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Democratization in Confucian East Asia - Citizen Politics in China, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, and Vietnam... Democratization in Confucian East Asia - Citizen Politics in China, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, and Vietnam (Hardcover, New)
Zhengxu Wang
R2,471 Discovery Miles 24 710 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Worldwide newspaper headlines in recent years have covered political unrest in many East Asian nations. Citizens in these nations have become more vocal about their governments and the populace's role in those governments. Democracy is not the dominant form of government in many of these nations. However, as nations have evolved, social change and economic developments have brought increasingly pro-democratic forces to the forefront. Examining the forces of economic growth and social modernization and their impact on democratization provides the basis of this timely study. Using China, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, and Vietnam as case studies, this book delves into these nations' Confucian cultural heritage and how that heritage allows for careful comparison of variables which affect societal values. Will East Asian nations embrace democracy? Will the nations already democratic become stronger? This book offers insightful responses to these critical questions. Democratization in East Asia is an important addition for collections in political science and Asian studies.

Changing Security Policies in Postwar Japan - The Political Biography of Japanese Defense Minister Sakata Michita (Hardcover):... Changing Security Policies in Postwar Japan - The Political Biography of Japanese Defense Minister Sakata Michita (Hardcover)
Sase Masamori; Edited by Robert D. Eldridge, Graham B Leonard
R2,390 Discovery Miles 23 900 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book is the English translation of a recent biography of Sakata Michita, one of Japan's leading, yet unassuming, politicians in the postwar era, who was even considered a serious contender for the premiership. While he did not become prime minister himself, he did serve as Justice Minister, Education Minister, Welfare Minister, Defense Minister, and Speaker of the House of Representatives. What's more, he served an incredible seventeen uninterrupted terms as a member of the Lower House, from 1946-1990, one of the longest in Japanese history. Sakata was appointed Director General of the Japan Defense Agency (i.e., Minister of Defense) in December 1974 during a challenging time in U.S.-Japan relations in the wake of the resignations of U.S. President Richard M. Nixon and Japanese Prime Minister Tanaka Kakuei, for separate scandals. As Japan's only ally, the relationship with the United States was crucial for the latter country, and it was up to Sakata to manage alliance relations during this period. He was not a security expert, yet used his political experience, studious nature, sincerity, and likeability among his staff, subordinates, colleagues, and personnel to make a lasting impression on his nation's forces, and on Japan's alliance partner. He succeeded in developing the first-ever National Defense Program Outline and the Basic Defense Force Concept among other initiatives during the crisis-filled 1970s. Furthermore, he developed a close policy dialogue with the United States which eventually led to the original U.S.-Japan Guidelines for Defense Cooperation. He did all this despite being a novice in defense matters. Furthermore, he is the longest consecutive serving defense minister in Japanese history, taking highly principled stances during his time.

Orientalia - Antropologia, Cultura, Religion, Historia y Leyendas de Oriente (English, Spanish, Hardcover): Carlo Emanuele... Orientalia - Antropologia, Cultura, Religion, Historia y Leyendas de Oriente (English, Spanish, Hardcover)
Carlo Emanuele Ruspoli
R1,155 Discovery Miles 11 550 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

El autor es Carlo Emanuele Ruspoli. Roma, 1949. Es doctor arquitecto y autor de numerosos t tulos t cnicos y cat logos, as como de proyectos de edificaci n e industriales. Ensayista de art culos de ndole t cnica y cultural en varias revistas, asimismo colabora con la Real Academia Matritense de Her ldica y Genealog a. En mayo de 2011 edit con dicha Real Academia su primer libro de historia Retratos, an cdotas y secretos de los linajes Borja, T llez-Gir n, Marescotti y Ruspoli. Ha escrito adem?'s libros de historia, antropolog a, an cdotas de vida profesional y genealog a. Adem?'s ha publicado varias novelas hist ricas como: El Confaloniero, El Profeso, Asesinato en el Letr n, Muerte de Profesos, El Profeso en T bet y est preparando una nueva novela de la serie que se titular: El Profeso y el diablo. Su larga trayectoria profesional y su inquietud como viajador le ha permitido viajar a casi todos los lugares mencionados en este libro.

