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Australia's Relations with China - The Illusion of Choice, 1972-2022 (Paperback): David Fitzsimmons Australia's Relations with China - The Illusion of Choice, 1972-2022 (Paperback)
David Fitzsimmons
R1,126 Discovery Miles 11 260 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Drawing on a wealth of interviews with more than fifty key stakeholders from Australia and China, including five former Australian Prime Ministers, Fitzsimmons presents a history and analysis of Australian-Chinese relations since 1972. Fitzsimmons systematically examines how Canberra formulates and implements Australia's China policy, and how PMs and key influencers have made that policy over the last fifty years. Next, it analyses the style, manner and effectiveness of Australian Prime Ministers and other key foreign-policy makers in making Australian policy on China. Next, it charts how Australian policy on China has changed over different political periods. It also highlights Australian policy to China as a global case study for other countries who are closely examining and learning lessons from how one Asia-Pacific middle-power has dealt with the Chinese colossus. An essential guide for students of Australia's international relations, as well as for scholars of international relations more broadly.

Putin's World - Russia Against the West and with the Rest (Paperback): Angela Stent Putin's World - Russia Against the West and with the Rest (Paperback)
Angela Stent
R547 R424 Discovery Miles 4 240 Save R123 (22%) In Stock
Planning for Coexistence? - Recognizing Indigenous rights through land-use planning in Canada and Australia (Hardcover, New... Planning for Coexistence? - Recognizing Indigenous rights through land-use planning in Canada and Australia (Hardcover, New Ed)
Libby Porter, Janice Barry
R4,202 Discovery Miles 42 020 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Planning is becoming one of the key battlegrounds for Indigenous people to negotiate meaningful articulation of their sovereign territorial and political rights, reigniting the essential tension that lies at the heart of Indigenous-settler relations. But what actually happens in the planning contact zone - when Indigenous demands for recognition of coexisting political authority over territory intersect with environmental and urban land-use planning systems in settler-colonial states? This book answers that question through a critical examination of planning contact zones in two settler-colonial states: Victoria, Australia and British Columbia, Canada. Comparing the experiences of four Indigenous communities who are challenging and renegotiating land-use planning in these places, the book breaks new ground in our understanding of contemporary Indigenous land justice politics. It is the first study to grapple with what it means for planning to engage with Indigenous peoples in major cities, and the first of its kind to compare the underlying conditions that produce very different outcomes in urban and non-urban planning contexts. In doing so, the book exposes the costs and limits of the liberal mode of recognition as it comes to be articulated through planning, challenging the received wisdom that participation and consultation can solve conflicts of sovereignty. This book lays the theoretical, methodological and practical groundwork for imagining what planning for coexistence might look like: a relational, decolonizing planning praxis where self-determining Indigenous peoples invite settler-colonial states to their planning table on their terms.

Islamic Economics and COVID-19 - The Economic, Social and Scientific Consequences of a Global Pandemic (Paperback): Masudul... Islamic Economics and COVID-19 - The Economic, Social and Scientific Consequences of a Global Pandemic (Paperback)
Masudul Alam Choudhury
R617 Discovery Miles 6 170 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book is a timely exploration of an unprecedented, cataclysmic pandemic episode. It examines certain critical aspects of socio-scientific theory across a variety of diverse themes, and through an epistemic lens. The book investigates the general theory of pandemic episodes and their adverse long-term effects on human and environmental wellbeing. It includes an in-depth study of COVID-19 but also looks to the future to contemplate potential pandemics to come. The existing approach to the study of pandemics is critically examined in terms of the prevalent isolated and thus mutated way of viewing human and mechanical relations in the name of specialization and modernity. The book presents a novel model of science-economy-society moral inclusiveness that forms a distinctive theoretical approach to the issue of normalizing all forms of pandemic challenges. It is methodologically different from existing economic theory, including the critical study of microeconomic foundations of macroeconomics. Human and environmental existence along with its multidisciplinary outlook of unity of knowledge between modernity, traditionalism, and socio-cultural values is emphasized in the treatment and cure of pandemic episodes. The book is a unique reference work, offering fresh wisdom within the moral methodological worldview.

