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Taylor & Francis Rethinking Childhood in Modern Chinese History
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Life After Death Today in the United States Japan
Book SynopsisThis book is about contemporary senses of life after death in the United States, Japan, and China. By collecting and examining hundreds of interviews with people from all walks of life in these three societies, the book presents and compares personally held beliefs, experiences, and interactions with the concept of life after death. Three major aspects covered by the book Include, but are certainly not limited to, the enduring tradition of Japanese ancestor veneration, China's transition from state-sponsored materialism to the increasing belief in some form of afterlife, as well as the diversity in senses of, or disbelief in, life after death in the United States. Through these diverse first-hand testimonies the book reveals that underlying these changes in each society there is a shift from collective to individual belief, with people developing their own visions of what may, or may not, happen after death. This book will be valuable reading for students of AnthropoloTrade Review"This is an insightful often compelling exploration into a topic that seldom receives the attention it deserves. Exceptionally important and enduring, it is a delight to read. The comparative aspect elevates the philosophical anthropology investigation into an analysis that is as satisfying as it is memorable."William Jankowiak, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA"This research contributes to evolving concepts of death, afterlife, and immortality in the contemporary world, and how they mediate with the working of cultures. Its extensive examination of death, immortality, and afterlife crosses the boundaries of anthropology, sociology, psychology, and religious studies. The magnitude of ethnographic data collected by the authors will also impress academic or non-academic readers alike."Hikaru Suzuki, Editor of Death and Dying in Contemporary Japan (Routledge: 2012)Table of Contents1. Senses of Life After Death Past and Present 2. The United States: Life After Death in a Christian/Post-Christian Nation 3. Japan: The Strictures of Life Before Death and the Freedom of Life After Death 4. China: The Loss of a This-World Utopia, and the Lure of a World Beyond 5. Life After Death/Life Before Death and Their Linkages
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Pursuit of Wellbeing for University Students in India
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Taylor & Francis Recontextualising and Recontesting Bourdieu in
Book SynopsisFor more than 40 years, researchers have explored the utility of Bourdieuâs sociology for settings beyond the French and Algerian contexts of its origin. This edited collection has a focus on China, applying Bourdieuâs analysis of practice as Chinese education gains relevance and attention around the globe. Grounded in empirical research, Recontextualising and Recontesting Bourdieu in Chinese Education advances Bourdieuâs analysis of practice beyond national scales while producing new knowledge about the generation of habitus, mobilities, and languages in relation to Chinese education. Locating Chinese education within national and transnational contexts, this collection grapples with the structural invariances and inequivalences between Chinese education and society on the one hand, and social spaces in other parts of the world on the other hand. Through chapters that examine social mobility in the context of cross-border movement and delve into questions of language and power, this book recontests and problematises the use of Bourdieuâs sociology to theorise social classification and differentiation in China. This book is essential reading for Chinese educational researchers and practitioners, Bourdieusian scholars with particular interests in education, and sociologists of education broadly.
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Taylor & Francis MaristÄns and IslÄmic Psychology
Book SynopsisMaristÄns and IslÄmic Psychology outlines how the novel methods, tools, and approaches for treating psychological illnesses developed in the maristÄns (hospitals) of the Muslim world can be utilised today in formulating a practical implementation of IslÄmic psychology (IP). As a trademark of the IslÄmic Civilisation, the maristÄns were institutions of healing that boasted the worldâs first treatment centres for treating psychological illnesses. They also served as the centres where theoretical concepts developed by early Muslim scholarsâphysicians, theologians, and philosophersâwho contributed to the creation of IP were translated into practical, clinical applications.A detailed examination of the treatment modalities within these historical treatment centres provides a promising model for creating a holistic approach to psychological healing that is grounded in IslÄmic heritage. This text completes such an examination, highlighting the practical IP treatment methods i
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Taylor & Francis Contemporary British Muslim Arts and Cultural
Book SynopsisThis unique collaboration between scholars, practitioners and Muslim artists profiles emerging forms of contemporary British Muslim art, prompting a debate about its purpose and its inclusion in UK society. It features analysis of Muslim art as a category, as well as reflective accounts of people working in theatre, popular music, the heritage sector and ancient and modern visual arts, often at the margins of the British arts industry. Dealing with sociological and theological themes as well as art history and practice, the volume provides a timely intervention on a neglected topic. The collection discusses diverse topics including how second- and third-generation British Muslims, as part of a broader generational shift, have reworked Sufi music and traditional calligraphy and fused them with new musical and artistic styles, from Grime to comic book art, alongside consideration of the experiences of Muslim artists who work in the theatre, museums and the performing arts sectors. It is a must-read for students and researchers of theology and religious studies, Islamic studies, fine art, cultural studies and ethnic and racial studies.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Cultural Conflict and Adaptation