Lectures on the Strategy of the Russo-Japanese War (Hardcover): Wilkinson Dent Bird Lectures on the Strategy of the Russo-Japanese War (Hardcover)
Wilkinson Dent Bird
R826 Discovery Miles 8 260 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Desk Hong List; A General and Business Directory for Shanghai and the Northern and River Ports Etc. 1884 (Hardcover):... The Desk Hong List; A General and Business Directory for Shanghai and the Northern and River Ports Etc. 1884 (Hardcover)
Anonymous
R791 Discovery Miles 7 910 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Telltale Leaflet - From Palestine to Stockholm (Hardcover): Dawood Kaloti The Telltale Leaflet - From Palestine to Stockholm (Hardcover)
Dawood Kaloti
R1,071 Discovery Miles 10 710 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Land Cries Out (Hardcover): Salim J Munayer, Lisa Loden The Land Cries Out (Hardcover)
Salim J Munayer, Lisa Loden
R1,713 R1,399 Discovery Miles 13 990 Save R314 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Predicting Gender Violence in India - A Counterintuitive Theoretical Approach (Hardcover): Shritha K. Vasudevan Predicting Gender Violence in India - A Counterintuitive Theoretical Approach (Hardcover)
Shritha K. Vasudevan
R4,348 Discovery Miles 43 480 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In this provocative new book, Shritha Vasudevan argues that feminist international relations (IR) theory has inadvertently resulted in a biased worldview, the very opposite of what feminist IR set out to try to rectify. This book contests theoretical presumptions of Western feminist IR and attempts to reformulate it in contexts of non-Western cultures. Vasudevan deftly utilizes the theoretical constructs of IR to explore the ramifications for India. This hypothesis argues that the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) has predictive validity and is not a top-down norm but derived from the material and contingent experiences of nation states. This book enters the debate between feminist qualitative and quantitative IR through the lens of gender-based violence (GBV) under the CEDAW.

State in Medieval Kashmir (Hardcover, UK ed.): Rattanlal Hangloo State in Medieval Kashmir (Hardcover, UK ed.)
Rattanlal Hangloo
R1,444 Discovery Miles 14 440 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The study focuses on the central function of the medieval Kashmir Shahmir sultanate in relation to surplus extarction and the perpetuation of its domination with its heavy dependence on both brahmanism and Islam. It seeks to situate the medieval state of kashmir in the cultural and social traditions of the region. The study is organized around 4 aspects: The historical roots of state formation in pre sultanate Kashmir, conversion to Islam, The Sayyids, Sultans and the state, a search for legitimacy and the incorporation of the sultanate in the mughla state.

The Gospel of Barnabas (Hardcover): Lonsdale Ragg, Laura Ragg The Gospel of Barnabas (Hardcover)
Lonsdale Ragg, Laura Ragg
R747 Discovery Miles 7 470 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Nanjing Massacre and Sino-Japanese Relations - Examining the Japanese 'Illusion' School (Hardcover, 1st ed.... The Nanjing Massacre and Sino-Japanese Relations - Examining the Japanese 'Illusion' School (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
Zhaoqi Cheng; Translated by Fangbin Yang
R3,474 Discovery Miles 34 740 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Based on extensive research on the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, this book closely examines the claims and controversy surrounding the 'Nanjing Massacre', a period of murder in 1937-1938 committed by Japanese troops against the residents of Nanjing (Nanking), after the capture of the then capital of the Republic of China, during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Focusing on weighing up arguments denying Nanjing Massacre, this book considers the Japanese 'Illusion' school of thought which contests the truth of the Nanjing Massacre claims, including the death toll and the scale of the violence. The Nanjing Massacre remains a controversial issue in Sino-Japanese relations, despite the normalization of bilateral relations, and this book goes to great lengths to examine the events through comparative narratives, investigating different perspectives and contributings to the debate from the extensive research of the Tokyo Trial Research Centre at Shanghai, as well as volumes of Chinese and Japanese historical documents.