Gustavo Esteva - A Critique of Development and other essays (Paperback): Gustavo Esteva Gustavo Esteva - A Critique of Development and other essays (Paperback)
Gustavo Esteva; Translated by Kathryn Dix
R1,253 Discovery Miles 12 530 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

In his reflections on decolonization and post-development, Gustavo Esteva forged a unique synthesis of critical theory and political economy. This book presents more than half a century of "reflection in action" in the form of essays, books, and interventions in national and international forums and newspaper articles-most published here for the very first time. It showcases Esteva's evolving thought on economic theory, social change, revolutionary subjectivity, transition, development, the challenges of a new era and personal and communal autonomy, all associated with the challenges and advances in the construction of a new society. Through this translation, Esteva's writings engage with many of the important cultural and political debates of the present day and retain their power both to provoke and move the reader. Readers will see a thinker at work, formulating local, grassroots alternatives as they are emerging in Mexico and Latin America, with a keen sensibility to what happens in other regions of the world. Gustavo Esteva: A Critique of Development and Other Essays offers a lucid insight into the climatic and sociopolitical collapses we face and will be of interest to students and scholars of critical theory, post-colonial and de-colonial studies, and post-development studies.

Energy Economics (Paperback, 2nd edition): Peter M. Schwarz Energy Economics (Paperback, 2nd edition)
Peter M. Schwarz
R1,909 Discovery Miles 19 090 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

* New chapter specifically on electric vehicles * Increased international focus, with more examples from outside the USA * Pedagogical features including learning objectives at the start of each chapter, in-chapter questions and end-of-chapter suggested online activities * Student companion website material: multiple choice questions and homework exercises * Instructor companion website material: lecture slides, solution files for instructors; suggested questions for discussion forums to increase engagement; and activities to achieve the chapter learning objectives, including quizzes with answers, that instructors can use to assess student attainment

Middle East Politics and International Relations - Crisis Zone (Paperback, 2nd edition): Shahram Akbarzadeh Middle East Politics and International Relations - Crisis Zone (Paperback, 2nd edition)
Shahram Akbarzadeh
R1,083 Discovery Miles 10 830 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Full coverage of the most recent issues in Middle East politics. Written by a textbook author with track record of producing authoritative but accessible writing. Includes pedagogical features such as boxed sections and maps.

The Economics of the Euro Area - Macroeconomic Policy and Institutions (Hardcover): Peter A.G. van Bergeijk, Ron J. Berndsen,... The Economics of the Euro Area - Macroeconomic Policy and Institutions (Hardcover)
Peter A.G. van Bergeijk, Ron J. Berndsen, W.J. Jansen
R3,299 Discovery Miles 32 990 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book examines the monetary integration of the group of countries which constitute the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU), signalling the emergence of a truly European economy. The authors devote their considerable expertise to the analysis of macroeconomic policies within EMU and the economic analysis underlying the conduct of these policies.The authors first analyse the development of the euro area from a historical perspective. They then examine the criteria for the first eleven countries to qualify for EMU and speculate whether the same countries would have joined if the qualification date had been a year later. The authors go on to examine purely macroeconomic aspects of the euro area including: the degree of real convergence in the euro area the short-run and long-run determinants of the euro area's current account the euro area's financial markets and implications for the international role of the euro the organizational structure and internal procedures of the European System of Central Banks the Eurosystem's single monetary policy strategy fiscal policy and the Stability and Growth Pact exchange rate policy issues. This book will become required reading for scholars and policymakers in the area's of European studies, macroeconomic policy and financial economics.

Social Sector Development and Governance - Empirical Investigations for Countries and Groups (Hardcover): Ramesh Chandra Das Social Sector Development and Governance - Empirical Investigations for Countries and Groups (Hardcover)
Ramesh Chandra Das
R3,906 Discovery Miles 39 060 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This volume explores the impact of good governance upon social sectors' development in India and other selected economies of the world. Economic development in the true sense depends on the development of different social sectors like education, healthcare, gender equality, etc., as well as economic factors. Good governance makes the sectors perform well on the one hand, and helps in economic growth and development on the other. Conversely, bad or weak governance in the form of corruption and low effectiveness of the governments, may lead to poor performance of the sectors, and low growth and backwardness of the economies. This book explores the associations between different social sectors' performances with quality of governance, and growth and development of different economies and groups in detail and establishes theoretical and empirical examinations for the individual economies and groups from the different corners of the globe with the help of new theories and latest data. This book will be useful for students and researchers in the fields of Economics, Sociology, Political Studies, Public Finance, International Relations, Social Sciences as well as policy makers and think tanks.

