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Governing Compact Cities - How to Connect Planning, Design and Transport (Hardcover): Philipp Rode Governing Compact Cities - How to Connect Planning, Design and Transport (Hardcover)
Philipp Rode
R3,339 Discovery Miles 33 390 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Governing Compact Cities investigates how governments and other critical actors organise to enable compact urban growth, combining higher urban densities, mixed use and urban design quality with more walkable and public transport-oriented urban development. Philipp Rode draws on empirical evidence from London and Berlin to examine how urban policymakers, professionals and stakeholders have worked across disciplinary silos, geographic scales and different time horizons since the early 1990s. The key mechanisms for integrated urban governance which enable more compact growth are identified by focusing on the underlying institutional arrangements that have connected strategic urban planning, city design and transport policy in the two case study cities. These include a hybrid model of hierarchical and network governance, the effectiveness of continuous adjustment over disruptive, one-off ?integration fixes? and the prioritisation of certain links between sectoral policy and geographic scales over others. With an interdisciplinary approach connecting urban studies and planning with political science, public administration and organisational studies, this book will be of interest to academics and students in those disciplines, as well as urban practitioners and the applied/policy research community.

Palestine Ltd. - Neoliberalism and Nationalism in the Occupied Territory (Hardcover): Toufic Haddad Palestine Ltd. - Neoliberalism and Nationalism in the Occupied Territory (Hardcover)
Toufic Haddad
R4,756 Discovery Miles 47 560 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Since the 1993 Oslo Accords, the Occupied Palestinian Territory has been the subject of extensive international peacebuilding and statebuilding efforts coordinated by Western donor states and international finance institutions. Despite their failure to yield peace or Palestinian statehood, the role of these organisations in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is generally overlooked owing to their depiction as tertiary actors engaged in technical missions. In Palestine Ltd., Toufic Haddad explores how neoliberal frameworks have shaped and informed the common understandings of international, Israeli and Palestinian interactions throughout the Oslo peace process. Drawing upon more than 20 years of policy literature, field-based interviews and recently declassified or leaked documents, he details how these frameworks have led to struggles over influencing Palestinian political and economic behaviour, and attempts to mould the class character of Palestinian society and its leadership. A dystopian vision of Palestine emerges as the by-product of this complex asymmetrical interaction, where nationalism, neo-colonialism and `disaster capitalism' both intersect and diverge. This book is essential for students and scholars interested in Middle East Studies, Arab-Israeli politics and international development.

Russia-India Relations - The Significance of Subjective Factors (Hardcover): Aubree Penrod Russia-India Relations - The Significance of Subjective Factors (Hardcover)
Aubree Penrod
R1,212 R1,073 Discovery Miles 10 730 Save R139 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Mueller Report (Hardcover, Redacted Version ed.): Robert S Mueller The Mueller Report (Hardcover, Redacted Version ed.)
Robert S Mueller
R1,406 Discovery Miles 14 060 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
China - The Strategic Reluctance on Boundary Settlement with India (Hardcover): Mari McGovern China - The Strategic Reluctance on Boundary Settlement with India (Hardcover)
Mari McGovern
R1,205 R1,067 Discovery Miles 10 670 Save R138 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Ordo Pluriversalis - The End of Pax Americana and the Rise of Multipolarity (Hardcover): Leonid Savin Ordo Pluriversalis - The End of Pax Americana and the Rise of Multipolarity (Hardcover)
Leonid Savin
R889 Discovery Miles 8 890 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
News in their Pockets - A Cross-City Comparative Study of Mobile News Consumption in Asia (Hardcover): Ran Wei, Ven-Hwei Lo News in their Pockets - A Cross-City Comparative Study of Mobile News Consumption in Asia (Hardcover)
Ran Wei, Ven-Hwei Lo
R3,243 Discovery Miles 32 430 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Since the debut of the iPhone in 2007, the mobile phone has become a quick, convenient, and immensely popular gateway for accessing and consuming news. With three billion mobile phone subscribers, Asian countries have led this seismic shift in news consumption. They provide a wide range of opportunities to study how, as mobile technology matures and becomes routinized, mobile news is increasingly subject to societal constraints and impositions of political power that reduce the democratic benefits of such news and call into question the application of these technological innovations within governments and societies. News in Their Pockets explores the societal, technological, and user-related factors behind why and how digital-savvy college students seek news via the mobile phone across Asia's most mobile cities-Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Taipei. Situating cross-societal comparative analyses of mobile news consumption in Asia within a digital and global context, this volume outlines the evolution of the mobile phone to its prominence in disseminating news, offers predictors of patterns in mobile news consumption, investigates user needs and expectations, and illustrates future impacts on civic engagement from mobile news consumption. By examining the interplay between game-changing and empowering communication technology and constraining social systems, News in Their Pockets provides the framework necessary for constructive, continuing debates over the promise and peril of digital news and exposes our underlying reasoning behind the adoption of the mobile phone as the all-in-one media of choice to stay socialized, entertained, and informed in the modern digital age.