"The Distress is Impossible to Convey" - British and German Trade-Union Reports on Labour in India (1926-1928) (Hardcover):... "The Distress is Impossible to Convey" - British and German Trade-Union Reports on Labour in India (1926-1928) (Hardcover)
Ravi Ahuja, Marcel Van Der Linden, Anna Sailer
R3,263 Discovery Miles 32 630 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Asian industrial competition, from Japan, China but also India, attracted greater public attention in Europe during the inter-war period than ever before. Indian industrial employment became the subject not only of extensive official enquiries, intensified legislation, a growing number of academic studies and of more popular writings, but also of debates within and between European trade unions.

Grassroots Activism of Ancient China - Mohism and Nonviolence (Hardcover): Hung-Yok IP Grassroots Activism of Ancient China - Mohism and Nonviolence (Hardcover)
Hung-Yok IP
R2,514 Discovery Miles 25 140 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book examines Mohism as a movement in early China, focusing on the Mohists' endeavor to create power for themselves. Fashioning themselves as grassroots activists who practiced transgrassroots activism, the Mohists hoped to impact the elite by gaining entry in its community, and by influencing it from within. To create a less violent world, they deployed the strategies of persuasion and strategy but did not discard counterviolence in their dealings with the ruling class. To execute their activism, the Mohists produced knowledge that they thought would enable them to employ their nonviolent strategies as well as to mount armed resistance to aggression. Moreover, to ensure that they were capable of practicing their transgrassroots movement so as to change the elite and the world, the Mohists paid significant attention to their personhood, developing a self-cultivation tradition which encouraged the Mohists to move beyond human conditions for self-improvement. The book concludes by situating Mohism in the history of nonviolent activism, and in that of negotiation and conflict resolution.

Korea at a Glance (Full Color) - Quick and Easy Visual Book To Help You Learn and Understand Korea ! (Abridged, Hardcover,... Korea at a Glance (Full Color) - Quick and Easy Visual Book To Help You Learn and Understand Korea ! (Abridged, Hardcover, Abridged edition)
Fandom Media
R574 Discovery Miles 5 740 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The U.S.-Soviet Confrontation in Iran, 1945-1962 - A Case in the Annals of the Cold War (Hardcover, New): Kristen Blake The U.S.-Soviet Confrontation in Iran, 1945-1962 - A Case in the Annals of the Cold War (Hardcover, New)
Kristen Blake
R2,317 Discovery Miles 23 170 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book is a study of the origins, development, and end of the U.S.-Soviet Cold War rivalry in Iran from 1945 to 1962 and its influence on the political and economic development of the country. It traces the roots of this rivalry to the Anglo-Soviet occupation of Iran in 1941 during the Second World War that subsequently led to U.S. involvement in Iran in 1942 as part of the Allied war effort. While analyzing the superpower rivalry, the book also focuses on the development of U.S.-Iranian relations and U.S. policy toward Iran, whose primary goal was to keep Iran free from communism. The book traces the development of U.S.-Iranian relations and U.S. policy toward Iran through the Truman, Eisenhower, and Kennedy administrations and examines whether there were any elements of continuity among the three administrations in keeping Iran free from communism. The book also provides an in-depth analysis of the response of the Shah and the Iranian government to foreign-power rivalry in Iran.