The Monstrous-Feminine - Film, Feminism, Psychoanalysis (Hardcover, 2nd edition): Barbara Creed The Monstrous-Feminine - Film, Feminism, Psychoanalysis (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Barbara Creed
R4,050 Discovery Miles 40 500 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Monstrous Feminine is one of the most influential books to emerge in the early 90s In this new edition, Creed does it again, recontextualizing the conception of the monstrous-feminine to track many of the evolutions in the horror genre This updated edition includes an entirely new section examining contemporary feminist horror films in relation to nonhuman theory Barbara Creed’s classic remains as relevant as ever

China and the Arms Trade (Hardcover): Anne Gilks, Gerald Segal China and the Arms Trade (Hardcover)
Anne Gilks, Gerald Segal
R2,730 Discovery Miles 27 300 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First Published in 1985, China and the Arms Trade offers a detailed analysis of Chinese arms aid policy to examine Beijing's changing nature of foreign and domestic policy. Military aid, like war, is a continuation of foreign policy by other means. The previous perception of China offering special and selfless military assistance seems no longer accurate. The nature of these Chinese aid now appears more complex and contradictory. China, now like other great powers, take an active role in the lucrative international arms bazaar. As one Chinese official said about his country's more hard-headed arms sales policy, 'we cannot sell at friendship prices all the time'. This book is a must read for scholars and researchers of Chinese foreign policy, strategic studies, Chinese politics, international relations and defence studies.

The Kremlin - Nerve- Centre of Russian History (Hardcover): Roy Monkcom The Kremlin - Nerve- Centre of Russian History (Hardcover)
Roy Monkcom; Victor Alexandrov
R3,180 Discovery Miles 31 800 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First Published in 1963, The Kremlin presents the story of a gigantic citadel, of its grandeur and its horrors, of its masters, famous and infamous, and of the scenes, both splendid and terrible, which its stones have witnessed since the Kremlin's foundation. The Kremlin has for centuries been the nerve-centre of Russian history. Everything has had its origins in its precincts. The history of Russia from the twelfth century, with a brief interval during which power was transferred to Petrograd, is inextricably bound up with its development. It was there that the czars were crowned and buried and on many occasions, it was the scene of their assassination. Everything was nurtured there: religion, dreams of power, absolutism, favoritism, cruel repression, and sheer insanity. But through triumphs, setbacks and tragic period of chaos, the rulers, whatever their names, have pursued the same policy. This fascinating history of the Kremlin is a must read for scholars and researchers of Russian history and Russian politics.

Russia under Kruschev - An Anthology from Problems of Communism (Hardcover): Abraham Brumberg Russia under Kruschev - An Anthology from Problems of Communism (Hardcover)
Abraham Brumberg
R4,672 Discovery Miles 46 720 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First Published in 1962, Russia under Kruschev is a comprehensive collection of articles from Problems of Communism, a journal published by U.S. Information Agency. These provide a chronological and thematic commentary on internal developments in Soviet Union varying from the changes in official ideology to the latest development in Soviet agriculture. They provide the broadest picture of the political, economic, and cultural trends of Kruschev’s Russia, and represent a galaxy of writing talent including work by Carew Hunt, Lowenthal, Avon, Dallin, de Jouvenel, Peter Wiles and others. This is an interesting read for scholars of Russian history and Soviet history.

The Present State of Russia Vol. 2 (Paperback): Friedrich Christian Weber The Present State of Russia Vol. 2 (Paperback)
Friedrich Christian Weber
R980 Discovery Miles 9 800 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Published in 1968, this second volume embarks on the journeys of Laurence Lang, and Le Brun through Russia and other countries. Weber also delves into the criminal proceedings against the late czarewitz, the justification of the Swedish war against Russia and many more topics involving the politics and government of Russia as a country through European eyes.

Affect, Narratives and Politics of Southeast Asian Migration (Paperback): Carlos M. Piocos III Affect, Narratives and Politics of Southeast Asian Migration (Paperback)
Carlos M. Piocos III
R1,228 Discovery Miles 12 280 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book explores the politics of gendered labor migration in Southeast Asia through the stories and perspectives of Indonesian and Filipina women presented in films, fiction, and performance to show how the emotionality of these texts contribute to the emergence and vitality of women's social movements in Southeast Asia. By placing literary and filmic narratives of Filipina and Indonesian domestic workers in Hong Kong and Singapore within existing conversations concerning migration policies, the book offers an innovative approach towards examining contemporary issues of Asian migration. Furthermore, through rich ethnographic accounts, the book unpacks themes of belonging and displacement, shame and desire, victimhood and resistance, sacrifice, and grief to show that the stories of Filipina and Indonesian migrant women don't just depict their everyday lives and practices but also reveal how they mediate and make sense of the fraught politics of gendered labor diaspora and globalization. Contributing to the "affective turn" of feminist and transnational scholarship, the book draws insight from the importance and centrality of affect, emotions, and feelings in shaping discourses on women's subjectivity, labor, and mobility. In addition, the book demonstrates the issues of vulnerability and agency inherent in debates on social exclusion, human rights, development, and nation-building in Southeast Asia. Offering an innovative and multidisciplinary approach to analyses of Asian migration, this book will be of interest to academics in the fields of Asian Studies, literary and cultural studies, film studies, gender and women's studies, and migration studies.

