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  • Trans-Colonial Urban Space in Palestine Trans-Colonial Urban Space in Palestine
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    Trans-Colonial Urban Space in Palestine

    Taking a multidisciplinary approach to examine the dynamics of ethno-national contestation and colonialism in Israel/Palestine, this book investigates the approaches for dealing with the colonial and post-colonial urban space, resituating them within the...
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  • Inclusion and Exclusion in the Liberal Competition State Inclusion and Exclusion in the Liberal Competition State
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    Inclusion and Exclusion in the Liberal Competition State

    This book examines the increasingly international division of labour, which promotes transnational integration. It analyses the change in worker solidarity as it moves from collective national welfare to a transnational inclusion of workers from various...
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  • Population Policy and Reproduction in Singapore Population Policy and Reproduction in Singapore
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    Population Policy and Reproduction in Singapore

    This book examines the relationship between population policies and individual reproductive decisions in low-fertility contexts. Using the case study of Singapore, it demonstrates that the effectiveness of population policy is a function of competing...
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  • A History of Early Al-Andalus A History of Early Al-Andalus
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    A History of Early Al-Andalus

    The Akhbār majmū'a, or 'Collected Accounts', deal with the Muslim conquest of the Iberian peninsula in 711 and subsequent events in al-Andalus, down to and including the reign of 'Abd al-Rahmān III (912-961), founder of the Umayyad caliphate of...
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  • Islamic Area Studies with Geographical Information Systems Islamic Area Studies with Geographical Information Systems
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    Islamic Area Studies with Geographical Information Systems

    In this volume the contributors use Geographical Information Systems (GIS) to reassess both historic and contemporary Asian countries and traditionally Islamic areas. This highly illustrated and comprehensive work highlights how GIS can be applied to the...
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  • Kashmir's Right to Secede Kashmir's Right to Secede
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    Kashmir's Right to Secede

    A separatist conflict has been ongoing in India-administered Kashmir since 1989. Focusing on this region, this book critiques the existing normative theories of secession, and offers a comprehensive examination of the right of sub-groups to secede.The...
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  • China and the Global Financial Crisis China and the Global Financial Crisis
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    China and the Global Financial Crisis

    This book examines China's response to the 2007-2008 global financial crisis, and the resulting new status acquired by China within the international economy. It considers the things China did to weather the crisis, discussing the stimulus package put in...
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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 have sought psychiatric help for their children...
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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 composition leads to weakness of the military, and shows...
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  • Civil-Military Relations in Russia and Eastern Europe Civil-Military Relations in Russia and Eastern Europe
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    Civil-Military Relations in Russia and Eastern Europe

    This book examines how civil-military relations have been transformed in Russia, Poland, Hungary and Ukraine since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact in 1991. It shows how these countries have worked to reform their obsolete armed...
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  • British Business in Post-Colonial Malaysia, 1957-70
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    British Business in Post-Colonial Malaysia, 1957-70

    This book explores the limits of the idea of 'neo-colonialism' - the idea that in the period immediately after independence Malaya/Malaysia enjoyed only a 'pseudo-independence', largely because of the entrenched and dominant position of British business...
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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 labour, the rights of middle- and working-class women, and...
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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 which saw both Iran and Russia subject to...
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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. Indeed, as a new service industry sector, economy hotels in...
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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 for certain groups of people who are minorities,...
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  • Ten Years After 9/11 - Rethinking the Jihadist Threat Ten Years After 9/11 - Rethinking the Jihadist Threat
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    Ten Years After 9/11 - Rethinking the Jihadist Threat

    Ten years after the 9/11 attacks this book reassesses the effectiveness of the "War on Terror", considers how al-Qaeda and other jihadist movements are faring, explores the impact of wider developments in the Islamic world such as the Arab Spring, and...
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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 reflects upon Israel's troubled attempts to balance its...
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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 political thinking and political decision making. The...
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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 law and those who are interested in contemporary legal...
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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 cultural identity, state ideology, and popular...
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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 elements of the complex societies that make up the...
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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 allocation, and even a legal action against the State to obtain a...
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  • Critical Approaches to Heritage for Development Critical Approaches to Heritage for Development
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    Critical Approaches to Heritage for Development

