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Book SynopsisThis open access book offers a selection of research papers and case studies presented at the 3rd international conference “Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions”, held in December 2019 in Bolzano, Italy, and explores the concept of smart and sustainable planning, including top contributions from academics, policy makers, consultants and other professionals. Innovation processes such as co-design and co-creation help establish collaborations that engage with stakeholders in a trustworthy and transparent environment while answering the need for new value propositions. The importance of an integrated, holistic approach is widely recognized to break down silos in local government, in particular, when aimed at achieving a better integration of climate-energy planning. Despite the ongoing urbanization and polarization processes, new synergies between urban and rural areas emerge, linking development opportunities to intrinsic cultural, natural and man-made landscape values. The increasing availability of big, real-time urban data and advanced ICT facilitates frequent assessment and continuous monitoring of performances, while allowing fine-tuning as needed. This is valid not only for individual projects but also on a wider scale. In addition, and circling back to the first point, (big) urban data and ICT can be of enormous help in facilitating engagement and co-creation by raising awareness and by providing insight into the local consequences of specific plans. However, this potential is not yet fully exploited in standard processes and procedures, which can therefore lack the agility and flexibility to keep up with the pulse of the city and dynamics of society. The book provides a multi-disciplinary outlook based on experience to orient the reader in the giant galaxy of smart and sustainable planning, support the transposition of research into practice, scale up visionary approaches and design groundbreaking planning policies and tools. Table of ContentsEnergy System Models for City Climate Mitigation Plans—Challenges and Recommendations.- Deep Energy Retrofit of Residential Buildings in the Mediterranean Area: the MedZEB Approach.- A Systematic Study of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Interactions in the Main Spanish Cities.- City Assessment Tool to Measure the Impact of Public Policies on Smart and Sustainable Cities. The Case Study of the Municipality of Alcobendas (Spain) Compared with Similar European Cities.- Public Research and Development Funding for Photovoltaics in Europe—Past, Present, and Future.- Urban Density and Household-Electricity Consumption: An Analysis of the Italian Residential Building Stock.- A Possible Circular Approach for Social Perception of Climate Adaptation Action Planning in Metropolitan Cities.- A Spatial Multi-Criteria Decision Support System for Stress Recovery-Oriented Forest Management.- Diagnosis of the State of the Territory in Flanders Reporting about New Maps and Indicators Differentiating between Urban and Rural Areas within Flanders.- Co-creation Pathway for Urban Nature-based Solutions: Testing a Shared-Governance Approach in Three Cities and Nine Action Labs.

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Book SynopsisThis open access book provides new perspectives on circular economy and space, explored towards the definition of regenerative territories characterised by healthy metabolisms. Going beyond the mere reuse/recycle of material waste as resources, this work aims to understand how to apply circularity principles to, among others, the regeneration of wastescapes. The main focus is the development over time, and in particular the way how spatial planning and strategies respond to new unpredictable urgencies and opportunities related with territorial metabolisms. The book specifically focuses on living labs environments, where it is possible to tackle complex problems through a multidisciplinary and multi-stakeholder approach - including the use of digital spatial decision support environment – which could be able to include all the involved stakeholders. Through a spatial scope of circularity, this book describes several examples including among others ideas from different contexts such as Italy, The Netherlands, Belgium and Vietnam. Through including reflections on methodology and representation, as well as on solutions for circular and healthy metabolisms, the book provides an excellent resource to researchers and students.Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Challenges for the implementation of Circular Economy for a new territorial planning perspective (Arjan Michelangelo) Part I: The Spatial Dimension of Circularity 3. Evolving relations of landscape, infrastructure and urbanization towards circularity (Bruno De Meulder, Julie Marin, Kelly Shannon) 4. New urbanization phenomena and new potential landscapes (Enrico Formato) 5. Wastescapes as a structural concept for achieving circularity (Libera, Arjan) Part II: Sustainable solutions and strategies for circular and healthy metabolisms 6. Wastescapes as spaces of opportunities. Collaborative processes in the re-activation of wastescapes (Anna Attademo and Gilda Berruti) 7. Urban regeneration: an “incremental circularity” perspective (Paolo Cottino, Dario Domante, Alice Franchina) 8. “Reloading Landscapes: a scenario for the case of Taranto”(Francesca Rizzetto – Fransje Hooimeijer) 9. Designing new soils through a systemic approach (Marina Rigillo) Interlude: Box of examples/pictures of realised projects on wastescape regeneration (Libera) Part III: Methodology and representation 10. Eliciting information for developing a circular economy in the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area, The Netherlands (Gustavo Arciniegas, Alexander Wandl) 11. The role of Living Labs in regenerative decision-making processes (Maria Cerreta) Part IV: New definitions: a shared glossary 12. Territorialising circularity (Furlan Cecilia, Alexander Wandl) 13: Towards Circular Port-City Territories. Rotterdam as case study (Paolo De Martino) 14. Urban Living Labs - an impact tool to innovate, govern and investigate metropolitan challenges (Leendert Verhoef, Virpi Heybroek, Ellen van Bueren and Arjan van Timmeren) 15. Circular Metabolism: urban and territorial perspectives (Giulia Lucertini, Francesco Musco) 16. Risk Productivity. Inclusive and regenerative approaches within compromised contexts (Francesca Garzilli, Federica Vingelli, Valentina Vittiglio) 17. The Metabolic Urban Landscape (Chiara Mazzarella) Interlude: Pictures for the glossary (curated by Libera) Part V: Towards regenerative territories 18. Reprocities of cities and territories (Arjan, Michelangelo, Libera)

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Book SynopsisThis book is the first systematic account of mega urban projects in China, covering their construction, operation and planning. It is a detailed examination of the planning and construction of Hongqiao and its impact on local residents. In short, the aim of this book is to examine the process of planning and development of the Hongqiao transportation and commercial zone, to explore its relationship to urban development and spatial restructuring in Shanghai, and in doing so to comment on and critique the nature of urban change in contemporary China, which is characterized as property- and infrastructure-driven. Mega urban projects are arguably the quintessential symbol of entrepreneurial urbanism, and it is no coincidence that they have become a familiar part of the urban scene throughout the world, not least in East Asia. They can be seen as both a consequence of, and a response to, the deindustrialization of leading cities, first in North America and Europe and then in East Asia, as economies transitioned to globalized neoliberalism. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the main features of the land-based urban growth coalition formed in Hongqiao by introducing the detailed picture of the Hongqiao project, and it outlines the recent example of the competitive rush to urban projects in China's largest cities that has led to the proliferation of new financial districts in Beijing and Guangzhou.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Hongiqao and urban theory.- Shanghai in the context of urban change in the PRC.- Competitive urbanism in its regional setting.- New wave development of mega urban projects in China.- Hongqiao: Vision, planning and design of the project.- Entrepreneurial governance and land-based urban growth coalitions in the development of Hongqiao Business District

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Book SynopsisThe perfect gift for pub lovers, quiz lovers, history lovers and art lovers: this trivia and matching game has it all.

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Book SynopsisI'm going to define the essence of this sprawling place as best I can. I'm going to start here, in this village, and radiate out like a ripple in a pond. I don't want to go to the obvious places, either; I want to be like a bus driver on my first morning on the job, getting gloriously lost, turning up where I shouldn't. I'm going to confirm or deny the clichés, holding them up to see where the light gets in. Yorkshire people are tight. Yorkshire people are arrogant. Yorkshire people eat a Yorkshire pudding before every meal. Yorkshire people solder a t' before every word they use... If there were such a thing as a professional Yorkshireman, Ian McMillan would be it. He's regularly consulted as a home-grown expert, and southerners comment archly on his fruity Yorkshire brogue'. But he has been keeping a secret. His dad was from Lanarkshire, Scotland, making him, as he puts it, only half tyke'. So Ian is worried; is he Yorkshire enough?To try to understand what Trade ReviewA love letter to Yorkshire … enjoyably so -- Book of the Week * Daily Mail *A force of nature * Guardian *Inching towards the status of a national treasure -- Andy KershawWorld-class – one of today’s greatest poetry performers -- Carol Ann DuffyWith McMillan, you feel a draught coming from the blast of fresh air blowing through the dusty cobwebs that festoon most literary programmes -- Sue Arnold * Observer *

