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Muslim Reformist Political Thought - Revivalists, Modernists and Free Will (Hardcover, annotated edition): Sarfraz Khan Muslim Reformist Political Thought - Revivalists, Modernists and Free Will (Hardcover, annotated edition)
Sarfraz Khan
R3,353 R1,133 Discovery Miles 11 330 Save R2,220 (66%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days


There are two main trends distinguishable amongst Muslim reformists - revivalists and modernists. This book charts and analyses the main trends of Muslim reformist political thought in Bukhara. It is the first to utilize original sources preserved in Soviet archives that were previously inaccessible to western scholars. The author has translated numerous original documents from Tajiki and Russian into English. This book thus serves as a useful resource for students of Islam, Central Asia, the former Soviet Union, and of law, politics and philosophy.

The Power of Scale: A Global History Approach - A Global History Approach (Hardcover): John Bodley The Power of Scale: A Global History Approach - A Global History Approach (Hardcover)
John Bodley
R4,517 Discovery Miles 45 170 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Throughout history, the natural human inclination to accumulate power has led to increases in growth and scale that have amplified major social problems. In several cases, the costs of development have been borne by the many, but the benefits have been concentrated among the few. The implications are clear: some of the world's most serious social problems -- poverty, war, pollution -- can be seen as problems of scale and power. Drawing on history, economics, anthropology, and sociology, the author argues that individuals, not social classes, have been the agents of social change. This cogent and provocative book looks at how increases in scale necessarily lead to an increasingly small elite gaining disproportionate power -- ironically making democratic control more difficult to achieve and maintain.

Policing the Pandemic - How Public Health Becomes Public Order (Paperback): Lambros Fatsis, Melayna Lamb Policing the Pandemic - How Public Health Becomes Public Order (Paperback)
Lambros Fatsis, Melayna Lamb
R296 Discovery Miles 2 960 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the inadequacies of the state's response to public health and public order issues through deeply flawed legislation. Written in the context of the #BlackLivesMatter protests, this book explores why law enforcement responses to a public health emergency are prioritised over welfare provision and what this tells us about the state's criminal justice institutions. Informing scholarly, civic and activist thinking on the political nature of policing, it reveals how increasing police powers disproportionately affects Black people and suggests alternative ways of designing public safety beyond a law enforcement context.

The Power of Scale: A Global History Approach - A Global History Approach (Paperback, illustrated edition): John Bodley The Power of Scale: A Global History Approach - A Global History Approach (Paperback, illustrated edition)
John Bodley
R1,530 Discovery Miles 15 300 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Throughout history, the natural human inclination to accumulate power has led to increases in growth and scale that have amplified major social problems. In several cases, the costs of development have been borne by the many, but the benefits have been concentrated among the few. The implications are clear: some of the world's most serious social problems -- poverty, war, pollution -- can be seen as problems of scale and power. Drawing on history, economics, anthropology, and sociology, the author argues that individuals, not social classes, have been the agents of social change. This cogent and provocative book looks at how increases in scale necessarily lead to an increasingly small elite gaining disproportionate power -- ironically making democratic control more difficult to achieve and maintain.

The Economic Policy of Online Media - Manufacture of Dissent (Hardcover): Peter Ayolov The Economic Policy of Online Media - Manufacture of Dissent (Hardcover)
Peter Ayolov
R3,744 Discovery Miles 37 440 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book explores the distortion of communication online, centered around the theory that the economic policy model of online media is primarily based on the systematic manufacture of dissent. Following the media criticism tradition of Habermas and Chomsky, among others, the book shows how anger can motivate news consumption as the principle of divide-and-rule in the online media of the 21st century is systematically applied. The author posits that media addiction increases interest, therefore deliberate distortion of facts and the manufacture of dissent provide the media with a larger audience and this becomes the business model. This insightful volume will interest researchers, scholars, and students of media economics, political economy of media, digital media, propaganda, mass communication, and media literacy.

