of foreign economic policy will appeal to academics, researchers and students in wide range of disciplines including: Asian studies, international relations, international political economy, economics and politics.

American Government - Political Development and Institutional Change (Paperback, 12th edition): Cal Jillson American Government - Political Development and Institutional Change (Paperback, 12th edition)
Cal Jillson
R1,838 Discovery Miles 18 380 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

The twelfth edition has been updated and revised in several important ways. Most importantly, a renewed focus on student engagement and classroom discussion has informed this new edition. Moreover, the twelfth edition has been thoroughly updated to anticipate the Biden administration, to provide a broad assessment of the Biden presidency, of the impact on the Supreme Court of Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's appointment, and of the remarkable 2020 and 2022 election cycles. The implications are profound and we explore them in depth in this new edition. The new edition also: * Assesses the characteristics and results of the Trump administration. * Analyzes the 2020 presidential elections, how Biden won and Trump lost, andwhat changes were wrought by the 2022 congressional election results. *Describes numerous ways in which the American political system has been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, the economic struggles caused by it, and the political turmoil in which the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol has played such a visible role. Explores the early Biden administration, its policy wins and losses, and the change in tone it has tried to set in Washington and the nation. * Includes new and revised special features among The Constitution Today, Pro & Con, Let's Compare boxes, and updates all of the tables and graphs. * Assesses the implications of the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol and what it implies for our political culture and partisan politics. * Assesses the implication of "fake news" and "the move to mobile" for our politics. We ask whether our politics suffers more from purposeful manipulation of the news, either by foreign actors like the Russians or domestic actors seeking to shape opinions and elections, or from the limited information that many Americans, particularly those dependent on mobile devices, bring to politics. * Explores the evidence for increasing polarization in public opinion, voting behavior, and the work of Congress and the courts. * Details the impact on the Supreme Court of President Trump's appointments to the Supreme Court of Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett, and Biden's appointment of Ketanji Brown Jackson . * Details the impact that the Russian invasion of Ukraine had on President Biden's attempt to rebuild U.S. national security alliances.

Reflections on Myanmar - Identity, Heritage, Aspirations (Paperback): Reshmi Banerjee Reflections on Myanmar - Identity, Heritage, Aspirations (Paperback)
Reshmi Banerjee
R1,124 Discovery Miles 11 240 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Myanmar is known for its engaging history, rich cultural heritage, and diverse ethnic communities. Its tumultuous political past has been discussed by academics and policy makers for decades; however, the land of the Shwedagon cannot only be defined by conflict and contestation. Myanmar is complex and multi-layered with innumerable issues shaping its identity and manifold interpretations creating its distinctiveness. A deeper comprehension of its past glory with thoughtful deliberation on its socio-economic challenges helps to understand the country better. This book fills this gap by focusing on four broad themes--reminiscence, restoration, re-evaluation, and resurrection. It studies interconnected issues ranging from nostalgia and belonging to Myanmar's contribution to art and heritage (through its museums, cinema, folk traditions); from the problems of landlessness, resource dispossession, and climate change to the experience of marginalized groups. The author weaves these themes into a common narrative of discovering Myanmar through a holistic lens. The book aims to explore the country through its history, culture, communities, and challenges. A unique contribution, the book highlights the myriad facets of Myanmar by contemplating on its inherent strengths and visible weaknesses. It would be indispensable for scholars and researchers of Southeast Asian studies, Asian studies, area studies, Myanmar studies, political studies, cultural studies, and sociology.