Iamblichus On the Mysteries of the Egyptians, Chaldeans, and Assyrians (Hardcover): Iamblichus, Porphyry Iamblichus On the Mysteries of the Egyptians, Chaldeans, and Assyrians (Hardcover)
Iamblichus, Porphyry
R977 Discovery Miles 9 770 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
A Military History of the Modern Middle East (Hardcover): James Brian McNabb A Military History of the Modern Middle East (Hardcover)
James Brian McNabb
R2,316 Discovery Miles 23 160 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This timely study synthesizes past history with the major military events and dynamics of the 20th- and 21st-century Middle East, helping readers understand the region's present-and look into its future. The Middle East has been-and will continue to be-a major influence on policy around the globe. This work reviews the impact of past epochs on the modern Middle East and analyzes key military events that contributed to forming the region and its people. By helping readers recognize historical patterns of conflict, the book will stimulate a greater understanding of the Middle East as it exists today. The work probes cause and effect in major conflicts that include the fall of the Ottoman Empire, the World Wars, the Arab-Israeli wars, and the U.S. wars with Iraq, examining the manner in which military operations have been conducted by both internal and external actors. New regional groups-for example, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)-are addressed, and pertinent events in Afghanistan and Pakistan are scrutinized. Since military affairs are traditionally an extension of politics and economics, the three are considered together in historical context as they relate to war and peace. The book closes with a chapter on the Arab Awakening and its impact on the future balance of power. Presents the evolution of combat and military thought in the region from ancient times into the contemporary era, summarizing the impact of the ancient and medieval worlds on the modern Middle East Provides a synthesis of Middle Eastern politics, geo-strategy, and military operations Discusses key religious and cultural dynamics that have driven events in the region Focuses on pivotal moments as catalysts for change in the region Examines the nexus between elite interests, factionalism, and the problem of development as it relates to conflict and military decision making

Culture and Ideology under the Seleukids - Unframing a Dynasty (Hardcover): Eva Anagnostou-Laoutides, Stefan Pfeiffer Culture and Ideology under the Seleukids - Unframing a Dynasty (Hardcover)
Eva Anagnostou-Laoutides, Stefan Pfeiffer
R3,650 Discovery Miles 36 500 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The volume offers a timely (re-)appraisal of Seleukid cultural dynamics. While the engagement of Seleukid kings with local populations and the issue of "Hellenization" are still debated, a movement away from the Greco-centric approach to the study of the sources has gained pace. Increasingly textual sources are read alongside archaeological and numismatic evidence, and relevant near-eastern records are consulted. Our study of Seleukid kingship adheres to two game-changing principles: 1. We are not interested in judging the Seleukids as "strong" or "weak" whether in their interactions with other Hellenistic kingdoms or with the populations they ruled. 2. While appreciating the value of the social imaginaries approach (Stavrianopoulou, 2013), we argue that the use of ethnic identity in antiquity remains problematic. Through a pluralistic approach, in line with the complex cultural considerations that informed Seleukid royal agendas, we examine the concept of kingship and its gender aspects; tensions between centre and periphery; the level of "acculturation" intended and achieved under the Seleukids; the Seleukid-Ptolemaic interrelations. As rulers of a multi-cultural empire, the Seleukids were deeply aware of cultural politics.

The Middle East in 1958 - Reimagining a Revolutionary Year (Hardcover): Jeffrey G Karam The Middle East in 1958 - Reimagining a Revolutionary Year (Hardcover)
Jeffrey G Karam
R3,553 Discovery Miles 35 530 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The revolutionary year of 1958 epitomizes the height of the social uprisings, military coups, and civil wars that erupted across the Middle East and North Africa in the mid-twentieth century. Amidst waning Anglo-French influence, growing US-USSR rivalry, and competition and alignments between Arab and non-Arab regimes and domestic struggles, this year was a turning point in the modern history of the Middle East. This multi and interdisciplinary book explores this pivotal year in its global, regional and local contexts and from a wide range of linguistic, geographic, academic specialties. The contributors draw on declassified and multilingual archives, reports, memoirs, and newspapers in thirteen country-specific chapters, shedding new light on topics such as the extent of Anglo-American competition after the Suez War, Turkey's efforts to stand as a key pillar in the regional Cold War, the internationalization of the Algerian War of Independence, and Iran and Saudi Arabia's abilities to weather the revolutionary storm that swept across the region. The book includes a foreword from Salim Yaqub which highlights the importance of Jeffrey G. Karam's collection to the scholarship on this vital moment in the political history of the modern middle east.