The Tibetan Independence Movement - Political, Religious and Gandhian Perspectives (Hardcover): Jane Ardley The Tibetan Independence Movement - Political, Religious and Gandhian Perspectives (Hardcover)
Jane Ardley
R3,916 Discovery Miles 39 160 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Tibet has been occupied for over fifty years, yet no progress has been made in solving the Tibetan problem. The first serious analysis of the Tibetan independence movement, this book is also the first to view the struggle from a comparative perspective, making an overt comparison with the Indian independence movement. It rectifies the problem that the Tibetan independence movement is not taken seriously from a political perspective. The book is particularly concerned with the relationship between Buddhism and Tibetan politics and resistance, comparing this with the relationship between Hinduism and Gandhian political thought. It also expands on the limited literature concerning violent resistance in Tibet, examining guerilla warfare and the hunger strike undertaken by the Tibetan Youth Congress in 1998, rejecting the 'Shangri-la-ist' approach to Tibetan resistance.

eBook available with sample pages: 020322115X

Building a Bigger Europe - EU and NATO Enlargement in Comparative Perspective (Hardcover): Martin A. Smith, Graham Timmins Building a Bigger Europe - EU and NATO Enlargement in Comparative Perspective (Hardcover)
Martin A. Smith, Graham Timmins
R2,336 R2,002 Discovery Miles 20 020 Save R334 (14%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This title was first published in 2000: A fresh and original study of EU and NATO enlargement, which sets both in a comparative context and considers them against a backdrop of the evolution of a pan-European security community. The book is divided into two parts. In part one the authors examine and discuss the EU and NATO enlargement processes and the 'incremental linkage' which has developed between them. The major issues and challenges facing the two institutions as they ponder the next steps in enlargement are also assessed. Part two includes separate chapters on the post-Cold War evolution of the EU and NATO overall. These discussions focus on their strengths and limitations in contributing to the broader and more co-operative kind of European security which the end of the Cold War makes possible. The final chapters examine a number of possible scenarios under which the EU and NATO either succeed or fail in contributing significantly to the development of a new European security order. The potential consequences for both the institutions themselves and for European security generally will be explored and assessed.

From Immigration Controls to Welfare Controls (Paperback): Steve Cohen, Beth Humphries, Ed Mynott From Immigration Controls to Welfare Controls (Paperback)
Steve Cohen, Beth Humphries, Ed Mynott
R1,475 Discovery Miles 14 750 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


This edited collection addresses theoretical, political and practical aspects of the connection between external immigration controls and internal welfare controls. It considers the implications for the both those subject to controls and those drawn into the web of implementing internal welfare controls. Topics discussed include:
* forced dispersal of asylum seekers
* local authority and voluntary sector regulations
* nationalism, racism, class and 'fairness'
* strategies for resistance to controls
* USA controls.
The book provides support to those unwittingly drawn into administering controls, showing how the role of welfare workers as immigration control enforcers is not a sudden imposition but has exisited since the introduction of controls in 1905.
From Immigration Controls to Welfare Controls will provide a valuable resource for all those professionals who come into contact with the issues surrounding immigration.

Political Uses of the Past - The Recent Mediterranean Experiences (Paperback): Giovanni Levi, Jacques Revel Political Uses of the Past - The Recent Mediterranean Experiences (Paperback)
Giovanni Levi, Jacques Revel
R1,459 Discovery Miles 14 590 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This work addresses political and historiographical uses of history. A group of leading historians and thinkers discuss questions of collective identity and representation in relation to the fluctuating concept of "Past" and its changing relevance. Among the topics are Greek historiographical questions, Balkan history, the Armenian problem, and the Plaestine historical narrative.

Political Tolerance in the Global South - Images of India, Pakistan and Uganda. (Paperback): Sten Widmalm Political Tolerance in the Global South - Images of India, Pakistan and Uganda. (Paperback)
Sten Widmalm
R1,477 Discovery Miles 14 770 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

What makes people agree to the extension of political rights to those they clearly dislike? This book moves beyond the extensive research on this question in western contexts to focus on the global south, offering unique empirical studies of political tolerance in plural societies where poverty is prevalent and democratic institutions can often be fragile. Based on extensive data gathered in India, Pakistan and Uganda, this volume offers an account of the factors that shape the foundations of a society and its capacity to be democratic, but where the need for the protection of human rights is great and where the state is either weak or even constitutes a counter-force against the rights of individuals and groups. Combining large scale survey data with in-depth interviews in each national setting, the author exemplifies the great variation of factors which are related to political tolerance, shedding light on the fundamental patterns existing in the organization of state-society relations and the ways in which they produce certain results owing to the manner in which the forces of modernization operate. A broad and empirically informed study of what shapes the foundations of a democratic society in modernizing nations, Political Tolerance in the Global South will appeal to scholars of sociology and political science with interests in democracy, human rights, diversity and tolerance.

