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  • 1
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    New York : Palgrave Macmillan
    ISBN: 9780230610026
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (287 p.))
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Series Statement: EBL-Schweitzer
    DDC: 303.66
    Keywords: Iraq War, 2003- ; Rhetoric - Political aspects - United States ; September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 ; September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 - Social aspects ; Symbolism in politics ; Symbolism in politics - United States ; United States - History, Military ; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 ; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Social aspects ; War and society - United States ; War and society ; Iraq War, 2003- - Social aspects ; Mass media ; Mass media - Political aspects - United States ; Political collectibles ; Political collectibles - United States ; Political culture ; Political culture - United States ; Rhetoric ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Cover; Contents; Introduction; Part I: The Iraq War: Real and Virtual; 1 Yellow Ribbons Everywhere and No Meaning to Be Found; 2 Political Bumper Stickers and Vehicle Class: Are SUVs the Enemy?; 3 The Stars and Stripes in the Year After 9/11: "Rally 'Round the Flag" or "The Flag Is a Rag"; 4 A Small World-and Its Flags-In a Much Bigger One; 5 Searching for Common Sense: The Roots of George W. Bush's War Rhetoric; 6 The Pornographic Barbarism of the Self-Reflecting Sign; 7 Warlords of the Iraqi Blogosphere; 8 Warriors or Amazons: How Opposing the War in Iraq Became a Gender Issue in Mexico
    Abstract: Part II: Wars Then and Now9 Not so "Far from Vietnam": A Study of War, Film, and the Media; 10 War, Nationalism, Fear, Cruelty, Religion: Comparing Depictions of Amerindians in Nineteenth-century French-Canadian Literature and Muslims in American Political Cartoons, 2001-2006; 11 War and Peace in Christian Prayer; Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z
    Abstract: An analysis of Vietnam, 9/11 and the Iraq War from patriotism to dissent through various visual and written signs among which the US flag, ribbons, car-stickers, cartoons, movies, the media and presidential war rhetoric
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  • 2
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    New York : Palgrave Macmillan
    ISBN: 9780230609297
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (296 p, online resource)
    Series Statement: SpringerLink
    Series Statement: Bücher
    Series Statement: Springer eBook Collection
    Series Statement: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection
    Series Statement: Springer ebook collection / Palgrave Economics and Finance Collection 2000 - 2013
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Printed edition
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    Keywords: Kriegsfolgen ; Entwicklungspolitik ; Entwicklungshilfe ; Armutsbekämpfung ; Mittlerer Osten ; Irak ; Libanon ; Algerien ; Jemen ; Sudan ; Afghanistan ; Economics ; Industrial management Environmental aspects ; Political economy ; Macroeconomics ; Development economics ; Economic development ; Middle East Economic conditions 21st century ; Africa, North Economic conditions 21st century ; Middle East Politics and government ; Africa, North Politics and government ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Naher Osten ; Nordafrika ; Kriegsschaden ; Entwicklungspolitik ; Naher Osten ; Nordafrika ; Kriegsschaden ; Entwicklungspolitik
    Abstract: This book analyzes the political obstacles to economic recovery, and the economic consequences of democratic political reforms. The contributors focus on rulers of shaky states where civil strife has caused economic devastation. If rebuilding requires regime change, are we asking these governments to put themselves out of business?