Book SynopsisCultural Conflict and Adaptation (1990) examines the alienation and cultural conflicts faced at school by the children of a small group of Hmong who have settled in La Playa, California. The educational process for these children is an example of cultural conflict and adjustment patterns which may be found in many other populations in the world.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Fake News and Elections in Southeast Asia
Book SynopsisThis book offers a regional analysis of the impact of fake news misinformation, malinformation and disinformation on electoral democracy and freedom of expression in Southeast Asia, which has taken place in the middle of a global health pandemic.The book maps the impact of social media and the internet on democracy in the members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations that have already been in the throes of democratic regression for some time. Including an analysis of countries that do not have national elections, the chapters provide detailed information on the extent of internet and social media penetration in each country, the laws that are deployed to reel in its political potential for critics and demonstrate the impact on democracy or the prospects for democracy. Collectively, contributors note that disinformation is a serious problem in the region that negatively impacts elections and how governments' attempts to deal with the phenomenon inevitably lead to theTable of Contents1 Introduction – Fake News and Elections in Southeast Asia 2 Shaping the Fake News Discourse: Laws, Electoral Arenas and the Emergence of Truth as a Public Interest 3 Fake News in Cambodia: A Pretext for Preventive Political Repression 4 Fake News and Violence against Women in Indonesia’s Elections 5 Najib Tun Razak, 1MDB, Social Media and the Fall of Barisan Nasional in the 14th General Election 6 Fake in the Mainstream: The Media, the Military and Myanmar’s Elections 7 Fake News and Elections in Myanmar 8 Fake News and State Violence: How Duterte Hijacked the Election and Democracy in the Philippines 9 Singapore’s Anti-Fake News Law: Grabbing the Election by Using Falsehoods to Discredit the Opposition 10 Thailand’s 2019 General Election: Anti-Fake News Practices and the Securitisation of Media Spaces 11 Political Criticism as Fake News: How Brunei, Laos and Vietnam Suppress Democracy 12 Conclusion – The Future of Democratic Elections in Southeast Asia
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Taylor & Francis Economic Policy COVID19 and Corporations
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Taylor & Francis Comparative Federalism in Asia
Book SynopsisHe, Breen, and Allison-Reumann combine qualitative and quantitative research to compare the successes and failures of attempts at federalism in Asian countries. Federalism is an increasingly common approach to improving governance and resolving ethnic conflict in Asia. However, Asian federalism faces three thorny problems. First, the ethnic federalism paradigm dominates political and intellectual life, rendering political compromise difficult and creating an obstacle to establishing or improving federalism in Asia. Second, religious fundamentalism and secular refusal to accommodate religious demands pose an existential threat to federal politics. Third, a majoritarian democracy is itself a threat to federalism in Asia and the peace and stability that it is meant to underpin. Through a truly comparative analysis, He, Breen, and Allison-Reumann investigate the potential for a hybrid-ethnic approach, religious moderation, and deliberative democracy to overcome these challenges. They analyse cases from across Asia â both successes and failures. These include countries encompassing the first generation of federalism in Asia â India, Malaysia, and Pakistan â and challenges faced by the new, emerging, and aspiring federal states, namely Nepal, Myanmar, and Sri Lanka. They demonstrate how federalism can be achieved through compromise and a continual renegotiation of its underpinning values. A vital resource for scholars of political systems in Asia and of federalism more broadly.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The History of Africa
Book SynopsisThe new edition of this comprehensive survey of African history provides an accessible overview of the continent's narrative, focusing on the autonomy and achievements of the African people.The book brings readers closer to an authentic Africa by paying close attention to the lives of everyday people and highlighting insights and ideas that are often missed in typical survey texts. The fourth edition offers expanded coverage of smaller linguistic and ethnic groups in Africa in order to provide a more inclusive history, noting a few individual groups while also analyzing their contributions to the overall narrative and African culture. Liberia's hidden history is given greater attention in this updated volume, as well as the ethnic and religious tensions in Nigeria and Sudan. While the book emphasizes that African history is always being made, the fourth edition brings the record up to date and grapples with contemporary issues in culture and politics.The History of Trade Review"In this fourth edition of The History of Africa the historian and philosopher Molefi Kete Asante has extended the reach of his already best-selling and popular book. This edition is heavily illustrated with updated photographs, charts, and graphs as well as key narratives on themes and memes in politics, ecology, and demographics. The unique and well-researched areas of history involving the agency of the African people themselves are further highlighted with dramatic examples that bring to life the experiences of the ordinary people of Africa, and narrations of documents central to understanding the unfolding of African history. The History of Africa written by the most prolific African American scholar is already one of the most classic books ever written on African history. It is praised by scholars who have studied Africa for decades as well as those who are newcomers to the field. Asante’s history releases the history of Africa from the chains of observers who see Africa as object and his work thrusts the continent and its people into the forefront of Africa as actors, not as spectators to the visions of others. In this way Asante’s fourth edition of The History of Africa is a visionary work based solidly on the grounding that comes from the overwhelming nature of the evidence, resources, and experiences of African people. No other history of