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  • Youth and Internet Addiction in China Youth and Internet Addiction in China
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    Youth and Internet Addiction in China

    A form of 'electronic opium' is how some people have characterised young people's internet use in China. The problem of 'internet addiction' (wangyin) is seen by some parents as so severe that they...
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  • Military Integration after Civil Wars Military Integration after Civil Wars
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    Military Integration after Civil Wars

    This book examines the role of multiethnic armies in post-conflict reconstruction, and demonstrates how they can promote peacebuilding efforts.The author challenges the assumption that multiethnic...
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  • Social Activism in Southeast Asia Social Activism in Southeast Asia
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    Social Activism in Southeast Asia

    Social Activism in Southeast Asia brings together cutting-edge accounts of social movements concerned with civil and political rights, globalization, peace, the environment, migrant and factory...
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  • Iranian-Russian Encounters Iranian-Russian Encounters
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    Iranian-Russian Encounters

    Over the past two hundred years, encounters between Iran and Russia have been both rich and complex. This book explores the myriad dimensions of the Iranian-Russian encounter during a dramatic period...
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  • Economy Hotels in China Economy Hotels in China
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    Economy Hotels in China

    While economy or budget hotels have been popular in western countries since the end of the Second World War, they have only emerged as a sector in their own right in China since the mid-1990s...
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  • The Politics of Social Exclusion in India The Politics of Social Exclusion in India
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    The Politics of Social Exclusion in India

    Social exclusion and inclusion remain issues of fundamental importance to democracy. Both exclusion and inclusion relate to the access to participation in the public realm, public goods and services...
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  • Israel in the World Israel in the World
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    Israel in the World

    Since independence, Israel has lived with a paradox, needing and seeking legitimacy, understanding, and empathy from the world community while simultaneously also discounting the world. This volume...
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  • National Pasts in Europe and East Asia National Pasts in Europe and East Asia
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    National Pasts in Europe and East Asia

    With the rise of industrial capitalism in Europe and the related imposition of colonial rule in much of East Asia, both Europe and East Asia have intertwined histories that continue to shape their...
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  • Architecture in the Space of Flows Architecture in the Space of Flows
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    Architecture in the Space of Flows

    Traditionally, architecture has been preoccupied with the resolution of form. That concern helps to make photogenic buildings, which have received a great deal of attention. This book looks instead...
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  • Kangaroo Courts and the Rule of Law Kangaroo Courts and the Rule of Law
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    Kangaroo Courts and the Rule of Law

    Kangaroo Courts and the Rule of Law -The Legacy of Modernism addresses the legacy of contemporary critiques of language for the concept of the rule of law. Between those who care about the rule of...
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  • The Spread of Tibetan Buddhism in China The Spread of Tibetan Buddhism in China
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    The Spread of Tibetan Buddhism in China

    Focusing on contemporary Tibetan Buddhist revivals in the Tibetan regions of the Sichuan and Qinghai Provinces in China, this book explores the intricate entanglements of the Buddhist revivals with...
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  • The Routledge Atlas of South Asian Affairs The Routledge Atlas of South Asian Affairs
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    The Routledge Atlas of South Asian Affairs

    This Atlas highlights the global significance of South Asia in relation to economic, geopolitical and strategic interests. It provides a coherent descriptive and analytical account of the key...
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  • Housing Disadvantaged People? Housing Disadvantaged People?
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    Housing Disadvantaged People?

    Social housing appears to offer a solution for the housing of poor and disadvantaged people. The French "right to housing" offers poor and disadvantaged citizens priority in social housing...
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  • Spaces of Religion in Urban South Asia Spaces of Religion in Urban South Asia
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    Spaces of Religion in Urban South Asia

    This book explores religion in various spatial constellations in South Asian cities, including religious centres such as Varanasi, Madurai and Nanded, and cities not readily associated with religion,...
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  • Television in the Nursing Home Television in the Nursing Home
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    Television in the Nursing Home

    Television in the Nursing Home: A Case Study of the Media Consumption Routines and Strategies of Nursing Home Residents is a three-stage ethnographic study of media use by the elderly in long-term...
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  • Village, Market and Well-Being Village, Market and Well-Being
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    Village, Market and Well-Being

    The existing literature on rural China characterizes socioeconomic diversity as a uniquely regional phenomenon: north versus south, coastal versus inland, urban versus rural. Unlike most work done...
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  • Arms Diffusion Arms Diffusion
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    Arms Diffusion

    Weapons proliferation is one of the most pressing global concerns following the end of the Cold War. Despite the absence of an overarching superpower conflict, armaments and related technologies have...
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  • Globalisation and Business Ethics Globalisation and Business Ethics
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    Globalisation and Business Ethics

    Globalization has become a common phenomenon, yet one that many people experience as a threat not only to their economic existence, but also to their cultural and moral self-image. This volume takes...
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  • Indian Philosophy and Meditation Indian Philosophy and Meditation
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    Indian Philosophy and Meditation

    India has a rich tradition of meditative practices designed to study the phenomenon of consciousness. From the distant past to the present, India has evolved a unique psychological culture with grand...
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  • Torture and Peacebuilding in Indonesia Torture and Peacebuilding in Indonesia
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    Torture and Peacebuilding in Indonesia

    State-sponsored torture and peacebuilding encapsulate the essence of many of the current conflicts in Indonesia. Papua in particular provides a thought-provoking example of the intricacy and...
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  • New Chinese Migrations New Chinese Migrations
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    New Chinese Migrations

    With the rapid economic development of China and the overall shift in the global political economy, there is now the emergence of new Chinese on the move. These new Chinese migrants and diasporas are...
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  • Metaphor, Cancer and the End of Life Metaphor, Cancer and the End of Life
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    Metaphor, Cancer and the End of Life

    This book presents the methodology, findings and implications of a large-scale corpus-based study of the metaphors used to talk about cancer and the end of life (including care at the end of life) in...
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  • Politics and Revolution in Egypt Politics and Revolution in Egypt
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    Politics and Revolution in Egypt

    In the years since the 2011 revolutions, Egypt and the Arab countries in general have moved from a profound moment of hope and democratic potential to deepened authoritarianism and outright war...
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  • The Israeli Path to Neoliberalism The Israeli Path to Neoliberalism
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    The Israeli Path to Neoliberalism

    In recent years, Israel has deeply and quickly transformed itself from a self-perceived social-democratic regime into a privatized and liberalized "Start-Up Nation" and a highly divided society. This...
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  • Women, Religion and the Body in South Asia Women, Religion and the Body in South Asia
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    Women, Religion and the Body in South Asia

    Noted for their haunting melodies and enigmatic lyrics, Bauls have been portrayed as spiritually enlightened troubadours traveling around the countryside in West Bengal in India and in Bangladesh.As...
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  • The Social Power of Algorithms The Social Power of Algorithms
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    The Social Power of Algorithms

    The vast circulations of mobile devices, sensors and data mean that the social world is now defined by a complex interweaving of human and machine agency. Key to this is the growing power of...
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  • The Media and Aid in Sub-Saharan Africa The Media and Aid in Sub-Saharan Africa
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    The Media and Aid in Sub-Saharan Africa

    News coverage on Africa is closely connected not only with how Western audiences see the continent, but also with how a wide Western audience builds its opinion on issues that carry consequences for...
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