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Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic Radio and the Performance of Government:
Book SynopsisAn original study of radio propaganda in Czechoslovakia. Between 1939 and 1945, Czechoslovakia disappeared from the maps, existing only as an imagined ‘free republic’ on the radio waves. Following the German invasion and annexation of Bohemia and Moravia and the declaration of independence by Slovakia on 15 March 1939, the Czechoslovak Republic was gone. From their position in exile in wartime London, former Czechoslovak President Edvard Beneš and the government that formed around him depended on radio to communicate with the public they strove to represent. The broadcasts made by government figures in London enabled a performance of authority to impress their hosts, allies, occupying enemies, and claimed constituents. This book examines this government program for the first time, making use of previously unstudied archival sources to examine how the exiles understood their mission and how their propaganda work was shaped by both British and Soviet influences. This study assesses the strengths, weaknesses, and limitations of the government’s radio propaganda as they navigated the complexities of exile, with chapters examining how they used the radio to establish their authority, how they understood the past and future of the Czechoslovak nation, and how they struggled to include Slovakia and Subcarpathian Ruthenia within it.Trade Review“The book makes an important contribution to our understanding of those who recreated Czechoslovakia in 1945. It reveals, via the broadcasts, what can be learnt about the exiles’ mentality and the major obstacles which confronted them from both enemies and allies… It will certainly be used as a starting point for new research about radio propaganda in wartime Central Europe.” * Mark Cornwall, University of Southampton *Table of Contents1. List of Abbreviations2. Introduction2.1 Czechoslovakia: ‘The Child of Propaganda’2.2 Radio: The Ideal Medium for Exile2.3 Less Trouble than the Rest: The Czechoslovak Government within the British Propaganda Structure2.4 Scope and Sources3. ‘Legal, Loyal, and Internationally Recognised’: Legitimacy and the Performance of Government3.1 ‘In the Name of the Czechoslovak Republic’: The Authority of Legality3.2 ‘We Are the Masaryk Nation’: The Authority of Tradition3.3 ‘We Are Close Together at Heart’: The Authority of Charisma3.4 Exercising Authority: The Odsun and ‘Rabble-rousing’ from London4. Populating the ‘Free Republic’: Performing Nationhood over the Radio, Radio as a Medium for Nation Building4.1 ‘Faithful to the Spirit of our History’: Reading the War into the National Narrative4.2 ‘Anything That is Dear to Their Hearts’: The Mobilisation of Culture5. Idiots and Traitors? Addressing Slovakia from London5. 1 ‘The Admirable and Loyal Czechoslovak Nation’5.2 ‘Do Not Betray Yourselves’: A Policy of Negative Propaganda5.3 ‘There Is No Free Slovakia’: Political Arguments5.4 ‘The Most Blatant Ingratitude’: The Slovak State and the USA5.5 ‘Your Catholic, Christian, and Slovak Conscience Compels You’: Religious Arguments5.6 Russians, not Monsters: Tackling the Bolshevik Bogey6. ‘We Will Manage Our Own Affairs’: The Soviet Union and Broadcasting the Future of Czechoslovakia6.1 Neither Hell nor Paradise: 1940–June 19416.2 ‘Our Brother Slavs’: June 1941–19436.3 When Propaganda Diverges from Policy: Mid-1943 Onwards6.4 ‘If It Doesn’t Work, It Will Not Be Our Fault’: The Changing Representation of Poland and the Central-European Confederation6.5 ‘Subcarpathian Ruthenia Is Czechoslovak’: Broadcasting to a Lost Territory7. Conclusions8. Bibliography of Sources
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Karolinum Press, Charles University Parakratos
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Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd. WHY I KILLED THE MAHATMA: Understanding Godse’s
Book SynopsisIt is common knowledge that Mahatma Gandhi was shot dead in 1948 by a Hindu militant, shortly after India had both gained her independence andost nearly a quarter of her territory to the new state of Pakistan.esser known is assassin Nathuram Godse''s motive. Until now, no publication has dealt with this question, except for the naked text of Godse''s own defence speech during his trial. It didn''t save him from the hangman, but still contains substantive arguments against the facile glorification of the Mahatma. Dr Koenraad Elst compares Godse''s case against Gandhi with criticisms voiced in wider circles and with historical data known at the time or brought toight since. While the Mahatma was extolled by the Hindu masses, politicaleaders of divergent persuasions who had had dealings with him wereess enthusiastic. Their sobering views would have become the received wisdom about the Mahatma if he hadn''t been martyred. Yet, the author also presents some new considerations in Gandhi''s defence from unexpected quarters.
