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The Asian challenge to the universality of human rights has caused intense debate. Here is a clear stand for universal rights, theoretically and empirically, through an analysis of social and political processes in Asia. Asian values are linked to the struggle between authoritarian and democratic forces, which both tend to convey stereotyped images of the "West", but with reversed meanings. eBook available with sample pages: 020339335X
The Asian challenge to the universality of human rights has caused intense debate. Here is a clear stand for universal rights, theoretically and empirically, through an analysis of social and political processes in Asia. Asian values are linked to the struggle between authoritarian and democratic forces, which both tend to convey stereotyped images of the "West", but with reversed meanings.
Squeezed between powerful neighbours, for decades Mongolia played the role of buffer state. Its full independence in 1990 offered new opportunities for both economic growth and the restoration of Mongolian identity. But with a huge land area, poor infrastructure and a small population, the new republic is vulnerable and also dependent on international support.;This work covers a range of topics on contemporary Mongolia, including foreign policy, domestic politics, local government structure, living standards and poverty, women in society, grassland management, the common herding household, and science and technology policy.
Squeezed between powerful neighbours, for decades Mongolia played
the role of buffer state. Its full independence in 1990 offered new
opportunities for both economic growth and the restoration of
Mongolian identity. But with a huge land area, poor infrastructure
and a small population, the new republic is highly vulnerable and
also dependent on international support.
This book provides easily accessible information for developers,
planners, consultants, scholars, students and others with an
interest in contemporary Mongolia. Prefaced by a general overview
of the land and society, its chapters, all written by international
experts, cover a wide range of topics, including foreign policy,
domestic politics, local government structure, living standards and
poverty, women in society, grassland management, the common herding
household, and science and technology policy. A comprehensive
bibliography is provided.
Series Information: NIAS Studies in Asian Topics
This book is intended to fill a gap in climate-change literature by
providing a comprehensive regional study and identifying the
overall adaptation challenges in a real-life context. The way in
which possible climate impacts interact with a range of other
challenges in agriculture, forestry, disaster planning, health
care, general economic development, and common livelihoods are
presented, and it is argued that greater realism and broader vision
are needed in order to address the climate challenge. For instance,
unsuitable land- use changes in both coastal and highland regions
may increase the vulnerability of rural people, many of whom are
already living on the fringes. The author(s) also state(s) that,
depending on context, it may be pertinent to address short-term and
unsustainable resource use, irregularities in local land
management, ineffective governance and social inequality, which are
all likely to aggravate the impact of external climate and weather.
Not least, it is imperative to integrate general environmental
management with any climate-change adaptation effort.
This book is intended to fill a gap in climate-change literature by
providing a comprehensive regional study and identifying the
overall adaptation challenges in a real-life context. The way in
which possible climate impacts interact with a range of other
challenges in agriculture, forestry, disaster planning, health
care, general economic development, and common livelihoods are
presented, and it is argued that greater realism and broader vision
are needed in order to address the climate challenge. For instance,
unsuitable land- use changes in both coastal and highland regions
may increase the vulnerability of rural people, many of whom are
already living on the fringes. The author(s) also state(s) that,
depending on context, it may be pertinent to address short-term and
unsustainable resource use, irregularities in local land
management, ineffective governance and social inequality, which are
all likely to aggravate the impact of external climate and weather.
Not least, it is imperative to integrate general environmental
management with any climate-change adaptation effort.
Why does a Chinese office building have to face in a certain direction to bring good fortune? What is the role of nature in Japanese advertising? What are attitudes in pakistan towards nature conservation. What are sacred trees?;This volume takes a critical look at Asian perceptions of their natural environment as well as western views of Asia, and examines the apparent paradox of pollution and destruction of natural resources taking place in cultures traditionally perceived as being in harmony with their environments. The authors suggest that one reason may be that what Asians state as metaphors, Westerners take as face value.
Feng Shui has been known in the West for the last 150 years but has
mostly been regarded as a primitive superstition. During the modern
period successive regimes in China have suppressed its practice.