The Fall of Reza Shah - The Abdication, Exile, and Death of Modern Iran's Founder (Hardcover): Shaul Bakhash The Fall of Reza Shah - The Abdication, Exile, and Death of Modern Iran's Founder (Hardcover)
Shaul Bakhash
R3,374 Discovery Miles 33 740 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Reza Shah's authoritarian and modernising reign transformed Iran, but his rule and Iran's independence ended in ignominy in 1941. In this book, Shaul Bakhash tells the full story of the Anglo-Soviet invasion which led to his forced abdication, drawing upon previously unused sources to reveal for the first time that the British briefly, but seriously, toyed with the idea of doing away altogether with the ruling Pahlavis and considered reinstalling on the throne a little-regretted previous dynasty. Bakhash charts Reza Shah's final journey through Iran and into his unhappy exile; his life in exile, his reminiscences; his testy relationship with the British in Mauritius and Johannesburg; and the circumstances of his death. Additionally, it reveals the immense fortune Reza Shah amassed during his years in power, his finances in exile, and the drawn-out dispute over the settlement of his estate after his death. A significant contribution to the literature on Reza Shah and British imperialism as it played out in the case of one critical country during World War II, the book reveals the fraught relationship between a once powerful ruler in his final days and the British government at a critical moment in recent history.

Plunging the Ocean - Courts, Castes and Courtesans in The Kath?sarits?gara (Hardcover, 1st): Tara Sheemar Malhan Plunging the Ocean - Courts, Castes and Courtesans in The Kathāsaritsāgara (Hardcover, 1st)
Tara Sheemar Malhan
R1,526 Discovery Miles 15 260 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Tonkin, or, France in the Far East (Hardcover): Charles Boswell Norman Tonkin, or, France in the Far East (Hardcover)
Charles Boswell Norman
R974 Discovery Miles 9 740 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Letters to Fort St. George ... [serial]; v.32(1751/52) c.1 (Hardcover): Madras (India Presidency), Madras (India Presidency)... Letters to Fort St. George ... [serial]; v.32(1751/52) c.1 (Hardcover)
Madras (India Presidency), Madras (India Presidency) Record O
R894 Discovery Miles 8 940 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Kurdish Art and Identity - Verbal Art, Self-definition and Recent History (Hardcover): Alireza Korangy Kurdish Art and Identity - Verbal Art, Self-definition and Recent History (Hardcover)
Alireza Korangy; Preface by Philip G. Kreyenbroek
R2,621 Discovery Miles 26 210 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Folklore has been a phenomenon based on nostalgic and autochthonous nuances conveyed with a story-telling technique with a penchant for over-playing and nationalistic pomp and circumstance, often with significant consequences for societal, poetic, and cultural areas. These papers highlight challenges that have an outreaching relationship to the regional, rhetorical, and trans-rhetorical devices and manners in Kurdish folklore, which subscribes to an ironic sense of hope all the while issuing an appeal for a largely unaccomplished nationhood, simultaneously insisting on a linguistic solidarity. In a folkloric literature that has an overarching theory of poetics - perhaps even trans-figurative cognitive poetics due to the multi-faceted nature of its application and the complexity of its linguistic structure - the relationship of man (and less frequently woman) with others takes center stage in many of the folkloric creations. Arts are not figurative representations of the real in the Kurdish world; they are the real.

The Spell of Japan (Hardcover): Isabel 1876-1948 Anderson The Spell of Japan (Hardcover)
Isabel 1876-1948 Anderson
R1,051 Discovery Miles 10 510 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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