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Bolchiro El Imperio burocrático: Un estudio sobre el
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La Fabrica Avant-garde and Propaganda: Books and Magazines
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La Liebre de Marzo S.L. Superando el trauma la vida tras el 11M
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NIAS Press iChina: The Rise of the Individual in Modern
Book SynopsisIn spite of the intense preoccupation with individual and self in modern Western thought, the social sciences have tended to focus on groups and collectives and downplay the individual. This implicit view has also coloured the study of social life in China where both Confucian ethics and Communist policies have shaped collective structures with little room for individual agency and choice. What is actually happening, however, is a growing individualization of China - not only changing perceptions of the individual but also rising expectations for individual freedom, choice and individuality. The individual has also become a basic social category in China, and a development has begun that permeates all areas of social, economic and political life. How this process evolves in a state and society lacking two of the defining characteristics of European individualization - a culturally embedded democracy and a welfare system - is one of the questions that the volume explores. A strength of this volume is that its authors succeed in depicting the individualization process in conceptually acute and empirically sensitive terms, and as something with its own distinctively Chinese profile. That makes this book a 'must read' for all those wanting to understand present-day Chinese society, with all of its ambivalences, contingencies and contradictions.Table of ContentsContributors vii Preface xi Foreword: Varieties of Individualization (Ulrich Beck and Elisabeth Beck-Gernsheim) xiii Introduction: Conflicting Images of the Individual and Contested Process of Individualization (Yunxiang Yan) 1 1 Idealizing Individual Choice: Work, Love and Family in the Eyes of Young, Rural Chinese (Mette Halskov Hansen and Cuiming Pang) 39 2 He is He and I Am I: Individual and Collective among China's Elderly (Stig ThA gersen and Ni Anru) 65 3 Individualization and the Political Agency of Private Business People in China (JA rgen Delman and Yin Xiaoqing) 94 4 A Collective of Their Own: Young Volunteers at the Fringes of the Party Realm (Unn Malfrid H. Rolandsen) 132 5 Between Self and Community: The Individual in Contemporary Chinese Literature (Anne Wedell-Wedellsborg) 164 6 Individual Self-Discipline and Collective Freedom in the Minds of Chinese Intellectuals (Rune Svarverud) 193 7 'Friendly Pressure': Law and the Individual in Modern China (Klaus Muhlhahn) 226 8 Collective Symbols and Individual Options: Life on a State Farm for Returned Overseas Chinese after Decollectivization (Li Minghuan) 250 Index 271
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NIAS Press iChina: The Rise of the Individual in Modern
Book SynopsisIn spite of the intense preoccupation with individual and self in modern Western thought, the social sciences have tended to focus on groups and collectives and downplay the individual. This implicit view has also coloured the study of social life in China where both Confucian ethics and Communist policies have shaped collective structures with little room for individual agency and choice. What is actually happening, however, is a growing individualization of China - not only changing perceptions of the individual but also rising expectations for individual freedom, choice and individuality. The individual has also become a basic social category in China, and a development has begun that permeates all areas of social, economic and political life. How this process evolves in a state and society lacking two of the defining characteristics of European individualization - a culturally embedded democracy and a welfare system - is one of the questions that the volume explores. A strength of this volume is that its authors succeed in depicting the individualization process in conceptually acute and empirically sensitive terms, and as something with its own distinctively Chinese profile. That makes this book a 'must read' for all those wanting to understand present-day Chinese society, with all of its ambivalences, contingencies and contradictions.Table of ContentsContributors vii Preface xi Foreword: Varieties of Individualization (Ulrich Beck and Elisabeth Beck-Gernsheim) xiii Introduction: Conflicting Images of the Individual and Contested Process of Individualization (Yunxiang Yan) 1 1 Idealizing Individual Choice: Work, Love and Family in the Eyes of Young, Rural Chinese (Mette Halskov Hansen and Cuiming Pang) 39 2 He is He and I Am I: Individual and Collective among China's Elderly (Stig ThA gersen and Ni Anru) 65 3 Individualization and the Political Agency of Private Business People in China (JA rgen Delman and Yin Xiaoqing) 94 4 A Collective of Their Own: Young Volunteers at the Fringes of the Party Realm (Unn Malfrid H. Rolandsen) 132 5 Between Self and Community: The Individual in Contemporary Chinese Literature (Anne Wedell-Wedellsborg) 164 6 Individual Self-Discipline and Collective Freedom in the Minds of Chinese Intellectuals (Rune Svarverud) 193 7 'Friendly Pressure': Law and the Individual in Modern China (Klaus Muhlhahn) 226 8 Collective Symbols and Individual Options: Life on a State Farm for Returned Overseas Chinese after Decollectivization (Li Minghuan) 250 Index 271
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NIAS Press Power and Dissent in Imperial Japan: Three Forms
Book SynopsisThis volume examines the careers and intellectual positions of three prominent Japanese "dissidents" in the later Imperial period - Minobe Tatsukichi, Sakai Toshihiko and Saito Takao - as individual responses to the new forms of authority that appeared after the Meiji Restoration of 1868. The principles to which each adhered - the rule of law, socialist egalitarianism, and representative government - contributed to the new ideas about authority and the individual in post-Restoration Japan. They also remain fundamental (at least in theory) in today's Japanese polity and society. The study reaffirms the serious limitations of the pre-war Japanese political system, its structural and institutional problems, and deep-rooted ambivalence about democratic change. But it also confirms the birth of an alternative tradition in which individuals began to define and sponsor the processes of national self-regulation. The book traces the perspectives of three such individuals who chose to contest the new power arrangements through their writings and political activities.