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Book SynopsisThis theoretical contribution argues that the domination of Western knowledge in disaster scholarship has allowed normative policies and practices of disaster risk reduction to be imposed all over the world. It takes a postcolonial approach to unpack why scholars claim that disasters are social constructs while offering little but theories, concepts and methods supposed to be universal in understanding the unique and diverse experiences of millions of people across very different cultures. It further challenges forms of governments inherited from the Enlightenment that have been rolled out as standard and ultimate solutions to reduce the risk of disaster. Ultimately, the book encourages the emergence of a more diverse set of world views/senses and ways of knowing for both studying disasters and informing policy and practice of disaster risk reduction. Such pluralism is essential to better reflect local realities of what disasters actually are around the world.This book is an Trade Review"The book’s contribution is its effort to critically deconstruct the current disaster governance paradigms formulated by disaster scholars, international aid organizations, and Western governments across the globe and provides thought-provoking arguments regarding reducing vulnerability and increasing resiliency against disasters with bottom-up rather than top-down approaches. It takes a highly philosophical approach but presents constructive criticism and lands on solid ground with useful takeaways." Irmak Renda-Tanali, CPP, 2022Table of Contents1. What is a Disaster?2. A Genealogy of Disaster Studies3. Unfulfilled Promise of a Paradigm Shift4. The Quest for Pantometry5. The Governmentality of Disaster6. Climate Change and the Ultimate Challenge of Modernity 7. Exclusive Inclusion and the Imperative of Participation8. Gender in Disaster beyond Men and Women9. Power and Resistance in Disaster Risk Reduction10. The Invention of DisasterPostscript: Where to From Here?

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Book SynopsisFirst published in 1999, this volume explores how African agriculture has always had a strong appeal for the people of the Netherlands. This is due to (1) a long-established interest in tropical agriculture going back to the days when Indonesia was a Duth colony; (2) a broad-based desire to help the Third World; and (3) the view that Tropical Africa is highly dependent on agriculture.As practical expertise in Africa and systematic research on African agriculture grew, specialization became both possible and necessary. This volume reflects the specialization in marketing which has been welcomed by economists, geographers and scholars of agricultural marketing. In addition to a general introductory chapter, this book includes five contributions on staple food grains, two on export crops, two on cattle and one on horticulture. Nine of the chapters are country-specific, covering Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, C?te d'Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Zambia.Table of Contents1. Agricultural Marketing in Tropical Africa: Obstacles to Systematic Study. H. Laurens van der Laan. 2. Maize Marketing Policies in Tanzania, 1939-1998: From Basic Needs to Market Basics. Deborah Fahy Bryceson, Pekka Seppälä and Marja-Liisa Tapio-Biström. 3. Maize Marketing in Kenya, 1976-1996: Liberalization and Food Security. Henk Meilink. 4. Food Grain Marketing in Burkina Faso Since 1970: the Challenge of Food Security. Andries Klaasse Bos, Clemens Lutz and Boubié Bassolet. 5. Cocoa Marketing in Ghana and Cameroon: The Effects of Structural Adjustment and Liberalization. Ali de Jong and Annelet Harts-Broekhuis. 6. The Coffee Sectors of Cȏte d’Ivoire and Costa Rica: National and Global Aspects of Competitiveness. Wim Pelupessy. 7. Primary Rice Marketing in North-West Sierra Leone: Market and Non-Market Transactions. Aad van Tilburg and Inge Hamming. 8. Maize and Bean Marketing in Benin: The Peasant Farmers’ Choice of Marketing Outlet. Lineke van Bruggen and Aad van Tilburg. 9. Horticultural Marketing in Kenya: Why Potato Farmers Need Collecting Wholesalers. Tjalling Dijkstra. 10. Cattle Marketing in Zambia, 1965-1995: Policies, Institutions and Cattle Owners in Western Province. Henk A.J. Moll and Désirée C.E. Dietvorst. 11. Cross-Border Cattle Marketing in Sub-Saharan Africa since 1900: Geographical Patterns and Government-Induced Change. Leo de Haan, Paul Quarles van Ufford and Fred Zaal.

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Book SynopsisThis Atlas provides the main outlines of Islamic history from the immediate pre-Islamic period until the end of 1920, that is, before most parts of the Muslim world became sovereign nation states. Each map is accompanied by a text that contextualises, explains, and expands upon the map, and are fully cross-referenced. All of the maps are in full colour: 18 of them are double-page spreads, and 25 are single page layouts. This is an atlas of Islamic, not simply Arab or Middle Eastern history; hence it covers the entire Muslim world, including Spain, North, West and East Africa, the Indian sub-continent, Central Asia and South-East Asia. The maps are not static, in that they show transitions within the historical period to which they refer: for instance, the stages of the three contemporaneous Umayyad, Fatimid and Abbasid caliphates on Map 10, or the progress of the Mongol invasions and the formation of the various separate Mongol khanates between 1200 and 1Trade Review"It should be the essential accompaniment for any course teaching Islamic history up to the twentieth century."Francis Robinson is Professor of the History of South Asia, Royal Holloway University of London."Sluglett and Currie’s Atlas has an elegance and ease of presentation since it offers a very useful visual presentation of major political and cultural shifts. The prose that accompanies each map has a succinct summary of important events."Purnima Dhavan is Associate Professor in the Department of History, University of Washington."The Maps I have seen are outstanding quality that far surpasses any affordable atlas hitherto published…"Sean Anthony is Assistant Professor in the Department of History, University of Oregon."It is a rare pleasure to review a book on a subject so complex and to find the product so pleasingly erudite and well presented. […] this atlas well illustrates the principle themes and trajectories of the Muslim past from the immediate pre-Islamic era to 1920. Peter Sluglett’s meticulous text is both thorough and insightful. He has examined contemporary scholarship in this field and elucidated it for the benefit of bibliophiles, who will also undoubtedly gain from Andrew Currie’s excellent cartographic skills. […] Above all, this atlas presents readers with crucial insights into the geographical challenges and ambiguities of the world of Islam over the past 14 centuries. Lavishly illustrated, rich in narrative and visual detail, Atlas of Islamic History will become an indispensable reference book for undergraduates studying Asia, the Middle East, Islam and Muslim history."Abdullah Drury (June 2015): Atlas of Islamic History, Islam and Christian–Muslim Relations Table of ContentsGlobal Map: The Spread of Islam Through the Ages 1 The Arabian Peninsula c.570 2 The Near East and the Mediterranean at the Advent of Islam c600 3 The expansion of Islam under the Prophet and the Rightly Guided Caliphs c622-661 4 The Umayyad Caliphate of Damascus 661-750 5 Islam and Christendom under Harun al-Rashid (786-809) and Charlemagne (768-814) 6 The Eastern Abbasid Caliphate at the Height of its Power 750-c820 7 The Emergence of Local Dynasties in the Eastern Abbasid Caliphate c820-c908 8 The Development of Muslim Rule in North Africa and Spain c800-c950 9 The Ghaznavids and the early Muslim Conquest of India c977-1099 10 The Decline of the Abbasid Caliphate and the Rise of the Fatamids c900-c1000 11 The Fatimid Caliphate and the Buyid State 945-1062 12 The Consolidation of Seljuq Power from 1040 to the Death of Malik Shah in 1092 13 The End of the Umayyad Caliphate and the Rule of the Muluk al-Tawa’if c1000-1086 14 Northwest Africa and Spain under the Almoravids c1050-1130 15 The Diffusion of Islam in West Africa c1000-c1500 16 New Muslim Dynasties in Iran, Central Asia and India c1092-c1206 17 Fatimids, Seljuks and Zangids 1092-c1170 18 Salah al-Din and the Rise of the Ayyubids c1170-1250 19 Trade Between the Western Islamic World and Europe c1100-c1300 20 Islam and the Trade of Africa and Asia c800-c1300 21 The Islamic World and the Mongol Invasions c1200-c1300 22 The Bahri Mamluks and the Ilkhanids c1250-1382 23 The Burji Mamluks and the Ottomans 1382-1517 24 Mongols and Turkmens in Iran and Central Asia c1300-c1500 25 Ottoman Expansion in Anatolia, the Balkans and Black Sea Lands c1300-c1520 26 North Africa and Spain under the Almohads c1130-c1250 27 Muslim Rule in North Africa and Spain at the end of the Reconquista c1250-c1550 28 India under the Delhi Sultanate 1206-c1400 29 India under the Sayyids, Lodis and early Mughals c1400-1605 30 The Spread of Islam in Southeast Asia c1275-c1600 31 The Rise of the Safavids and Expansion of the Ottoman Empire c1500-c1700 32 Islamic Russia, Central Asia and Iran c1450-c1750 33 The Development of Muslim States in North and West Africa c1500-c1650 34 The Mughal Empire from the Death of Akbar to the Death of Awrangzib 1605-1707 35 The Decline of the Mughal Empire 1707-c1820 36 Islamic Revival and Reform in India under British Rule c.1820-c.1910 37 Islam and Imperialism in Iran, Central Asia, Afghanistan and China c1750-c1920 38 The Ottoman Empire and the Sa'udi- Wahhabi State c1700-c1830 39 The Ottoman Empire and the Sau'di State c1830-c1914 40 Islamic Reform Movements in North and West Africa c1650-c1900 41 The Spread and Development of Islam in Eastern Africa c1500-c1900 42 The Development of Muslim States in Southeast Asia c1600-c1900 43 Religious Reform and Resistance to Colonisation in the Islamic World c1750-c1914 44 Global Map: The Islamic World in the 21st Century

