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The Routledge History Handbook of Central and Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century - Volume 4: Violence (Hardcover): Jochen... The Routledge History Handbook of Central and Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century - Volume 4: Violence (Hardcover)
Jochen Boehler, Wlodzimierz Borodziej, Joachim Von Puttkamer
R6,403 Discovery Miles 64 030 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Analyses both the violence exerted on the societies of Central and Eastern Europe during the twentieth century by belligerent powers and authoritarian and/or totalitarian regimes and armed conflicts between ethnic, social and national groups, as well as the interaction between these two phenomena, offering the reader a comprehensive understanding of the topic in this region and time period. Transnational in approach, it contains contributions from many historians from the region itself, making it accessible and apealing to a wide international audience. Part of a set that constitutes a comprehensive social, political, and cultural history that covers the entire region of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe, superceding histories that focus ona particular area or theme.

Disasters, Gender and Access to Healthcare - Women in Coastal Bangladesh (Hardcover): Nahid Rezwana Disasters, Gender and Access to Healthcare - Women in Coastal Bangladesh (Hardcover)
Nahid Rezwana
R3,908 Discovery Miles 39 080 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Disasters, Gender and Access to Healthcare: Women in Coastal Bangladesh emphasizes women's experiences in cyclone disasters being confined with gendered identity and responsibilities in developing socio-economic conditions with minimum healthcare facilities. The study is situated in the coastal region of Bangladesh, considered as one of the most disaster-prone regions in the world. Bangladesh has been working on disaster management for a long time; however, considering gender perspective, the book reveals gaps in plans and raises serious questions about the successful implementation of healthcare strategies after disasters. The book also describes the pre-during-after disaster periods showing the full picture of a disaster attack in victims' own words. Case studies of seriously affected victims give the reader an opportunity to understand the situations created for women during a disaster attack in a remote area with poor transport and healthcare facilities. These unique research findings will contribute to the broader context of gender, disaster and health studies. This book will be helpful for university staff and students of different disciplines including Anthropology, Disaster Management, Gender Studies and Geography and South Asian Regional Studies and be invaluable reading for disaster managers, policy makers, aid workers, development partners, NGOs and government, especially in disaster-prone countries.

Creative Placemaking - Research, Theory and Practice (Hardcover): Cara Courage, Anita Mckeown Creative Placemaking - Research, Theory and Practice (Hardcover)
Cara Courage, Anita Mckeown
R4,065 Discovery Miles 40 650 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book makes a significant contribution to the history of placemaking, presenting grassroots to top-down practices and socially engaged, situated artistic practices and artsled spatial inquiry that go beyond instrumentalising the arts for development. The book brings together a range of scholars to critique and deconstruct the notion of creative placemaking, presenting diverse case studies from researcher, practitioner, funder and policymaker perspectives from across the globe. It opens with the creators of the 2010 White Paper that named and defined creative placemaking, Ann Markusen and Anne Gadwa Nicodemus, who offer a cortically reflexive narrative on the founding of the sector and its development. This book looks at vernacular creativity in place, a topic continued through the book with its focus on the practitioner and community-placed projects. It closes with a consideration of aesthetics, metrics and, from the editors, a consideration of the next ten years for the sector. If creative placemaking is to contribute to places-in-the-making and encourage citizenled agency, new conceptual frameworks and practical methodologies are required. This book joins theorists and practitioners in dialogue, advocating for transdisciplinary, resilient processes.

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

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

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

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

Anna-daan, Food Charity in India - Preaching and Practice (Hardcover): K.V. Raju, S. Manasi Anna-daan, Food Charity in India - Preaching and Practice (Hardcover)
K.V. Raju, S. Manasi
R3,935 Discovery Miles 39 350 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Eating together unites people and has a significant impact on their physical, social, and emotional development. This book looks at practices and traditions of sharing food prevalent among major religious communities in India including Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, Christianity, and Islam. Food insecurity is one of the major problems every country in the world is facing today because of increasing population, climate change, agrarian distress, wars and conflicts and the COVID-19 pandemic. Including case studies from across India, this book examines the necessity and effectiveness of food sharing practices in temples, mosques and gurudwaras among others. Emphasising the importance of these practices for the social and physical well-being of the most vulnerable sections of society, it showcases how traditional religious practices of food sharing have contributed to tackling hunger especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. The volume also offers long term solutions to address underlying issues which cause hunger and food insecurity. One of the first to study food sharing and alms-giving practices in India, this book will be an essential read for scholars and researchers of sociology, anthropology, food studies, religion, security studies, political economy, public policy and South Asian history and culture.