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Five Continents Editions Prisoners' Objects - Collection of the
Book SynopsisThe International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum houses an extraordinary collection of 'prisoners' objects'. These were made by prison inmates and presented to the ICRC delegates who visited them, as provided for by the Geneva Conventions. For over a century, these objects have borne mute witness to the numerous violent episodes that continue to ravage our planet, from Chile, Vietnam, Algeria and Yugoslavia, to Rwanda and Afghanistan. Made from simple materials - whatever comes to hand in a prison - these objects express the need to escape the world of the jailbird. As a Lebanese inmate puts it, 'Creating is a way of acquiring freedom of expression, it gives us a means to say what we think while everything we see around urges us to keep quiet and to forget who we are.' While some of these works touch us through their simplicity, others astonish us with their beauty or ingeniousness. Each bears the imprint of a personal story loaded with emotion, inviting us on a journey through time and collective history.
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United Nations Yearbook of the International Law Commission
Book SynopsisThis volume contains the report of the International Law Commission on the work of its fifty-sixth session. Volume II (Part I) contains reports of special rapporteurs and other documents considered during the session
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Rupa & Co India Cried That Night: Untold Tales of Freedom’s
Book SynopsisThe Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has played an integral role in developing India-China trade partnerships over the years. It believes that the mutual cooperation of two of the biggest economies in the world would be key to the progress of the two countries on their respective development paths.
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Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd. India in a New Key
Book SynopsisOn the morning of 15 August 1947, when Jawaharlal Nehru, heir to Mahatma Gandhi, the Buddha and the European Enlightenment, raised the Indian Tricolour on the ramparts of the Red Fort, the seventeenth-century palace of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, India was free to make experiments with freedom. In the seven decades since Independence, the country gradually changed from Nehru''s democratic socialism to Narendra Modi''s democratic entrepreneurial digital India, dealing with its internal contradictions by playing the game of democracy and in the process becoming the sixth-largest global economy. And with Chandrayaan exploring the Moon, a space nation was born. India overlooks the Himalayas and the Indian Ocean, abridging Southeast Asia with the Middle East. With its immense brainpower and young demographics, India is geopolitically an indispensable nation. Indians play the game of democracy any which way they can: through massive elections; parliamentary debates and no-confidence motions; coalition forming and horse-trading; hartals, bandhs, dharnas, fast-unto-death; and finally, when nothing works, they knock at the doors of the Supreme Court. India in a New Key attempts to offer an insight into questions like: -How has India been experimenting with freedom to solve its socio-economic problems? -Can Modi-like Nehru-create a unified Indian consciousness?
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Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd. THE GREAT TRIBAL WARRIORS OF BHARAT
Book SynopsisIn this, our 75th year of Independence we needed qualityiterature around our great tribal freedom fighters. This book is a truly commendable start in that direction. Arjun Munda, Minister of Tribal Affairs Our first war of Independence was not in 1857. In fact, tribal mutinies against the British began ateast 75 years before the 1857 revolution. These battles were fought with traditional bows and arrows and spears, and predated the reported political movement that came to the fore in the latter part of the nineteenth century. As we complete 75 years of Independence, it is only fair to acknowledge that a parallel freedom movement had existed in our far-flung villages and jungles, away from the mainstream freedom movement acknowledged in the books of history. The Great Tribal Warriors of Bharat is a humble attempt to honour theseargely unsung heroes of an epochal movement, whose contribution remainsargely unacknowledged. The book begins with Tilka Manjhi, who unleashed guerilla warfare to combat the British, and includes Jaipal Singh Munda, one of the most nuanced speakers of our Constituent Assembly, tracking the trajectory of this movement. These brave warriors came from all parts of India, including the Northeast and the South, and from all tribes existing in the country. This book is a rare collection and a journey into self-discovery for our civilization turned nation.
