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Order and Transcendence
The Role of Utopias and the Dynamics of Civilization
Häftad, 1989
1162 kr
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Islam in Bangladesh
Av Razia Akter
Häftad, 1992
1329 kr
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This study, done within the comprehensive Weberian framework, focuses on religion and social change in Bangladesh through an imaginative use of qualitative as well as quantitative methods of modern social research.It first provides a sociological interpretation of the origin and development of …
Zones of Amity, Zones of Enmity
The Prospects for Economic and Military Security in Asia
Av James Sperling, Yogendra Malik m. fl.
Häftad, 1998
1945 kr
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This volume addresses the problem of military and economic cooperation in the Asia-Pacific, particularly the impact of the end of the Cold War, on the evolution of its four regional subsystems (Australasia, Southern Asia, Southeast Asia, and Northeast Asia), the level of institutionalization in its …
Values and Attitudes across Nations and Time
Häftad, 1998
2022 kr
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Values and Attitudes across Nations and Time contributes to an ever-growing body of work focussing on the elucidation of variations in values and attitudes throughout the world - not only what they actually are, but also strategies for their detection, description and classification. Researchers in …
Globalization and the Evolving World Society
Häftad, 1998
1162 kr
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The societies of the present world are experiencing many turbulent changes. New forces of change and modernization are driving people, business and cultures across borders. The world has become a home to a new generation of homo sapiens who are curious about others but, at the same time, cherish to …
Ascetic Culture
Renunciation and Worldly Engagement
Av K. Ishwaran
Häftad, 1999
1126 kr
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The collection of papers in Ascetic Culture: Renunciation and Worldly Engagement was entirely conceived and developed by K. Ishwaran, who died in June 1998. The original concept was to focus on "Tradition and Innovation in Monastic Life in South Asia", a topic which combined two of Ishwaran’s major …
Through a Glass, Darkly
Blurred Images of Cultural Tradition and Modernity over Distance and Time
Av Wil Arts
Inbunden, 2000
1162 kr
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In today's European arts and sciences most of the time we see not only other, but also our own cultural traditions and the different forms of modernity like a dim image in a mirror. And the future of our own and other cultures seems to be shrouded in mystery, because our gift of knowledge and …
Dynamics and Policy Implications of the Global Reforms at the End of the Second Millennium
Häftad, 2000
1126 kr
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Most people, and indeed governments, hold the conviction that reforms, rather than revolutions, are likely to produce more appropriate and acceptable results. This is especially true for developing countries. That is because reforms are gradual in their implementation and respectful to past policy …
Taiwan in Perspective
Av Wei-Chin Lee
Häftad, 2002
1162 kr
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Ever since the end of China's civil war in 1949, Taiwan has embarked on its own distinct, divergent path of development. In light of its remarkable achievements and inherent difficulties, therefore, Taiwan should not be considered a renegade province of China, but a society with a …
Critical Perspectives on Globalization and Neoliberalism in the Developing Countries
Av Richard Harris, Melinda Seid
Häftad, 2001
1126 kr
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This book gives a critique of the contemporary global capitalist system and the adverse consequences suffered by the developing countries as a result of their 'integration' into this system. The current neoliberal paradigm of capitalist development as the only or the best alternative for the …
Decade of Democracy in Africa
Häftad, 2002
2022 kr
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The democratic experiment in Africa has had a checkered history over the past ten years. Analysts of this process tend to focus on the political and legal space instead of including broader issues such as norms, generational change and class. Authors in this volume argue that African civil society …
Varieties of Comparative Criminology
Häftad, 2001
1162 kr
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According to Durkheim comparative sociology is sociology itself. Comparative criminology goes back to the days of Durkheim, but today it is possible to conduct group comparisons in many settings and with an incredible array of data. This book represents a variety of approaches making comparisons. …
Governance and Developing Countries
Häftad, 2002
1162 kr
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Governance is not a topic that easily lends itself to neat and precise definitions. Although concepts and practices of governance are profoundly under-specified, they are frequently associated with three dimensions: how and why governments are structured, what processes they employ in governing, …
Nyoongar People of Australia
Perspectives on Racism and Multiculturalism
Häftad, 2002
1398 kr
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This text is about the indigenous Nyoongar people of the south-west of Western Australia and their perspectives on racism, which has had a devastating effect on their lives and culture since colonisation; and the multicultural policies that are effective in Australia.The author, and those Nyoongars …
Media, Identity and the Public Sphere in Post-Apartheid South Africa
Av Abebe Zegeye, Richard L. Harris
Häftad, 2002
1945 kr
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The essays in this collection reveal that the social and political development of post-apartheid South Africa depends to an important degree on the evolving cultural, social and political identities of its diverse population and on the role of the media of mass communications in the country's new …
Elite Configurations at the Apex of Power
Av Mattei Dogan
Häftad, 2003
1137 kr