West Africa - Quest for God and Gold, 1454–1578: A Survey of the First Century of White Enterprise in West Africa, with... West Africa - Quest for God and Gold, 1454–1578: A Survey of the First Century of White Enterprise in West Africa, with Particular Reference to the Achievement of the Portuguese and their Rivalries with other European Powers (Hardcover)
John W. Blake
R2,732 Discovery Miles 27 320 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

West Africa (1977) surveys the first century of European enterprise – rivalry, and exploitation – in West Africa. It examines the achievements of the Portuguese during the century following their exploration of its shores, and the successive attempts of its rivals – Castilians, the French and English – to disrupt the commercial monopoly claimed by Portugal in West African waters.

World Heritage and Human Rights - Lessons from the Asia-Pacific and global arena (Paperback): Peter Bille Larsen World Heritage and Human Rights - Lessons from the Asia-Pacific and global arena (Paperback)
Peter Bille Larsen
R1,480 Discovery Miles 14 800 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The World Heritage community is currently adopting policies to mainstream human rights as part of a wider sustainability agenda. This interdisciplinary book combines a state of the art review of World Heritage policy and practice at the global level with ethnographic case studies from the Asia-Pacific region by leading scholars in the field. By joining legal reviews, anthropology and practitioner experience through in-depth case studies, it shows the diversity of human rights issues in both natural and cultural heritage sites. From site-designation to their conservation and management, the book explores the various rights issues and analyses the diverse social, cultural and legal challenges and responses at both regional and global level. Detailed case studies are included from Australia, Cambodia, China, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, the Philippines and Vietnam. The book will appeal to both natural and cultural heritage professionals and human rights and heritage scholars, and will serve as a useful compendium for courses use allowing students to compare, contrast and contextualize different contexts.

Law and Regulation of Mobile Payment Systems - Issues arising 'post' financial inclusion in Kenya (Hardcover): Joy... Law and Regulation of Mobile Payment Systems - Issues arising 'post' financial inclusion in Kenya (Hardcover)
Joy Malala
R3,916 Discovery Miles 39 160 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Over the last ten years mobile payment systems have revolutionised banking in some countries in Africa. In Kenya the introduction of M-Pesa, a new financial services model, has transformed the banking and financial services industry. Giving the unbanked majority access to the financial services market it has attracted over 18 million subscribers which is remarkable given that fewer than 4 million people in Kenya have bank accounts. This book addresses the legal and regulatory issues arising out of the introduction of M-Pesa in Kenya and its drive towards financial inclusion. It considers the interaction between regulation and technological innovation with a particular focus on the regulatory tools, institutional arrangements and government decisional processes through the examination as a whole of its regulatory capacity. This is done with a view to understanding the regulatory capacity of Kenya in addressing the vulnerabilities presented by technological innovation in the financial industry for consumers after financial inclusion. It also examines the way that mobile payments have been regulated by criticising the piecemeal approach that the Central Bank of Kenya has taken in addressing the legal and regulatory issues presented by mobile payments. The book argues there are significant gaps in the regulatory regime of mobile banking in Kenya.

Military Intervention in the Middle East and North Africa - The Case of NATO in Libya (Hardcover): Susannah O'Sullivan Military Intervention in the Middle East and North Africa - The Case of NATO in Libya (Hardcover)
Susannah O'Sullivan
R3,913 Discovery Miles 39 130 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book contributes to an increasingly important branch of critical security studies that combines insights from critical geopolitics and postcolonial critique by making an argument about the geographies of violence and their differential impact in contemporary security practices, including but not limited to military intervention. The book explores military intervention in Libya through the categories of space and time, to provide a robust ethico-political critique of the intervention. Much of the mainstream international relations scholarship on humanitarian intervention frames the ethical, moral and legal debate over intervention in terms of a binary, between human rights and state sovereignty. In response, O'Sullivan questions the ways in which military violence was produced as a rational and reasonable response to the crisis in Libya, outlining and destabilising this false binary between the human and the state. The book offers methodological tools for questioning the violent institutions at the heart of humanitarian intervention and asking how intervention has been produced as a rational response to crisis. Contributing to the ongoing academic conversation in the critical literature on spatiality, militarism and resistance, the book draws upon postcolonial and poststructural approaches to critical security studies, and will be of great interest to scholars and graduates of critical security studies and international relations.