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Book SynopsisRussia''s engagement with Germany on the Eastern Front during World War II was ferocious, unprecedented and bloody, costing millions of civilian and military lives. In this challenging new book, Lee Baker distinguishes myth from reality and deflates the idea that this war, while gargantuan in scale, was in essence a war like any other. Trade Review‘It’s to be welcomed when an author makes it his aim to close the gap between public perception and historiography. This is the goal of the Seminar Studies Series in which this slim overview by Lee Baker has appeared... The military operations and the battles are the historical focus of this volume. Baker succeeds in delivering a fascinating yet concise portrayal of events, illustrated through a selection of documents.’ - Reviewed by Jahrbücher für Geschichte Osteuropas (Annals of the History of Eastern Europe)Table of ContentsContentsAcknowledgmentsList of MapsList of PlatesChronologyWho’s WhoGlossaryMapsPart One: Analysis 1. Introduction2. The Background a. The Origins of the War on the Eastern Frontb. Planning ‘Operation Barbarossa’c. Soviet Preparations for War3. 22 June 1941: The Invasiona. The Border Battlesb. The Battle for Leningradb. The Battle for Kievc. The First Major German Defeat: Rostovd. Mass Murder in the USSRd. The Battle for Moscow4. The War turns against the Germans, 1942-43a. ‘Operation Blue’b. The Battle for Stalingradc. German Efforts to Halt the Red Armyd. The Partisansd. Operation Citadel5. The Soviet Union on the Offensivea. Battles for the Ukraineb. Relief of Leningradc. ‘Operation Bagration’d. The Destruction of Army Groups North and Southd. The Battle for Berlin6. AssessmentPart Two: Documents1. Nazi-Soviet Pact, 23 August 19392. Hitler Letter to Mussolini, 21 June 19413. Directive for ‘Operation Barbarossa’4. Directive for Special Areas during ‘Barbarossa,’ 13 March 19415. Decree for the Conduct of Courts-Martial in the East, 13 May, 19416. ‘Commissar Decree,’ 6 June, 19417. Stalin’s Speech on 3 July, 19418. Decree on Treatment of Civilians, 23 July, 19419. Halder’s Diary, 3 July 194110. Halder’s Diary, 11 August 194111. Field Marshal Walter von Reichenau’s order, 10 October, 194112. Hitler comments on motorization, 29 October, 194113. Order for German forces to go on the defensive, 8 December 194114. Hitler comments on the winter, 12 and 17 January, 194215. Order for ‘Operation Blue,’ 5 April 194216. Soviet order concerning discipline in the Red Army, 28 July, 194217. A German Witness to a mass shooting, 5-6 October, 194218. A German soldier describes the retreat in the Ukraine, summer 194319. ‘Fortified Areas’ Order, 8 March 194420. A Soviet soldier on combat during ‘Operation Bagration, 29 June, 194421. A German Soldier on the Eastern Front, 14 January, 1945.22. Decree for the destruction of German industry, 30 March 194523. Hitler’s Last Proclamation to the Eastern Front, 15 April 1945Guide to Further ReadingReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisThe book thoroughly describes Iceland’s geological development and its current geological processes, taking into account both geographic and geo-ecological aspects. Furthermore, it includes suggested excursions especially for individual tours. The most popular tourist “highlights” (e.g. the Golden Circle with þingvellir, Gullfoss and Geyser) should certainly not be excluded. But there is so much more to explore apart from the main tourist routes - and sometimes only a few kilometers away. Examining various regions of the country, each proposed stop is sufficiently described so that it is easily accessible (especially for individual tourists). A wealth of maps, graphics and images illustrate and supplement the coverage. This invaluable guide is aimed in particular at individual tourists to Iceland. It provides those tourists wishing to explore Iceland on their own with a wide range of suggestions for their trip. In addition, numerous excursion suggestions for the west, southwest and south, including the Westman Islands, are described in detail.Table of ContentsIceland - a Worthwhile and Popular Island to Visit.- Iceland - an Island in the North Atlantic.- Geographical Subspaces of Iceland.- Geology of Iceland.- The Economy of Iceland.- Excursion Proposals.

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Book SynopsisThis title attempts to look at some of the key theoretical and empirical debates in the fields of urbanization, industrialization and stratification in India. It engages with the problems of typologies - tribal, peasant and industrial - in order to understand the problem of modernity and tradition in India.

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Book SynopsisThis book analyses the effectiveness of district administration from critical management perspective. Using classical organizational theory and leadership competency framework, the authors conducted a comparative study of two exemplary districts with distinctive traits in India â a rural district in the developed state of Maharashtra and an urban district from the underdeveloped state of Madhya Pradesh. The book delves into the dynamics of district administration by breaking down the processes further and mapping the role of the district magistrates on the UNDP competency framework. Given the changing scope and challenges of public service, this comparative analysis of the two districts would provide insights into district administration and would be of significant relevance to administrators and management professionals across the globe in assessing their effectiveness.The book provides an eclectic framework for public administration from an overall sustainability perTrade Review"I enjoyed the book, especially learning about these places in India and the near-heroic role of district collectors, and am pleased to recommend it." --Christopher L. Atkinson, University of West Florida, USA Table of ContentsChapter 1. District Administration in the Context of Public Management. Chapter 2. Different Perspectives of Public Administration and Management. Chapter 3. Case Study of an Urban District, Bhopal. Chapter 4. Case Study of a Rural District, Osmanabad. Chapter 5. Critical Analysis of District Case Studies. Chapter 6. Prospects of District Administration

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Book SynopsisDecolonizing the History Curriculum in Malaysia and Singapore is a unique study in the history of education because it examines decolonization in terms of how it changed the subject of history in the school curriculum of two colonized countries Malaysia and Singapore. Blackburn and Wu's book analyzes the transition of the subject of history from colonial education to postcolonial education, from the history syllabus upholding the colonial order to the period after independence when the history syllabus became a tool for nation-building. Malaysia and Singapore are excellent case studies of this process because they once shared a common imperial curriculum in the English language schools that was gradually decolonized' to form the basis of the early history syllabuses of the new nation-states (they were briefly one nation-state in the early to mid-1960s). The colonial English language history syllabus was decolonized' into a national curriculum that was translated for the ChTable of ContentsIntroduction1. History in the Imperial Curriculum of Malaya and Singapore (1899-1930s)2. Teaching History and Imperial Citizenship in the 1930s3. The Beginnings of the ‘Decolonization’ of Colonial Education (1942-1952)4. Creating an ‘Asia-Centric’ History Syllabus for a Malayan Nation (1952-1959)5. Tensions over a Common National History in the Early Postcolonial State (1959-1965)6. The Formation of a ‘Malaysian-Centric’ History Syllabus7. Separation and a ‘Singapore-Centric’ History SyllabusConclusionAppendicesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisDemonstrates how the four noble truths are used thorughout the Pali canon as a symbol of Buddha''s enlightenment and as a doctrine within a larger network of Buddha''s teachings. Their unique nature rests in their function as a proposition and as a symbol in the Theravada canon.Trade Review'The book's contribution to our knowledge about the four truths may lie in the author's bringig together some new propositions of recent researches which claim to revise views about certain topics such as the language of the canon, the dating of the Buddha's life, the construction of his biographies, the shaping of the Tipitaka and its formulations, or the disparity between the doctrine ant the practice in Buddhist countries. useful to read as a stimulant' - Karel Werner, Journal of Royal Asiatic SocietyTable of ContentsIntroduction: A Historical Context for the Four Noble Truths; Chapter 1 Cultivating Religious Experiences: Doctrine and Di??hi; Chapter 2 Stories and a Symbol of the Buddha's Enlightenment; Chapter 3 Analyzing the Four Noble Truths; Chapter 4 Abhidhamma Analysis of the Four Noble Truths; Chapter 5 The Four Noble Truths and the Path; Chapter 6 Studies of the Four Noble Truths in Europe and the United States; Chapter 7 Symbols, Propositions, and Religious Experiences;