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Vitasta Publishing Pvt.Ltd The Two Kashmirs: A Comparative Analysis
Book SynopsisThere has been a steady and incessant campaign by Pakistan against India with effective use of the media and diplomacy. This has corrupted the imagination of impressionable minds in J&K and raised an architecture of violence, which some call the terror industry.' The Two Kashmirs is an attempt to compare Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) with the rest of Kashmir in India. It discusses the hypothesis advanced by advocates of violence and resistance in J&K about the state being on the receiving end as far as Indian economic and developmental policies are concerned.
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Amsterdam University Press Art and Politics: Between Purity and Propaganda
Book SynopsisIn Art and Politics, Segal explores the collision of politics and art in seven enticing essays. The book explores the position of art and artists under a number of different political regimes of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, traveling around the world to consider how art and politics have interacted and influenced each other in different conditions. Joes Segal takes you on a journey to the Third Reich, where Emil Nolde supported the regime while being called degenerate; shows us Diego Rivera creating Marxist murals in Mexico and the United States for anti-Marxist governments and clients; ties Jackson Pollock's drip paintings in their Cold War context to both the FBI and the CIA; and considers the countless images of Mao Zedong in China as unlikely witnesses of radical political change.Trade Review- "[Segal's] command of ideas and sources is nothing short of magnificent, and nearly every page bursts with important, elegantly written and nuanced observations. If you're ready to de-reify your brain, read this." - Eric A. Gordon, People's World, 2016 - Radio interview with KCRW Radio . Read the accompanying blog post hereTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Positive and Negative Integration - The First World War in France and Germany 2. Between Nationalism and Communism - Diego Rivera and Mexican Muralism 3. National and Degenerate Art - The Third Reich 4. Internal and External Enemies - The Cold War 5. From Maoism to Capitalist Communism - The People's Republic of China 6. The In-Between Space - Kara Walker's Shadow Murals 7. A Heavy Heritage - Monuments in the former Soviet Bloc Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index of Names
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Amsterdam University Press Police Power in the Italian Communes, 1228-1326
Book SynopsisMedieval states are widely assumed to have lacked police forces. Yet in the Italian city-republics, soldiers patrolled the streets daily in search of lawbreakers. Police Power in the Italian Communes, 1228-1326 is the first book to examine the emergence of urban policing in medieval Italy and its impact on city life. Focusing on Bologna in the thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries, Gregory Roberts shows how police forces gave teeth to the communes' many statutes through a range of patrol activities. Whether seeking outlaws in the countryside or nighttime serenaders in the streets, urban police forces pursued lawbreakers energetically and effectively. They charged hundreds of individuals each year with arms-bearing, gambling, and curfew violations, convicting many of them in the process. Roberts draws on a trove of unpublished evidence from judicial archives, rich with witness testimony, to paint a vivid picture of policing in daily life and the capacity of urban governments to coerce. Breaking new ground in the study of violence, justice, and state formation in the Middle Ages, Police Power in the Italian Communes sheds fresh light on the question of how ostensibly modern institutions emerge from premodern social orders.Trade Review"Police Power in the Italian Communes surely deserves to be recognized as one of the foundational studies of police power in the late medieval Italian communes, especially Bologna. Roberts’s book is dense and complex but will repay significant dividends for readers interested in violence, justice, and related issues in the medieval Italian urban context and beyond. Indeed, the author deserves great credit for his interdisciplinary approach to the topic, his well-organized and persuasive arguments, and his skillful marshalling of rich veins of archival evidence. It is certainly, to borrow from Francis Bacon’s famous taxonomy, a book "to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention," but one well worth the time and effort."- Peter Sposato, The Medieval Review, 22.02.04 (2022) "Policing Power is an important piece of scholarship that is thoroughly researched and well-written. It is a pivotal work for historians interested in the pre-modern formation of law enforcement and adds a much-needed perspective on questions about the fluid role of the policing power and how society navigates them."