Doing Business in South Asia - A Case Study Collection (Paperback): G.V. Muralidhara Doing Business in South Asia - A Case Study Collection (Paperback)
G.V. Muralidhara
R1,179 Discovery Miles 11 790 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

• Most business schools use case studies to teach students how to apply concepts in practice, and this case-based textbook applies the case study method to the South Asian business context. • Each case study is complemented by reflective questions, references, further reading and activities, as well as teaching notes for lecturers available online. • Features over 20 concise case studies edited by a renowned case study author and lecturer, covering the key trends in South Asian business from countries across the region.

The Battlefields of Imphal - The Second World War and North East India (Hardcover): Hemant Singh Katoch The Battlefields of Imphal - The Second World War and North East India (Hardcover)
Hemant Singh Katoch
R4,340 Discovery Miles 43 400 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In 1944, the British Fourteenth Army and the Japanese Fifteenth Army clashed around the town of Imphal, Manipur, in North East India in what has since been described as one of the greatest battles of the Second World War. Over 200,000 soldiers from several nations fought in the hills and valley of Manipur on the India-Burma (Myanmar) frontier. This book is the first systematic mapping of the main scenes of the fighting in the critical Battle of Imphal. It connects the present with the past and links what exists today in Manipur with what happened there in 1944. The events were transformative for this little-known place and connected it with the wider world in an unparalleled way. By drawing on oral testimonies, written accounts and archival material, this book revisits the old battlefields and tells the untold story of a place and people that were perhaps the most affected by the Second World War in India. The volume will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of military history, especially the Second World War, defence and strategic studies, area studies, and North East India.

Foundations of Islamic Psychology - From Classical Scholars to Contemporary Thinkers (Paperback): G.Hussein Rassool, Mugheera... Foundations of Islamic Psychology - From Classical Scholars to Contemporary Thinkers (Paperback)
G.Hussein Rassool, Mugheera M. Luqman
R1,253 Discovery Miles 12 530 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Foundations of Islamic Psychology: From Classical Scholars to Contemporary Thinkers examines the history of Islamic psychology from the Islamic Golden age through the early 21st century, giving a thorough look into Islamic psychology's origins, Islamic philosophy and theology, and key developments in Islamic psychology. In tracing psychology from its origins in early civilisations, ancient philosophy, and religions to the modern discipline of psychology, this book integrates overarching psychological principles and ideas that have shaped the global history of Islamic psychology. It examines the legacy of psychology from an Islamic perspective, looking at the contributions of early Islamic classical scholars and contemporary psychologists, and to introduce how the history of Islamic philosophy and sciences has contributed to the development of classical and modern Islamic psychology from its founding to the present. With each chapter covering a key thinker or moment, and also covering the globalisation of psychology, the Islamisation of knowledge, and the decolonisation of psychology, the work critically evaluates the effects of the globalisation of psychology and its lasting impact on indigenous culture. This book aims to engage and inspire students taking undergraduate and graduate courses on Islamic psychology, to recognise the power of history in the academic studies of Islamic psychology, to connect history to the present and the future, and to think critically. It is also ideal reading for researchers and those undertaking continuing professional development in Islamic psychology, psychotherapy, and counselling.

Multilateralism Past, Present and Future - A European Perspective (Paperback): Mario Telò Multilateralism Past, Present and Future - A European Perspective (Paperback)
Mario Telò
R1,180 Discovery Miles 11 800 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book offers an important chronological perspective on the evolution of multilateralism within Europe and beyond. It provides a critical reconstruction of the history of the idea and praxis of peaceful global governance, comparative analysis of regional multilateral organizations and a discussion about concrete trends and perspectives of a new multilateralism against the challenging context of the current multipolar power politics. Focusing on the changing European interplay with multilateralism - from Eurocentric cradle of civilian cooperation among sovereign imperial states, to political dwarf after the two WW and decolonization, and to potential co-leader of a multi-layered and multi-actor cooperation within the current multipolar order, it addresses a theoretical ‘gap’ by fuelling the long-recognised idealism v. realism debate over international cooperation and institutionalisation with both historical and new empirical insights. This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of European studies, global governance, multilateralism, international organisations and more broadly to international relations.

