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Gifts, Favors, and Banquets
The Art of Social Relationships in China
Inbunden, 1994
1599 kr
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An elaborate and pervasive set of practices, called guanxi, underlies everyday social relationships in contemporary China. Obtaining and changing job assignments, buying certain foods and consumer items, getting into good hospitals, buying train tickets, obtaining housing, even doing business—all …
Language and Power
Exploring Political Cultures in Indonesia
Inbunden, 1991
713 kr
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In this lively book, Benedict R. O'G Anderson explores the cultural and political contradictions that have arisen from two critical facts in Indonesian history—that while the Indonesian nation is young, the Indonesian state is ancient, originating in the early seventeenth-century Dutch conquests; …
Unsettled States, Disputed Lands
Britain and Ireland, France and Algeria, Israel and the West Bank-Gaza
Inbunden, 1993
713 kr
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Hausaland Divided
Colonialism and Independence in Nigeria and Niger
Inbunden, 1994
735 kr
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How have different forms of colonialism shaped societies and their politics? William F. S. Miles focuses on the Hausa-speaking people of West Africa whose land is still split by an arbitrary boundary established by Great Britain and France at the turn of the century.In 1983 Miles returned as a …
Bandits and Bureaucrats
The Ottoman Route to State Centralization
Av Karen Barkey
Inbunden, 1994
764 kr
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Why did the main challenge to the Ottoman state come not in peasant or elite rebellions, but in endemic banditry? Karen Barkey shows how Turkish strategies of incorporating peasants and rotating elites kept both groups dependent on the state, unable and unwilling to rebel. Bandits, formerly …
New Voices in the Nation
Women and the Greek Resistance, 1941–1964
Av Janet Hart
Inbunden, 1996
1695 kr
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During World War II, movements organized to resist Nazi occupation grew throughout Europe. In Greece the resistance movement also involved an unprecedented opportunity for social and political change initiated by the largest organization, the National Liberation Front or EAM. Key leaders envisioned …
Making the Fascist Self
The Political Culture of Interwar Italy
Inbunden, 1997
1646 kr
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In her examination of the culture of Italian fascism, Mabel Berezin focuses on how Mussolini's regime consciously constructed a nonliberal public sphere to support its political aims. Fascism stresses form over content, she believes, and the regime tried to build its political support through the …
Rise of Christian Democracy in Europe
Inbunden, 1996
1646 kr
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Although dominant in West European politics for more than a century, Christian Democratic parties remain largely unexplored and little understood. An investigation of how political identities and parties form, this book considers the origins of Christian Democratic "confessional" parties within the …
Familial State
Ruling Families and Merchant Capitalism in Early Modern Europe
Av Julia Adams
Inbunden, 2005
764 kr
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The seventeenth century was called the Dutch Golden Age. Over the course of eighty years, the tiny United Provinces of the Netherlands overthrew Spanish rule and became Europe's dominant power. Eventually, though, Dutch hegemony collapsed as quickly as it had risen. In The Familial State, Julia …
Moral Aspects of Economic Growth, and Other Essays
Inbunden, 1998
713 kr
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Barrington Moore, Jr., one of the most distinguished thinkers in critical theory and historical sociology, was long concerned with the prospects for freedom and decency in industrial society. The product of decades of reflection on issues of authority, inequality, and injustice, this volume …
Democracy, Revolution, and History
Inbunden, 1998
713 kr
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The work of Barrington Moore, Jr., is one of the landmarks of modern social science. A distinguished roster of contributors here discusses the influence of his best-known work, Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy. Their individual perspectives combine in delineating Moore's contributions …
Democracy in Translation
Understanding Politics in an Unfamiliar Culture
Inbunden, 1998
713 kr
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Frederic C. Schaffer challenges the assumption often made by American scholars that democracy has been achieved in foreign countries when criteria such as free elections are met. Elections, he argues, often have cultural underpinnings that are invisible to outsiders. To examine grassroots …
Identity in Formation
The Russian-Speaking Populations in the New Abroad
Inbunden, 1998
1695 kr
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Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, nationality groups have claimed sovereignty in the new republics bearing their names. With the ascendance of these titular nationality groups, Russian speakers living in the post-Soviet republics face a radical crisis of identity. That crisis is at the heart …
State/Culture
State-Formation After the Cultural Turn
Inbunden, 1999
1646 kr
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What impact does culture have on state-formation and public policy? How do states affect national and local cultures? How is the ongoing cultural turn in theory reshaping our understanding of the Western and modernizing states, long viewed as the radiant core of a universal, context-free …