However, in the last few decades Feng Shui has become a global
spiritual movement with professional associations, thousands of
titles published on the subject, countless websites devoted to it
and millions of users. In this book Ole Bruun explains Feng Shui's
Chinese origins and meanings as well as its more recent Western
interpretations and global appeal. Unlike the abundance of popular
manuals, his Introduction treats Chinese Feng Shui as an academic
subject, bridging religion, history and sociology. Individual
chapters explain: - the Chinese religious-philosophical background
- Chinese uses in rural and urban areas - the history of Feng
Shui's reinterpretation in the West - environmental perspectives
and other issues
Ole Bruun focuses on a community of nomadic livestock herders in
present-day Mongolia. He depicts their transition from a contained,
Soviet-era collective to modern times and addresses the most
essential conditions for their continued survival and prosperity in
the age of the market: the adaptability of their own culture and
working strategies, government policy, and international attention.
By studying the nomadic practice of animal husbandry in the context
of family farms, Bruun points out the similarity to the peasant
economy defined by the Russian agricultural economist Alexander
Chayanov nearly a century ago. In both economies, the
labor-consumer balance and life-cycle variations commonly set the
term for economic strategies, yet the pastoral economy involves a
highly specialized form of agriculture in which the scale of
exchange determines wealth and lifestyle. In a vast territory such
as Mongolia, infrastructure, social benefits, and other means of
state support are crucial to prevent herders from sliding into a
subsistence orientation, eventually leading to poverty.
Ole Bruun focuses on a community of nomadic livestock herders in
present-day Mongolia. He depicts their transition from a contained,
Soviet-era collective to modern times and addresses the most
essential conditions for their continued survival and prosperity in
the age of the market: the adaptability of their own culture and
working strategies, government policy, and international attention.
By studying the nomadic practice of animal husbandry in the context
of family farms, Bruun points out the similarity to the peasant
economy defined by the Russian agricultural economist Alexander
Chayanov nearly a century ago. In both economies, the
labor-consumer balance and life-cycle variations commonly set the
term for economic strategies, yet the pastoral economy involves a
highly specialized form of agriculture in which the scale of
exchange determines wealth and lifestyle. In a vast territory such
as Mongolia, infrastructure, social benefits, and other means of
state support are crucial to prevent herders from sliding into a
subsistence orientation, eventually leading to poverty.
Feng Shui has been known in the West for the last 150 years but has
mostly been regarded as a primitive superstition. During the modern
period successive regimes in China have suppressed its practice.
However, in the last few decades Feng Shui has become a global
spiritual movement with professional associations, thousands of
titles published on the subject, countless websites devoted to it
and millions of users. In this book Ole Bruun explains Feng Shui's
Chinese origins and meanings as well as its more recent Western
interpretations and global appeal. Unlike the abundance of popular
manuals, his Introduction treats Chinese Feng Shui as an academic
subject, bridging religion, history and sociology. Individual
chapters explain: - the Chinese religious-philosophical background
- Chinese uses in rural and urban areas - the history of Feng
Shui's reinterpretation in the West - environmental perspectives
and other issues
This volume examines the process of cultural change in Mongol
societies since the early 20th century by considering the
interaction of the basic structural features of pastoral nomadism
in Mongolia with larger economies, both communist and capitalist;
the effect of deliberate cultural reconstruction (ranging from
changes to the education system to purges and outright cultural
destruction) on the conduct of the pastoral economy; and the
efforts of Mongols themselves to develop aspects of their own
cultural identity under conditions of territorial partition,
episodes of intense political repression, and (in the Russian and
Chinese regions) very substantial immigration by non-Mongol groups.
In particular, this volume will examine those modernization
processes entailed in urbanization, secularization,
industrialization, democratization and national identity formation.
A central question is to what extent these take a different shape
in a pastoral society as compared to an "ordinary" sedentary
agricultural society.
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