Political Participation in Asia - Defining and Deploying Political Space (Hardcover): Meredith L. Weiss, Eva Hansson Political Participation in Asia - Defining and Deploying Political Space (Hardcover)
Meredith L. Weiss, Eva Hansson
R3,918 Discovery Miles 39 180 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A combination of economic transformation, political transitions and changes in media have substantially, if incrementally, altered the terrain for political participation globally, particularly in Asia, home to several of the most dramatic such shifts over the past two decades. This book explores political participation in Asia and how democracy and authoritarianism function under neoliberal economic relations. It examines changes that coincide seemingly perversely with a participation explosion: with mass street protests and 'occupations', energetic online contention, movements of students and workers, mobilization for and against democracy and more. Organized thematically in three parts - political participation in a 'post-democratic' context, changes in the scope and character of political space and the policing of that space - this book analyzes economic, regime and media shifts and how they function in tandem and both within and across states. Closely integrated, comparative and theoretically driven, this book will be of interest to scholars and practitioners in the fields of civil society, contentious politics or social movements, democratization, political economy/development, media and communications, political geography, sociology, comparative politics and Asian politics.

Blue Economy - People and Regions in Transitions (Paperback): C. Patrick Heidkamp, John Edward Morrissey, Celine Germond-Duret Blue Economy - People and Regions in Transitions (Paperback)
C. Patrick Heidkamp, John Edward Morrissey, Celine Germond-Duret
R1,135 Discovery Miles 11 350 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book presents state-of-the-art perspectives on the Blue Economy. It applies important geographical and sustainability transitions perspectives and underscores how Blue Economy dynamics are situated in regional contexts and shaped by the people who live there. The book highlights the Blue Economy concept as a potential driver of regionally sensitive, ecologically embedded, and community-focused sustainability. The scope for Blue Economy to form a core "cog" in our low-carbon future is obvious, from the potential for renewable energy production and coastal resilience building to possibilities for sustainable food production and the delivery of economic opportunities for peripheral communities. However, fundamental questions remain on how to meaningfully deliver these promises, such as how to avoid embedding a model of damaging extractivism, as per the terrestrial economy, and how to deliver on the key social sustainability principles of human well-being, equity, and justice when planning and developing blue economies. As the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development opens, this book provides a timely reminder of the richness, diversity, and potential of coastal and marine spaces. It advances geographical and transdisciplinary understandings of the Blue Economy and sets a baseline for continued scholarly engagement with the Blue Economy from a variety of perspectives. This timely contribution will be of interest to policy makers, academics, industry leaders, decision makers, and stakeholders working in or connected to the Blue Economy Sphere and working in the fields of Economic Geography, Regional Development, Public Policy and Planning, Environmental Studies, and Coastal Zone Management.

Stalin, Japan, and the Struggle for Supremacy over China, 1894-1945 (Paperback): Hiroaki Kuromiya Stalin, Japan, and the Struggle for Supremacy over China, 1894-1945 (Paperback)
Hiroaki Kuromiya
R1,173 Discovery Miles 11 730 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

- Iosif Stalin was a past master of deception, disinformation, and camouflage, through which he gained supremacy in China and defeated imperialism on Chinese soil. -The editor is a leading scholar of the subject with a long track record of publications. - The volume is based on extensive archival research.

Ancient and Early Medieval Kingdoms of the Pamir Region of Central Asia - Historical Shughnan and its Lost Capital (Paperback):... Ancient and Early Medieval Kingdoms of the Pamir Region of Central Asia - Historical Shughnan and its Lost Capital (Paperback)
Muzaffar Zoirshoevich Zoolshoev
R1,176 Discovery Miles 11 760 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Includes evidence from Soviet scholarship that is often not accessible to scholars working on this period.