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This book, prepared under the auspices of the IPSA Research Committee on Political Elites, focuses on the interpenetration between various types of elites: politicians, owners of capital, corporate managers, higher state administrators, directors of public enterprises, controllers of media, …
Human Values and Social Change
Findings from the Values Surveys
Häftad, 2002
1162 kr
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This book presents findings based on a unique source of insight into the role of human values--the World Values Survey and the European Values Survey, covering 78 societies containing over 80 per cent of the world's population. The findings reveal large and coherent cross-national differences in …
Comparing Cultures
Dimensions of Culture in a Comparative Perspective
Av Henk Vinken
Häftad, 2004
1137 kr
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Culture explains much of the behavioral and institutional differences around the globe. In social science there are many ways of framing cultural diversities. This book brings together authors with a classic status in the field of comparative cultural studies on one overarching theme: what are the …
Cyberspace, Distance Learning, and Higher Education in Developing Countries
Old and Emergent Issues of Access, Pedagogy, and Knowledge Production
Häftad, 2004
1105 kr
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Amidst the euphoria about the new frontiers of technology sometimes perceived as a panacea for expansion of higher education in developing countries, there is a need to analyze persistent and new grounds of unequal opportunity for access, learning, and the production of knowledge. This volume …
Immigration and Ethnic Formation in a Deeply Divided Society
The Case of the 1990s Immigrants from the Former Soviet Union in Israel
Av Majid Al-Haj
Häftad, 2003
1137 kr
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This book deals with the ethnic formation among the 1990s immigrants from the former Soviet Union in Israel, in light of both domestic changes, and developments in the Israel- Arab conflict. Based on a broad variety of quantitative and qualitative methods, the book presents a detailed analysis of …
Vocation of Reason
Studies in Critical Theory and Social Science in the Age of Max Weber
Häftad, 2003
1162 kr
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This book addresses, and at the same time reflects, the impact of Max Weber on both the social sciences and on critical theory’s critique of the social sciences. Weber’s conception of ‘vocation’ is a guiding thread unifying concerns about the nature, scope and limits of theoretical thinking among …
Nostalgic Cooks
Another French Paradox
Häftad, 2005
1410 kr
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Why is it that in France, a country renowned for its gastronomy, chefs tend to develop a nostalgia syndrome? Having been taught how to work in the most prestigious restaurants, they soon discover another reality in everyday restaurants or cafeterias: chefs have to cope with family constraints and …
Central Eurasia in Global Politics
Conflict, Security, and Development, Second Edition
Av Mehdi Amineh, Henk W. Houweling
Häftad, 2005
1162 kr
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This anthology brings together studies of post-colonial, post-Cold War Central Eurasia. This part of the world is in transition from Soviet institutions to independent statehood, nation building, resistance against state expansion, cultural change and the release of market forces. The theoretical …
Political Mistrust and the Discrediting of Politicians
Av Mattei Dogan
Häftad, 2005
1162 kr
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This book, prepared under the auspices of the ISA research committee on Comparative Sociology, focuses on a worldwide phenomenon: political mistrust, observable in almost all countries, in both established democracies and in authoritarian regimes.But ubiquity does not signify uniformity. The …
Great Revolutions and the Civilizations of Modernity
Häftad, 2005
1747 kr
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This book is the analysis of the civilizational and historical context of the development of the Great Modern Revolutions; their relations to modernity, to the civilization of modernity, and to the development of multiple modernities; and the fate of revolutionary symbolism and dynamics in modern …
Neo-Liberal Globalism and Social Sustainable Globalisation
Häftad, 2006
1597 kr
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According to mainstream economic thinking, inspired by the ideas of Smith, Ricardo and others, globalisation of the world economy is profitable. But unlike these classic writers, neoliberal economists pay little attention to the moral and social consequences of economic policies. Despite the fact …
Farming in a Global Economy
A Case Study of Dutch Immigrant Farmers in Canada
Häftad, 2006
1736 kr
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Using a Canadian case study, this book demonstrates that Dutch immigrant farmers have a global competitive advantage. It also deals with the implications, both beneficial and harmful, of positive stereotyping, in this case the reputation of the Dutch as successful farmers. Farming in a Global …
Japan, a Model and a Partner
Views and Issues in African Development
Häftad, 2006
1513 kr
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In the closing years of the 19th century, the Japanese decided they should modernize economically without culturally westernizing, and they succeeded. Following de-colonization, Africans also pursued the goal of achieving economic modernization without cultural westernization. To some extent, …
Russia between East and West
Scholarly Debates on Eurasianism
Häftad, 2007
2192 kr
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Throughout most of Russian history, two views of who the Russians are have dominated the minds of Russian intellectuals. Westerners assumed that Russia was part of the West, whilst Slavophiles saw Russia as part of a Slavic civilization. At present, it is Eurasianism that has emerged as the …
Globalization and Political Ethics
Av Richard Day
Häftad, 2006
1941 kr
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Rational exercise of our responsibility requires us to relate the globalization process to the ends and purposes that properly befit human life and human community. Economic 'ends' are merely the 'means' to ends of a higher order, which can only be specified in terms of moral duty and ethical …