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Book SynopsisAntarctica is the planet''s fifth largest continent. It contains the Earth''s largest (of two) remaining ice sheets and is considered to be one of the most important scientific laboratories on Earth. Changes in the area and volume of the two polar ice sheets in Antarctica and Greenland are intricately linked to changes in global climate, and could result in sea-level changes that could severely affect the densely populated coastal regions on Earth. This book explores the global, environmental and economic issues facing Antarctica including topics such as: species diversity of Antarctic mysids; volatile chlorinated hydrocarbons in Antarctica; the levels and trends of organochlorine pesticides in Antarctica; volcanoes in the northern Antarctic Peninsula area, remote sensing of solar influence on Antarctic terrestrial climate by GPS observations and others.

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Book SynopsisThis book examines the Russian conquest of the ancient Central Asian khanates of Bukhara and Khiva in the 1860s and 1870s, and the relationship between Russia and the territories until their extinction as political entities in 1924. It shows how Russia's approach developed from one of non-intervention, with the primary aim of preventing British expansion from India into the region, to one of increasing intervention as trade and Russian settlement grew. It goes on to discuss the role of Bukhara and Khiva in the First World War and the Russian Revolution, and how the region was fundamentally changed following the Bolshevik conquest in 1919-20.The book is a re-issue of a highly regarded classic originally published in 1968 and out of print for some years. The new version includes a new introduction, some corrections of errors, and a survey of new work undertaken since first publication.Table of ContentsIntroduction Part One: The Russian Conquest 1. The Setting 2. The Reduction of Bukhara 3. The Consolidation of Russia's Position in Bukhara 4. The Conquest of Khiva and the Treaties of 1873 Part Two. The Period of Neglect 5. The Stabilisation of Khiva and the Expansion of Bukhara 6. Anglo-Russian Relations and the Pacification of the Turkomans 7. The End of an Era Part Three. The Russian Presence 8. Russo-Bukharan Relations Transformed 9. The Protectorate Completed: Russia and the Bukhara 10. Economic Development 11. Bukhara Between Two Worlds 12. Nonintervention under Attack: Russia and Bukhara 13. Nonintervention Abandoned: Russia and Khiva Part Four. Revolution 14. The Provisional Government and the Protectorates 15. The Bolshevic Revolution and the Independence of the Kanates 16. The Civil War and Second Russian Conquest 17. Bukhara and Khiva as Soviet Satellites Appendices Bibliography Notes Glossary Index

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Book SynopsisThis book contributes to our understanding of linkages between carbon management and local livelihoods by taking stock of the existing evidence and drawing on field experiences in the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region, an area that provides fresh water to more than 2 billion people and supports the world’s largest population of pastoralists and millions of livestock. This edited volume addresses two main questions: 1. Does carbon management offer livelihood opportunities or present risks, and what are they? 2. Do the attributes of carbon financing alter the nature of livelihood opportunities and risks? Chapters analyze the most pressing deficiencies in understanding carbon storage in both soils and in above ground biomass, and the related social and economic challenges associated with carbon sequestration projects. Chapters deliver insights to both academics from diverse disciplines (natural sciences, social sciences and engineering) and to policy makers. Table of ContentsChapter1: Managing Carbon Cycle Linkage to Livelihood in HKH Region.- Chapter2: Climate Change Mitigation and Pastoral Livelihood in the Hindu Kush Himalaya Region: Research Focuses, Opportunities and Challenges.- Chapter3: Tracking of Vegetation Carbon Dynamics from 2001 to 2016 by MODIS GPP in HKH region.- Chapter4: Livelihood and Carbon Management by Indigenous People in Southern Himalayas.- Chapter5: Effects of Different Grassland Management Patterns on Soil Properties on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau.- Chapter6: Carbon Management of the Livestock Industry in the HKH Region.- Chapter7: Wetlands as a Carbon Sink: Insight into the Himalayan Region.- Chapter8: Milk and Dung Production by Yaks (Poephagus grunniens): Important Products for the Livelihood of the Herders and for Carbon Recycling on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau.- Chapter9: Interactive Mechanism of Service Function of Ecosystems and the Effect of Climate Change to the Service Function of Ecosystem in Alpine Grassland of Tibetan Plateau.- Chapter10: Prospects of Biochar for Carbon Sequestration and Livelihood Improvement in the Tibetan Grasslands.- Chapter11: Optimizing the Alpine Grazing System to Improve Carbon Management and Livelihood for Tibetan Herders.- Chapter12: Promoting Artificial Grasslands to Improve Carbon Sequestration and Livelihood of Herders.- Chapter13: Prospects for REDD+ Financing in Promoting Forest Sustainable Management in HKH.- Chapter14: Designing Water Resource Use for Poverty Reduction in the HKH Region: Institutional and Policy Perspectives.- Chapter15: Indigenous Practice in Agro-pastoralism and Carbon Management from a Gender Perspective: A Case from Nepal.- Chapter16: Adaptation by Herders on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau in Response to Climate Change and Policy Reforms: the Implications for Carbon Sequestration and Livelihoods.- Chapter17: Developing Linkages for Carbon Sequestration, Livelihoods and Ecosystem Service Provision in Mountain Landscapes--Challenges and Opportunities in the Himalaya Hindu Kush (HKH) Region.- Chapter18: Experience for Future Good Practice and Policy of Combined Carbon Management and Livelihood in HKH Region.