Africa is so conscious of the narrative of its people from human origin to the 21st century."Jabali Ade, Temple University, USA, editor of Afrocentricity in Afro-Futurism: Toward Afrocentric FuturismTable of ContentsIntroduction to the Fourth Edition, The History of Africa: The Quest for Eternal Harmony Part I: The Time of Awakening 1. Africa and the Origin of Humanity Part II: The Age of Literacy 2. Africa and the Beginning of Civilization 3. The Rise of Kemet/Egypt 4. The Elements of Early African Civilization 5. Governance and the Political Stability of Kemet Part III: The Moment of Realization 6. The Emergence of the Great River Kingdoms Part IV: The Age of Construction 7. The Spread of Classical Empires and Kingdoms 8. The Sudanic Empires: Historians and Their Narratives 9. Generators of Traditional and Contemporary Africa 10. Societies of Secrets and Institutions Part V: The Time of Chaos 11. Arab and European Missionaries, Merchants, and Mercenaries 12. Resisting European and Arab Slave Traders Part VI: The Age of Reconstruction 13. Africa Regains Consciousness in a Pan-African Explosion Part VII: The Time for Consolidation 14. Africa Consolidates Independence 15. Toward a United States of Africa Without Compromise: Creation of the African Union
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Taylor & Francis The Routledge Handbook of Halal Hospitality and
Book SynopsisThe Routledge Handbook of Halal Hospitality and Islamic Tourism provides a greater understanding of the current debates associated with Islamic tourism and halal hospitality in the context of businesses, communities, destinations, and the wider socio-political context. It therefore sheds substantial light on one of the most significant travel and consumer markets in the world today and the important role of religion in contemporary hospitality and tourism.The book examines halal hospitality and lodging, Islamic markets, product developments, heritage, certification, and emerging and future trends and issues. It integrates case studies from a range of countries and destinations and in doing so emphasises the significant differences that exist with respect to regulating and commodifying halal, as well as stressing that the Islamic market is not monolithic. Written by highly regarded international academics, it offers a range of perspectives and enables a comprehensive Table of Contents1. Introduction to Halal Hospitality and Islamic Tourism. Halal Hospitality and Lodging. 2. Understanding Halal Hospitality. 3. Attributes of Muslim-friendly hospitality service in a process-based model. 4. Malaysian Accommodation Providers' Understanding of Halal Hospitality. 5. Explaining the competitive advantage of Islamic Hotel concepts: Insights from Malaysia. 6. Shariah-compliant hotel operations practices (SCHOP). 7. Islamic Tourism: The Practices of a Shariah-Compliant Hotel in De Palma Hotel, Malaysia. Halal Markets and Developments 8. Halal Service Provision—Understated, but Not Undervalued: A View From Oman. 9. Exploring Muslim millennials’ perception and value placed on the concept of ‘halal’ in their tourism preferences and behaviours. 10. Islamic Ziyara and Halal hospitality in Palestine: Al-¿uds 'Jerusalem', al-K_h_alil 'Hebron' and Bayt La¿m 'Bethlehem' between 2011 and 2016. 11. Marketing Europe to Islamic Heritage Tourists. 12. The Muslim-friendly option: Tunisia’s (Mass) tourism in times of crisis. 13. Brunei halal tourism outlook. 14. Meeting the Needs of Muslim Tourists: The Case of Singapore. 15. Strategies for Attracting Muslim Tourists Without Obtaining Halal Certification: A Case Study of Takayama City in Japan. Heritage Tourism 16. Urban renewal, cultural tourism, and community development: Sharia principles in a non-Islamic state. 17. Is this sacred or what? The Holy Place and Tourism Destination at Jabal Haroun, Petra Region, Jordan. 18. Muharram in Iran: A Religio-Cultural Festival. Emerging Issues and Relationships in Certification 19. Halal Food Certification in China. 20. Food Certification: The Relationships Between Organic and Halal Certification in Malaysian Food Retailing. 21. Halal logistics: empowering competitive advantage and sustainability. Issues and Challenges 22. The Challenge of the Halal/Pork Binary for Muslim Immigrants in Spain. 23. Meanings in everyday food encounters for Muslims in Australia. 24. Halal Certification Uproar: The Muslim Scapegoat as National Safety Valve. 25. Commodified Religion: The Keys to Halal Food? Emerging and Future Issues 26. Emerging and Future Issues in Halal Hospitality and Islamic Tourism
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Taylor & Francis The Bantu Languages
Book SynopsisWritten by an international team of experts, this comprehensive volume presents grammatical analyses of individual Bantu languages, comparative studies of their main phonetic, phonological and grammatical characteristics and overview chapters on their history and classification. It is estimated that some 300 to 350 million people, or one in three Africans, are Bantu speakers. Van de Velde and Bostoen bring together their linguistic expertise to produce a volume that builds on Nurse and Philippsonâs first edition.The Bantu Languages, 2nd edition is divided into two parts; Part 1 contains 11 comparative chapters, and Part 2 provides grammar sketches of 12 individual Bantu languages, some of which were previously undescribed. The grammar sketches follow a general template that allows for easy comparison. Thoroughly revised and updated to include more language descriptions and the latest comparative insights.New to this edition:â new chapters Table of ContentsTable of ContentsAcknowledgementsList of ContributorsAbbreviations1. IntroductionKoen Bostoen & Mark Van de VeldePART 12. An inventoryof Bantu languagesHarald Hammarström3. The sounds of the Bantu languagesIan Maddieson & Bonny Sands4. Segmental phonologyLarry Hyman5. ToneDavid Odden & Michael Marlo6. Word formationThilo Schadeberg & Koen Bostoen7. Aspect, Tense and MoodDerek Nurse & Maud Devos8. Nominal Morphology and SyntaxMark Van de Velde9. Clausal morphosyntax and information structureLaura Downing & Lutz Marten10. Reconstructing Proto BantKoen Bostoen11. Classifying Bantu languagesGérard Philippson & Rebecca Grollemund12. Language contactMaarten MousPART 213. Kwakum A91Elisabeth Njantcho & Mark Van de Velde14. Nsong B85dJoseph Koni Muluwa & Koen Bostoen15. Pagibete C401JeDene Reeder16. Zimba D26Constance Kutsch Lojenga17. The Mara languages JE40Lotta Aunio, Holly Robinson, Tim Roth, Oliver Stegen & John B. Walker18. Mbugwe F34Vera Wilhelmsen19. Kami G36Malin Petzell & Lotta Aunio20. Shingazidja G44aCédric Patin, Kassim Mohamed-Soyir & Charles W. Kisseberth21. Vwanji G66Helen Eaton22. Totela K41Thera Crane23. Chimpotot N14Robert Botne24. Cuwabo P34Rozenn GuéroisLangage IndexSubject Index