Tagore beyond Borders - Essays on His Influence and Cultural Legacy (Paperback): Mihaela Gligor, Elisabetta Marino Tagore beyond Borders - Essays on His Influence and Cultural Legacy (Paperback)
Mihaela Gligor, Elisabetta Marino
R1,088 Discovery Miles 10 880 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

1. Presents a collection of essays on Rabindranath Tagore's creative art, social commitment, literary and artistic representation, and his unique position in the cultural history of modern India. 2. Contributors from India, Bangladesh, Italy, Poland, United Kingdom and Romania look at a diversity of subjects including the travelogues, fiction, philosophy and cinematic representation of Tagore. 3. Tagore has a large following across the world - amongst the diaspora and outside it. This book will find circulation among them and also in departments of literature, comparative litereature, philosophy, political science, cultural studies, Asian studies, South Asian studies, and Tagore studies.

Maoists and Government Welfare - Excluding Legitimacy or Legitimising Exclusion? (Paperback): Suparna Banerjee Maoists and Government Welfare - Excluding Legitimacy or Legitimising Exclusion? (Paperback)
Suparna Banerjee
R1,090 Discovery Miles 10 900 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book systematically analyses state responses towards Maoism in India and studies the role of state policies in prolonging conflict. It looks at how the structural maladies that once gave rise to conflict have now found a place in the government responses meant to address it. The book studies the socio-political conditions of Adivasis and lower caste groups that make up large sections of the cadre and highlights the exclusionary nature of the Indian political landscape. It discusses various themes such as state legitimacy, the political landscape through exclusion, the agency of Maoist foot soldiers, limitations of government welfare responses, and the idea of the marginalised in India. Rich in empirical data, the book will be useful for scholars and researchers of development studies, political studies, political sociology, minority studies, exclusion studies, sociology and social anthropology. It will also be of interest to policy-makers.

The Superpowers' Playground - Djibouti and Geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific in the 21st Century (Paperback): Sankalp Gurjar The Superpowers' Playground - Djibouti and Geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific in the 21st Century (Paperback)
Sankalp Gurjar
R1,126 Discovery Miles 11 260 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book analyses the evolving geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific region and explains how Djibouti fits in the global strategies of four major powers-the US, China, Japan, and France. It shows how Djibouti is emerging as a key nation in the geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific, explores the interconnections between Djibouti and the Indian as well as Pacific Oceans, and through Djibouti examines broader trends in contemporary great power politics in the Indo-Pacific region, including the Belt and Road Initiative of China. Moving beyond contemporary works on the region, the author integrates Africa and the Middle East with discussions on the Indo-Pacific to illustrate the coalescing of strategic geography from Eastern Africa to the Western coast of the Americas. A major intervention, the volume will be essential reading for scholars, practitioners, and researchers of politics and international relations, security studies, African studies, peace and conflict studies, and maritime studies.

Entangled Performance Histories - New Approaches to Theater Historiography (Paperback): Erika Fischer-Lichte, Malgorzata... Entangled Performance Histories - New Approaches to Theater Historiography (Paperback)
Erika Fischer-Lichte, Malgorzata Sugiera, Torsten Jost, Holger Hartung, Omid Soltani
R1,101 Discovery Miles 11 010 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

* This collection builds a broad basis for a possible and necessary paradigmatic shift in the field of theater and performance historiography. * Would be recommended reading in for any undergraduate or master's level students studying theatre history, drama and dance. * The closest competitors do not explore the term 'entangled histories'. Therefore this collection breaks new ground by looking at this concept as a new paradigm in the field.

Gender and the Genocide in Rwanda - Women as Rescuers and Perpetrators (Hardcover): Sara E. Brown Gender and the Genocide in Rwanda - Women as Rescuers and Perpetrators (Hardcover)
Sara E. Brown
R3,906 Discovery Miles 39 060 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book examines the mobilization, role, and trajectory of women rescuers and perpetrators during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. While much has been written about the victimization of women during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, very little has been said about women who rescued targeted victims or perpetrated crimes against humanity. This book explores and analyzes the role played by women who exercised agency as rescuers and as perpetrators during the genocide in Rwanda. As women, they took actions and decisions within the context of a deeply entrenched patriarchal system that limited their choices. This work examines two diverging paths of women's agency during this period: to rescue from genocide or to perpetrate genocide. It seeks to answer three questions: First, how were certain Rwandan women mobilized to participate in genocide, and by whom? Second, what were the specific actions of women during this period of violence and upheaval? Finally, what were the trajectories of women rescuers and perpetrators after the genocide? Comparing and contrasting how women rescuers and perpetrators were mobilized, the actions they undertook, and their post-genocide trajectories, and concluding with a broader discussion of the long-term impact of ignoring these women, this book develops a more nuanced and holistic view of women's agency and the genocide in Rwanda. This book will be of much interest to students of gender studies, genocide studies, African politics and critical security studies. The Open Access version of this book, available at https://www.routledge.com/Gender-and-the-Genocide-in-Rwanda-Women-as-Rescuers-and-Perpetrators/Brown/p/book/9780367188092, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