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Book SynopsisThis book presents studies on the management of the Brazilian world heritage and its international counterparts, relating its preservationist practices to the risks and alerts that run its maintenance in the face of so many challenges in the contemporary world. The book has encouraged scholars from a wide variety of disciplines to contribute their valuable knowledge to research on the management and risks of Brazil's world heritage. It is a bold initiative that brings together contemporary studies on management, alerts and risks of the Brazilian world heritage and some international examples. It stands out not only for its interdisciplinary approach, but above all for compiling a wide range of approaches that analyze various dimensions of world heritage management. Unique experience in the management of world heritage allocated to Brazilian territory, this book was written by prominent academics and heritage management professionals and includes national and international case studies. It is a comprehensive academic book in Brazilian world heritage management literature and can therefore be used as an authoritative reference source as well as a significant teaching tool. Table of ContentsRodrigo Christofoletti and Marcos Olender PRESENTATION: World heritage patinas: a metaphor to be understood Part 1 - Performance of national preservation organization Jurema Machado The Brazilian experience of World Heritage Sites Marcelo Brito Conservation actors: challenges and risks of safeguarding world heritage towns Nivaldo Andrade Challenges and risks on the conservation of the historic center of Salvador, Bahia Simone Scifoni World Heritage in Brazil: a reflection and critique Monica Lima When sensitive memories sites become heritage: the case of Valongo Wharf in Rio de Janeiro Raul Lanari and Hugo Rocha Afro-Brazilian religions and protected urban areas: the cases of Laranjeiras and São Cristóvão, Sergipe Luciana Rocha Féres and Leonardo Barci Castriota The modern Complex of Pampulha: reflections on the complexities and contradictions for the management of a world cultural landscape Ana Lúcia Goelzer Meira and Luisa Durán Rocca Reflections on tourism in Jesuit-Guarani missions Part 2 - International experiences in preserving the world heritage Marcos Olender Some genealogical notes on the notion of world heritage Maria Leonor Botelho and Lúcia Rosas The experience of managing the city of Porto as a world heritage site: how to teach and how to learn? Mario Ferrada Latin American world heritage sites; conservation and management under a values-based approach Joanes da Silva Rocha Immaterial heritage and the risk of forgetting: the case of the hidden Christians in Nagasaki Paulo Henrique Martinez Environmental history and cultural landscape in Israel (2003-2018) Part 3 - World heritage risks and threats Rodrigo Christofoletti and Vitória Acerbi Brazil in the circuit of international cultural relations: devolution and return of ethnographic goods Antônio Maria Claret de Gouveia, Giovana Martins Brito and Ana Elisa de Oliveira The risk of fire in the semi detached buildings of the historic center of Ouro Preto: world heritage Denismara Eugênia de Oliveira Nascimento Plunderers of Devotional Heritage Kathia Maurtua From works in favor of tourism to attacks against cultural heritage: a history of corruption and modernity in the case of Cusco Jeremy Dioses Campaña Modernity, Huacas and depredation of heritage on the Peruvian coast. the specific case of Chan Chan, 1986-2019 world heritage Hebe Mattos Memory of slavery as material and intangible heritage: the case of Valongo Wharf and the project Passados Presentes Part 4 - Legislation and ethnography in the preservation of world heritage sites Virgynia Corradi Lopes da Silva and Adriana Sanajotti Nakamuta Controlling the circulation of movable assets and operating in a network: perspectives for the inspection of cultural heritage Caroline dos Reis Lodi Legislation on the protection of cultural goods: a comparative study between Brazil and Italy Carolina Saporetti IPHAN looking outwards: international relations in the preservation of national heritage Élcio Rogério Secomandi Set of colonial fortifications in Brazil indicated for cultural world heritage Priscila Enrique Oliveira Indigenous culture as a heritage of humanity. Safeguarding intangible heritage through the experience of the Mbya Guarani of the indigenous land of Ribeirão Silveira (SP) Part 5 - World Heritage of Minas Gerais - disputes over power and memories Adriana Careaga Alonzo Heritage management, challenges and opportunities: a particular view at the Minas Gerais heritage Benedito Tadeu de Oliveira Ouro Preto: World Heritage Dalila Varela “After the festivities, the responsibilities”: urban conflicts in Ouro Preto after the nomination as World Heritage Flávio de Lemos Carsalade The Pampulha Modern Ensemble and its recognition as a UNESCO World Heritage Site Alexandre Costa Dispute of the social imaginary in the city of the prophets: conflicts, environment and heritage in Congonhas (1985-2019) Junno Marins da Matta Diamantina - world heritage and living monument

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Book SynopsisFoundations and Future Perspectives.- Sustainable Business Practices and Finance.- Technological Trends and Market Dynamics.- Index.

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Book SynopsisIntroduction.- General historical overview and the place of town planning and chronology.- The remote past and the Greek Independence War.- Governor Capodistria: The Count from Corfu.- Bavarian protectorate.- National lands, clientelism and tottering town planning.-The end of the 19th century: The emerging town planning science and developments in Greece.- Early 20th century.- General conclusions.

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Book SynopsisJustin O’Connor and Lily Kong The cultural and creative industries have become increasingly prominent in many policy agendas in recent years. Not only have governments identified the growing consumer potential for cultural/creative industry products in the home market, they have also seen the creative industry agenda as central to the growth of external m- kets. This agenda stresses creativity, innovation, small business growth, and access to global markets – all central to a wider agenda of moving from cheap manufacture towards high value-added products and services. The increasing importance of cultural and creative industries in national and city policy agendas is evident in Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea, Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, Australia, and New Zealand, and in more nascent ways in cities such as Chongqing and Wuhan. Much of the thinking in these cities/ countries has derived from the European and North American policy landscape. Policy debate in Europe and North America has been marked by ambiguities and tensions around the connections between cultural and economic policy which the creative industry agenda posits. These become more marked because the key dr- ers of the creative economy are the larger metropolitan areas, so that cultural and economic policy also then intersect with urban planning, policy and governance.Trade ReviewFrom the reviews:“Creative Economies, Creative Cities, an edited collection of articles by academics from Europe, the Far East and Australia, puts Florida’s thesis in global and historical context. The book mines a rich vein of debate that began long before 2002 about the effectiveness of the Creative Economy idea. … The book is a kind of echo chamber for academics and policy-makers … .” (Matthew J. Kiefer, ArchitectureBoston, September, 2009)“One of the most valuable aspects of Creative Economies, Creative Cities is that it identifies questions from recent years about the cultural and creative industries, a sophisticated set of policy agendas regarding the development of creative economics and creative cities. … This collection should be read by policymakers interested in design and implementation of culture-led regeneration projects.” (Chang Bin Lee, International Journal of Cultural Policy, Vol. 17 (3), June, 2011)“The book has a strong interdisciplinary approach–effectively reflecting the variety of topics and methods that characterise research in this area. … the book proves a solid contribution and some of the chapters included will become highly cited within the field. … it is the first attempt to adopt an inclusive view on the creative economy and give us a better understating of the creative economies discourses and creative city policies taking place in Asia. For this ground-breaking reason the book has to be praised.”­­­ (Roberta Comunian, Journal of Cultural Economics, Vol. 34, February, 2010)Table of ContentsChapter 1:Introduction: Justin O’Connor and Lily Kong.- Creative Economy Policies.- Chapter 2: Creative cities and the creative/cultural economy: a European perspective: Andy Pratt.- Chapter 3: Notions of the creative industry in Asia: the interaction of past and present industrial forms: Ted Tschang.- Creative Clusters.- Chapter 4:Spaces of culture and economy: mapping the cultural creative cluster landscape: Hans Mommaas: Chapter 5: Creative clusters: arts and cultural activities in Singapore: Lily Kong: Chapter 6: The capital complex: Beijing’s new creative clusters: Michael Keane: A Creative Class?: Chapter 7: The European creative class and regional development: How relevant is Florida’s theory for Europe?: Høgni Kalsø Hansen, Bjorn Asheim and Jan Vang Lauridsen: Chapter 8: Getting out of place: the mobile creative class takes on the local: Kate Oakley.- Chapter 9: Asian cities and limits to creative capital theory: Patrick Mok.- The Making of Creative Cities.- Chapter 10: The creative industries, governance and economic development: Calvin Taylor: Chapter 11: Shanghai’s emergence into the global creative economy: Li Wu Wei and Hua Jian.- Chapter 12: Shanghai Moderne: creative economy in a creative city?: Justin O’Connor: The Politics of the Creative City: Chapter 13: Urbanity as a political project: urban interventions and the European City: Eric Corijn: Chapter 14: Alternative politics in urban innovation: Panu Lehtovouri and Klaske Havik: References.- Index

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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive survey of the countries of East and South-East Asia, Australia and New Zealand, along with 22 Pacific islands, fully revised to reflect current economic and political developments, is an essential resource for the Asia-Pacific region.Calendar of Political EventsA calendar of events provides a convenient reference guide to the yearâs main political developments General SurveyWritten by leading experts, this collection of essays provides incisive analysis of regional issues. Country SurveysIndividual chapters on each country containing: essays on geography, history and the economy an economic and demographic survey of the latest available statistics on population, health and welfare, agriculture, forestry, fishing, mining, industry, finance, trade, transport, tourism, communications and education a comprehensive directory of names and contact details covering the most significant political, financial and commercial institutions a country-specific bibliography. An entire section is dedicated to the Pacific islands, including specially commissioned essays examining the contemporary politics of the islands, their economies, security concerns and the environmental issues confronting themRegional Information includes all major international organizations active in the region, their aims, activities, publications and principal personnel a detailed survey of major commodities in Asia and the Pacific a directory of research institutes specializing in the region select bibliographies of books and periodicals covering the Asia-Pacific region an index of regional organizations. Table of ContentsPart 1: General Survey Part 2: Country Surveys Sections on geography, history and economy, as well as statistical surveys, directories and bibliographies for each country. Part 3: Regional Information Regional Organizations. Major Commodities of Asia and the Pacific. Calendars and Time Reckoning. Research Institutes Studying the Far East and Australasia. Select Bibliography (Books). Select Bibliography (Periodicals). Index of Regional Organizations. Index of Territories. List of Maps.