Hegemony and Resistance - Contesting identities in South Africa (Hardcover): Thiven Reddy Hegemony and Resistance - Contesting identities in South Africa (Hardcover)
Thiven Reddy
R3,189 Discovery Miles 31 890 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This title was first published in 2000: An original explanation for the importance South Africans attachment to ethnic and racial group categories in everyday speech and practice. The answers emerge by presenting a history of dominant and resistance discourses as they relate to collective identity - a move which breaks with prevailing approaches to South African political history, problematises ethnic group categories and offers new ways of seeing old debates.

The Struggle for South Yemen (Paperback): Joseph Kostiner The Struggle for South Yemen (Paperback)
Joseph Kostiner
R1,139 Discovery Miles 11 390 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

South Yemen was long a key spot in the strategic geography of the West. Before the Second World War, it was important for the British as an outpost on the way to India. From the mid-1940s it was a crucial gateway to the oil rich Arabian Peninsular and a vital area in the context of superpower rivalry. This book, first published in 1984, traces the development of nationalist sentiment in South Yemen and the emergence of the two main groups in the struggle for independence: the NLF and FLOSY. Analysing both the impact of these groups on Yemeni society and demonstrating how they struggled with each other for supremacy, the book provides an perceptive account of how the revolutionary process in an Arab country unfolded.

Afghanistan Post-2014 - Power configurations and evolving trajectories (Paperback): Rajen Harshe, Dhananjay Tripathi Afghanistan Post-2014 - Power configurations and evolving trajectories (Paperback)
Rajen Harshe, Dhananjay Tripathi
R1,419 Discovery Miles 14 190 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book focuses on the developments in post 2014 Afghanistan with external military support from the United States and its North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies. It discusses topical themes such as the withdrawal of US troops and non-traditional security.

No Way to Pick A President - How Money and Hired Guns Have Debased American Elections (Paperback): Jules Witcover No Way to Pick A President - How Money and Hired Guns Have Debased American Elections (Paperback)
Jules Witcover
R567 Discovery Miles 5 670 Ships in 10 - 15 working days


A seasoned political writer who has covered every presidential election since Eisenhower, Jules Witcover has seen it all: from powerful party chieftains to political analysts, from the trenches of primary elections to the high-tech weapons of mass communication. In No Way to Pick a President, he blasts the current process by which America chooses its president, denouncing the road to the White House as divisive, corrupt and noisy. costly for the candidate and the public.
As the United States marks its first presidential election of the new century, Witcover shows us how professioanl mercenaries - with little party loyalty and diminished political principles, driven by an insatiable need for money - are poisoning public life. At the same time, politicians themselves have condoned and even encouraged these developments, responding to the demands of a media driven age in which the press corps pursues its own quest for celebrity and financial reward.
No Way to Pick a president offers a wealth of presidential history. Witcover concludes with prescriptions to improve presidential politics and revive public confidence.

Undue Risk - Secret State Experiments on Humans (Paperback, New Ed): Jonathan D Moreno Undue Risk - Secret State Experiments on Humans (Paperback, New Ed)
Jonathan D Moreno
R1,231 Discovery Miles 12 310 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Undue Risk is an unprecedented and chilling history of the use of human subjects in atomic, biological and chemical warfare experiments by the US Government from World War II to the present. Jonathan Moreno, a senior researcher on the President's special commission, goes where few researchers have gone before, exploring secret government documents which reveal a plethora of government experiments.
Now available in paperback, with a new afterword, this exciting read covers recent objections by US military personnel to required anthrax vaccinations and new developments in government policies on experiments involving vulnerable human subjects.

Managing Domestic Dissent in First World War Britain (Hardcover, annotated edition): Brock Millman Managing Domestic Dissent in First World War Britain (Hardcover, annotated edition)
Brock Millman
R4,375 Discovery Miles 43 750 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The author argues that the way the British Government managed dissent during World War I is important for understanding the way that the war ended. He argues that, from humble beginings in 1914, a comprehensive and effective system of suppression had been developed by the war's end in 1918, with a still greater level of suppression prepared but not implemented. The general characteristics of the system of dissent manage ment were that it was incremental, growing in proportion to the degree of apprehended threat to the war effort; it never became more repressive than a working consensus of the population was prepared to tolerate; and it was calculated to be effective against the particular nature of British anti-war dissent.