Analytic Philosophy and Avicenna - Knowing the Unknown (Paperback): Mohammad Azadpur Analytic Philosophy and Avicenna - Knowing the Unknown (Paperback)
Mohammad Azadpur
R1,141 Discovery Miles 11 410 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This work engages in a constructive, yet subtle, dialogue with the nuanced accounts of sensory intentionality and empirical knowledge offered by the Islamic philosopher Avicenna. This discourse has two main objectives: (1) providing an interpretation of Avicenna's epistemology that avoids reading him as a precursor to British empiricists or as a full-fledged emanatist and (2) bringing light to the importance of Avicenna's account of experience to relevant contemporary Anglo-American discussions in epistemology and metaphysics. These two objectives are interconnected. Anglo-American philosophy provides the framework for a novel reading of Avicenna on knowledge and reality, and the latter, in turn, contributes to adjusting some aspects of the former. Advancing the Avicennian perspective on contemporary analytic discourse, this volume is a key resource for researchers and students interested in comparative and analytic epistemology and metaphysics as well as Islamic philosophy.

Treating Trauma in Trans People - An Intersectional, Phase-Based Approach (Paperback): Reese Minshew Treating Trauma in Trans People - An Intersectional, Phase-Based Approach (Paperback)
Reese Minshew
R1,007 Discovery Miles 10 070 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Treating Trauma in Transgender People is the only treatment guide available focused on treating the symptoms of trauma in transgender people. People will buy this book because it has complicated content about difficult topics, but is written in an approachable and nonjudgmental style with illustrative case vignettes. A reader should choose Treating Trauma in Transgender People over similar books because it is clear and concise, and offers data-driven rationale for treatment recommendations.

The Sense of Mission in Russian Foreign Policy - Destined for Greatness! (Paperback): Alicja Curanovic The Sense of Mission in Russian Foreign Policy - Destined for Greatness! (Paperback)
Alicja Curanovic
R1,217 Discovery Miles 12 170 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book explores how far messianism, the conviction that Russia has a special historical destiny, is present in, and affects, Russian foreign policy. Based on extensive original research, including analysis of public statements, policy documents and opinion polls, the book argues that a sense of mission is present in Russian foreign policy, that it is very similar in its nature to thinking about Russia's mission in Tsarist times, that the sense of mission matters more for Russia's elites than for Russia's masses, and that Russia's special mission is emphasised more when there are questions about the regime's legitimacy as well as great power status. Overall, the book demonstrates that a sense of mission is an important factor in Russian foreign policy.

Home Life in China (Hardcover): Isaac Taylor Headland Home Life in China (Hardcover)
Isaac Taylor Headland
R4,226 Discovery Miles 42 260 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Originally published in 1914, this text describes L.T. Headland and his wife's experience in China in the early twentieth century. With a focus on home life this study explores issues such as children, marriage and education as well as food, religion and concubinage as well as presenting anecdotes and personal stories from the families Headland interacted with. This title will be of interest to students of Asian Studies and Anthropology.

Routledge Library Editions: Society of the Middle East (Hardcover): Various Routledge Library Editions: Society of the Middle East (Hardcover)
Various
R35,280 Discovery Miles 352 800 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Drawing on a vast expertise, the authors of the books in this collection each present a different aspect of the society of a variety of Middle Eastern countries for analysis. They examine, among other topics, the formation of new states from tribal beginnings, the impact of oil and war, population movements, education, human rights and urbanisation. Together these books form an essential reference collection.

The Arab of the Desert (RLE Saudi Arabia) - A Glimpse into Badawin Life in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia (Paperback): H.R.P. Dickson The Arab of the Desert (RLE Saudi Arabia) - A Glimpse into Badawin Life in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia (Paperback)
H.R.P. Dickson
R1,913 Discovery Miles 19 130 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book provides information about the customs and people of Kuwait and Sau'di Arabia. It reveals all aspects of the lives of the nomadic desert Arabs, from social systems to marriage and children, from faith to food, sandstorms, warfare and hunting.

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