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Taylor & Francis Communicating with the World
Book SynopsisThis book analyses the creation and dissemination of discourse in China while examining how its media and the people interact and communicate with the rest of the world. It explores the interplay between language, meanings, social practices, culture and politics in the processes of discourse generation.The book critically studies intercultural communication and Chinese discourse models at the national, institutional and individual levels and the different modes of interaction between China and the world. With the help of several case studies the book analyses reports from the Peopleâs Daily, interpersonal meaning in promotional videos and advertisements in China, rhetoric in the editorials of China Daily and the representation by international media like The Associated Press and The New York Times to explore differences between Chinese and the Western media reporting the same event. It also looks at the complex models through which the CTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Part I: Representation by Chinese mainstream media 1. Discourse interactional model of People’s Daily: The case of discourse practice of the Belt and Road Initiative 2. Identity construction and negotiation in Chinese political discourse: A case analysis of the fire in the Daxing District 3. A multimodal discourse analysis of the interpersonal meaning in promotional videos of China 4. A social-semiotic approach to corporate identity construction: A case study of advertisements on Beijing subway line 2 5. Discourse construction of social power: Interpersonal rhetoric in editorials of China Daily 6. Formalizing power in editorials of China Daily: A generic perspective Part II: Representation by international media 7. News discourse study based on frame theory: A case study of the “Belt and Road Initiative” news reports of The Associated Press 8. Discursive construction of Wanda’s image in the European media: A case study of news discourse on the Wanda Group’s acquisition of the Odeon & UCI 9. Discourse and manipulation: Stories about China in The New York TimesPart III: Interaction between Chinese and international media 10. Discourse interaction between China Daily and The New York Times: A case study of Meng Wanzhou event 11. Discourse interaction between The New York Times and China Daily: The case of Google’s departure 12. Discourse interaction and identity construction: A case study of President Hu and President Obama’s press conference of January 2011
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Taylor & Francis Ltd How to Localize Marxism in China
Book SynopsisThis book explores frontier issues concerning the localization of Marxism in China by examining historical processes, cultural implications, and contemporary perspectives on this process of indigenization.Emerging in the 1840s in Germany, Marxism has evolved from a German, European, and Western idea into a Chinese, Asian, and Eastern one. This title seeks to answer the question of how Marxism has been adapted to the Chinese context and how it migrated the regions. The first three chapters chart the history of the dissemination of Marxism to adapt to Chinese conditions across three periods revolutionary times before 1949, the period of socialist construction after 1949, and the reform and opening-up since 1978. The subsequent two chapters analyze the experience of the development of socialism with Chinese characteristics, featuring synergistic integration with traditional Chinese culture and the combining of the basic principles of Marxism and China''s real-life situation. ThTable of Contents1. Introduction: Localization and Marxism in Modern China 2. Localize Marxism with Chinese Revolution 3. Localize Marxism with Socialist Construction 4. Localize Marxism with Reform and Opening Up 5. Localize Marxism with Fine Traditional Chinese Culture 6. Localize Marxism with Theoretical Innovation 7. Outlook of Localization of Marxism
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Taylor & Francis Sikhism The Basics
Book SynopsisSikhism: The Basics provides an accessible, up-to-date and gender inclusive introduction to one of the five major world religions. The chronological and geographical parameters of the book are expansive, tracing five and half centuries â' from the vision of the founder Guru (Nanak 1469-1539) to its rich diasporic presence across the globe. Sikhism: The Basics includes chapters on: the ten Sikh Gurus; a historical overview from the post-Guru period to modern times (contextualised by the history of Sikhsâ spiritual capital, Amritsar) theological imaginary, practices the Sikh diaspora (Sikhsâ history in North America, Asia (from west Asia to south-east Asia and China, Australasia, the UK and mainland Europe) Sikh art and literature; contemporary challenges and future prospects. Written by two authors approaching Sikhism from 'insider' (Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh) and 'outsider' (Eleanor Nesbitt) perspectives. Accessible to the general reader, it also offers a fresh approach for students and scholars in the study of religions, Sikh Studies, Asian Religions, Anthropology and Diaspora Studies, South Asia, and history.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Superpowers Playground
Book SynopsisThis book analyses the evolving geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific region and explains how Djibouti fits in the global strategies of four major powersthe 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 studiesTable of ContentsPreface Introduction 1 Why Djibouti Matters 2 A French Homecoming? 3 From Kilimanjaro to California 4 The Confl uence of the Two Seas 5 Building a New Silk Road Conclusion Index
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Religion and Transnational Citizenship in the