Managing Domestic Dissent in First World War Britain (Paperback, illustrated edition): Brock Millman Managing Domestic Dissent in First World War Britain (Paperback, illustrated edition)
Brock Millman
R1,372 Discovery Miles 13 720 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The author argues that the way the British Government managed dissent during World War I is important for understanding the way that the war ended. He argues that, from humble beginings in 1914, a comprehensive and effective system of suppression had been developed by the war's end in 1918, with a still greater level of suppression prepared but not implemented. The general characteristics of the system of dissent manage ment were that it was incremental, growing in proportion to the degree of apprehended threat to the war effort; it never became more repressive than a working consensus of the population was prepared to tolerate; and it was calculated to be effective against the particular nature of British anti-war dissent.

The Politics of Economic Reform in South Korea - A Fragile Miracle (Hardcover): Tat Yan Kong The Politics of Economic Reform in South Korea - A Fragile Miracle (Hardcover)
Tat Yan Kong; Foreword by Lawrence Whitehead
R3,927 Discovery Miles 39 270 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Atlas of Changing South Africa (Hardcover, 2nd edition): A.J. Christopher Atlas of Changing South Africa (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
A.J. Christopher
R5,249 Discovery Miles 52 490 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Since the first edition was published in 1994 as "The Atlas of Apartheid", there has been enormous change in South Africa. Gradually apartheid is being dismantled but in many sectors the effects have not yet been reversed. In this revised edition, A.J. Christopher examines the spatial impact of apartheid during the period of National Government from 1948 to 1994, and the legacy it has left for South Africa at the beginning of the 21st century. Apartheid was about the control of space and specific places. Intent upon maintaining white minority rule, despite local and international resistance, the government thought in terms of drawing lines on maps and on the ground to separate the South African peoples into discrete, legally defined groups in a classic example of divide-and-rule. Segregation operated at many levels and on many scales, from "petty apartheid" exemplified by separate entrances to buildings and residential areas to "grand apartheid" involving separate nation-states.; It is remarkable that those structures associated with petty and grand apartheid have been dismantled very rapidly, but those associated with the ownership and occupation of land have been extremely persist

Freedom and Growth - The Rise of States and Markets in Europe, 1300-1750 (Hardcover): S.R. Epstein Freedom and Growth - The Rise of States and Markets in Europe, 1300-1750 (Hardcover)
S.R. Epstein
R4,212 Discovery Miles 42 120 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Contents:
1. Introduction: states and markets
2. Freedom, freedoms and growth
3. The late Medieval crisis as an 'integration crisis'
4. States and fairs
5. Cities and the rise of Italian territorial states
6. The origins of protoindustry, c.1300-c.1550
7. Markets and states, c.1300-c.1550
8. Conclusion freedoms and growth

Opposition Politics in Japan - Strategies Under a One-Party Dominant Regime (Hardcover): Stephen Johnson Opposition Politics in Japan - Strategies Under a One-Party Dominant Regime (Hardcover)
Stephen Johnson
R3,916 Discovery Miles 39 160 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


The Liberal Democratic Party in Japan remained in power continuously between 1955 and 1993. In this groundbreaking study of the dominance of the LDP in Japanese politics over the last forty years, Opposition Politics in Japan examines the challenges which were mounted against this regime and explores why they failed. The subjects covered include opportunities for a united opposition during the 1970s, ideological, organisational and electoral aspects of the opposition's lack of response to such opportunities and the causes of opposition fragmentation. The book also looks at attempts at coalition, the influence of the trade unions, the importance of organisational factors and the influence, if any, of the oppositions's Marxist tendencies.
A highly original and thorough exploration of the issues, Opposition Politics in Japan is essential reading for all those interested in Japanese politics.

Armed Conflicts in South Asia 2011 - The Promise and Threat of Transformation (Paperback): D Suba Chandran, P.R. Chari Armed Conflicts in South Asia 2011 - The Promise and Threat of Transformation (Paperback)
D Suba Chandran, P.R. Chari
R1,366 Discovery Miles 13 660 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Fourth in the annual series, this volume reviews the transformative changes which have emerged in the armed conflicts in South Asia in 2010, several of these with long and convoluted histories, including the conflicts in Jammu & Kashmir, northeast India and the Naxalite movement in central India; as also issues of autonomy in Balochistan, the FATA region in Pakistan, the Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh, and the Terai foothills in Nepal. The book examines whether armed conflicts have transformed since their inception; or only metamorphosed into the sullen acceptance that could usher future violence. While conflicts in South Asia have been interspersed with peace efforts, the book looks at the complex trajectories that such attempts have taken. Specifically, it identifies three regions where most significant transformative trends were witnessed in South Asia in 2010: conflict-ridden Sri Lanka, Af-Pak and the Naxalite regions of India.

