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  • The Global and Regional in China's Nation-Formation The Global and Regional in China's Nation-Formation
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    The Global and Regional in China's Nation-Formation

    China's history tends to be studied from a national perspective only. The Global and Regional in China's Nation-Formation attempts to train our eyes to see the picture of China less as a self-contained entity, a "geobody", than as part of a broader set...
    $408.87

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  • World Cities and Urban Form World Cities and Urban Form
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    World Cities and Urban Form

    This book presents new research and theory at the regional scale showing the forms metropolitan regions might take to achieve sustainability. At the city scale the book presents case studies based on the latest research and practice from Europe, Asia and...
    $131.67

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  • Global Institutions and the HIV/AIDS Epidemic Global Institutions and the HIV/AIDS Epidemic
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    Global Institutions and the HIV/AIDS Epidemic

    Written by a leading expert in the field, this book provides a clear and incisive analysis of the different perspectives of the global response to HIV/AIDS, and the role of the different global institutions involved. The text highlights HIV/AIDS as an...
    $375.76

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  • China, the US and the Power-Transition Theory China, the US and the Power-Transition Theory
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    China, the US and the Power-Transition Theory

    China's recent growth has called attention to the power-transition theory, which contends that the danger of a major war is the greatest when a rising dissatisfied challenger threatens to overtake a declining satisfied hegemon. Steve Chan questions this...
    $132.30

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  • Handbook of Conflict Analysis and Resolution Handbook of Conflict Analysis and Resolution
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    Handbook of Conflict Analysis and Resolution

    This major Handbook comprises cutting-edge essays from leading scholars in the field of Conflict Analysis and Resolution (CAR). The volume provides a comprehensive overview of the core concepts, theories, approaches, processes, and intervention designs...
    $569.18

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  • Shakespeare in French Theory Shakespeare in French Theory
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    Shakespeare in French Theory

    Examining both the violent history and promising future of the plays, Shakespeare in French Theory is a timely reminder of the relevance of Shakespeare and the lasting value of French thinking.
    $375.76

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  • Conflict and Peace Building in Divided Societies Conflict and Peace Building in Divided Societies
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    Conflict and Peace Building in Divided Societies

    This integrated analysis of conflict and conciliation in protracted insurgency and civil war in societies divided on ethnicity, language and nationality, combines exposition of conflict management theory with detailed examples and case studies on...
    $413.95

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  • Daghestan Daghestan
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    Daghestan

    Daghestan is home to more than 30 distinct peoples. Each has their own language yet they share a surprisingly homogeneous culture that has both withstood and absorbed centuries of external influences. A fascinating account of change and adaptation in the...
    $147.97

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  • Locating China Locating China
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    Locating China

    Taking a multidisciplinary approach, this volume examines the relationship between space and the production of local popular culture in contemporary China. The international team of contributors examine the inter-relationship between the cultural...
    $105.32

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  • The EU as a Global Player The EU as a Global Player
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    The EU as a Global Player

    A new look at the European Union's role as a global actor, with special focus on the theme of interregionalism in its relations with key regions around the world: Africa, Asia, South America, North America and Central-Eastern Europe.This new...
    $246.40

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  • Peace Operations and Human Rights Peace Operations and Human Rights
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    Peace Operations and Human Rights

    The protection and promotion of human rights is an integral part of contemporary international peacekeeping operations. It is also a controversial aspect of peace operations at both an institutional and operational level. By bringing together a wide...
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  • An Atlas of English Dialects An Atlas of English Dialects
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    An Atlas of English Dialects

    This compelling and informative guide to the diversity of the English language in England explores where certain words, sounds and phrases are used and why their usage varies from region to region. Detailed commentaries, maps and explanations of...
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  • Global Political Economy in the Information Age Global Political Economy in the Information Age
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    Global Political Economy in the Information Age

    Introduction: 20th-21st century imaginings and realities  Section 1: Time/Space Frameworks  1. States and Markets: understanding geospatial time 2. Virtual Realities: exploring sociospatiality  3. The Political Economy of...
    $121.63

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  • Late Stalinist Russia Late Stalinist Russia
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    Late Stalinist Russia