Familial State
Ruling Families and Merchant Capitalism in Early Modern Europe
Av Julia Adams
Häftad, 2007
444 kr
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The seventeenth century was called the Dutch Golden Age. Over the course of eighty years, the tiny United Provinces of the Netherlands overthrew Spanish rule and became Europe's dominant power. Eventually, though, Dutch hegemony collapsed as quickly as it had risen. In The Familial State, Julia …
Unsettled States, Disputed Lands
Britain and Ireland, France and Algeria, Israel and the West Bank-Gaza
Häftad, 1995
643 kr
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New Voices in the Nation
Women and the Greek Resistance, 1941–1964
Av Janet Hart
Häftad, 1996
560 kr
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During World War II, movements organized to resist Nazi occupation grew throughout Europe. In Greece the resistance movement also involved an unprecedented opportunity for social and political change initiated by the largest organization, the National Liberation Front or EAM. Key leaders envisioned …
Rise of Christian Democracy in Europe
Häftad, 1996
459 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Although dominant in West European politics for more than a century, Christian Democratic parties remain largely unexplored and little understood. An investigation of how political identities and parties form, this book considers the origins of Christian Democratic "confessional" parties within the …
Bandits and Bureaucrats
The Ottoman Route to State Centralization
Av Karen Barkey
Häftad, 1996
473 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Why did the main challenge to the Ottoman state come not in peasant or elite rebellions, but in endemic banditry? Karen Barkey shows how Turkish strategies of incorporating peasants and rotating elites kept both groups dependent on the state, unable and unwilling to rebel. Bandits, formerly …
Making the Fascist Self
The Political Culture of Interwar Italy
Häftad, 1997
487 kr
Lägg i varukorg
In her examination of the culture of Italian fascism, Mabel Berezin focuses on how Mussolini's regime consciously constructed a nonliberal public sphere to support its political aims. Fascism stresses form over content, she believes, and the regime tried to build its political support through the …
Identity in Formation
The Russian-Speaking Populations in the New Abroad
Häftad, 1998
560 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, nationality groups have claimed sovereignty in the new republics bearing their names. With the ascendance of these titular nationality groups, Russian speakers living in the post-Soviet republics face a radical crisis of identity. That crisis is at the heart …
Democracy, Revolution, and History
Häftad, 1999
572 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The work of Barrington Moore, Jr., is one of the landmarks of modern social science. A distinguished roster of contributors here discusses the influence of his best-known work, Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy. Their individual perspectives combine in delineating Moore's contributions …
Affirmative Action Empire
Nations and Nationalism in the Soviet Union, 1923–1939
Av Terry Martin
Häftad, 2001
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
487 kr
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"Terry Martin looks at the nationalities policy of the early Soviet period and offers an insightful, detailed analysis of a problem that Soviet leaders grappled with throughout the twentieth century. As he points out, it was a problem that eventually helped to usher in the end of the USSR."— Amanda …
Democracy in Translation
Understanding Politics in an Unfamiliar Culture
Häftad, 2000
417 kr
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Frederic C. Schaffer challenges the assumption often made by American scholars that democracy has been achieved in foreign countries when criteria such as free elections are met. Elections, he argues, often have cultural underpinnings that are invisible to outsiders. To examine grassroots …
Gifts, Favors, and Banquets
The Art of Social Relationships in China
Häftad, 1994
433 kr
Lägg i varukorg
An elaborate and pervasive set of practices, called guanxi, underlies everyday social relationships in contemporary China. Obtaining and changing job assignments, buying certain foods and consumer items, getting into good hospitals, buying train tickets, obtaining housing, even doing business—all …
Language and Power
Exploring Political Cultures in Indonesia
Häftad, 1990
544 kr
Lägg i varukorg
In this lively book, Benedict R. O'G Anderson explores the cultural and political contradictions that have arisen from two critical facts in Indonesian history—that while the Indonesian nation is young, the Indonesian state is ancient, originating in the early seventeenth-century Dutch conquests; …
Moral Aspects of Economic Growth, and Other Essays
Häftad, 2018
283 kr
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Barrington Moore, Jr., one of the most distinguished thinkers in critical theory and historical sociology, was long concerned with the prospects for freedom and decency in industrial society. The product of decades of reflection on issues of authority, inequality, and injustice, this volume …
Hausaland Divided
Colonialism and Independence in Nigeria and Niger
Häftad, 2018
471 kr
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How have different forms of colonialism shaped societies and their politics? William F. S. Miles focuses on the Hausa-speaking people of West Africa whose land is still split by an arbitrary boundary established by Great Britain and France at the turn of the century.In 1983 Miles returned as a …