Of Magic and Mutiny (Hardcover): Ludovick Simon Mwijage Of Magic and Mutiny (Hardcover)
Ludovick Simon Mwijage
R994 R852 Discovery Miles 8 520 Save R142 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
India and its Neighbours - Renewed Threats and New Directions (Hardcover): S.K. Shah India and its Neighbours - Renewed Threats and New Directions (Hardcover)
S.K. Shah
R854 Discovery Miles 8 540 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Indian Ocean Challenges - A Quest for Cooperative Solutions (Microfilm): Pradeep Kaushiva, Abhijit Singh Indian Ocean Challenges - A Quest for Cooperative Solutions (Microfilm)
Pradeep Kaushiva, Abhijit Singh
R1,534 Discovery Miles 15 340 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Indian Ocean Region (IOR) is of immense strategic significance on the global maritime map - not just on account of its centrality to the current trade and energy flows, but also because of the extreme disparities and inherent volatility of the region. The region faces an array of security challenges, both traditional and non-traditional. These include security of SLOCs, the problem of piracy, the possibility of renewed terrorism at and from the sea and the pervasive smuggling of people, narcotics and arms. The narrative of regional maritime security is also characterized by oscillating economic growth, growing military presence and a rapidly deteriorating ecological balance in the Indian Ocean. A stand-out feature of the IOR is the lack of correspondence between nations on issues concerning 'security'. While using the high seas for trade, transportation of energy, major powers have tended to neglect the impact of the economic activities on the sea itself. In contrast, smaller regional countries and island states with developing economies have, at best, been able to use only those resources of the sea which are vital to their survival. As the challenges rise, the need to factor in and secure effective management of the Indian Ocean has turned into a compelling imperative. While governments and authorities grapple with complex issues trying to forge a coherent maritime policy, there is a growing recognition that unless solutions are found quickly, lives, livelihoods, and in some cases the very future of local populations could be at risk. This book contains a comprehensive overview of perspectives of some of the stakeholders in the Indian Ocean Region. It seeks to identify the key maritime security issues and explores the potential contribution of the stakeholders in meeting these challenges.

India-China Relations and the Re-construction of Strategic Partnerships (Hardcover): Joaquina Nation India-China Relations and the Re-construction of Strategic Partnerships (Hardcover)
Joaquina Nation
R1,205 R1,067 Discovery Miles 10 670 Save R138 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Politics of South American Boundaries (Hardcover, New): Carlos Parodi The Politics of South American Boundaries (Hardcover, New)
Carlos Parodi
R3,169 Discovery Miles 31 690 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Parodi shows that boundary disputes have and continue to play a major role in creating tensions in South America. Of the 25 international territorial boundaries that exist in South America, eight were marked with major wars, eight with lesser wars, and five with some level of violence. As recently as 1995, the armies of Ecuador and Peru were at war to define a boundary. In 1982 Argentina went to war, inspired by the call to restore a piece of its mutilated national territory. Venezuela and Guyana, Guyana and Suriname, and Suriname and French Guiana have not completed boundary demarcation agreements. Bolivia's insistence on its right for sovereign access to the Pacific Ocean is a source of tension with Chile and Peru. Colombia and Venezuela have unresolved boundary issues in the Gulf of Venezuela. Clearly, boundary disputes have and continue to play a major role in creating larger conflicts within South America.

Territorial boundaries are marks on the ground, but, as Parodi shows, their staying power or stability depends on their grip on consciousness. By examining the boundary theory of South American states and its implementation, he also explains how the symbolic system of South American boundaries is used to instill national identity, mobilize people to war, and control population and territory. This text will be of particular interest to scholars, students, and researchers involved with Latin American politics, diplomacy, and international relations.

Two Fish in a Tank - How Jokes Can Give Hope to a Fractured World (Hardcover): Zev Burton Two Fish in a Tank - How Jokes Can Give Hope to a Fractured World (Hardcover)
Zev Burton
R681 R608 Discovery Miles 6 080 Save R73 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Ethiopia and Eritrea - Insights into the Peace Nexus (Hardcover): Belete Belachew Yihun Ethiopia and Eritrea - Insights into the Peace Nexus (Hardcover)
Belete Belachew Yihun
R1,295 Discovery Miles 12 950 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Empires' Edge - Militarization, Resistance, and Transcending Hegemony in the Pacific (Hardcover): Sasha Davis The Empires' Edge - Militarization, Resistance, and Transcending Hegemony in the Pacific (Hardcover)
Sasha Davis
R2,202 Discovery Miles 22 020 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In the past decade the Asia-Pacific region has become a focus of international politics and military strategies. Due to China's rising economic and military strength, North Korea's nuclear tests and missile launches, tense international disputes over small island groups in the seas around Asia, and the United States pivoting a majority of its military forces to the region, the islands of the western Pacific have increasingly become the center of global attention. While the Pacific is a cur- rent hotbed of geopolitical rivalry and intense militarization, the region is also something else: a homeland to the hundreds of millions of people that inhabit it.
Based on a decade of research in the region, "The Empires' Edge" examines the tremendous damage the militarization of the Pacific has wrought on its people and environments. Furthermore, Davis details how contemporary social movements in this region are affecting global geopolitics by challenging the military use of Pacific islands and by developing a demilitarized view of security based on affinity, mutual aid, and international solidarity. Through an examination of "sacrificed" is- lands from across the region--including Bikini Atoll, Okinawa, Hawai'i, and Guam--"The Empires' Edge" makes the case that the great political contest of the twenty-first century is not about which country gets hegemony in a global system but rather about the choice be- tween perpetuating a system of international relations based on domination or pursuing a more egalitarian and cooperative future.