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Notes on Contributors; 1 Introduction: Global Perspectives and Regional Realities; 2 The "Uncanny" Writ Regional: New and Recurring Forms of Poverty and Inequality in the Arab World; 3 Illicit Economies and Reconstruction in Iraq, Palestine, and Algeria; 4 Complex Consequences: Hydrocarbon Production as a Route to Economic Health; 5 Rebuilding without Resolution: The Lebanese Economy and State in the Post-Civil War Period; 6 War-Torn or Systemically Distorted?: Rebuilding the Algerian Economy
    Description / Table of Contents: 7 No Quick Fix: Foreign Aid and State Performance in Yemen8 A Millennium Development Goals-Based Strategy for Rebuilding the Postconflict Sudanese Economy; 9 Afghanistan: Rebuilding and Transforming a Devastated Economy; 10 Coalition Economic Policies in Iraq: Motivations and Outcomes; Bibliography; Index
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Notes on Contributors; 1 Introduction: Global Perspectives and Regional Realities; 2 The "Uncanny" Writ Regional: New and Recurring Forms of Poverty and Inequality in the Arab World; 3 Illicit Economies and Reconstruction in Iraq, Palestine, and Algeria; 4 Complex Consequences: Hydrocarbon Production as a Route to Economic Health; 5 Rebuilding without Resolution: The Lebanese Economy and State in the Post-Civil War Period; 6 War-Torn or Systemically Distorted?: Rebuilding the Algerian Economy
    Description / Table of Contents: 7 No Quick Fix: Foreign Aid and State Performance in Yemen8 A Millennium Development Goals-Based Strategy for Rebuilding the Postconflict Sudanese Economy; 9 Afghanistan: Rebuilding and Transforming a Devastated Economy; 10 Coalition Economic Policies in Iraq: Motivations and Outcomes; Bibliography; Index
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  • 3
    ISBN: 9780230607538
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (304 p, online resource)
    Series Statement: SpringerLink
    Series Statement: Bücher
    Series Statement: Springer eBook Collection
    Series Statement: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection
    Series Statement: Springer ebook collection / Palgrave Economics and Finance Collection 2000 - 2013
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Printed edition
    Keywords: 1500-2000 ; Natürliche Ressourcen ; Landwirtschaftliche Entwicklung ; Metallurgie ; Wald ; Tierzucht ; Fischereiressourcen ; Wirtschaftsgeschichte ; Asien ; Political Science and International Relations ; Natural resources Management ; Natural resources Management ; History ; Economic development Environmental aspects ; Economic development Environmental aspects ; History ; Natural resources Regional disparities ; Natural resources Regional disparities ; History ; Political science ; Ethnology Asia ; Asia Politics and government ; Environmental management ; Environmental economics ; Regional economics ; Spatial economics ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Asien ; Natürliche Ressourcen ; Geschichte ; Asien ; Natürliche Ressourcen ; Geschichte
    Abstract: Much has been written about the wealth of nations, the history of unequal distribution and zones of affluence and deprivation within and between societies. This book explores why some Asian nations are more prosperous than others through an examination of how their interaction with and utilization of resources has changed over the centuries
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Contributors; Preface; Introduction: Natural Resources and the Shape of Asian History, 1500-2000; 1 Natural Resource Management and Mismanagement: Observations from Southeast Asian Agricultural History; Part 1 Resources and State; Part 2 Forests and Development; Part 3 Environments and Livelihoods; Index
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Contributors; Preface; Introduction: Natural Resources and the Shape of Asian History, 1500-2000; 1 Natural Resource Management and Mismanagement: Observations from Southeast Asian Agricultural History; Part 1 Resources and State; Part 2 Forests and Development; Part 3 Environments and Livelihoods; Index
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  • 4
    ISBN: 9780230608917
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (304 p, online resource)
    Series Statement: SpringerLink
    Series Statement: Bücher
    Series Statement: Springer eBook Collection
    Series Statement: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection
    Series Statement: Springer ebook collection / Palgrave Economics and Finance Collection 2000 - 2013
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Printed edition
    Keywords: Verbraucherkredit ; Private Finanzplanung ; Privater Konsum ; Konsumentenverhalten ; Haushaltsökonomik ; Economics ; Consumer credit ; Finance, Personal ; Management ; Finance ; Macroeconomics ; Aufsatzsammlung ; USA ; Konsumentenkredit ; Haushalt ; Verbraucherverhalten ; USA ; Konsumentenkredit ; Haushalt ; Verbraucherverhalten
    Abstract: In response to growing interest in household finance, this collection of essays with a foreword by John Y. Campbell, studies household and consumer use of credit instruments. It shows how individual consumers and households utilize various credit alternatives in managing their consumption and savings and suggests areas for future research