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Book SynopsisThis book discusses abortion in a non-Western, non-Christian context - in Thailand, where over 300,000 illegal abortions are performed each year by a variety of methods. The book, based on extensive original research in the field, examines a wide range of issues, including stories of the real-life dilemmas facing women, popular representations of abortion in the media, the history of the debate in Thailand and its links to politics. Overall, the work highlights the voices of women and their subjective experiences and perceptions of abortion, and places these 'women's stories' in an analysis of broader socio-political gender and power relations that structure sexuality and women's reproductive health decisions.Table of Contents1. Introduction: Bearing Politics 2. Abortion, Sin and the State 3. A History of the Abortion Debate 4. Conceiving the Nation: Representations of Abortion in Thailand 5. Corrupt Girls, Victims of Men, Desperate Women: Representations of Women who Abort 6. 'A Small Sin': Everyday Acts 7. 'The Truth of our Day by Day Lives': Situational Ethics 8. Global Debates, Local Dilemmas

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Book SynopsisBehind the spectacle of entertainment, sport is a subject with political issues at every level. These issues range from the social, with divisions created along gender and class lines, to the use of sport to pursue diplomatic and statecraft goals. In addition, some sports are positioned and promoted as national events both in public opinion and in the media.This book seeks to explore some aspects of the notion of power in sport in south Asia and among south Asians abroad. The first two chapters deal with the internal societal dimensions of the politics of sport; the next three relate to the politics inside the sporting world in the subcontinent and its bridge with the broader arena of the society through the media, while the last five relate to the use of sports in statecraft, consensus building and international politics.This book was based on two special issues of the International Journal of the History of Sport.Table of Contents1. Introduction: Fields of Power Subhas Ranjan Chakraborty, Shantanu Chakraborti and Kingshuk Chatterjee 2. Physical Education, Sport and the Intersection and Articulation of ‘Modernities’: The Hanuman Vyayam Prasarak Mandal Joseph S. Alter 3. The Hindu Ascetic as Fitness Instructor: Reviving Faith in Yoga Chandrima Chakraborty 4. The Centrality of Cricket in Indo-Australian Relations: India, Australia and the 'Cricket Imaginary' Brian Stoddart 5. Feel Good, Goodwill and India's Friendship Tour of Pakistan, 2004: Cricket, Politics and Diplomacy in Twenty-First-Century India Kausik Bandyopadhyay 6. The Golden Years of Indian Hockey: 'We Climb the Victory Stand' Boria Majumdar 7. 'The Wood Magic': Cricket in India – A Postcolonial Benediction Somshankar Ray 8. The Culture and Politics of Local Sporting Heroes in Late Colonial Bengal and Princely Orissa: The Case of Santimoy Pati Projit B. Mukharji 9. Fair's Unfair: Simulations of Consumption and Career in Indian Advertising Anisha Datta 10. The Great Indian Willow Trick: Cricket, Nationalism and India's TV News Revolution, 1998 – 2005 Nalin Mehta 11. Reading Cricket Fiction in the Times of Hindu Nationalism and Farmer Suicides: Fallacies of Textual Interpretation Nissim Mannathukkaren 12. Virtually There: Cricket, Community, and Commerce on the Internet Sanjay Joshi

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Book SynopsisThis book discusses and provides examples of Russiaâs need to reshape its security and military policies in order to meet the global challenges of fighting terrorism and counterinsurgency. It addresses some of the problems facing Russiaâs national security and military power, including: military reform US-Russian relations the political economy of Russian security policy Russian policy regarding the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction the chances for US-Russian cooperation in ballistic missile defence. Russia's Security and the War on Terror provides a insight into Russian military policies and its changing relationship with NATO throughout the 1990s.This book was previously published as a special issue of The Journal of Slavic Military StudiesTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 US-Russian Relations and the Global Counter-Terrorist Campaign 2 Military Reform in Russia and the Global War Against Terrorism 3 The US Military Engagement in Central Asia and the Southern Caucasus: An Overview 4 Prospects for Russia-US Cooperation in Preventing WMD Proliferation 5 Prospects for US-Russian Cooperation in Ballistic Missile Defense and Outer Space Activities 6 The Anti-Oligarchy Campaign and its Implications for Russia's Security 7 The Soviet-Afghan War: A Superpower Mired in the Mountains 8 'The War in Iraq': An Assessment of Lessons Learned by Russian Military Specialists Through 31 July 2003

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Book SynopsisThis lively and incisive collection of essays from an international group of scholars explores the interactions between cultures originating in Africa, India, the Caribbean, and Europe. Those interactions have been both destructive and richly productive, and the consequences continue to 'trouble the living stream' today. Several of the essays focus on the continuing reverberations of political and cultural conflicts in post-Apartheid Southern Africa, including the presence in Britain of Zimbabwean asylum seekers. Other authors discuss the ways in which Indian culture has transformed novelistic and cinematic forms. A third group of essays examines the attempts of West Indian women writers to reclaim their territory and describe it in their own terms. The collection as a whole is framed by essays which deal with discourses of 'terror' and 'terrorism' and how we translate and read them in the wake of 9/11.This book was previously published as a special issue of Third World QTable of ContentsConnecting Cultures. Translating Terror. The Narratives and Counter-Narratives of Zimbabwean Asylum: Female Voices. Remembering Rousseau: Nostalgia and the Responsibilities of the Self. Narratives of Southern African Farms. The Invention of Mourning in Post – Apartheid Literature. Locating Identity in Phaswane Mpe’s Welcome to our Hillbrow. Travel and Transgression: Dan Jacobson’s Southern African Journey. Narrating a White Africa: Autobiography, Race and History. What it Means to Stay: Reterritorialising the Black Atlantic in Erna Brodber’s Writing of the Local. Views and Visions: Layered Landscapes in West Indian Migrant Narratives. Writing ‘Home’: Mediating between ‘the Local’ and ‘the Literary’ in a Selection of Postcolonial Women’s Texts. Translating/ ‘The’ Kama Sutra. Cultural Connections: Lagaan and its Audience Responses. Writing the Nation’s Destiny: Indian Fiction in English before 1910. Monological Discourse and the Creation of Villains: A Staging of Witnesses after 9/11. Cubanos, Americans and Modes of Being Between in Pre-Castro Cuba.

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Book SynopsisThe dramatic surge in regional integration schemes over the past two decades has been one of the most important developments in world politics. Virtually all countries are now members of at least one regional grouping. South Asia is no exception to this trend. In December 1985, seven South Asian countries came together to establish South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) to address issues of peace and development in the region. This book examines regionalism in South Asia, exploring the linkages between institutional structures, government capabilities, and domestic actors' preferences to explain the dynamics of regional cooperation. It considers the formation and evolution of SAARC, explaining why its growth in terms of institutional developments and program implementation has remained modest and slow over the past two decades. It also addresses the impact of important issues such as the acquisition of nuclear capabilities by India and Pakistan, the unendingTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. Explaining Regional Cooperation in South Asia 3. Regional Dynamics 4. Origin and Evolution of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) 5. The Challenge of Regionalism in South Asia 6. Domestic Politics and Regional Economic Cooperation in South Asia 7. Domestic Preferences for Regional Cooperation: Cross-National Comparisons 8. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisFirst published in 1952, the International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (anthropology, economics, political science, and sociology) is well established as a major bibliographic reference for students, researchers and librarians in the social sciences worldwide.Key features:* Authority: Rigorous standards are applied to make the IBSS the most authoritative selective bibliography ever produced. Articles and books are selected on merit by some of the world''s most expert librarians and academics.* Breadth: Today the IBSS covers over 2000 journals - more than any other comparable resource. The latest monograph publications are also included.* International Coverage: The IBSS reviews scholarship published in over thirty languages, including publications from Eastern Europe and the developing world.* User friendly organization: all non-English titles are word sections. Extensive author, subject and place name indexes are provided in both English and French.