Translating Frantz Fanon Across Continents and Languages (Hardcover): Kathryn Batchelor, Sue-Ann Harding Translating Frantz Fanon Across Continents and Languages (Hardcover)
Kathryn Batchelor, Sue-Ann Harding
R4,349 Discovery Miles 43 490 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book provides an innovative look at the reception of Frantz Fanon's texts, investigating how, when, where and why these-especially his seminal Les Damnes de la Terre (1961) -were first translated and read. Building on renewed interest in the author's works in both postcolonial studies and revolutionary movements in recent years, as well as travelling theory, micro-history and histoire croisee interests in Translation Studies, the volume tells the stories of translations of Fanon's texts into twelve different languages - Arabic, Danish, English, German, Italian, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Swahili and Swedish - bringing both a historical and multilingual perspective to the ways in which Fanon is cited today. With contributions from an international, interdisciplinary group of scholars, the stories told combine themes of movement and place, personal networks and agency, politics and activism, archival research and textual analysis, creating a book that is a fresh and comprehensive volume on the translated works of Frantz Fanon and essential reading for scholars in translation studies, postcolonial studies, cultural studies, critical race studies, and African and African diaspora literature.

The Refutation of the Self in Indian Buddhism - Candrakirti on the Selflessness of Persons (Paperback): James Duerlinger The Refutation of the Self in Indian Buddhism - Candrakirti on the Selflessness of Persons (Paperback)
James Duerlinger
R1,534 Discovery Miles 15 340 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Since the Buddha did not fully explain the theory of persons that underlies his teaching, in later centuries a number of different interpretations were developed. This book presents the interpretation by the celebrated Indian Buddhist philosopher, Candrakirti (ca. 570-650 C.E.). Candrakirti's fullest statement of the theory is included in his Autocommentary on the Introduction to the Middle Way (Madhyamakavatarabhasya), which is, along with his Introduction to the Middle Way (Madhyamakavatara ), among the central treatises that present the Prasavgika account of the Madhyamaka (Middle Way) philosophy. In this book, Candrakirti's most complete statement of his theory of persons is translated and provided with an introduction and commentary that present a careful philosophical analysis of Candrakirti's account of the selflessness of persons. This analysis is both philologically precise and analytically sophisticated. The book is of interest to scholars of Buddhism generally and especially to scholars of Indian Buddhist philosophy.

Enterprise Culture in Neoliberal India - Studies in Youth, Class, Work and Media (Paperback): Nandini Gooptu Enterprise Culture in Neoliberal India - Studies in Youth, Class, Work and Media (Paperback)
Nandini Gooptu
R1,358 Discovery Miles 13 580 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The promotion of an enterprise culture and entrepreneurship in India in recent decades has had far-reaching implications beyond the economy, and transformed social and cultural attitudes and conduct. This book brings together pioneering research on the nature of India's enterprise culture, covering a range of different themes: workplace, education, religion, trade, films, media, youth identity, gender relations, class formation and urban politics. Based on extensive empirical and ethnographic research by the contributors, the book shows the myriad manifestations of enterprise culture and the making of the aspiring, enterprising-self in public culture, social practice, and personal lives, ranging from attempts to construct hegemonic ideas in public discourse, to appropriation by individuals and groups with unintended consequences, to forms of contested and contradictory expression. It discusses what is 'new' about enterprise culture and how it relates to pre-existing ideas, and goes on to look at the processes and mechanisms through which enterprise culture is becoming entrenched, as well as how it affects different classes and communities. The book highlights the social and political implications of enterprise culture and how it recasts family and interpersonal relationships as well as personal and collective identity. Illuminating one of the most important aspects of India's current economic and social transformation, this book is of interest to students and scholars of Asian Business, Sociology, Anthropology, Development Studies and Media and Cultural Studies.

