Note: Foreword: a fascination with china , Preface -- ; Introduction: the goal of this book -- ; Familism : a threat to the environment -- ; Exchanges of threats : the opium wars -- ; China and the US : a balance of power? -- ; Religions: core components of cultures -- ; Religious vitality in contemporary China -- ; Max Weber's view of religion in China -- ; Daoism : China's native religion -- ; Oracle-bones : the mandate of heaven -- ; Confucius : recapture the lost splendor -- ; The West : individualism at its limits -- ; China : the kinship society -- ; China : a threatening promise to the West , eng

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Note: All that glitters is not silver-technologies for the elderly in context , Motives of the elderly for the use of technology in their daily lives , An exploration of mobile telephony non-use among older people , Older women on the game : understanding digital game perspectives from an ageing cohort , Social inclusion of elderly people in rural areas by social technological mechanisms , Skripting age - the negotiation of age and aging in ambient assisted living , Making space for ageing : embedding social and psychological needs of older people into smart home technology , Seeing again : dementia, personhood and technology , Enabling a mobile and independent way of live for people with dementia : needs-oriented technology development , Navigating the European landscape of ageing and ICT : policy, governance, and the role of ethics , Ageing and technology decision-making : a framework for assessing uncertainty , Aging and technology : what is the take home message for newspapers readers? , Towards an ageless society : assessing a transhumanist programme , Focusing on the human : interdisciplinary reflections on ageing and technology

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Note: Enth. 10 Beitr , Includes bibliographical references and index , At home abroad? Transnational informality and the invisible flows of people and goods. From shuttle trader to businesswomen: the informal bazaar economy in Kyrgyzstan

Note: "This work explores the increasingly popular phenomenon of volunteer tourism in the Global South, paying particular attention to the governmental rationalities and socio-economic conditions that valorize it as a noble and necessary cultural practice"-- Provided by publisher. , Includes bibliographical references and index

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Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , Enth. zahlr. Beitr , Introduction , Claiming (back) the land : the geopolitics of Egyptian and South African land and water grabs , Enclosure revisited : putting the global land rush in historical perspective , Land alienation under colonial and white settler governments in Southern Africa : historical land 'grabbing' , Sudan and its agricultural revival : a regional breadbasket at last or another mirage in the desert? , The contradictions of development : primitive accumulation and geopolitics in the two Sudans , The experience of land grab in Liberia , Chinese engagement in African agriculture , The global food crisis and the Gulf's quest for Africa's agricultural potential , A global enclosure : the geo-logics of Indian agro-investments in Africa , Private investment in agriculture , The role of domestic investors : the arrival of the 'businessmen' in West Africa , 'Land grabs' and alternative modalities for agricultural investments in emerging markets , Change in trend and new types of large-scale investments in Ethiopia , Tapping into al-Andaluz resources : opportunities and challenges for investment in Morocco , A blue revolution for Zambia? : large-scale irrigation projects and land and water 'grabs' , Investing into the next cycle? : land grabs and the green economy , The political economy of land and water grabs , Will peak oil cause a rush for land in Africa? , How to govern the global rush for land and water? , Keep calm and carry on : what we can learn from the three food price crises of the 1940s, 1970s and 2007/2008 , Constructing a new water future? : an analysis of Ethiopia's current hydropower development , Inverse globalization? : the global agricultural trade system and Asian investments in African land and water resources , Green and blue water dimensions of foreign domestic investment in biofuel and food production in West Africa : the case of Ghana and Mali , Green and blue water in Africa : how foreign direct investment can support sustainable intensification , Groundwater in Africa : is there sufficient water to support the intensification of agriculture from 'land grabs'? , The water resource implications for and of FDI projects in Africa : a biophysical analysis of opportunity and risk , Analyse to optimise : sustainable intensification of agricultural production through investment in integrated land and water management in Africa , Expectations and implications of the rush for land : understanding the opportunities and risks at stake in Africa , China-Africa agricultural co-operation, African land tenure reform and sustainable farmland investments , Competing narratives of land reform in South Sudan , Struggles and resistance against land dispossession in Africa : an overview

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Note: Angekündigt als: New perspectives in tourism geographies , Includes bibliographical references and index

Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , Enth. 13 Beitr , Nationalism, democracy, and national integration in China , Hong Kong's tortuous democratization : a comparative analysis , China's business reforms : institutional challenges in a globalised economy , Challenges for China's Development : an enterprise perspective , New crime in China : public order and human rights , Non-Governmental Organizations in contemporary China : paving the way to civil society? , Globalization and the Chinese city , The politics of China's accession to the World Trade Organization : the dragon goes global , Narrating China : Jia Pingwa and his fictional world , Sex, science, and morality in China , Politics in China since 1949 : legitimizing authoritarian rule , International human resource management in Chinese multinationals , Unemployment in China : economy, human resources, and labour markets , China and Africa : engagement and compromise , Gender and education in China : gender discourses and women's schooling in the early twentieth century , SARS : reception and interpretation in three Chinese cities , Human security and the Chinese state : historical transformations and the modern quest for sovereignty , Gender and work in urban China : women workers of the unlucky generation , China's state enterprise reform : from Marx to the market , Cultural heritage management in China : preserving the cities of the Pearl River Delta , Paying for progress : public finance, human welfare, and inequality in China , China's foreign trade policy : the new constituencies , Hong Kong, China : learning to belong to a nation , China turns to multilateralism : foreign policy and regional security , Tourism and Tibetan culture in transition : a place called Shangrila , China's emerging cities : the making of new urbanism , China-US relations transformed : perceptions and strategic interactions , The Chinese party-state in the 21st Century : adaptation and the reinvention of legitimacy , Political change in Macao , China's energy geopolitics : the Shanghai cooperation organization and Central Asia , Regime legitimacy in contemporary China : institutional change and stability , U.S.-China relations : China policy on Capitol Hill , Chinese kinship : contemporary anthropological perspectives , Politics and government in Hong Kong : crisis under Chinese sovereignty , Rethinking Chinese popular culture : cannibalizations of the canon , Institutional balancing in the Asia Pacific : economic interdependence and China's rise , Rent seeking in China , China, Xinjiang, and Central Asia : history, transition, and crossborder interaction into the 21st century , Intellectual property rights in China : politics of piracy, trade, and protection , Developing China : land, politics, and social conditions , State and society responses to social welfare needs in China : serving the people , Gay and Lesbian subculture in urban China , The politics of heritage tourism in China : a view from Lijiang , Suicide and justice : a Chinese perspective , Management training and development in China : educating managers in a globalized economy , Patron-client politics and elections in Hong Kong , Chinese family business and the equal inheritance system : unravelling the myth , Reconciling state, market, and civil society in China : the long march towards prosperity , Innovation in China : the Chinese software industry , Mobility, migration, and the Chinese scientific research system , Chinese film stars , Chinese male homosexualities , Industrialisation and rural livelihoods in China : agricultural processing in Sichuan , Law, policy, and practice on China's periphery : selective adaptation and institutional capacity , China-Africa development relations , Neoliberalism and culture in China and Hong Kong : the countdown of time , China's higher education reform and internationalisation , Law, wealth, and power in China : commercial law reforms in context , Religion in contemporary China : revitalization and innovation , Consumer-citizens of China : the role of foreign brands in the imagined future China , The Chinese communist party and China's capitalist revolution : the political impact of the market , China's homeless generation : voices from the veterans of the Chinese civil war, 1940s-1990s , In Search of China's development model : beyond the Beijing consensus , Xinjiang and China's rise in Central Asia, 1949-2009 : a history , Trade unions in China : the challenge of labour unrest , China's changing workplace : dynamism, diversity, and disparity , Leisure and power in Urban China : everyday life in a medium-sized Chinese city , China, oil, and global politics , Education reform in China , Social policy and migration in China , China's one child policy and multiple caregiving : raising little suns in Xiamen , Politics and markets in rural China , China's new underclass : paid domestic labour , International governance and regimes : a Chinese perspective , HIV/AIDS in China : the economic and social determinants , Looking for work in post-socialist China : governance, active job seekers, and the new Chinese labour market , Sino-Latin American relations , Mao's China and the Sino-Soviet split : ideological dilemma , Law and policy for China's market socialism

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Note: Selected papers and poetry presented at the Consumer Culture Theory Conference held at the York University in Toronto, Ontario in 2007 , Includes bibliographical references and index. - Enth. 11 Beitr

Note: Most of the chapters in this volume were selected from the "International Symposium on Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and Transformation in China" in the University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK, on 14 - 15 June, 2007

Note: Literaturverz. S. [219] - 240. - Enth. 16 Beitr , Formerly CIP Uk , Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-240) and index

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Note: "First published 2007 by Routledge ... Abingdon, Oxon ... " , "Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge."

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