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Book SynopsisThis book primarily deals with the role of the regional and extra-regional actors in security issues in the Black Sea region. It assesses the security context of the region in the post-Cold War period and suggests some possible future developments.This book was published as a special issue of Southeast European and Black Sea Studies.Table of ContentsPreface Dimitrios Triantaphyllou 1. The Security Paradoxes of the Black Sea Region Dimitrios Triantaphyllou 2. Geopolitics, (sub)Regionalism, Discourse and a Troubled ‘Power Triangle’ in the Black Sea Yannis Tsantoulis 3. Towards a Comprehensive Regional Security Framework in the Black Sea Region after the Russia-Georgia War Oksana Antonenko 4. Geographical Blessing versus Geopolitical Curse: Great Power Security Agendas for the Black Sea Region and a Turkish Alternative Mustafa Aydin 5. The Impact of the Caucasus Crisis on Regional and European Security Nadia Alexandrova-Arbatova 6. The United States and Security in the Black Sea Region Stephen F. Larrabee 7. Russian and European Neighbourhood Policies Compared Andrew Wilson and Nicu Popescu 8. The European Union and Security in the Black Sea Region after the Georgia Crisis Sabine Fischer 9. Black Sea Security as a Regional Concern for the Black Sea States and the Global Powers Sergiy Glebov 10. Ukraine Needs to Decide its Strategic Alignment Jeffrey Simon

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Book SynopsisIn South Asia and beyond, human development continues to be in a state of crisis. Each successive Human Development Report (HDR) and the pervasive global failure to achieve the Millennium Development Goals are constant reminders of this crisis. An equally, and even more distressing dimension of human development is its great unevenness. Even in countries with high levels of human development it was noted that gender differences were significant. Levels of educational attainment and incomes remain significantly unequal between social groups, constituted along other categories of difference such as race, ethnicity and religion, as do levels of economic and political participation.This book explores the unevenness of human development with respect to the question of difference. The author develops a conceptual framework that focuses on social power, whereby human development is seen as a process/es of reconstruction of the matrices of social power. The approach builds on three mTrade Review"This volume will be an eye opener...the book has a number of promising discussions on the South Asian development experience" - V. Lakshmi Narayanan, Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, 11: 3, 2010Table of ContentsIntroduction: Human Development - Has the Paradigm Failed Us? 1. Conceptualising Human Development: Towards a Social Power Approach 2. Human Development in India: A Profile of Unevenness 3. Uneven Human Development in India: A Social Power Perspective 4. Human Development in Pakistan and Bangladesh: A Profile 5. Uneven Human Development in Pakistan and Bangladesh 6. Conclusions: Agency, Human Development & Social Power

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Book SynopsisCriminology assumes the position of an established discipline, yet its influence is limited by its primary focus on the West for both theoretical and empirical substance. But the growing interest in comparative criminology now means that countries compare notes, thereby broadening the parameters of criminology. Still relatively ignored in the literature, however, are issues of crime and justice as they affect people of African descent around the globe. Drawing upon materials from countries in Africa, the Caribbean, North and South America, and Europe, this stimulating book reflects on the experiences of people of African descent to offer a convergence of criminologies in and outside the West. Simultaneously, it acknowledges Western criminology as a significant angle from which to comprehend crime and justice as they are conceptualized outside the West. The volume also investigates whether Western criminological accounts are relevant to the comprehension of crime, criminality and systems of justice in Africa, the Caribbean and South America.Trade Review’Pan-African Issues in Crime and Justice is a powerful and, in every sense, radical contribution to the criminological literature. It tackles neglected crime problems, unearths injustice, develops progressive lines of inquiry and offers radical proposals for the future. This collection is essential reading for students, academics and activists concerned with criminal justice in Africa and for communities of the diaspora.’ Professor Ben Bowling, King's College London, UK and University of the West Indies, Barbados ’...[a] timely collection of essays about the criminological crisis facing people of African descent...Pan-African Issues in Crime and Justice deserves a wide readership.’ Criminal JusticeTable of ContentsContents: Introduction, Anita Kalunta-Crumpton and Biko Agozino; Criminology and orientalism, Anita Kalunta-Crumpton; Human rights, gender and traditional practices: the Trokosi system in West Africa, Robert Kwame Ameh; Crime, justice and social control in Egypt, Jon Alexander and Camy Pector; Crime, social change and social control in Namibia: an exploratory study of Namibian prisons, Annelie Odendaal; Criminal fraud and developing countries, Udo C. Osisiogu; Transnational crimes: the case of advanced fee fraud in Nigeria, Ihekwoaba D. Onwudiwe; Women faced with violence: a view on skin colour in Brazil, Alice Itani and Wagner Volpe; Working from the inside/out: drama as activism in Westville female prison, Miranda Young-Jahangeer; Women and (African) indigenous justice systems, Ogbonnaya Oko Elechi; Crossing the wrong boundaries: the dilemma of women's drug trade participation in Jamaica, Marlyn J. Jones; Gunboat criminology and the colonization of Africa, Emmanuel C. Onyeozili; Reparative justice: a Pan-African criminology primer, Biko Agozino; Index.

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Book SynopsisRegionalism has regained momentum in the post-Cold War era. New economic groupings continue to spring up across the globe, while older regional organizations have strengthened their institutional bases and broadened their scope. Explaining the reinvigoration of regionalism requires comparative analyses that not only highlight the commonalities that characterize various regional experiments but also account for the differential outcomes and divergent trajectories such projects exhibit. This collection of seminal articles on regionalism advances theoretical concepts that can stimulate useful comparisons, along with scholarly surveys of important instances of regionalism in the contemporary world. Besides classic studies of the European Union, the volume includes authoritative overviews and case studies of regionalist projects in East Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, the Middle East and Central Eurasia. An introductory essay situates these articles in the context of the five decTable of ContentsContents: Introduction; Part I General: Comparative regional integration: concept and measurement, Joseph S. Nye; Explaining the resurgence of regionalism in world politics, Andrew Hurrell; The new wave of regionalism, Edward D. Mansfield and Helen V. Milner. Part II Sub-Saharan Africa: Regional integration and the crisis in sub-Saharan Africa, Peter Robson; Africa's record of regional co-operation and integration, Percy S. Mistry; The African Union and the new partnership for Africa's development: strong institutions for weak states?, Keith Gottschalk and Siegmar Schmidt. Part III East Asia: 30 years of ASEAN: achievements and challenges, Jörn Dosch and Manfred Mols; 2 funerals and a wedding? The ups and downs of regionalism in East Asia and Asia-Pacific after the Asian crisis, Douglas Webber; ASEAN plus 3: emerging East Asian regionalism?, Richard Stubbs; A 3 bloc world? The new East Asian regionalism, John Ravenhill; The social construction of international institutions: the case of ASEAN+3, Dirk Nabers. Part IV Latin America: On the road to Southern Cone economic integration, Jeffrey Cason; Regionalist governance in the new political economy of development: 'relaunching' the Mercosur, Nicola Phillips; Explaining Latin American economic integration: the case of Mercosur, Karl Kaltenthaler and Frank O. Mora. Part V Middle East and North Africa: Regional economic union in the Maghreb, Ahmed Aghrout and Keith Sutton; Theories of integration in a new context: the Gulf Cooperation Council, Fred H. Lawson. Part VI Central Eurasia: Inter-state cooperation in Central Asia from the CIS to the Shanghai Forum, Gregory Gleason; Regionalism, regional structures and security management in Central Asia, Roy Allison. Part VII Western Europe: Preferences and power in the European Community: a liberal intergovernmentalist approach, Andrew Moravcsik; A constructivist approach to understanding the European Union as a federal polity, Rey Koslowski; The institutional foundations of intergovernmentalism and supranationalism in the European Union, George Tsebelis and Geoffrey Garrett; Name index.