Ecological Epistemologies and Spiritualities in Brazilian Ecovillages - In the Labyrinth of an Environmental Anthropology... Ecological Epistemologies and Spiritualities in Brazilian Ecovillages - In the Labyrinth of an Environmental Anthropology (Hardcover)
Luz Goncalves Brito
R1,487 Discovery Miles 14 870 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book brings together ethnographic field research on four permacultural ecovillages in Brazil to highlight the importance of spirituality and ecological epistemologies as key analytical tools. It demonstrates that ecological spirituality can, and should, be understood beyond the dichotomy of personal and political, between people and nature, in the field of environmental anthropology. The book uses a broad philosophical methodology based on the phenomenological theories of Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Tim Ingold, and Alfred Schutz combined with post-structuralist conceptions of the relationship between person and world, individual and society. The field research consisted of ethnographic travel, observation and recorded dialogue with individuals based in each ecovillage: Arca Verde, situated in Campos de Cima da Serra; Vrinda Bhumi, a Vaishnava ecovillage in Baependi-MG; Goura Vrindavana, a Vaishnava ecovillage in Paraty-RJ; and Muriqui Assu Ecovillage Project, a secular ecovillage in Niteroi-RJ. Throughout the book ethnographic research is woven together with poetic interludes, images, personal narrative experience and phenomenological theory, bringing a new understanding and approach to environmental anthropology as a discipline. Including a Preface written by Tim Ingold, it will appeal to academics, researchers, and upper-level students in phenomenology, environmental philosophy, environmental anthropology, religious studies and social sciences more broadly.

Solution Protocols to Festering Island Disputes - 'Win-Win' Solutions for the Diaoyu / Senkaku Islands (Hardcover):... Solution Protocols to Festering Island Disputes - 'Win-Win' Solutions for the Diaoyu / Senkaku Islands (Hardcover)
Godfrey Baldacchino
R3,906 Discovery Miles 39 060 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Since the coming into force of the United Nations Law of the Sea, states have been targeting outlying islands to expand their exclusive economic zones, simultaneously stirring up strident nationalism when such plans clash with those of neighbouring states. No such actions have brought the world closer to the brink of war than the ongoing face-off between China and Japan over the Diaoyu/Senkaku islands, an uninhabited archipelago in the East China Sea. In this timely and original book, Godfrey Baldacchino provides a detailed exploration of seven tried and tested solution protocols that have led to innovative 'win-win' solutions to island disputes over the last four centuries. A closer look at the circumstances and processes that brought contending regional powers to an honourable, even mutually advantageous, settlement over islands provides a convincing and original argument as to why the conflict over the Diaoyu/Senkaku islands need not conclude in a 'zero-sum' or 'winner takes all' solution, as is the likely outcome of both open conflict and international arbitration. The book will be of interest to scholars and practitioners concerned with the festering Diaoyu/Senkaku dispute, as well as students, scholars and policy specialists in geography, geopolitics, international relations, conflict studies, island studies, Asian studies and history.

Religion, Heritage and the Sustainable City - Hinduism and urbanisation in Jaipur (Paperback): Yamini Narayanan Religion, Heritage and the Sustainable City - Hinduism and urbanisation in Jaipur (Paperback)
Yamini Narayanan
R1,268 Discovery Miles 12 680 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The speed and scale of urbanisation in India is unprecedented almost anywhere in the world and has tremendous global implications. The religious influence on the urban experience has resonances for all aspects of urban sustainability in India and yet it remains a blind spot while articulating sustainable urban policy. This book explores the historical and on-going influence of religion on urban planning, design, space utilisation, urban identities and communities. It argues that the conceptual and empirical approaches to planning sustainable cities in India need to be developed out of analytical concepts that define local sense of place and identity. Examining how Hindu religious heritage, beliefs and religiously influenced planning practices have impacted on sustainable urbanisation development in Jaipur and Indian cities in general, the book identifies the challenges and opportunities that ritualistic and belief resources pose for sustainability. It focuses on three key aspects: spatial segregation and ghettoisation; gender-inclusive urban development; and the nexus between religion, nature and urban development. This cutting-edge book is one of the first case studies linking Hindu religion, heritage, urban development, women and the environment in a way that responds to the realities of Indian cities. It opens up discussion on the nexus of religion and development, drawing out insightful policy implications for the sustainable urban planning of many cities in India and elsewhere in South Asia and the developing world.

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