Book SynopsisThis book focuses on Akan-speaking Ghanaians in London and explores in detail the experience of African migrants living in Britain, investigating how they construct their British citizenship through their membership of the church.Building on extensive ethnographic research in London and Ghana, the author explores the relationship between religion and citizenship, the emergence of transnational subjectivities, and the making of diaspora aesthetics among African migrants. Starting from the understanding that citizenship is dialogical, a status mediated by a subject's multiple and intersecting identities, the author highlights the limitations of existing conceptualisations of migrant citizenship. Anchored in a case study of the British/Ghanaian Methodist Church as a transnational religious organisation and cultural polity, the book explores diasporic religious subjectivities as both cosmopolitan and transnational, while being configured in emotionally and morally significant wayTable of ContentsIntroduction: The New African Diaspora: Ethnicity, Religion, and Citizenship in the Gateway City 1. Haringey: Associational Life and Black Leadership in a North London Borough 2. Migrant Spaces and Transnational Networks Between London and Ghana 3. "Virtuous Citizenship": Ethnicity and Encapsulation among Akan-Speaking Ghanaian Methodists in London 4. Agape Love: Gender, Class and Transnational Subjectivities in a Methodist Women’s Fellowship 5. ‘Showing-off Aesthetics’: Looking Good, Making Relations and ‘Being in the World’ in the London Akan Diaspora 6. Intimacy, Citizenship and Transnational Family Lives between London and Ghana Conclusion: Everyday Practices of Citizenship and the Struggle for Recognition and Distinction in Akan London
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Coercive Control and the Criminal Law
Book SynopsisThis book considers how a phenomenon as complex as coercive control can be criminalised. The recognition and ensuing criminalisation of coercive control in the UK and Ireland has been the focus of considerable international attention. It has generated complex questions about the best way to criminalise domestic abuse. This work reviews recent domestic abuse criminal law reform in the UK and Ireland. In particular, it defines coercive control and explains why using traditional criminal law approaches to prosecute it does not work. Laws passed in England and Wales versus Scotland represent two different approaches to translating coercive control into a criminal offence. This volume explains how and why the jurisdictions have taken different approaches and examines the advantages and disadvantages of each. As jurisdictions around the world review what steps need to be taken to improve national criminal justice responses to domestic abuse, the question of what works, and why, at the intTable of ContentsAcknowledgements PrefaceIntroduction: Assessing Coercive Control Law ReformChapter 1: the Architecture and Prevalence of Coercive Control – Seeing What Is ‘Invisible In Plain Sight’Chapter 2: Domestic Assaults and Coercive ControlChapter 3: ‘An Unpleasant, Closed-Off World’ – Domestic Stalking and the Protection from Harassment Act 1997Chapter 4: From Reluctant Sex to Rape – Domestic Sexual Abuse and the Sexual Offences Act 2003Chapter 5: the Serious Crime Act 2015, s 76Chapter 6: the Scottish ApproachChapter 7: ConclusionIndex
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Routledge Sufi Women and Mystics
Book SynopsisThis book focuses on womenâs important contribution to Sufism by analyzing the lives and seminal contributions of six mystic Sufi women to Islamic spirituality.To help reverse the sidelining of Sufi women in the recorded academic literature, the author has selected a representative sample of figures from diverse Islamic dynasties with varying backgrounds, social status, and devotional contributions. Taking a historical approach attentive to specific political contexts, readers will be introduced to the contributions of Umm Ali al-BalkhÄ and FÄtima of NishÄpÅr in the ninth-century KhurÄsÄn, Aisha al-MannÅbiyya of the Hafsid dynasty in IfrÄqya, Aisha al-BÄâÅnÄyya of the MamlÅk dynasties of Egypt and Syria, the Mughal princess Jahan Ara Begum, and the daughter of the Caliph of Sokoto, Nana Asmaâu. It is argued that these ascetic and Sufi women were recognized by their male and female peers, became political leaders in their communities, and were honored as examples of sanctity and erudition. Their works influenced mystical discourse, hagiographical writings, religious language, and models of religious authority to secure legacies of Islamic orthopraxis.The book will appeal to anyone interested in Sufism and Sufi history, as well as to those wishing to delve into the understudied topic of Muslim womenâs spirituality.
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Taylor & Francis The Routledge Handbook of European Penology
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Plural Social Sphere
Book SynopsisThis book reiterates pluralism as the basic feature of the Indian social sphere. It highlights challenges to the continuity of the plural fabric of India's society and culture. Acknowledging that socio-political concerns on women's issues do not always find adequate representation in social science texts, the book explores issues and policies related to gender. It locates the roots of feminist fundamentalism, studies the reactions to it, and brings forth the demands relating to new agendas and strategies for feminism. The authors also present empirical studies on issues faced by minority communities in India.An important contribution, this book will be of interest to scholars and researchers of sociology, political sociology, gender studies, exclusion studies, South Asian studies, Affirmative action, and political science.
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Taylor & Francis Chinas Social Credit
Book SynopsisThis book analyses credit crisis issues in China from the aspect of individuals, enterprises, and government through investigations of six Chinese urban and rural areas.After Chinaâs reform and opening up in the 1970s, a slew of new problems involving integrity, trust, and credit appeared with the establishment of a market economy and the creation of new business opportunities. To track these phenomena down to their very origins and to explore the theoretical principles underlying them through a truly holistic sociology, this book highlights a native Chinese perspective when dissecting and analysing the characteristics of their origins, mechanisms, and manifestations.The book will be of great interest to students and scholars of economic sociology, Chinese studies, and those who are interested in the sociology of credibility in general.