- Mohammed Allehbi, The New Rambler Review (2020)Table of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Figures A Note on Usage Abbreviations Introduction Police as a Mode of Governance Police and Impersonal Rules The Plan of the Book Works Cited Chapter 1: Police Power in the Italian Communes The Podestà's Household Police Patrols and Inspections The Legal Process: From Detention to Trial A Comparison of Selected Data Conclusion: Policing and Hegemonic Justice Works Cited Chapter 2: Police Discretion and Personal Autonomy Social Identity Political Status Factual Matters Legal Presumptions Police Jurisdiction Mitigating Factors Conclusion: The Paradox of Impersonality Works Cited Chapter 3: The Logic of Third-Party Policing "To=Pursue and Capture Outlawed Criminals" "To=Search for Men Bearing Prohibited Arms" "Trustworthy Foreign Men" "The Good State of the Commune" Conclusion: A Preventive Police Works Cited Chapter 4: External Threats: Policing Out-Groups and Criminality Judicial Violence The Public Interest Outlaws, Infames, and Men of Ill Repute Police Patrols as Dragnet The Role of Fama Conclusion: A Persecuting Society? Works Cited Chapter 5: Internal Threats: Policing Violence and Enmity Enmity and Instability Policing Feud Toward a Monopoly on Violence Preventing Enmity Conclusion: Legislating in the Shadow of Violence Works Cited Chapter 6: The Social Impact of Third-Party Policing Mandatory Rules Legal Literacy Fear of the Familia Violent Self-Help Police-Community Relations Public Corruption Legal Privilege Conclusion: A Legacy of Government Coercion Works Cited Conclusion Works Cited Index
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Amsterdam University Press Framing Power in Visigothic Society: Discourses,
Book SynopsisThis volume examines how power was framed in Visigothic society and how a diverse population with a complex and often conflicting cultural inheritance was thereby held together as a single kingdom. Indeed, through this dynamic process a new, early medieval society emerged. Understanding this transformation is no simple matter, as it involved the deployment of an array of political and cultural resources: the production of knowledge, the appropriation of Patristic literature, controlling and administering rural populations, reconceptualizing the sacred, capital punishment and exile, controlling the manufacture of currency, and defining Visigothic society in relation to other polities such as the neighbouring Byzantine state. In order to achieve an analysis of these different phenomena, this volume brings together researchers from a variety of disciplines. This interdisciplinary approach therefore expands the available sources and reformulates topics of traditional scholarship in order to engage with a renewal of Visigothic Studies and reformulate the paradigm of study itself. As a result, this volume rethinks frameworks of power in the Peninsula along not only historical and archaeological but also anthropological terms, presenting the reader with a new understanding of Iberian society as a whole.Trade Review"This volume provides useful snapshots of new approaches and developments across Visigothic studies. Particularly helpful are Tejerizo’s, Martin’s, and Pliego’s chapters that provide tables and background information to aid readers unfamiliar with their particular source sets. These chapters are accessible and beneficial to specialists in Visigothic studies and scholars of other regions and periods alike."- Erica Buchberger, The Medieval Review, 21.11.05 (2021) "The volume certainly contributes to the LAEMI [Late Antique and Early Medieval Iberia] series’ goal of increasing integration of Iberian studies within Anglophone Classical studies, compiling an extensive bibliography of Spanish and English-language research material. [...] As for the aims of this volume, collating brief explorations of aspects of power in Visigothic society in order to open a dialogue and lay groundwork for future studies to continue this dialogue, Framing Power does so successfully, providing an abundance of interesting and well-researched material and frameworks for further research."- Carolyn T. La Rocco, University of St Andrews, The Classical Review, 71.1 (2021) "The edited volume of Eleonora Dell’Elicine and Céline Martin, Framing Power in Visigothic Society: Discourses, Devices and Artifacts curates seven original essays together with a useful and thoughtful introduction by the editors. [...] There is much food for thought here both for specialists in this particular field but also for those interested in the situation on the ground in the post-Roman Mediterranean." - Christopher Heath, Al-Mas.q, Vol. 34, Iss. 1Table of ContentsIntroduction Eleonora Dell' Elicine, Céline Martin Presence of Augustine of Hippo in Isidore of Seville: some provisional remarks Jacques Elfassi The Bishop and the Word. Isidore of Seville and the production of meaning Dolores Castro Unearthing peasant societies: Historiography and recent contributions in the archaeology of the rural world during Visigothic times Carlos Tejerizo Excolentes sacra fontium vel arborum. Pagan cults, kinship and regimes of sacralisation in the Visigothic Kingdom of Toledo Eleonora Dell' Elicine Ervig and capital penalties: the way of exile Céline Martin 'Put all your trust in Ansemundus'. A look at distrust in Visigothic-Byzantine diplomatic relations Margarita Vallejo Visigothic currency: recent developments and data for its study Ruth Pliego List of Illustrations Index
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Amsterdam University Press Rethinking Authority in China’s Border Regime:
Book SynopsisIn the 21st century, governments around the globe are faced with the question on how to tackle new migratory mobilities. Governments increasingly become aware of irregular immigration and are forced to re-negotiate the dilemma of open but secure borders. Rethinking Authority in China’s Border Regime: Regulating the Irregular investigates the Chinese government’s response to this phenomenon. Hence, this book presents a comprehensive analysis of the Chinese border regime. It explores the regulatory framework of border mobility in China by analysing laws, institutions, and discourses as part of an ethnographic border regime analysis. It argues that the Chinese state deliberately creates ‘zones of exception’ along its border. In these zones, local governments function as ‘scalar managers’ that establish cross-border relations to facilitate cross-border mobility and create