Homelessness - Research, Practice, and Policy (Paperback): S. P. K. Jena Homelessness - Research, Practice, and Policy (Paperback)
S. P. K. Jena
R1,215 Discovery Miles 12 150 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

* Discusses the concept, issues and reasons of homelessness in India * Useful aid for mental health professionals, policy-makers, and both undergraduate and postgraduate students in the field of social sciences* Useful for departments of South Asian studies in the U.K. and U.S. related to mental health, practitioners and policy makers

Gender Diversity and Inclusion at Work - Divergent Views from Turkey (Hardcover): Zeynep OEzsoy, Mustafa Senyucel, Beyza Oba Gender Diversity and Inclusion at Work - Divergent Views from Turkey (Hardcover)
Zeynep OEzsoy, Mustafa Senyucel, Beyza Oba
R1,386 Discovery Miles 13 860 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

The purpose of this book is to investigate gender diversity practices and discourse developed by listed companies in Turkey. It pursues this aim by advancing knowledge about business relations affecting workplace gender diversity. The research builds on Bourdieu's field approach and implements a Thematic Analysis following Braun and Clarke's (2006) guidelines. The findings of the book are based on data collected from unstructured interviews and secondary sources such as the official documents of national and international organizations, newspapers, legislation, and web pages of the related parties. The findings suggest that the implementation of gender diversity practices may require a transformation of perspective and the conditions regarding the political, economic, and cultural realm for realization of a pervasive movement. Due to the conservative and patriarchal culture, authoritarian rule and neoliberal policies, gender diversity and inclusion are not seen as issues that should be resolved through the commitment and collaboration of a field. Consequently, diversity management practices are instrumentalized by the business community as a means for corporate communication and image building rather than actively building a diverse workforce.

China's May Fourth Movement - New Narratives and Perspectives (Paperback): Sabaree Mitra China's May Fourth Movement - New Narratives and Perspectives (Paperback)
Sabaree Mitra
R1,127 Discovery Miles 11 270 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book looks at China's May Fourth Movement and how it has been contextualized in modern Chinese history. Tracing the roots of the movement and of modern Chinese literary and intellectual traditions it analyses how it transformed ideas, culture and social practices in the country. The volume presents a critical in-depth study of the May Fourth Movement from interdisciplinary perspectives. With essays written by scholars and experts from India, China and the West, it discusses concepts and themes such as nationalism; the citizen and revolutionary morality in the late Qing dynasty as well as Lu Xun's struggle with the aporetic temporalities of capitalist modernity; the May Fourth spirit and the Communist Party of China; the birth of the 'New Woman'; and the literature, cinema and art produced during the movement. It also examines how the waves created by the movement in Chinese culture and society continue to influence and shape events and thoughts in contemporary times. This book will be of interest to scholars and researchers of Chinese Studies, Chinese history, Asian Studies, Asian history, Political history, and cultural history.

Malaysian Economics and Politics in the New Century (Hardcover): Colin Barrow, Francis K. W. Loh Malaysian Economics and Politics in the New Century (Hardcover)
Colin Barrow, Francis K. W. Loh
R3,002 Discovery Miles 30 020 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Malaysia is one of the fastest growing economies in the world today, and this book reflects current debates about the future directions of the national economy, polity and society in light of the late 1990s watershed period of financial crisis, the arrest of Anwar Ibrahim and the subsequent 1999 general election. Malaysian Economics and Politics in the New Century aims to answer questions about how the economy and society are organized, about how the benefits from economic development are distributed, about government's relations to major national institutions, and about the nature of the political process. With its focus firmly on Malaysia's future, this will be a volume of particular interest to scholars, academics, researchers, business leaders and policymakers involved in the Asian region, and Malaysia in particular.

CommunicAsian - How Asia's Rise Is Shaping the Future of Communications, and How to Plan for It (Paperback): Oliver... CommunicAsian - How Asia's Rise Is Shaping the Future of Communications, and How to Plan for It (Paperback)
Oliver Stelling
R860 Discovery Miles 8 600 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

The rise of Asia has changed the world, now shaped by greater global connectivity, geopolitics and shifting spheres of influence. Tapping into research and decades of experience in the world's fastest-moving markets, this book makes a compelling case for a new and future-ready approach to communications planning and implementation, which the Asian Century demands. Facing a new operating environment, policymakers and business leaders have to act quickly. This book outlines the necessary adjustments to long-established practices and value propositions in both corporate and government communications and provides a step-by-step plan for strategy development, laid out in a two-pronged approach designed to appeal to a multicultural audience. It is an essential read for global practitioners and students in international relations and mass communications.