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Taylor & Francis Spatial Governance and Planning in Latin America
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Taylor & Francis Tajikistans National Epics
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Taylor & Francis National Identity and Millennials in Northeast
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Taylor & Francis Relationships Community and the Restorative
Book SynopsisThis book shares our journey with restorative practice and provides insight into how we developed a programme that impacts school culture â the Builders Project. It is a documentation of our experience of bringing restorative practice to primary school settings in Singapore through a whole-school community building approach, to enable students to have a positive learning experience and to thrive. This contrasts with implementing restorative practice focusing on behavioural management. It is the first non-western contribution to the field of restorative practices as a whole-school approach.This book shares LCCSâ practice assumptions that underpin the need to build, strengthen and restore relationships. It also illustrates the application of our restorative practice principles, which are drawn from our experience, values, and research, towards building effective relationships amongst the individuals in the school community. Stories and perspectives of practitioners, students, p
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Taylor & Francis Ltd ChinaUS GreatPower Rivalry
Book SynopsisThis edited volume examines the competitive dynamics of two order-building projects in the Indo-Pacific, namely China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and the US-led Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP).Foci are on how far the two major powers are able to use institutional projects to (re)order the region of the Indo-Pacific to suit their policy preferences, and on how regional powers perceive and navigate between the two ordering projects. This book discusses a wide array of actors in the Indo-Pacific, covering the two major powers of China and the United States, middle powers of Australia and New Zealand, India, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, and institutional actors of ASEAN, AUKUS, the Quad and the Pacific Islands Forum. Drawing on the concept of international order, the chapters examine the actor-specific foreign policies in relation to the rivalry between the FOIP and the BRI.This accessible book will be a go-to resource for anyone looking for how the two great powe
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Just Like Us The Politics of Ministerial
Book SynopsisInformed by interviews with key political figures and commentators, this entertaining and enlightening book exposes the influences, processes and motivations behind ministerial promotion in British government.It identifies and analyses the political sinews that have influenced the selection and upward progression of our rulers since the middle of the last century. Given that politics is fuelled by ambition, it provides commentary on how this often-criticised emotional drive can work positively in practice, motivating politicians to strive constantly for advancement in their quest for power and achievement. Drawing upon many biographies, it explains how politics is essentially about the strengths and frailties of the people who occupy positions of power. It illustrates that climbing up that greasy pole is dependent upon a number of key character traits of politicians: their strength of desire; their abilities/skills as communicators, managers and administrators; the ways in wh
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Taylor & Francis Ltd PrePartition Punjabs Contribution to Indian
Book SynopsisThis book traces the contribution of Punjabis born before the Partition of India in 1947 to Indian cinema. It examines the story of their contributions at three centres of Hindustani-language films: Bombay, Calcutta and Lahore.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Reassessing Vocational Education in China
Book SynopsisBased on the international comparison of vocational education in major countries and regions, this book revisits and reappraises China's vocational education in terms of its institutional advantages and recent outstanding performance.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Crisis Communication Cases from Asia
Book SynopsisThis book analyzes crisis communication in Asia, focusing on how culture (broadly defined) plays a central role in the way a crisis develops and is resolved.Using the case study method, this book offers the reader glimpses of the variety of cultures in the continent, displaying the complexity of the cross-cultural process of conducting crisis communication in this diverse environment. Each of these cases addresses the onset, evolution, and resolution of the crisis. The contributors are seasoned practitioners who have done crisis communication work in this continent and have used the same framework of five environmental variables that define culture in this book: political culture, economic systems, societal culture, media systems, and activist environments.This edited volume is ideal for scholars and advanced students in public relations and strategic communication generally and crisis communication specifically.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Gender and Popular Visual Culture in India
Book SynopsisPerhaps, male-mindedness seems to have adapted to changing-contemporary circumstances to become more covert and conspiratorial. Sexist suggestionsthrough objectification and substantiated subordinationfor instance, may have been explicit in Indian media a decade earlier. But in the contemporary times of online social media and vociferous feminism, such openness of unfairness against women in the media will, more often than not, be met with strife and unpalatable backlash - fearing which blatant prejudice is prudently steered clear of. It is, hence, understandable that patriarchy, to sustain itself as a culture, has adapted to become more benevolent in an increasingly hostile environment. To identify such sly and stealthy sexism embedded in media content, one may need a reconfigured grasp of contemporary feminist issues and an altered nuance for isolation and identification of discriminatory depictions. This book exposes redefined and hidden sexism that predominates the popular visuaTable of ContentsForeword Introduction Part 1: Evolving Sexism 1. Introduction to Part 1 2. New Wine in Old Bottles: Benevolent Sexism in the Indian Popular Visual Media 3. Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing? Sexism in Fourth-Wave Feminism 4. Feminine Materiality and Masculine Narratives in Gaming 5. Androcentrism and Gender Stereotyping in Matrimonial Advertisements Part 2: Characterising Contemporary Feminist Cultures 6. Introduction to Part 2 7. Fourth-Wave Feminism: World View and the Indian Context 8. Gendered Memes: Stereotypical Representations to Agentic Counter-Conduct 9. New Dimensions in Relationships: Portrayal of the Culture through Cinema 10. Cinema for Change: Feminist Impressions in Heroine-Centric Plots Part 3: Indian Media and Sexism 11. Introduction to Part 3 12. Female Politicos in Indian Web Series: The Politics of Portrayal 13. Does Sexism Still Sell? Bigotry in Advertisements and its Effect on Body Image and Buying Behaviour 14. Sex Workers and Bollywood: A Study of Misrepresentations and Blurred Lines 15. Women and Emergent Agency in Hindi Partition Cinema 16. The Men and the Media 17. Conclusion