India's Muscular China-Pakistan Policy and Economic Corridor (Hardcover): Sirohi India's Muscular China-Pakistan Policy and Economic Corridor (Hardcover)
Sirohi
R1,204 R1,065 Discovery Miles 10 650 Save R139 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Middle East in the Twentieth Century (Hardcover, New): Martin Sicker The Middle East in the Twentieth Century (Hardcover, New)
Martin Sicker
R2,796 Discovery Miles 27 960 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The geopolitical history of the Middle East in the twentieth century, which falls into three relatively distinct phases, is best understood when approached simultaneously from the global and the regional perspectives. The imperialist phase, which began in the nineteenth century and lasted until the end of World War II, was followed by the cold war between the Soviet Union and the West that continued to the beginning of the 1990s. The last phase, which began with the demise of the Soviet Union, is still taking shape. These stages may overlap and, in some instances, unfold simultaneously, developments within the region being shaped and constrained by extra-regional forces for extra-regional purposes.

The sovereignty and independence of the states of the region has been limited in varying degrees by the wishes, needs, interests, and ambitions of the major powers. The geopolitical considerations have varied over time, being very different in the period between the world wars than in the period of intense East-West rivalry that followed, with the present post-cold war era being radically different from what preceded it. These changing geopolitical realities constitute the framework for this examination of the Middle East in the twentieth century, and the organizing principle for the selection of materials from the truly vast amount of information available. An important resource for scholars, students, and researchers involved with Middle Eastern history and international relations.

Solution Pakistan - Volume I, Revised Second Edition (Hardcover, 2nd Revised edition): Zakir Mahmood Malik Solution Pakistan - Volume I, Revised Second Edition (Hardcover, 2nd Revised edition)
Zakir Mahmood Malik
R633 Discovery Miles 6 330 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
India's External and Internal Security Policy in 21st Century (Hardcover): Shah India's External and Internal Security Policy in 21st Century (Hardcover)
Shah
R1,208 R1,069 Discovery Miles 10 690 Save R139 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
China, India and Southeast Asia in Economic Globalization (Hardcover): Sirohi China, India and Southeast Asia in Economic Globalization (Hardcover)
Sirohi
R1,202 R1,008 Discovery Miles 10 080 Save R194 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
China and its Peripheries - Limited Objectives in Bhutan (Hardcover): Emery Denson China and its Peripheries - Limited Objectives in Bhutan (Hardcover)
Emery Denson
R1,206 R1,013 Discovery Miles 10 130 Save R193 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Beyond the End of History - Rejecting the Washington Consensus (Hardcover): Keith Preston Beyond the End of History - Rejecting the Washington Consensus (Hardcover)
Keith Preston
R766 Discovery Miles 7 660 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In the quarter century that has passed since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War, fanciful establishment intellectuals have advanced the idea that an "end of history" has somehow arrived. The model of "democratic capitalism" is said to be the final stage in the development of political economy. It is often suggested that it is simply a matter of waiting for the rest of the world to catch up, and at that point the Western model will have achieved a final and eternal triumph. In this work, the anarchist philosopher Keith Preston expresses skepticism of these presumptions. Expounding upon the critique of modernity advanced by Friedrich Nietzsche well over a century ago, Preston argues that the historical cycle associated with the rise of modernity is winding down. The forces of globalism, liberalism, capitalism, democracy, and Americanization are closer to achieving universal hegemony than ever before. Yet Preston subjects all of these to relentless criticism, and challenges virtually every presumption of the present era's dominant ideological model. Drawing upon a wide range of ideological currents and intellectual influences, Preston observes how the hegemony of what he calls the "Anglo-American-Zionist-Wahhabist" axis is being challenged within the realm of international relations by both emerging blocks of rival states and insurgent non-state actors. Citing thinkers as diverse as Ernst Junger and Emma Goldman, Max Stirner and Alain de Benoist, Hans Hermann Hoppe and Kevin Carson, Preston offers an alternative vision of what the future of postmodern civilization might bring.

The Prince (Hardcover): Niccolo Machiavelli The Prince (Hardcover)
Niccolo Machiavelli; Translated by William Kenaz Marriott; Edited by Tony Darnell
R437 Discovery Miles 4 370 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Nuclear Security Issues and Conflict - India, Pakistan and China (Hardcover): Christian Carbone Nuclear Security Issues and Conflict - India, Pakistan and China (Hardcover)
Christian Carbone
R1,206 R1,068 Discovery Miles 10 680 Save R138 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
China's Military Modernization and Search for Power (Hardcover): Vance Hawkins China's Military Modernization and Search for Power (Hardcover)
Vance Hawkins
R1,206 R1,068 Discovery Miles 10 680 Save R138 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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