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Book SynopsisIslamic law influences the lives of Muslims today as aspects of the law are applied as part of State law in different forms in many areas of the world. This volume provides a much needed collection of articles that explore the complexities involved in the application of Islamic law within the contemporary legal systems of different countries today, with particular reference to Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Indonesia, Nigeria, Turkey, Malaysia and Pakistan. The articles identify the relevant areas of difficulties and also propose possible ways of realising a more effective and equitable application of Islamic law in the contemporary world. The volume features an introductory overview of the subject as well as a comprehensive bibliography to aid further research.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction. Part I Theoretical Perspectives on the Practical Application of Islamic Law: From jurists’ law to statute law or what happens when the Shari’a is codified, Rudolph Peters; The compatibility dialectic: mediating the legitimate coexistence of Islamic law and state law, Abdullahi Ahmed An-NaÊ»im; ShariÊ»a and state in the modern Muslim Middle East, Nathan J. Brown. Part II Empirical Analyses of the Practical Application of Islamic Law: ShariÊ»a in the politics of Saudi Arabia, Frank E. Vogel; Islamic law in contemporary South Asia, Gregory C. Kozlowski; The Islamic legal system in Indonesia, Mark E. Cammack and R. Michael Feener; Expanding a formal role for Islamic law in the Indonesian legal system: the case of Mu’amalat, Alfitri; Islamic law as customary law: the changing perspective in Nigeria, A.A. Oba; Secular law and the emergence of unofficial Turkish Islamic law, Ihsan Yilmaz. Part III Islamic Family and Personal Status Laws in Practice: Family law & reform in Morocco - the Mudawana: modernist Islam and women’s rights in the code of personal status, Laura A. Weingartner; Protecting Muslim women against abuse of polygamy in Malaysia: legal perspective, Zaleha Kamaruddin and Raihanah Abdullah; Islamic law and gender equality - could there be a common ground? A study of divorce and polygamy in Sharia law and contemporary legislation in Tunisia and Egypt, Amira Mashhour; The legal impediments to the application of Islamic family law in the Philippines, Anshari P. Ali. Part IV Islamic Criminal Law in Practice: Judicial practice in Islamic criminal law in Nigeria - a tentative overview, Gunnar J. Weimann; Punishment in Islamic law: a critique of the Hudud Bill of Kelantan, Malaysia, Mohammad Hashim Kamali; Her honor: an Islamic critique of the rape laws of Pakistan from a woman-sensitive perspective, Asifa Quraishi; The 2006 Women Protection Act of Pakistan: an analysis, Niaz A. Shah. Part V Islamic Law of Financial Transactions in Pra

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Book SynopsisPhilip Ross Bullock looks at the life and works of Rosa Newmarch (1857-1940), the leading authority on Russian music and culture in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century England. Although Newmarch''s work and influence are often acknowledged - most particularly by scholars of English poetry, and of the role of women in English music - the full range of her ideas and activities has yet to be studied. As an inveterate traveller, prolific author, and polyglot friend of some of Europe''s leading musicians, such as Elgar, Sibelius and JanÃcek, Newmarch deserves to be better appreciated. On the basis of both published and archival materials, the details of Newmarch''s busy life are traced in an opening chapter, followed by an overview of English interest in Russian culture around the turn of the century, a period which saw a long-standing Russophobia (largely political and military) challenged by a more passionate and well-informed interest in the arts Three chapters then deal with thTrade Review'... [Rosa Newmarch's] literary accomplishments made her the first and foremost authority on Russian music and culture in England (and the only such woman in England or Russia) around the turn of the last century. ... she sought not only to educate the British people about Russian music and culture but also to promote music and the arts in England as a means to a more enlightened society. ... Mrs Newmarch was well overdue for a book of her own; Mr Bullock is to be congratulated for having supplied it.' The Russian Review 'Philip Bullock's considerable achievement is to weave together disparate narratives into a single study of Newmarch that uses her work on Russian music as a lens through which to view late Victorian and Edwardian English musical life, taste, politics, and social convention.' Music and Letters 'Taken as a whole, Philip Bullock's monograph is an admirably researched and well documented volume, introducing a wealth of information concerning the study of Russian music in Great Britain. ... We await his future publications with expectation.' Fontes Artis Musicae 'What is so refreshing about this book [...] is that Bullock tackles head-on the research and interpretive problems associated with Newmarch, her writings, and her readers, using this detailed observations as springboards for argument and speculation. ... Starting from first principles, Bullock offers the most thorough list to date of Newmarch's published output.' Victorian Studies ’Bullock’s account of Newmarch’s life and writings offers a readable and wide-ranging survey of her activities and the social context which informed her attitudes and values.’ Journal of the Society for Musicology in IrelandTable of ContentsContents: Introduction; The invention of Rosa Newmarch; The invention of Russia; Nationalism and music; Audiences and intellectuals; Women and society; After Russia; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisThis book explains how and why European non-governmental development organisations (NGDOs) engage in advocacy towards the European Union (EU).It analyses the heterogenous structure of the sector, with examples ranging from large multinational networks to essentially single person NGDOs. The book provides a detailed map of the topics which have featured in NGDO advocacy since 2006, arguing that NGDOs have generally been reactive in their advocacy towards the EU. The author explains how they have contested a number of policy issues on the agendas of the EU institutions, especially around the diversion of aid to manage migration and leverage private sector investments. Furthermore, some NGDOs have used the COVID-19 pandemic as an opportunity to re-package their pre-existing policy demands. Based on an analytical framework focused around three variables, namely moral vision, funding concerns, and the need to build/maintain a good' reputation, the book explains these advocacy choi

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Book SynopsisAre countries truly reconciled after successful conflict resolution? Are only resource-rich regions capable of reconciliation, while supposedly resource-poor ones are condemned to recurring conflicts? This book examines the availability of various resources for political reconciliation, and explores how they are utilized in overcoming particular obstacles during the process. While the existing literature focus on themes such as justice, apology and resentment, the analysis here is centered on intellectual resources in terms of ideas, memory cultures, master narratives, economic incentives, civil society initiatives and object lessons. The research and comparative research in this volume are conducted by renowned regional experts from South Africa to the Asia-Pacific, thus providing multidisciplinary perspectives and new insight on the subject. Table of ContentsNotes on contributorsAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Resources for Reconciling with the PastPART I: RECONCILIATION RESOURCES AND OBSTACLES1. South Africa’s Reconciliation Process: Tools, Resources and Obstacles in the Journey to Deal With Its Atrocious Past Amity Symbolism as a Resource for Conflict Resolution. The Case of Franco-German Relations 2. Forget and Forgive? Central European Memory Cultures, Models of Reconciliation and Polish-German Relations 3. Apology and Confession: Comparing Sino-Japanese and German-Jewish Intellectual Resources for Reconciliation 4. Ruist Traditions of Revenge and Alternative Resources for Ruist-inspired Reconciliation 5. Tanabe Hajime on Repentance and Reconciliation: An Analysis of Philosophy as MetanoeticsPART II: REGIONAL EXPERIENCE AND COMPARISON6. Reconciliation Theory and the East Asian Context 7. Challenges of Teaching International Reconciliation in Japan and Korea: A Comparative Perspective 8. Altered States of Consciousness: Identity Politics and Prospects for Taiwan-Hong Kong-Mainland Reconciliation 9. Wrestling with the Past: Reconciliation, Apology and Settling History in Australia and New Zealand 10. Comparing Polish-German and Polish-Russian Reconciliation Efforts 11. France and Algeria: Conflict, Cooperation and ConciliationIndex

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Book SynopsisMany new development initiatives have been introduced in Africa over the past few decades. Each of these has been heralded as marking a new era in the continent's development. However, many of these initiatives have failed to produce sustained results due to numerous challenges, including, most importantly, the lack of good governance. The Africa Progress Panel stated in 2011 that good governance is the key enabling factor for sustainable development. This book discusses the role good governance plays in achieving sustainable development and eradicating extreme poverty in Africa.The contributed chapters in this book seek to broaden the policy debate and provide conversations about the sustainable development challenges facing African countries from multiple viewpoints and interdisciplinary perspectivesfrom academics, researchers, policymakers, and practitioners in the field. The book focuses on the governance perspectives of practitioners who deal with day-to-day realities onTable of ContentsOverview. Achieving Sustainable Development in Africa: A Governance Perspective. Foreign Aid Goals and Practices. Human Development and the Millennium Development Goals: Donors, Aid, and Sustainability. Aid, Institutions, and Human Development. Millennium Development Goals and Poverty Reduction Strategies. How U.S. Africa Command Conducts Assessments. Why Population Dynamics Matter for Climate Change and Sustainable Development in Africa. Building Local Capacity and Creating Awareness in Conserving the Mau Forest and Water Resources. Toward Environmental Sustainability: The Case of the Torgorme Irrigation Project in Ghana. Identity and Governance. Sub-Nationalist Movements in Africa: Implications for Governance and Sustainable Development. Identity Politics, Governance, and Development in Africa. Religious Movements, Governance, and Development in Africa. Governance and Development. Determinants of Subjective Well-Being in Ghana: An Exploratory Micro-Level Study. Developing Hearts and Land: A Case Study of Reconciliation, Governance, and Development in Rwanda. Violence, Development, and Democracy in South Africa. Evaluating Governance Programs: Donors and Political Parties in Morocco. Fiscal Responsibility, Sustainability, and Governance: Local Government Financing in South Africa. Conclusion. Governance and Development in Africa.

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