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Contents; List of Charts, Figures, and Tables; Foreword; Notes on Contributors; Part I: Introduction; Part II: Household Credit-Demand and Supply; Part III: Household Use of Personal Credit; Part IV: Household Use of Mortgage Debt; Part V: Regulators Prospective of Consumer Credit; Author Index; Subject Index
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Contents; List of Charts, Figures, and Tables; Foreword; Notes on Contributors; Part I: Introduction; Part II: Household Credit-Demand and Supply; Part III: Household Use of Personal Credit; Part IV: Household Use of Mortgage Debt; Part V: Regulators Prospective of Consumer Credit; Author Index; Subject Index
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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  • 5
    ISBN: 9780230605657
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XI, 245 p, online resource)
    Series Statement: SpringerLink
    Series Statement: Bücher
    Series Statement: Springer eBook Collection
    Series Statement: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection
    Series Statement: Springer ebook collection / Palgrave Economics and Finance Collection 2000 - 2013
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 338.4/73621
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    Keywords: Economics ; Tourism ; Management ; Political economy ; International relations ; Macroeconomics ; Economic policy ; Development economics ; Management science ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Western patients are increasingly travelling to developing countries for health care and developing countries are increasingly offering their skills and facilities to paying foreign customers. The potential and implications of this international trade in medical services is explored in this book through analysis of the market
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  • 6
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    New York : Palgrave Macmillan
    ISBN: 9781403965301
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (332 p.)
    Parallel Title: Print version Music in Youth Culture : A Lacanian Approach
    DDC: 306.484264
    Keywords: Lacan, Jacques ; 1901-1981 ; Music and youth ; Psychoanalysis and music ; Rock music ; Social aspects ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "Music in Youth Culture" examines the fantasies of post-Oedipal youth cultures as displayed on the landscape of popular music from a post-Lacanian perspective. jagodzinski, an expert on Lacan, psychoanalysis, and education's relationship to media, maintains that a new set of signifiers is required to grasp the sliding signification of contemporary "youth." He discusses topics such as the figurality of noise, the perversions of the music scene by boyz/bois/boys and the hysterization of it by gurlz/girls/grrrls. "Music in Youth Culture "also examines the postmodern
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Contents; Introduction: Aural/Oral Connections; I: THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS; II: PERVERSIONS OF THE MUSIC SCENE THE BOYZ/BOIS/BOYS; III: THE HYSTERIZATION OF THE MUSIC SCENE THE GURIZ/GIRLS/GRRRLS; IV: INTERLUDE; CONCLUSIONS: AN ETHICS OF THE REAL; Notes; Bibliography; Index;
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  • 7
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    Book
    New York : Palgrave Macmillan
    ISBN: 140397893X
    Language: English
    Pages: XI, 240 S , graph. Darst
    DDC: 303.48/28
    Keywords: Globalization Political aspects ; Globalization Economic aspects ; Uncertainty Political aspects ; Uncertainty Economic aspects ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Bibliografie ; Lateinamerika ; Globalisierung
    Abstract: Victorian globalization in microcosm: the rise and fall of Jabez Spencer Balfour / David Rock -- Uncertainty, the construction of the future, and the divorce between citizens and the state in Latin America / Fernando López-Alves -- Isomorphic neoliberalism and the creation of inevitability / Miguel Ángel Centeno -- Can the backlash against globalization be contained? / Benjamin J. Cohen -- Globalization and public policy in the Americas: are we heading toward convergence? / Diane E. Johnson -- Development assistance, the environment, and stakeholder participation: toward a new conditionality? / Jonathan Rosenberg -- Globalization and the modern conception of human rights / Steven Cassedy -- Generating uncertainty: globalized punishment and crime / Thomas Siemsen
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  • 8
    ISBN: 9781137325815
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (255 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Print version Civic Life in the Information Age
    DDC: 305.2420973090511
    Keywords: Internet Social aspects ; Generation X Political activity ; Citizenship ; International relations ; International relations ; Electronic books ; Citizenship ; United States ; Internet ; Social aspects ; United States ; Generation X ; United States ; Political activity
    Abstract: Defying the general belief that American citizenship is in decline, Sanford claims that Generation X is actually taking positions of civic leadership and authority as Baby Boomers retire. By exploring traditional instruments of social capital, civic culture and political science, she attempts to make us understand this maligned generation better.