local migration systems that build on their own notion of legality by issuing locally valid border documents. The book presents an empirically rich story of how border politics are implemented and theoretically contributes to debates on territoriality and sovereignty as well as to the question of how authority is exerted through border management. Empirically, the analysis builds on two case studies at the Sino-Myanmar and Sino-North Korean borders to illustrate how local practices are embedded in multiscalar mobility regulation including regional organizations such as the Greater Mekong Subregion and the Greater Tumen Initiative.Trade Review"Certainly, I will be referencing Rethinking Authority in my own writing. Having been immersed in borderland studies for about a decade, and China studies for considerably longer, I found Rethinking Authority offering frequent – and useful – insights and information on border regimes and regulations." - Hasan H. Karrar, China Perspectives, No. 2022/2 "Drawing upon field work, Franziska Plümmer takes on these evolving issues within a broader matrix of borderland studies and demonstrates an impressive range within the social sciences...This is a valuable book overall, recommended to scholars of China’s borderlands, border and migration studies generally, and the burgeoning discourse on rights for migrants." - Adam Cathcart, The China Quarterly, Vol. 251, September 2022Table of ContentsList of Maps, Tables, and Figures List of Abbreviations Acknowledgements 1 Introduction Multiple Borders – Tracking the Border down Contextualizing Chinese Border Politics in the Making On Border Regimes, Sovereignty, and Immigration Methodological Reflections Map of the Book 2 Border Authority and Zoning Technologies Border as a Method of Investigation Territorial Governmentality and Zoning Technologies Self-regulation and Self-responsibility in China’s Neo-socialist Governmentality 3 Graduated Citizenship and Social Control in China’s Immigration System The Power to Choose Characteristics of the Chinese Immigration System Labelling Immigrants: Differentiating Legal Authority and Control over Immigrants Rationalities of the Chinese Immigration System 4 Making Border Politics : State Actors & Security in the Chinese Border Regime Locating Border Security Control: Externalization/Internalization State Configurations in Border Politics Defending the Border: Security Enforcement Internal Border Security: Developing Border Areas from Within Policing at Distance and Local Exceptions 5 Re-Scaling Territorial Authority within Regional Organizations From Left behind to Bridging the Gap: Re-scaling the Chinese State Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Greater Tumen Initiative (GTI) Zoning through Development 6 Local Bordering Practices and Zoning Technologies Southwest: Dehong and Xishuangbanna Prefecture/Yunnan Province Northeast: Yanbian Prefecture/Jilin Province Legality as a Selective, Conditional, and Locally Bound Privilege 7 Conclusion — Authority in the Chinese Border Regime Special Border Zones: Normalizing Local Exceptions The Role of Local Governments in China’s Border Management Border as a Method of Social Control: Graduated Citizenship in China’s Immigration System Border as a Method of Spatial Development: Territoriality and Centre-Periphery Relations References Appendix A: Institutional Architecture of Yunnan Province in the GMS Appendix B: Institutional Architecture of Jilin Province in the GTI Glossary Index
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Central European University Press Academic Freedom: The Global Challenge
Book SynopsisAcademic freedom-the institutional autonomy of scientific, research and teaching institutions, and the freedom of individual scholars and researchers to pursue controversial research and publish controversial opinions-is a cornerstone of any free society. Today this freedom is under attack from the state in many parts of the world but it is also under question from within academe. Bitter disputes have erupted about whether liberal academic freedoms have degenerated into a form of coercive political correctness. Populist currents of political opinion are questioning the price a society pays for the freedom of its `experts' and professors. This volume summarizes the highlights of the discussions of international experts and political figures who examined the state of academic freedom world-wide at a gathering in the summer of 2017. Topics range widely, from the closing of universities in Turkey and the narrowing space for academic freedom in Hungary, China and Russia, to the controversies about free speech roiling American campuses. The book contains thoughtful historical analysis of the origins of the ideal of academic freedom; eloquent testimony from the front lines of the battle to defend the academy as a free space for controversial thought; as well as analysis of how university autonomy and self-government are endangered by hostile political forces around the world.Trade Review"The collection achieves its most important goal: engage the reader in a host of recent preoccupations entangling academic freedom and unpack them in global perspective. The book triggers the critical attitude it stubbornly preaches on its pages. Applying its own philosophy here and now, I salute it as a work that deserves to be read and criticized widely." -- Antoon De Baets * Connections *Table of ContentsCONTENT ACADEMIC FREEDOM FROM WITHOUT AND WITHIN, MICHAEL IGNATIEFF ACADEMIC FREEDOM AND THE TENSION BETWEEN UNIVERSITY AND STATE , JOAN SCOTT The University and the Nation Academic Freedom Public and Private THE THREAT WITHOUT: STATE PRACTICES AND BARRIERS TO ACADEMIC FREEDOM AROUND THE WORLD 3 Ideas on Academic Freedom, Liviu Matei The distinction between academic freedom