Literature and the War on Terror - Nation, Democracy and Liberalisation (Paperback): Sk. Sagir Ali Literature and the War on Terror - Nation, Democracy and Liberalisation (Paperback)
Sk. Sagir Ali
R1,180 Discovery Miles 11 800 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book examines cultural imaginations post 9/11. It explores the idea of a religious community and its multifaceted representations in literature and popular culture. The essays in the volume focus on the role of literature, film, music, television shows and other cultural forms in opening up spaces for complex reflections on identities and cultures, and how they enable us to rethink the 'trauma of familiarity', post-traumatic heterotopias, religious extremism and the idea of the 'neighbour' in post-9/11 literary and cultural imagination. The volume also probes the intersections of religion, popular media, televised simulacrum and digital martyrdom in the wake of 9/11. It also probes the simulation of new- age media images with reference to the creation and dissemination of 'martyrs', the languages of grief, religionisation of terrorism, islamophobia, religious stereotypes and the reading of comics in writing the terror. An essential read, the book reclaims and reinterprets the alternative to a Eurocentric/Americentric understanding of cultural and geopolitical structures of global designs. It will be of great interest to researchers of literature and cultural studies, media studies, politics, film studies and South Asian studies.

Historicizing Myths in Contemporary India - Cinematic Representations and Nationalist Agendas in Hindi Cinema (Paperback):... Historicizing Myths in Contemporary India - Cinematic Representations and Nationalist Agendas in Hindi Cinema (Paperback)
Swapna Gopinath, Rutuja Deshmukh
R1,122 Discovery Miles 11 220 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book examines cinematic practices in Bollywood as narratives that assist in shaping the imagination of the age, especially in contemporary India. It examines historical films released in India since the new millennium and analyses cinema as a reflection of the changing socio-political and economic conditions at any given period. The chapters in Historicizing Myths in Contemporary India: Cinematic Representations and Nationalist Agendas in Hindi Cinemas also illuminate different perspectives on how cinematic historical representations follow political patterns and market compulsions, giving precedence to a certain past over the other, creating a narrative suited for the dominant narrative of the present. From Mughal-e-Azam to Padmaavat, and Bajirao Mastani to Raazi, the chapters show how creating history out of myths validate hegemonic identities in a rapidly evolving Indian society. The volume will be of interest to scholars of film and media studies, literature and culture studies, and South Asian studies.

Korea and the Global Society (Paperback): Yonson Ahn Korea and the Global Society (Paperback)
Yonson Ahn
R1,123 Discovery Miles 11 230 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book explores multiple fields and disciplines around the theme of South Korea's engagement and exchanges with global society focusing on development cooperation, migration and the media. The core of this volume is an analysis of South Korea's engagement and reciprocity in global society that has developed out of the country's shift from aid recipient and migrant sender to aid provider and migrant host. The contributions approach this through the three main aspects of overseas aid, cross-border contacts, and interplay of identities in the mediascape. These themes represent an interdisciplinary array of research that introduces and analyses interconnected and concurrent instances of reciprocity, convergence, tension, inclusion, or exclusion in navigating South Korea's interactional relations with global society, spanning regions and countries including Africa, Asia, the USA, and Germany. This book will be valuable reading to students and researchers from a wide range of disciplines including sociology, gender studies, ethnic studies, media studies, IR, and area studies, in particular Korean studies.

Terra Cognita - The Mental Discovery of America (Paperback, New Ed): Eviatar Zerubavel Terra Cognita - The Mental Discovery of America (Paperback, New Ed)
Eviatar Zerubavel
R1,407 Discovery Miles 14 070 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Most of us are fascinated by the conventional storybook account of Christopher Columbus' heroic discovery of America in 1492. Yet, should the credit for discovering America go to a man who insisted it was but a few islands off the shores of China?

In "Terra Cognita," Eviatar Zerubavel argues that physical encounters are only one part of the complex, multifaceted process of discovery. Such encounters must be complemented by an understanding of the true identity of what is being discovered. The small group of islands claimed by Columbus to have been discovered off the shores of Asia was a far cry from what we now call America. The discovery of the New World was not achieved in a single day but was a slow process--mental as well as physical--that lasted almost three hundred years. By celebrating 1492 as a year of discovery, we inevitably distort the reality of history.