    Abstract: Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Content -- List of Illustrations -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The Problems of Citizenship in the Early Twenty-First Century -- 2. History's Standards of Good Citizenship -- 3. Assessing Contemporary Citizenship: The Case for Qualitative Methods -- 4. Cyber-Democrats and Just-In-Time Social Capital -- 5. Wireheads as New Minimalists: "I gave at the office -- 6. Tech Elites: Bridging Old and New Social Capital -- 7. Trailing Xers, Rising Millennials, and Two Clichés -- 8. Embracing and Surfing Social Change: Generation X and New Norms of Civic Life and Social Capital -- 9. Closing Thoughts -- Epilogue: Implications of Generation X Leadership -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index.
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  • 9
    ISBN: 9780230603585
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (264 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Print version Addressing Ethnic Conflict through Peace Education
    DDC: 303.6/6
    Keywords: Ethnic conflict Case studies ; Conflict management Case studies ; Peace Case studies Study and teaching ; Conflict management ; Case studies ; Ethnic conflict ; Case studies ; Peace ; Study and teaching ; Case studies ; Electronic books ; Fallstudiensammlung
    Abstract: This collection on peace education includes contributions from an international group of scholars representing a wide variety of geographical conflict areas and exemplifying the multiple venues of peace educational labour. A strong emphasis is given to integrative and sustained long-term peace education efforts.
    Abstract: Cover -- Addressing Ethnic Conflict through Peace Education -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- Section I Systemic Issues -- Chapter One Desegregation and Resegregation: The Legacy of Brown Versus Board of Education, 1954 -- Chapter Two Moving from Piecemeal to Systemic Approaches to Peace Education in Divided Societies: Comparative Efforts in Northern Ireland and Cyprus -- Chapter Three Multiple Realities and the Role of Peace Education in Deep-Rooted Conflicts: The Case of Cyprus -- Chapter Four Reconciliation and Peace in Education in South Africa: The Constitutional Framework and Practical Manifestation in School Education -- Section II Teachers and Students -- Chapter Five Color Coded: How Well Do Students of Different Race Groups Interact in South African Schools? -- Chapter Six Challenges in Integrated Education in Northern Ireland -- Chapter Seven Developing Palestinian-Jewish Bilingual Integrated Education in Israel: Opportunities and Challenges for Peace Education in Conflict Societies -- Chapter Eight Peace Education in a Bilingual and Biethnic School for Palestinians and Jews in Israel: Lessons and Challenges -- Chapter Nine Is the Policy Sufficient? An Exploration of Integrated Education in Northern Ireland and Bilingual/Binational Education in Israel -- Section III Curriculum and Pedagogy -- Chapter Ten Education for Peace: The Pedagogy of Civilization -- Chapter Eleven Learning to Do Integrated Education: "Visible" and "Invisible" Pedagogy in Northern Ireland's Integrated Schools -- Chapter Twelve From War to Peace: An Analysis of Peace Efforts in the Ife/Modakeke Community of Nigeria -- Section IV Adult Education -- Chapter Thirteen Toward Sustainable Peace Education: Theoretical and Methodological Frameworks of a Program in South Africa.
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  • 10
    ISBN: 9781403902795 , 1403902798 , 9781403902788 , 140390278X
    Language: English
    Pages: XIII, 577 S. , Ill., graph. Darst.
    Edition: 1. publ. in paperback
    DDC: 306.48120711
    RVK:
    Keywords: Leisure Research ; Freizeitforschung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Wörterbuch ; Freizeitforschung
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
    URL: Cover
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  • 11
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    New York : Palgrave Macmillan
    ISBN: 9781403975034
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (257 p.)
