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Global Perspectives on Orhan Pamuk
Existentialism and Politics
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2012
Explores existential and political themes in Orhan Pamuk's work and investigates the apparent contradictions in an arena where Islam and democracy are often seen as opposing and irreconcilable terms. Existential themes delve into literary nuances in Pamuk that discuss love, happiness, suffering, memory and death.
Political Realism, Freud, and Human Nature in International Relations
The Resurrection of the Realist Man
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2010
This book provides an important reappraisal of the concept of human nature in contemporary realist international-political theory. Developing a Freudian philosophical anthropology for political realism, he argues for the careful resurrection of the concept of human nature in the wider study of international relations.
by S. Welch
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2013
This book argues that a well-educated citizenry and freer flow of information has contributed to a state of "hyperdemocracy" which impedes itself. This book applies the idea of 'reflexive modernization' to democratic theory, setting out a new perspective on the challenges democracy faces.
Bourdieu's Theory of the State
A Critical Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2017
This book critically examines Pierre Bourdieu's theory of the state by assessing its theoretical and empirical value. Steven Loyal expertly situates Bourdieu's work within the context of both classical and modern theories of the state, providing a comprehensive frame of reference. Finally, Loyal discusses...
The Character of Curriculum Studies
Bildung, Currere, and the Recurring Question of the Subject
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2011
Assembles essays addressing the recurring question of the 'subject,' understood both as human person and school subject, thereby elaborating the subjective and disciplinary character of curriculum studies.
Derivatives and Development
A Political Economy of Global Finance, Farming, and Poverty
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2012
Breger Bush argues that derivatives markets work in the development context as engines of inequality and instability, aggravating poverty among those they are purported to help and highlighting some of the dangers of neoliberal globalization for the poor.
Emerging Capitalism in Central Europe and Southeast Asia
A Comparison of Political Economies
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2014
This book examines the emergence of different forms of capitalism in Central-Eastern states in Europe and Mekong states within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). All of them (but Thailand) have historically disappeared from the regional maps for long periods of time due to colonial...
Scaling Social Impact
New Thinking
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2010
Many social entrepreneurs struggle to take successful, innovative programs that address social problems on a local or limited basis and scale them up to expand their impact in a more widespread, deeper, and efficient way. In Scaling Social Impact , the editors address this issue with a comprehensive collection of original papers.
Dialectics in Social Thought
The Present Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2014
Dialectics in Social Thought examines the work of thinkers who used dialectics in their attempts to understand the world. Among them are foundational thinkers such as Marx, Freud, and Nietzsche; seminal social critics of the last century such as Camus and Sartre; and current contributors like Badiou, Rancière, and Žižek.
Place Branding through Phases of the Image
Balancing Image and Substance
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2014
As places face increased competition for human and capital resources, public managers turn toward corporate-like governance strategies and branding practices to shape places and organizations. However, for better or worse, these organizations begin to resemble highly competitive, private-sector public...
China’s Foreign Policy
Who Makes It, and How Is It Made?
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2013
Updating the papers from the 2011 Asan Conference to cover the end of 2011, this book reflects the state of analysis on the eve of the important 2012-13 transition to China's fifth-generation leaders.
International Ethnic Networks and Intra-Ethnic Conflict
Koreans in China
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2010
Since the normalization of Sino-Korean diplomatic relations in 1992, many South Koreans have moved to China for business, education, and other purposes. There they have encountered Korean-Chinese; ethnic Koreans who have lived in China for decades. This has lead to 'intra-ethnic conflict' which has divided Korean communities.
China and North Korea
Strategic and Policy Perspectives from a Changing China
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2015
At a time when Chinese policy makers appear to be rethinking China's historically close alliance relationship with North Korea, this volume gathers a diverse collection of original essays by some of China's leading experts on North Korea and China's North Korea policy.
Italy’s Encounters with Modern China
Imperial Dreams, Strategic Ambitions
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013
Developed by an international team of historians, sociologists, political scientists and economists, this collection is the most comprehensive reader of the history of Sino-Italian relations currently available in the English language.