In vividly documenting how a slowly emerging New World gradually forced itself into Europe's consciousness, Zerubavel shows that Columbus did not discover America on October 12, 1492. Supplemented by fascinating old maps and a new preface written for this paperback edition, "Terra Cognita" will be of interest to historians, geographers, cognitive scientists, sociologists, and students of culture.

China's New Retail Economy - A Geographic Perspective (Paperback): Shuguang Wang China's New Retail Economy - A Geographic Perspective (Paperback)
Shuguang Wang
R1,429 Discovery Miles 14 290 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Retail is the essential link between production and consumption. The dynamics of a nation's economy cannot be fully understood without a good understanding of its retail sector. This book is written to achieve three broad objectives. First, it provides a comprehensive assessment of the changes in consumption patterns in China, the current size of the Chinese consumer market, and the regional variations. Second, it presents an interpretation of the changes in the country's regulatory system and the corresponding policy initiatives, including the new state spatial strategies devised after its admission to the WTO. Third, it delivers a systematic analysis of the transformation of China's retail sector. This includes the entry and expansion of foreign retailers, the development of indigenous retail chains as a national strategy to modernize China's retail industry, and the changing retailer-supplier relations. This book is a useful reference not only for university students and faculty researchers, but also for international retailers and commercial real estate developers who contemplate business and investment opportunities in China.

The Political Economy of New Regionalism in Northeast Asia - Dynamics and Contradictions (Hardcover): Chang-Jae Lee, You-Il... The Political Economy of New Regionalism in Northeast Asia - Dynamics and Contradictions (Hardcover)
Chang-Jae Lee, You-Il Lee, John Benson, Ying Zhu, Yoon-Jong Jang
R3,899 Discovery Miles 38 990 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The book is the first attempt to offer a holistic and integrated exploration of the political-economic framework underpinning economic regionalism. In doing so it provides a much-needed contribution to the literature on international political economy, international relations and Asian political economy in relation to economic regionalism. The existing literature provides broad generalizations and limited discussion on economic integration (i.e. free trade agreements, FTA) with most analyses of regionalism generally contained to the field of economics with a focus on the welfare implications of FTAs, both for participating countries and the world as a whole. Readers of this book can view economic regionalism from a variety of perspectives with input from Chinese, Japanese and Korean research institutes, business and industry groups, and government officials. Drawing on the considerable country experience and expertise of the authors, the book attempts to unravel the paradox of the market-driven economic globalization process (regionalism) and address a serious gap in the current literature relating to the political-economic characteristics and strategies of China, Japan and Korea in relation to economic regionalism.

Life After Death Today in the United States, Japan, and China (Paperback): Gordon Mathews, Yang Yang, Miu Ying Kwong Life After Death Today in the United States, Japan, and China (Paperback)
Gordon Mathews, Yang Yang, Miu Ying Kwong
R1,123 Discovery Miles 11 230 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book is about contemporary senses of life after death in the United States, Japan, and China. By collecting and examining hundreds of interviews with people from all walks of life in these three societies, the book presents and compares personally held beliefs, experiences, and interactions with the concept of life after death. Three major aspects covered by the book Include, but are certainly not limited to, the enduring tradition of Japanese ancestor veneration, China's transition from state-sponsored materialism to the increasing belief in some form of afterlife, as well as the diversity in senses of, or disbelief in, life after death in the United States. Through these diverse first-hand testimonies the book reveals that underlying these changes in each society there is a shift from collective to individual belief, with people developing their own visions of what may, or may not, happen after death. This book will be valuable reading for students of Anthropology as well as Religious, Cultural, Asian and American Studies. It will also be an impactful resource for professionals such as doctors, nurses, and hospice workers.