    With cutting-edge research and contributions from top scholars, the late Stalinist period is thoroughly explored in this impressive work. It explores a wide range of aspects of late Stalinist society, focusing on the experience of the Soviet people and...
    $388.08

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  • The Group of 7/8 The Group of 7/8
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    The Group of 7/8

    Part of Routledge's leading Global Institutions Series, this book is a highly accessible, up-to-date introduction to the history, present and future of the G7/8 summits, exploring the role that the G8 plays and will play in global governance. Hugo Dobson...
    $395.89

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  • The Discourse of Broadcast News The Discourse of Broadcast News
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    The Discourse of Broadcast News

    Exploring the discourse of broadcast news, with a particular focus on TV and radio, this book examines the constraints under which the news is produced. Topical examples, such as the Andrew Gilligan case illustrate the text.
    $121.63

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  • Critical Perspectives on Global Governance Critical Perspectives on Global Governance
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    Critical Perspectives on Global Governance

    The first in-depth analysis of how global governance impacts on the lives of ordinary people. This new volume includes four detailed case studies on labour, migration, children and development that explore the actual nature of governance...
    $86.89

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  • The Philosophy of Desire in the Buddhist Pali Canon The Philosophy of Desire in the Buddhist Pali Canon
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    The Philosophy of Desire in the Buddhist Pali Canon

    David Webster explores the notion of desire as found in the Buddhist Pali Canon. Beginning by addressing the idea of a 'paradox of desire', whereby we must desire to end desire, the varieties of desire that are articulated in the Pali texts are examined...
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  • Feature Writing for Journalists Feature Writing for Journalists
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    Feature Writing for Journalists

    Feature Writing for Journalists considers feature writing for both newspapers and magazines; using examples from a wide range of papers, specialist and trade magazines and 'alternative' publications as well as interviews with practitioners.
    $324.02

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  • Communication in Construction Communication in Construction
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    Communication in Construction

    Communication within project-based environments presents special challenges. This is especially true within the construction industry, where interaction tends to be characterised by unfamiliar groups of people coming together for short periods before...
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  • Community Volunteers in Japan Community Volunteers in Japan
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    Community Volunteers in Japan

    Volunteering is a recent and highly visible phenomenon in Japan, adopted as a meaningful social activity by millions of Japanese and covered widely in the Japanese media. This book, based on extensive original research, tells the stories of community...
    $381.61

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  • Television Across Asia Television Across Asia
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    Television Across Asia

    This book explores the trade in television program formats, which is a crucially important ingredient in the globalization of culture, in Asia.
    $375.76

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  • Encyclopedia of Postmodernism Encyclopedia of Postmodernism
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    Encyclopedia of Postmodernism

    The Encyclopedia of Postmodernism provides comprehensive and authoritative coverage of academic disciplines, critical terms and central figures relating to the vast field of postmodern studies. With three cross-referenced sections, the volume is easily...
    $258.72

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  • Alternative Narratives in Modern Japanese History Alternative Narratives in Modern Japanese History
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    Alternative Narratives in Modern Japanese History

    Presenting a challenge to established views of modern Japanese history, the narratives presented here are based on a wide variety of materials and look at local initiatives, local experiences and new approaches to Japan's encounter with the West.
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  • Soviet Music and Society under Lenin and Stalin Soviet Music and Society under Lenin and Stalin
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    Soviet Music and Society under Lenin and Stalin

    This book investigates the place of music in Soviet society during the eras of Lenin and Stalin. It examines the different strategies adopted by composers and musicians in their attempts to carve out careers in a rapidly evolving society, discusses the...
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  • Digital Matters Digital Matters
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    Digital Matters

    Analyzing the complex interaction between the material and immaterial aspects of new digital technologies, this book draws upon a mix of theoretical approaches (including sociology, media theory, cultural studies and technological philosophy), to suggest...
    $126.65

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  • Japan's Contested Constitution Japan's Contested Constitution
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    Japan's Contested Constitution

    Japan's Contested Constitution is essential reading for anyone with an interest in Japanese domestic politics and the international role of Japan.
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  • Imperialism in Southeast Asia Imperialism in Southeast Asia
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    Imperialism in Southeast Asia