    Parallel Title: Print version Soldiers at Peace : Veterans of the Civil War in Mozambique
    DDC: 305.9069709679
    Keywords: Mozambique ; History ; 1994- ; Mozambique ; History ; Independence and Civil War, 1975-1994 ; Veterans ; Political activity ; Mozambique ; Politics and government ; 1994- ; Veterans ; Mozambique ; Political activity ; Electronic books ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This is the first scholarly study of soldiers and guerrillas demobilized after the civil war in Mozambique (1979-1992). The book examines former soldiers' - from both sides - return to civilian life, and how their identity as veterans plays out in the political sphere.
    Abstract: This is the first scholarly study of soldiers and guerrillas demobilized after the civil war in Mozambique (1979-1992). The book examines former soldiers' - from both sides - return to civilian life, and how their identity as veterans plays out in the political sphere
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Contents; List of Maps; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Centers and Peripheries: Patterns of War; Part I: War and Resocialization; Part II: The Return to Civilian Life; Notes; Bibliography; Index;
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  • 12
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    New York : Palgrave Macmillan
    ISBN: 9781403962454
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (296 p.)
    Series Statement: New Concepts in Latino American Cultures
    Series Statement: New Directions in Latino American Cultures Ser
    Series Statement: New directions in Latino American cultures
    Parallel Title: Print version None of the Above : Contemporary Puerto Rican Culture and Politics
    DDC: 306.2097295
    Keywords: Identity (Psychology) ; Puerto Rico ; Nationalism ; Puerto Rico ; Political culture ; Puerto Rico ; Puerto Rico ; Politics and government ; 1952-1998 ; Puerto Rico ; Relations ; United States ; United States ; Relations ; Puerto Rico ; Electronic books ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: None of the Above is a state-of-the-art volume about current debates regarding Puerto Rico and Puerto Ricans, both in the United States and on the Island. The title simultaneously refers to the results of a non-binding 1998 plebiscite held in San Juan to determine the Island's political status, the ambiguities that have historically characterized Puerto Rican political agency, and the complexities of Puerto Rican ethnic, national, and cultural identifications
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Preface; Introduction; PART I: THE POLITICS OF AMBIGUITY; PART II: POLITICS AS SPECTACLE AND THE SPECTACLE OF POLITICS; PART III: BORICUA BORDERLINES; PART IV: CODA; Notes on Contributors; Index;
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  • 13
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    New York : Palgrave Macmillan
    ISBN: 140397991X , 9781403979919
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xi, 228 p) , map
    Edition: 1st ed
    Edition: Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Series Statement: Comparative feminist studies series
    Parallel Title: Print version Gender, Identity, and Imperialism : Women Development Workers in Pakistan
    DDC: 305.4095491
    Keywords: Sex discrimination against women ; Women Social conditions ; Muslim women Social conditions ; Women in development ; Visitors, Foreign ; Women -- Pakistan -- Social conditions ; Muslim women -- Pakistan -- Social conditions ; Visitors, Foreign -- Pakistan ; Women in development -- Pakistan ; Sex discrimination against women -- Pakistan ; Electronic books
    Abstract: An ethnographic study showing how Western women living in Pakistan as international development workers constructed new identities in a Muslim community. Cook shows how these transnational migrants both perpetuate and resist unequal global power relations in everyday life, tracing the legacy of this from the colonial period to the present
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Contents; Series Editor's Foreword; Acknowledgments; Maps; Introduction: Points of Arrival and Departure; One: Bazaar Situations; Two: Vulnerable and Spatializing Subjects; Three: 'Free' Travelers and Developers Navigating Boundaries; Four: Another Bun in the Oven; Conclusion: Ruptures and Recuperations?; Notes; References; Index
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-222) and index , Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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  • 14
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    New York : Palgrave Macmillan
    ISBN: 9780230105003
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (284 p)
    Parallel Title: Print version The Political Culture of Leadership in the United Arab Emirates
