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31 produkter
Reform without Liberalization
China's National People's Congress and the Politics of Institutional Change
Häftad, 2008
541 kr
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Since its founding in 1954, the National People's Congress of China (NPC) has followed a difficult course of development, a course which has been characterized by periods of limited progress intermingled with periods of stagnation and regression. Political campaigns from the Anti-Rightist Movement …
Reform without Liberalization
China's National People's Congress and the Politics of Institutional Change
Inbunden, 1990
1563 kr
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Since its founding in 1954, the National People's Congress of China (NPC) has followed a difficult course of development, a course which has been characterized by periods of limited progress intermingled with periods of stagnation and regression. Political campaigns from the Anti-Rightist Movement …
Rightful Resistance in Rural China
Av Kevin J. O'Brien, Lianjiang Li
Häftad, 2006
398 kr
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How can the poor and weak 'work' a political system to their advantage? Drawing mainly on interviews and surveys in rural China, Kevin O'Brien and Lianjiang Li show that popular action often hinges on locating and exploiting divisions within the state. Otherwise powerless people use the rhetoric …
Rightful Resistance in Rural China
Av Kevin J. O'Brien, Lianjiang Li
Inbunden, 2006
716 kr
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How can the poor and weak 'work' a political system to their advantage? Drawing mainly on interviews and surveys in rural China, Kevin O'Brien and Lianjiang Li show that popular action often hinges on locating and exploiting divisions within the state. Otherwise powerless people use the rhetoric …
Popular Protest in China
Häftad, 2008
361 kr
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Do our ideas about social movements travel successfully beyond the democratic West? Unrest in China, from the dramatic events of 1989 to more recent stirrings, offers a rare opportunity to explore this question and to consider how popular contention unfolds in places where speech and assembly are …
Engaging the Law in China
State, Society, and Possibilities for Justice
Av Neil J. Diamant, Stanley B. Lubman m. fl.
Inbunden, 2005
1241 kr
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This interdisciplinary book of essays addresses critical issues arising from the emergence of legal process and legal institutions in contemporary China. The introduction by the editors and the individual chapters attempt, for the first time, to bring to bear on the study of Chinese law the …
Engaging the Law in China
State, Society, and Possibilities for Justice
Av Neil J. Diamant, Stanley B. Lubman m. fl.
Häftad, 2010
302 kr
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This interdisciplinary book of essays addresses critical issues arising from the emergence of legal process and legal institutions in contemporary China. The introduction by the editors and the individual chapters attempt, for the first time, to bring to bear on the study of Chinese law the …
Grounding Religion
A Field Guide to the Study of Religion and Ecology
Av Kevin J. O'Brien, Richard Bohannon m. fl.
E-bok, 2023
624 kr
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Now in its third edition, Grounding Religion explores relationships between the environment and religious beliefs and practices. Established scholars introduce students to the ways religion shapes and is shaped by human–earth relations, surveying a series of key issues and questions, with …
Grounding Religion
A Field Guide to the Study of Religion and Ecology
Av Kevin J. O'Brien, Richard Bohannon m. fl.
E-bok, 2023
624 kr
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Now in its third edition, Grounding Religion explores relationships between the environment and religious beliefs and practices. Established scholars introduce students to the ways religion shapes and is shaped by human–earth relations, surveying a series of key issues and questions, with …
Grounding Religion
A Field Guide to the Study of Religion and Ecology
Av Whitney A. Bauman, Richard Bohannon m. fl.
Häftad, 2023
636 kr
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Now in its third edition, Grounding Religion explores relationships between the environment and religious beliefs and practices. Established scholars introduce students to the ways religion shapes and is shaped by human–earth relations, surveying a series of key issues and questions, with …
Grounding Religion
A Field Guide to the Study of Religion and Ecology
Av Whitney A. Bauman, Richard Bohannon m. fl.
Inbunden, 2023
2525 kr
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Now in its third edition, Grounding Religion explores relationships between the environment and religious beliefs and practices. Established scholars introduce students to the ways religion shapes and is shaped by human–earth relations, surveying a series of key issues and questions, with …
Introduction to Christian Environmentalism
Ecology, Virtue, and Ethics
Av Kathryn D. Blanchard, Kevin J. O'Brien
Häftad, 2014
670 kr
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Christians share a common concern for the earth. Evangelicals emphasize creation care; mainline Protestants embrace the green movement; the Catholic Church lists ""10 deadly environmental sins;"" and the Eastern Orthodox Patriarch has declared climate change an urgent issue of social and economic …
Introduction to Christian Environmentalism
Ecology, Virtue, and Ethics
Av Kathryn D. Blanchard, Kevin J. O'Brien
Inbunden, 2020
923 kr
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Christians share a common concern for the earth. Evangelicals emphasize creation care; mainline Protestants embrace the green movement; the Catholic Church lists "10 deadly environmental sins;" and the Eastern Orthodox Patriarch has declared climate change an urgent issue of social and economic …
Inherited Land
The Changing Grounds of Religion and Ecology
Av Whitney A Bauman, Richard R Bohannon II m. fl.