The Sharia Inquiry, Religious Practice and Muslim Family Law in Britain (Hardcover): Samia Bano The Sharia Inquiry, Religious Practice and Muslim Family Law in Britain (Hardcover)
Samia Bano
R1,371 Discovery Miles 13 710 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

In February 2018, the 'Independent Review on Sharia Law in England and Wales' was published headed by Professor Mona Siddiqui. The review focused on whether sharia law is being misused or applied in a way that is incompatible with the domestic law in England and Wales, and in particular whether there were discriminatory practices against women who use sharia councils. It came about after years of concerns raised by academics, lawyers and women's activists. This timely collection of essays from experts, scholars and legal practitioners provides a critique and evaluation of the Inquiry findings as a starting point for analysis and debate on current British Muslim family law practices in the matters of marriage and divorce. At the heart of the collection lie key questions of state action and legal reform of religious practices that may operate 'outside the sphere of law and legal relations' but also in conjunction with state law mechanisms and processes. This cutting-edge book is a must read for those with an interest in Islamic law, family law, sociology of religion, human rights, multiculturalism, politics, anthropology of law and gender studies.

Religion in Contemporary China (Hardcover): Xinzhong Yao Religion in Contemporary China (Hardcover)
Xinzhong Yao
R30,882 Discovery Miles 308 820 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This new 4 volume collection is an authoritative anthology containing the best scholarship on aspects of religion in contemporary China. The articles will focus on religious beliefs, practices and organisations as well as on the interactive relations between religion and other dimensions of communal, social, political and economic life in Mainland China and overseas Chinese communities.

China, India and Southeast Asia - Paths to development and state-society relations (Hardcover): Edmund Terence Gomez, Kee-Cheok... China, India and Southeast Asia - Paths to development and state-society relations (Hardcover)
Edmund Terence Gomez, Kee-Cheok Cheong, Vamsi Vakulabharanam
R3,906 Discovery Miles 39 060 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This volume studies the outcomes of the two-way flow of investments and people between China and India, and Southeast Asia. These cross-border flows have led to new settlements in Southeast Asia from which new outlooks have emerged among locally born generations that have given rise to new forms of solidarity and identification.The advent of new generations of ethnic Chinese and Indians in Southeast Asia, with no ties to China or India, has spawned important debates about identity shifts which have not been registered by government leaders in Southeast Asia, China and India, as reflected in policy statements and investment patterns. Identity changes are assessed in forms where they best manifest themselves: in social life and in business ventures forged, or unsuccessfully nurtured, through tie-ups involving foreign and domestic capital. A state-society distinction is employed to determine how the governments of these rapidly developing countries envision development, through state intervention as well as with the employment of highly entrepreneurial ethnic groups, and the outcomes of this on their societies and on their economies. The chapters were originally published as a special issue in The Round Table.

Korea's New Economic Strategy in the Globalization Era (Hardcover, illustrated edition): O.Y. Kwon, Sung-Hee Jwa,... Korea's New Economic Strategy in the Globalization Era (Hardcover, illustrated edition)
O.Y. Kwon, Sung-Hee Jwa, Kyung-Tae Lee
R3,480 Discovery Miles 34 800 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book presents Korea's economic strategy to meet the emerging challenges, as it recovers from the 1997 financial crisis and moves on into the globalization and information era. For important policy areas, the authors evaluate existing policies, and offer proposals for new strategic direction that can achieve sustainable and equitable economic growth for Korea. A considerable majority of the contributing authors are involved in formulating economic strategy as policy advisors to the Korean government, and they bring to their chapters extensive experience and insights regarding Korean government policies that are rarely available to readers in such a comprehensive form. The book therefore offers a timely, practical, and unique analysis of all aspects of the Korean economy. Academics, policy practitioners, and others with interests in the Korean economy, Asian economies, development studies, and a broad sweep of other issues concerning structural reform will find in this volume a gold mine of detail and opinion.