    This book investigates the relationship between heritage and development from the global visions articulated by UNESCO and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to local activism, livelihood innovations and political strategies employed in diverse...
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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, such as Mumbai and Delhi.Contributors from different...
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  • Cultural Astronomy of the Japanese Archipelago Cultural Astronomy of the Japanese Archipelago
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    Cultural Astronomy of the Japanese Archipelago

    Goto introduces the diverse and multilayered skylore and cultural astron- omy of the peoples of the Japanese Archipelago.Going as far back as the Jomon, Yayoi, and Kofun periods, this book examines the significance of constellations in the daily life of...
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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 care facilities. This research concludes that watching...
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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 an interdisciplinary approach to provide a theoretical...
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  • Languages and Identities in a Transitional Japan Languages and Identities in a Transitional Japan
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    Languages and Identities in a Transitional Japan

    This book explores the transition from the era of internationalization into the era of globalization of Japan by focusing on language and identity as its central themes. By taking an interdisciplinary approach covering education, cultural studies,...
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  • Social Science Research Ethics for a Globalizing World Social Science Research Ethics for a Globalizing World
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    Social Science Research Ethics for a Globalizing World

    Research in the humanities and social sciences thrives on critical reflections that unfold with each research project, not only in terms of knowledge created, but in whether chosen methodologies served their purpose.  Ethics forms the bulwark of any...
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  • Entrepreneurship, Community, and Community Development Entrepreneurship, Community, and Community Development
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    Entrepreneurship, Community, and Community Development

    While entrepreneurship is widely cited as playing a key role in economic development, job creation, and advances in well-being in capitalist nations, there has been an overwhelming focus on the firm, firm founders, and founders' strategies and...
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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 unifying themes and universal modes of meditative...
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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 complexity of building peace amidst enduring conflict 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 pioneers in the establishment of multiple homes in new...
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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 the UK. It focuses on metaphor as a central linguistic...
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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. Among the many political actors who have seen their...
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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 transition to neoliberalism has been coupled with the...
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  • Chinese Authoritarianism in the Information Age Chinese Authoritarianism in the Information Age
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    Chinese Authoritarianism in the Information Age

    This book examines information and public opinion control by the authoritarian state in response to popular access to information and upgraded political communication channels among the citizens in contemporary China. Empowered by mass media,...
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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 emblems of Bengali culture, Bauls have long been a...
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  • Transforming the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Transforming the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
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    Transforming the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

    This book is a collection of essential essays on resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by eminent social psychologist Herbert C. Kelman.Few experts or practitioners know the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as well as Kelman, and for over forty years he...
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  • Religious and Ethnic Revival in a Chinese Minority Religious and Ethnic Revival in a Chinese Minority
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    Religious and Ethnic Revival in a Chinese Minority

    This book is based on anthropological fieldwork among the Bai, an ethnic minority with a population of two million in Dali, southwest China. It explores the religious and ethnic revival in the last two decades against a historical background. It explains...
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  • The Press Clause and Digital Technology's Fourth Wave The Press Clause and Digital Technology's Fourth Wave
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    The Press Clause and Digital Technology's Fourth Wave

    During the first part of the twenty-first century, bloggers, citizen journalists, social media users, Yelp reviewers, and a myriad of other communicators have found themselves facing defamation, privacy, campaign finance, and other lawsuits as a result...
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  • Women's Economic Empowerment in the Indian Ocean Region Women's Economic Empowerment in the Indian Ocean Region
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    Women's Economic Empowerment in the Indian Ocean Region

    This volume brings together influential contemporary research and discussion papers to explore the issue of women's economic empowerment in the Indian Ocean rim. Women's economic empowerment has become a central policy concern of many Indian Ocean rim...
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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 algorithms - the decision-making parts of code - in our...
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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 the public's and governments' support and policy...
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