Inbunden, 2011
526 kr
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Theological and Ethical Perspectives on Climate Engineering
Calming the Storm
Av Forrest Clingerman, Kevin J. O'Brien
Inbunden, 2016
1273 kr
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The climate is changing as an unintended consequence of human industrialization and consumerism. Recently some scientists and engineers have suggested climate engineering—technological solutions that would intentionally change the climate to make it more hospitable. This approach focuses on …
Quest of the May'S Rose
E-bok, 2015
61 kr
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On the planet Talamh, in the year 1310 of the second Common Era a young woman, who just lost her father, started a long and dangerous journey of her life. She and a newly formed adventuring companys made an attempt by sail west to open a new Sea trade route to ports of the kingdoms of the East, …
Meeting the Enemy
The Fossil Fuel Industry and the Power of Christian Climate Resistance
Häftad, 2025
379 kr
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Rogue Effect
Political Shock and Awe Provided by Reagan and Trump Utter Disbelief and Anger Experienced by the Left, Liberal Media and Political Elites
Häftad, 2017
249 kr
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Ethics of Biodiversity
Christianity, Ecology, and the Variety of Life
Häftad, 2010
643 kr
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Life on earth is wildly diverse, but the future of that diversity is now in question. Through environmentally destructive farming practices, ever-expanding energy use, and the development and homogenization of land, human beings are responsible for unprecedented reductions in the variety of life …
Ethics of Biodiversity
Christianity, Ecology, and the Variety of Life
E-bok, 2010
766 kr
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Life on earth is wildly diverse, but the future of that diversity is now in question. Through environmentally destructive farming practices, ever-expanding energy use, and the development and homogenization of land, human beings are responsible for unprecedented reductions in the variety of life …
Violence of Climate Change
Lessons of Resistance from Nonviolent Activists
Inbunden, 2017
868 kr
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Climate change is viewed as a primarily scientific, economic, or political issue. While acknowledging the legitimacy of these perspectives, Kevin J. O'Brien argues that we should respond to climate change first and foremost as a case of systematic and structural violence. Global warming is largely …
Violence of Climate Change
Lessons of Resistance from Nonviolent Activists
Häftad, 2017
292 kr
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Climate change is viewed as a primarily scientific, economic, or political issue. While acknowledging the legitimacy of these perspectives, Kevin J. O'Brien argues that we should respond to climate change first and foremost as a case of systematic and structural violence. Global warming is largely …
Violence of Climate Change
Lessons of Resistance from Nonviolent Activists
E-bok, 2017
343 kr
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Climate change is viewed as a primarily scientific, economic, or political issue. While acknowledging the legitimacy of these perspectives, Kevin J. O’Brien argues that we should respond to climate change first and foremost as a case of systematic and structural violence. Global warming is largely …
Inherited Land
The Changing Grounds of Religion and Ecology
Av Kevin J. O'Brien, Richard R. Bohannon II m. fl.
E-bok, 2011
572 kr
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Religion and ecology has arrived. What was once a niche interest for a few academics concerned with environmental issues and a few environmentalists interested in religion has become an established academic field with classic texts, graduate programs, regular meetings at academic conferences, and …
Grounding Religion
A Field Guide to the Study of Religion and Ecology
Av Whitney A. Bauman, Richard Bohannon m. fl.
Inbunden, 2017
1194 kr
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Now in its second edition, Grounding Religion explores relationships between the environment and religious beliefs and practices. Established scholars introduce students to the ways in which religion shapes human–earth relations, surveying a series of questions about how the religious world …
Grounding Religion
A Field Guide to the Study of Religion and Ecology
Av Whitney A. Bauman, Richard Bohannon m. fl.
Häftad, 2017
349 kr
Tillfälligt slut
Now in its second edition, Grounding Religion explores relationships between the environment and religious beliefs and practices. Established scholars introduce students to the ways in which religion shapes human–earth relations, surveying a series of questions about how the religious world …