and university autonomy Academic freedom and institutional autonomy are multidimensional Universities need the state Lessons from CEU and other universities Academic Freedom in the UK, the Indian Subcontinent and Bangladesh, Nirmala Rao Academic Freedom in the UK Academic freedom and the Indian subcontinent Academic Freedom and Universities in Continental Europe, Helga Nowotny Academic Freedom under attack in Turkey , Ayse Kadioglu Between Classical and new Theories of Academic Freedom: Experiences from teaching between New York and Abu Dabi, Catharine R. Stimpson Introduction: The classical and the political definition of academic freedom Academic freedom in the Gulf states: background Experiences at NYU Abu Dabi Conclusions THE THREAT WITHIN: THE STRUGGLE FOR AND AGAINST ACADEMIC FREEDOM WITHIN U.S. UNIVERSITIES The fundamental role of Academic Freedom and free inquiry in US Higher Education, Jonathan R. Cole Academic Freedom and attacks against it in the US from a historical perspective Two fundamental sources of academic freedom in the US Lessons from Middlebury, Allison Stanger Introduction The Middlebury Incident Academic Freedom and Controversial Speech about Campus Governance, Rogers Brubaker Academic freedom in the US and its enemies: a polemic, Leon Botstein TAKING ACCOUNT OF ACADEMIC FREEDOM IN HUNGARY Key developments in Hungarian higher education, Attila Chikan University autonomy in Hungary in perspective, Istvan Kenesei Historical foundations of academic freedom in Hungary, Katalin Tausz Quality assurance in Hungarian universities and increasing political bias, Valiera Csepe The situation in Hungary from the perspective of private universities, Laszlo Vass FREEDOM AND ITS ENEMIES, OR HOW TO BE A GOOD CITIZEN IN A TANGLED WORD, MARIO VARGAS LLOSA BIBLIOGRAPHY (PRELIMINARY)
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Gefen Publishing House Women and Jihad: Debating Palestinian Female
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The American University in Cairo Press Sinai: Egypt's Linchpin, Gaza's Lifeline,
Book SynopsisThe Sinai Peninsula holds a unique strategic and political significance for Egypt and its neighbours. Enclosed by the Suez Canal and bordering Gaza and Israel, Egypt's rugged eastern province has been the cornerstone of the Egyptian-Israeli peace accords, yet its internal politics and security have remained largely under media blackout. While the international press descended on the capital Cairo in January 2011, Sinai's armed rebellion was largely ignored. The regime lost control of the peninsula in a matter of days and since then, unprecendented chaos has reigned. In this crucial analysis, Mohannad Sabry argues that Egypt's shortsighted approach to national security has continually proven to be a failure.Trade Review"For years now, Sabry has been on the ground in the Sinai, seeing and observing a story that so many others have missed...This is an important and timely book filled with field research and reporting that anyone who cares about the future of the Middle East needs to read."—Charles M. Sennott, The Boston Globe"This is an engaging, informative book which delivers a disturbing portrait of a region largely forgotten except when tourists are hit by terrorist attacks."—Sarah Irving, The Electronic Intifada"Urgent and excellent . . . . In the course of his investigations, Sabry does more than merely shine an expert light onto the peninsula; he also illuminates many of the fault lines that have animated so much political unrest across the country as a whole."—Jack Schenker, Times Literary Supplement"By showing and explaining what a critical region of the Middle East went through after 2011, Sabry contributes to the overall documentation of the Arab Spring. In this regard, Sinai develops the collective understanding of the political turmoil that has characterized the Middle East since 2011, facilitating the contemplation of its future implications. Thanks to Sabry's accessible writing style, the book constitutes a useful resource for both academics and the general readership."—Georgios Rigas, Middle East Policy Council"A useful resource for ordinary readers and scholars alike." —Insight TurkeyTable of ContentsPreface AcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsChronology Map of Sinai 1. Sinai's Revolution: Four Days of Armed Fury2. Bombing the Gas Pipeline: Attacking Israel on Egyptian Soil3. Sinai's Arms: En Route to Gaza4. The Smuggling Tunnels: Besieged by Israel, Gaza Explodes into Egypt5. Sharia and Tribal Courts: The Law and Order of the Sinai Peninsula6. A New Haven for Islamist Militants7. The Military Under Attack8. Morsi and al-Sisi: A Battle in Sinai9. Terrorists Unleashed by Morsi's Ouster 10. The Imminent Threat NotesSourcesBibliographyIndex
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Current State Of The Chinese Communist Party In
Book SynopsisThis volume discusses the changing role of the village level Chinese Communist Party secretaries in the countryside. Rural reforms since 1978, especially the dismantling of the rural commune in the early 1980s, have reshaped the social, economic and political landscapes of rural China. Economic reforms have led to gradual erosion of the power of the party secretaries, reduced their income advantages, and at the same time increased the complexity and difficulty of their tasks. The issue of incentive has emerged for talented people to remain party secretaries. The political implications, according to the author, are a gradual transformation of the nature of the CCP and its turning from a “vanguard party” to a “rearguard party” that manages things from the sidelines and in an ad hoc fashion.Table of ContentsOut of the cultural revolution; party secretaries in the countryside; the CCP through the next millennium?