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Translation and the Borders of Contemporary
Book SynopsisThis book examines contemporary debates on such concepts as national literature, world literature, and the relationship each of these to translation, from the perspective of modern Japanese fiction.By reading between the gaps and revealing tensions and blind spots in the image that Japanese literature presents to the world, the author brings together a series of essays and works of fiction that are normally kept separate in distinct subgenres, such as Okinawan literature, zainichi literature written by ethnic Koreans, and other trans-border works. The act of translation is reimagined in figurative, expanded, and even disruptive ways with a focus on marginal spaces and trans-border movements. The result decentres the common image of Japanese literature while creating connections to wider questions of multilingualism, decolonisation, historical revisionism, and trauma that are so central to contemporary literary studies.This book will be of interest to all those who stud
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Putins Dark Ages
Book SynopsisTwo decades before the war against Ukraine, a special operation was launched against Russian historical memory, aggressively reshaping the nation's understanding of its history and identity. The Kremlin's militarization of Russia through World War II propaganda is well documented, but the glorification of Russian medieval society and its warlords as a source of support for Putinism has yet to be explored. This book offers the first comparison of Putin's political neomedievalism and re-Stalinization and introduces the concept of mobmemory to the study of right-wing populism. It argues that the celebration of the oprichnina, Ivan the Terrible's regime of state terror (15651572), has been fused with the rehabilitation of Stalinism to reconstruct the Russian Empire. The post-Soviet case suggests that the global obsession with the Middle Ages is not purely an aesthetic movement but a potential weapon against democracy.The book is intended for students, schoTrade Review"In Putin's Dark Ages, Dina Khapaeva offers an original interpretation of the Russian president and his apocalyptic, reactionary worldview, arguing that it is not just neo-Stalinist, but neo-medievalist: clearly written, deeply researched and thought provoking."Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, USA"In this fascinating and innovative work, Dina Khapaeva offers a new perspective on the Putin regime as part of a wider cultural phenomenon, that of neomedievalism in the totalitarian political imagination. This book is a must for those seeking to understand Putin’s war on Ukraine and his politics of memory."Serhy Yekelchyk, University of Victoria, Canada"An illuminating inquiry, a necessary book to understand the nature of Putinism - combining Restalinization with a multifaceted Neomedievalism. A severe dissection of a terrorist regime."François Hartog, École des hautes études en sciences sociales, France"Putin’s Dark Ages is a strikingly timely intervention in the study of Russian history, memory, and politics. Before February 24, 2022, it was still possible to argue that the phenomena covered in this book—neo-medievalism, neo-Eurasianism, the celebration of Ivan the Terrible and Joseph Stalin, etc.—were curious, but marginal developments. As Khapaeva compellingly shows, they are in fact crucial and central features of Russian society today—symptoms of a distinctive anti-modern worldview that has gained an extraordinary and inimical potency."Kevin M.F. Platt, University of Pennsylvania, USATable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Political Neomedievalism, the Memory of the Perpetrators, and Mobmemory 2. Putin’s Neomedieval Politics of History 3. Post-Soviet Historians and Religious Activists on the Medieval Oprichnina 4. The Post-Soviet Far Right on Establishing the New Oprichnina 5. The Oprichnina and Serfdom in Popular Culture and Public Debates 6. Re-Stalinization in Putin’s Russia 7. Working through the Past Russian-Style: Mobmemory in Vladimir Sharov’s Prose. Conclusion: The Politics of Reversed Time – Apocalypse as Practice
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Taylor & Francis Perspectives in Marketing Innovation and Strategy
Book SynopsisThis book provides guidelines for the pragmatic integration of new marketing tools and business strategies for managers, researchers and students to implement innovative strategies in various industries. Practical and actionable guidance is key to achieving high standards of strategic marketing across different organizations. This book offers a comprehensive overview of the application of diverse tools and strategic practices in the finance, e- commerce, fashion, entertainment and tourism industries, among others. It provides deep insights into consumer behaviour through extensive research and analysis in different sectors of business, especially during the COVID- 19 pandemic, as well as industry perspectives on shifts in consumption practices. It assesses buying behaviour and trends, demographic classifications, operational practices and the integration of technology in marketing and strategy. Part of the Contemporary Management Practices series, this book will be useful to practicing managers, researchers and students who are interested in marketing, business studies, management studies, innovation and business strategy and communications.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Migration Landing Spaces
Book SynopsisThis book looks at migrant landing spaces, exploring the processes and infrastructures which people encounter as they navigate urban spaces along the central Mediterranean route.The book argues that there remains a theoretical and practical difficulty in grasping the complexity of migrant arrivals. Migrants are often unsure whether they will stay or leave, their mobility is uncertain. Despite this, they face rigid binaries and categories within administrative policy and planning which tries to pin them down as either permanent or temporary. Drawing on extensive original research in southern Italy, this book suggests that we should instead think of landing spaces': parts of the city that work as infrastructures for landing, that allow for an open and dynamic use of the urban space and provide opportunities for encounter and information exchange as migrants consider their next steps.Combining an ethnographic gaze with insights from urban planning, architecture, geography
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Taylor & Francis Climate Change and the Creative Economy in India
Book SynopsisWeaving has been a significant aspect of Indiaâs cultural and economic history. Climate change is increasingly affecting crucial relationships within the weaver communities. This book explores the dialectical relationship between the craft of weaving and the changing climate.Exploring questions of how climate variabilities are affecting local geographies and weaving ecosystems, the book discusses case studies of creative economy clusters in India. The author employs ethnographic fieldwork to share lived and embodied experiences of climate change.This concise book will be useful reading to scholars, researchers and students with an interest in the creative and cultural industries and how these intersect with environmental issues and climate change.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Portuguese Landscape Architecture Education