Geoffrey Swain - Against the Grain (Hardcover): Terry Cox Geoffrey Swain - Against the Grain (Hardcover)
Terry Cox
R4,209 Discovery Miles 42 090 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Acclaimed historian, and retired Alec Nove Chair in Russian and East European History at the University of Glasgow, Geoffrey Swain, has written extensively on the history of Russia and Eastern Europe during the twentieth century, in particular on Russia during the Civil War, Latvia during the first years of Soviet rule, and the career of Josip Broz Tito. Esteemed for his pursuit of historical enquiry which went "against the grain" of commonly accepted views of communism in power, significantly, Swain also explored the strength or coherence of some of the alternatives that emerged to the paths actually taken, themes which, in their own way, run through this collection of essays, featuring contributions predominantly from papers delivered at the 7th CRCEES Research Forum in July 2015. Honoring the critical tradition and at times contentious work of Geoffrey Swain, this volume comprises seven original articles offering alternative insights into the complexities of Russian, Yugoslav and Latvian history, which are complemented by three essays reviewing his work, it's context and implications. This book was originally published as a special issue of Europe-Asia Studies.

The Politics and Law of Democratic Transition - Caretaker Government in Bangladesh (Hardcover): Sonia Zaman Khan The Politics and Law of Democratic Transition - Caretaker Government in Bangladesh (Hardcover)
Sonia Zaman Khan
R3,913 Discovery Miles 39 130 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Peaceful legal and political 'changing of the guards' is taken for granted in developed democracies, but is not evident everywhere. As a relatively new democracy, marred by long periods of military rule, Bangladesh has been encountering serious problems because of a prevailing culture of mistrust, weak governance institutions, constant election manipulation and a peculiar socio-political history, which between 1990 and 2011 led to a unique form of transitional remedy in the form of an unelected neutral 'caretaker covernment' (CTG) during electoral transitions. This book provides a contextual analysis of the CTG mechanism including its inception, operation, manipulation by the government of the day and abrupt demise. It queries whether this constitutional provision, even if presently abolished after overseeing four acceptable general elections, actually remains a crucial tool to safeguard free and fair elections in Bangladesh. Given the backdrop of the culture of mistrust, the author examines whether holding national elections without a CTG, or an umpire of some kind, can settle the issue of credibility of a given government. The book portrays that even the management of elections is a matter of applying pluralist approaches. Considering the historical legacy and contemporary political trajectory of Bangladesh, the cause of deep-rooted mistrust is examined to better understand the rationale for the requirement, emergence and workings of the CTG structure. The book unveils that it is not only the lack of nation-building measures and governments' wish to remain in power at any cost which lay behind the problems that Bangladesh faces today. Part of the problem is also the flawed logic of nation-building on the foundation of Western democratic norms which may be unsuitable in a South Asian cultural environment. Although democratic transitions, on the crutch of the CTG, have been useful in moments of crisis, its abolition creates the need for a new or revised transitional modality - perhaps akin to the CTG ethos - to oversee electoral governance, which will have to be renegotiated by the polity based on the people's will. The book provides a valuable resource for researchers and academics working in the area of constitutional law, democratic transition, legal pluralism and election law.

Manipulating Courts in New Democracies - Forcing Judges off the Bench in Argentina (Hardcover): Andrea Castagnola Manipulating Courts in New Democracies - Forcing Judges off the Bench in Argentina (Hardcover)
Andrea Castagnola
R4,338 Discovery Miles 43 380 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

When can the Executive manipulate the composition of a Court? What political factors explain judicial instability on the bench? Using original field data from Argentina's National Supreme Court and all twenty-four Provincial Supreme Courts, Andrea Castagnola develops a novel theory to explain forced retirements of judges. She argues that in developing democracies the political benefits of manipulating the court outweigh the costs associated with doing so. The instability of the political context and its institutions causes politicians to focus primarily on short-term goals and to care mostly about winning elections. Consequently, judiciaries become a valuable tool for politicians to have under their control. Contrary to the predictions of strategic retirement theory, Castagnola demonstrates that there are various institutional and non-institutional mechanisms for induced retirement which politicians have used against justices, regardless of the amount of support their party has in Congress. The theoretical innovations contained herein shed much needed light on the existing literature on judicial politics and democratization. Even though the political manipulation of courts is a worldwide phenomenon, previous studies have shown that Argentina is the theory-generating case for studying manipulation of high courts.

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