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World Scientific Publishing Company Detecting Online Propaganda And Misinformation
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Transformation Of Political Communication In
Book SynopsisThis book examines different dynamics such as marketisation, globalisation and new media technologies that have driven the transformation of China's media industry — one of the primary battlegrounds where ideological, social and economic struggles are fought — against the backdrop of the growing tensions between economic growth, globalisation, and political control in China.Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Role of the Media in the Construction of Hegemony; Chinese Media in Historical Context; Unleashed Forces at Work; Managing the Forces to Stay in Power with Legitimacy; Negotiation between the Party-State and Media Organisations; Occupying the Commanding HeightsA"; Conclusion: Chinese Media Reform Between Control, Resistance and Negotiation.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Human Security Studies: Theories, Methods And
Book SynopsisHuman Security Studies: Theories, Methods and Themes examines the concept of human security from different theoretical and methodological perspectives and shows how they help shed light on the different themes of global intervention. Liberal perspectives, represented by global legalism and developmentalism, share the optimism that human security can be ensured and enhanced through strengthening global governance. Realists remain skeptical about this liberal vision. While also critical of the liberal promise, critical theorists and feminists offer radical perspectives on human security. All these perspectives help explain the challenges of military intervention for human protection, micro-disarmament, international criminal justice, smart sanctions, human rights and democracy promotion, and human development.Table of ContentsWhat Human Security Is Not, What It Is; Liberal Optimistic Perspectives; Realist Skeptical Perspectives; Critical Perspectives; Feminist Perspectives; Methods of Analysis; Armed Intervention for Human Protection; Micro-Disarmament; Smart Sanctions; International Criminal Justice; Human Rights and Democracy Promotion; Human Development.
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Editions Didier Millet Pte Ltd Dancing on Thin Ice
Book SynopsisMarina Mahathir continues to make her mark as a community leader, writer and outspoken commentator on social and political affairs. She is also the eldest child of Malaysia's longest-serving prime minister. Marina has for more than 20 years written an insightful and provocative column which is published fortnightly in The Star newspaper. Dancing On Thin Ice is the third compilation of these columns to be be published by EDM, and features her most recent work from 2012 onwards as well as several of her best articles from earlier years. In Dancing On Thin Ice, Marina draws attention to the many dangers faced by Malaysia and raises and addresses issues that concern her and her fellow citizens. Along the way she recalls conversations with Nelson Mandela, proposes that Kuala Lumpur's National Mosque twin with St John s Cathedral, applauds the Malaysians who aid orphans of other faiths and admits to feeling like Alice in Wonderland. The book showcases Marina s perceptiveness and wit and her willingness to speak up for the vulnerable and defenceless. It also demonstrates her common-sense approach to tackling the challenges that beset right-thinking Malaysians, making the book essential reading for everyone interested in Malaysia and in making it a better place."
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Europe Books LA HERIDA ABIERTA EDIFICAR UNIVERSOS
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Viella Iconopolitica
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Columbia Global Reports Laughter in the Dark: Egypt to the Tune of Change
Book SynopsisWhat can hip-hop tell us about Egypt today? A decade ago, millions of Egyptians took to the streets in a people-led revolution that captivated the world’s attention and sent ripples across the Middle East. But the so-called “Arab Spring” quickly faded, and a return to the status quo—of authoritarian rule—was cemented. What happened to the energy and desire for change? In Egypt, the answer lies in its youth, who comprise the bulk of the country’s fast-growing 106 million citizens. Sixty percent of the population is under the age of twenty-five, and their world views are very much influenced by social media: TikTok is their primary language and medium of choice. Music is their means of expression—in particular, a thriving hip-hop scene known as mahraganat. This music has given voice to deep dissatisfaction with the Egyptian state and the overall conditions of Egyptian society and culture. Could this be the start of a force for change? Laughter in the Dark is a riveting portrait of a country that is being transformed, for good or bad, by the rise of a fresh youth culture.
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Columbia Global Reports The Milk Tea Alliance
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