Book SynopsisIn 2022, the Landscape Architecture course in Portugal celebrated 80 years of existence. This edited collection, Portuguese Landscape Architecture Education, Heritage and Research, commemorates this important milestone by bringing together some of the most respected names in Portuguese Landscape Architecture. Although the book's content is targeted at the assessment of the Portuguese history and influence, the themes under analysis are all-encompassing within the major fields, namely pedagogy; heritage; theory and methods; and design and landscape planning and management. The book seeks to address several research questions, including How has Landscape Architecture evolved in Portugal and how has it been revealed in the different disciplinary areas and educational institutions, particularly considering the great challenges of today? What legacy did Cabral, Sousa da Câmara and the first generation of landscape architects leave us that c
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Taylor & Francis Legal Responses to Cyberterrorism
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Unequal Security
Book SynopsisWe live in an age of insecurity. The Global Financial Crisis, the Covid-19 pandemic, the wars in Ukraine and Gaza and the climate crisis are just the most evident examples of shocks that have increased the level of insecurity among elites and citizens in recent years. And yet there is ample evidence that insecurity is not equally distributed across populations.Bringing together disciplines such as political science, criminology, sociology, and anthropology and combining quantitative and qualitative studies from a wide range of rich and middle-income countries, this collection presents a new framework for exploring the two key social challenges of our times insecurity and inequality together. The volume analyses the nature, causes and distribution of subjective insecurities and how various actors use or respond to unequal security. The essays cover a host of themes including the unequal spatial distribution of (in)security, unequal access to security provision in relation to
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Taylor & Francis Pathways to African Food Security
Book SynopsisThis book examines Africaâs current food system and future challenges for food security over the next 25 years.Africa is on the rise and by 2050, the continent will be home to a quarter of the worldâs population. The analysis presented in this book clearly shows that the African food system needs to transform at a much faster pace to ensure that the people it serves are food secure. This book begins with four contrasting case studies that focus on country-specific challenges in Egypt, Ethiopia, Senegal and Zimbabwe. This is followed by 15 thematic chapters organised in three sections on challenges, threats and opportunities. Individual chapters address a wide range of topics including climate change, water security, farm sizes, crop yields, conservation trade-offs, food prices, trade, conflict and structural change. The book concludes by discussing key pathways to improve Africa's food system and food security for the decades ahead.This book is essential reading for students, scholars and practitioners who work on global food security, sustainable food systems, food, health and nutrition and African development.The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.
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Taylor & Francis Soviet Climate Change Science
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Taylor & Francis Treating Addiction from an IslÄmic Psychology
Book SynopsisThis book provides an understanding of behavioural and substance disorders from an IslÄmic psychology perspective.Despite the religious prohibitions against the use of most substances, addiction is a significant psychosocial and spiritual problem both in Muslim majority countries and among Muslim minorities. However, many Muslim with substance use disorder have been left to suffer in silence because addictive behaviours are considered taboo. Not only do feelings of guilt, shame, and a fear of being stigmatised and excluded from community prevent many from seeking therapeutic and spiritual interventions, there are also limited culturally sensitive service provisions offering help for Muslims with addictive behaviours. This book will synthesise the body of knowledge of the psychology of addiction from an IslÄmic perspectives to foster awareness and understanding of addictive behaviours to break that stigma. It will also provide knowledge required to respond effectively to Musli
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Taylor & Francis Islam in Russia
Book SynopsisIslam in Russia is a rare scholarly attempt to understand the tolerant nature of Islam in the modern Russian Federation since the state's official acceptance of Islam.The book explores the key factors that have contributed, over time, to the establishment of a co-existent form of Islam in modern multi-ethnic and multinational Russia. It also probes discussion of the role that Russian Muslim intellectuals have played in forming contemporary Russian Islam. It concludes that the co-existent form of Islam in Russia can be linked to three key factors: its historical emergence, the intellectual culture, and strong regional identities.This original and engaging examination of the development and identity of Islam in Russia is a useful resource for students and scholars of Global Islam, Islam in Europe, History of Russia, Islamic History, Islamic Thought and Modern Religious History.
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Taylor & Francis Trends in Latin American International Relations
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Taylor & Francis The Science and Practice of Public Health
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Taylor & Francis An African Feminist Philosophy of Language
Book SynopsisThis book calls for the institution of an African feminist philosophy of language, challenging existing debates and encouraging a move away from the Western gaze.The book begins with an analysis of the philosophical context of African feminism, and a call for the decolonization of epistemological discourse. Oyeleye then goes on to consider how indigenous patriarchies play out in the cultural reality of the Yorùbá in particular, ontologically unpacking the nature of woman as expressed in language, especially in myths and proverbs. Challenging the derogatory language found in proverbs which entrench patriarchal oppression, the author advocates for feminist postproverbials: new proverbs which draw on old traditions but reconstruct the space of woman in a new, egalitarian rhetorical tradition. The author concludes by outlining the conditions necessary for African feminist philosophers to consider language as a decolonizing space which can help to push through the agenda of social
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