Censoring History: Citizenship and Memory in Japan, Germany, and The United States - Citizenship and Memory in Japan, Germany,... Censoring History: Citizenship and Memory in Japan, Germany, and The United States - Citizenship and Memory in Japan, Germany, and The United States (Hardcover)
Laura E. Hein, Mark Selden
R3,637 Discovery Miles 36 370 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Considering the great influence textbooks have as interpreters of history, politics and culture to future generations of citizens, it is no surprise that they generate considerable controversy. Focusing largely on textbook treatment of lingering - and sometimes explosive - tensions originating in World War II, "Censoring History" addresses issues of textbook nationalism in historical and comparative perspective. Discussions include Japan's Comfort Women and the Nanjing Massacre; Nazi genocide against the Jews, Gypsies, Catholics and others; Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the Indochina wars. The essays address controversies over textbook content around the globe: How and why do specific representations of war evolve? What are the international and national forces affecting how textbook writers, publishers and state censors depict the past? How do these forces differ from country to country? Other comparative essays analyze nationalist and war controversies in German, US and Chinese textbook debates.

Censoring History: Citizenship and Memory in Japan, Germany, and The United States - Citizenship and Memory in Japan, Germany,... Censoring History: Citizenship and Memory in Japan, Germany, and The United States - Citizenship and Memory in Japan, Germany, and The United States (Paperback)
Laura E. Hein, Mark Selden
R1,121 Discovery Miles 11 210 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Considering the great influence textbooks have as interpreters of history, politics and culture to future generations of citizens, it is no surprise that they generate considerable controversy. Focusing largely on textbook treatment of lingering - and sometimes explosive - tensions originating in World War II, "Censoring History" addresses issues of textbook nationalism in historical and comparative perspective. Discussions include Japan's Comfort Women and the Nanjing Massacre; Nazi genocide against the Jews, Gypsies, Catholics and others; Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the Indochina wars. The essays address controversies over textbook content around the globe: How and why do specific representations of war evolve? What are the international and national forces affecting how textbook writers, publishers and state censors depict the past? How do these forces differ from country to country? Other comparative essays analyze nationalist and war controversies in German, US and Chinese textbook debates.

Patriotism in East Asia (Paperback): Jun-Hyeok Kwak, Koichiro Matsuda Patriotism in East Asia (Paperback)
Jun-Hyeok Kwak, Koichiro Matsuda
R1,474 Discovery Miles 14 740 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Current territorial disputes between the Northeast Asian countries have stimulated a resurgence of bellicose nationalism, and threaten to upset recent efforts to achieve regional cooperation and economic integration in East Asia. Alongside this, debates over pre-1945 Japanese wartime atrocities, aggravated by still unresolved territorial disputes between Japan and its neighbours have triggered diplomatic conflicts in Japanese-South Korean relations, virulent anti-Japanese protests in China, and a dramatic increase of right-wing nationalism in Japan. Many have perceived these phenomena as inevitable corollaries, inasmuch as they regard the Northeast Asian countries as historically homogeneous and nationalistic states, and have begun to question the feasibility of the post-Cold War efforts to replace nationalism with a moderate version of civic solidarity. This book contributes to the debates surrounding patriotism and nationalism in Northeast Asia, and investigates the feasibility of non-ethnocentric patriotism in countries across the region. In doing so, it highlights the differences between Asian and Western concepts of republican patriotism via theoretical discussions of the evolving discourses on nationalism, patriotism, democracy and civic solidarity. The chapters combine theoretical discussion with historical case studies such as modern state building in late Qing Dynasty; nineteenth century Japanese political thought; and the twentieth century Korean independence movement. In turn, the contributors explore the possibilities for republican patriotism in contemporary Northeast Asia, with a focus on the Chinese term minzu, and the possibilities it holds for an alternative configuration of national identity in the age of globalization; Maruyama Masao's theories of nationalism in Japan; the National Security Law in South Korea, and the impact it has had on the country's political culture; and the Taiwanese movement for self-governance. Patriotism in East Asia will appeal to students and scholars of Asian politics, political theory, Asian history and peace studies, as well as to those interested in issues of nationalism.

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