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The Korean Paradox
Domestic Political Divide and Foreign Policy in South Korea
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2019
Bringing together an international line up of contributors, this book examines South Korea’s foreign policy strategies designed to cope with the challenges of the post-Cold War regional order and the emergence of a "Korean paradox".
Focusing on non-material factors in shaping the...
Violence and Gender in the Globalized World
The Intimate and the Extimate
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2016
Violence and Gender in the Globalized World expands the critical picture of gender and violence in the age of globalization by introducing a variety of uncommonly discussed geo-political sites and dynamics. The volume hosts methodologically and disciplinarily diverse contributions from around the...
Development and Gender Capital in India
Change, Continuity and Conflict in Kerala
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2017
The Indian state of Kerala has invoked much attention within development and gender debates, specifically in relation to its female capital- an outcome of interrelated historical, cultural and social practices. On the one hand, Kerala has been romanticised, with its citizenry, particularly women,...
Everyday State and Politics in India
Government in the Backyard in Kalahandi
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2017
The Kalahandi district in the state of Odisha in Eastern India is regarded as an iconic region of underdevelopment, and is often perceived to be the ‘Somalia’ of the country. It is also the site of a large number of governmental interventions.
This book focuses on processes of governance...
Dispossession and Resistance in India
The River and the Rage
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2010
This book deals with the controversies on developmental aspects of large dams, with a particular focus on the Narmada Valley projects in India. Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork and research, the author draws on Marxist theory to craft a detailed analysis of how local demands for resettlement...
Water, Democracy and Neoliberalism in India
The Power to Reform
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2013
Since the early 1990s, the achievement of ‘good governance’ has been a dominant discourse in the pursuit of social and economic development. This book presents a critical challenge to the contemporary development paradigm of good governance.
Based on original ethnographic fieldwork on urban...
Local Organizations and Urban Governance in East and Southeast Asia
Straddling state and society
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2009
This edited collection brings together enterprising pieces of new research on the many forms of organization in East and Southeast Asia that are sponsored or mandated by government, but engage widespread participation at the grassroots level. Straddling the state-society divide, these organizations...
Russia's Relations with Kazakhstan
Rethinking Ex-Soviet Transitions in the Emerging World System
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2016
Recent political developments in post-Soviet countries have raised novel issues regarding the stability of the post-Cold War world order. A new direction in policy has been exemplified by the recent bolstering of a number of post-Soviet political and economic institutions - such as CSTO, SCO and the...
Torture, Truth and Justice
The Case of Timor-Leste
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2008
This book highlights how, and why, torture is such a compelling tool for states and other powerful actors. While torture has a short-term use value for perpetrators, it also creates a devastating legacy for victims, their families and communities. In exposing such repercussions, this book addresses...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2017
Asia is a complex and diverse continent, which has seen the scope and pace of transformation increase rapidly over the past 30 years. In turn, the economic growth and social change seen in the region, combined with new global security profiles and environmental challenges, have contributed to placing...
Culture and Politics in the Information Age
A New Politics?
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2002
This volume addresses these key issues through an analysis of important theoretical debates on issues such as digital democracy, cultural politics and transnational communities.
Featuring contributors from both sides of the Atlantic, the book contains a series of case studies on new social movements...
Spatial locations: Maps, nations, regions and spatial segregation - Analyzed by the countries Germany, South Korea and Ecuador
Analyzed by the countries Germany, South Korea and Ecuador
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2007
Seminar paper from the year 2004 in the subject Cultural Studies - Basics and Definitions, grade: A, Ewha Womans University (Graduate School of International Studies), course: Comparative Society and Culture , 20 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: This paper deals with three...
Reconstructing Adult Masculinities
Part-time Work in Contemporary Japan
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2016
Over the past two decades, Japan’s socioeconomic environment has undergone considerable changes prompted by both a long recession and the relaxation of particular labour laws in the 1990s and 2000s. Within this context, "freeters", part-time workers aged between fifteen and thirty-four...
by Edward Wafula
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2015
Seminar paper from the year 2014 in the subject Cultural Studies - Basics and Definitions, grade: 'A', Atlantic International University (SOCIAL AND HUMAN STUDIES), course: EDUCATION, language: English, abstract: This course addresses organizational conduct, as well as morality, which incorporates...