    Imperialism in Southeast Asia examines its subject against a backdrop of those countries that could at a given time be called imperialist: Britain, France, Spain, the Netherlands and the US. Examining the imperialist phenomenon from this wide-ranging...
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  • Asian Nationalism Asian Nationalism
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    Asian Nationalism

    Asian Nationalism brings together internationally renowned experts in the field analysing current theories of nationalism. Featuring detailed chapter case-studies on Pakistan, China, Japan, Taiwan, India, Indonesia and the Philippines, this book provides...
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  • Oil and Development in Ghana Oil and Development in Ghana
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    Oil and Development in Ghana

    This book gives a comprehensive overview of Ghana's hydrocarbon economy using actor network and assemblage theories to contest the methodological nationalism of mainstream accounts of the resource curse in resource-rich countries.
    $110.48

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  • Routledge Handbook of Early Chinese History Routledge Handbook of Early Chinese History
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    Routledge Handbook of Early Chinese History

    The study of early China has been radically transformed over the past fifty years by archaeological discoveries, including both textual and non-textual artefacts. Excavations of settlements and tombs have demonstrated that most people did not lead their...
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  • Public Policy Lessons from the AIDS Response in Africa Public Policy Lessons from the AIDS Response in Africa
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    Public Policy Lessons from the AIDS Response in Africa

    Public Policy Lessons from the AIDS Response in Africa examines how the interplay between national state dynamics in Africa and the global political arena has shaped the global AIDS response, and in this context develops a framework for analysing public...
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  • Social Policy in Iran Social Policy in Iran
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    Social Policy in Iran

    This book provides in-depth analyses of the main social policy components and institutions in Iran. Its focus is on the period since 1979, although many of the developments are inevitably traced back to their pre-revolutionary origins.
    $110.48

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  • Seeking Truth in International TV News Seeking Truth in International TV News
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    Seeking Truth in International TV News

    This book puts CGTN (formerly CCTV-News) and the BBC's international television news head-to-head, interrogating competing 'truths' in the exacting business of news reporting.Written by a media scholar and former long-serving BBC News journalist, Seeking...
    $332.98

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  • Indigenous Peacebuilding in South Sudan Indigenous Peacebuilding in South Sudan
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    Indigenous Peacebuilding in South Sudan

    This book explores the indigenous peace cultures of the major ethnic groups in South Sudan (Dinka, Nuer, Anuak and Acholi) and analyses their contribution to resolving the civil war.The book utilises qualitative narrative inquiry ethnographic methods to...
    $346.39

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  • From Mekong Commons to Mekong Community From Mekong Commons to Mekong Community
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    From Mekong Commons to Mekong Community

    Incorporating elements of history, sociology, international relations, economics, geography, public health, biotechnology, and engineering, the contributors to this book pioneer a new interdisciplinary study of the Mekong Commons.
    $110.48

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  • Polarisation, Arrogance, and Dogmatism Polarisation, Arrogance, and Dogmatism
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    Polarisation, Arrogance, and Dogmatism

    Polarisation, Arrogance, and Dogmatism: Philosophical Perspectives will be of great interest to researchers in political philosophy, applied and social epistemology, ethics and feminist philosophy, as well as those working in politics, and sociology.
    $115.45

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  • Marc Chagall Marc Chagall
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    Marc Chagall

    This book follows Chagall's life through his art and his understanding of the role of the artist as a political being. It takes the reader through the different milieus of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries - including the World Wars and the...
    $78.99

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  • Critical Discourse Studies and/in Communication Critical Discourse Studies and/in Communication
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    Critical Discourse Studies and/in Communication

    This book argues for an inherent connection between Critical Discourse Studies and Communication Studies. The volume begins with a comprehensive introduction that documents the shift towards Critical Discourse Studies in the study of socio-discursive...
    $372.01

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  • The Spatiality of Violence in Post-war Cities The Spatiality of Violence in Post-war Cities
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    The Spatiality of Violence in Post-war Cities

    The Spatiality of Violence in Post-war Cities analyses violence in post-war cities from different perspectives and in different parts of the world, with a shared attention to space and how it affects violent dynamics. The world is urbanising rapidly and...
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