    DDC: 306.2095357
    Keywords: Middle East-Politics and governm ; Electronic books ; Tribal government ; United Arab Emirates ; History ; Leadership ; United Arab Emirates ; History ; United Arab Emirates ; Politics and government ; United Arab Emirates ; History ; Political culture ; United Arab Emirates ; History ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The book describes the impact of cultural perceptions on rulers' behaviors in the United Arab Emirates, once the Trucial States. Despite differences in size, economic resources, and external political pressures, the seven emirates' rulers utilized very similar cultural expectations to gain the support of others
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Contents; Preface; 1 The Economic and Political Context; 2 The Cultural Context; 3 Early Leaders of Abu Dhabi; 4 Zaid the Great and the Consolidation of Abu Dhabi; 5 The Bani Sultan and the Transformation of Abu Dhabi; 6 The Maktums (Al Bu Falasa) and the Development of Dubai; 7 Sharja and Ras al Khaima (RAK) During Early Qawasim Rule; 8 Sharja and Ras al Khaima (RAK) Separate Under Qawasim Rule; 9 Preserving Ajman Independence Under Al Bu Khuraiban; 10 Um al Qaiwain's (UAQ) Survival Under the Mualla; 11 The Sharqiyin and Pursuit of Fujairan Independence
    Description / Table of Contents: 12 The Political Culture of LeadershipNotes; Bibliography; Index of Local People and Tribes; Index
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  • 15
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    New York : Palgrave Macmillan
    ISBN: 0230600778 , 9780230609198 , 9780230600775
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xiii, 263 p)
    Edition: 1st ed
    Edition: Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Parallel Title: Print version "Race" and Racism : The Development of Modern Racism in America
    DDC: 305.800973
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    Keywords: Racism History ; Anthropology ; USA ; Rassismus ; Rassenbeziehung ; Geschichte ; Electronic books ; United States Race relations
    Abstract: This study examines the origins and development of racism in North America through addressing the inception and persistence of the concept of race and the biology of human variance
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 "Race": Fact or Artifact?; Chapter 2 The Biology of Human Variance; Chapter 3 Internal Cohesion and Social Boundaries; Chapter 4 How Did It Start?; Chapter 5 Intellectual and Political Sources of Racism; Chapter 6 From the Civil War to World War II; Chapter 7 From World War II to the Present; Chapter 8 Will We Ever Be Rid of It?; Notes; Index
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    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    New York : Palgrave Macmillan
    ISBN: 0230603335 , 9781403975270 , 1403975272
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xx, 355 p) , ill
    Edition: 1st ed
    Edition: Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Parallel Title: Print version Values and Perceptions of the Islamic and Middle Eastern Publics
    DDC: 306.091767
    Keywords: Social values ; Political science ; Electronic books ; Arab countries ; Social conditions ; 20th century ; Arab countries ; Social conditions ; 21st century ; Social values ; Arab countries ; Arab countries Social conditions 21st century ; Arab countries Social conditions 20th century ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Addressing values and politics in the Muslim world, this volume examines attitudes towards democracy and politics, self-expression and traditional values, convergence and divergence of values between the elite and the publics of Islamic and European countries
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; List of Contributors; 1 Introduction: Theoretical and Methodological Issues in the Study of Values; Part 1 Islam in a Global Perspective; Part 2 Political and Economic Consequences of Islam versus Rentier Economy; Part 3 Determinants of Self-Rated Health and Attitudes toward Religion, Gender and Democracy; Part 4 Events and Changes in Values and Perceptions; Part 5 Methodology; Index
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  • 17
    ISBN: 1403972249 , 0230603106 , 9781403972248
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (x, 250 p)
    Edition: 1st ed
    Edition: Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Additional Information: Rezensiert in Ashley, Kathleen [Rezension von: Bullón-Fernández, María, England and Iberia in the Middle Ages, 12th-15th Century: Cultural, Literary, and Political Exchanges] 2009
    Series Statement: The New Middle Ages Ser.
    Series Statement: New Middle Ages
    Parallel Title: Print version England and Iberia in the Middle Ages, 12th-15th Century : Cultural, Literary, and Political Exchanges
    DDC: 303.48/2420460902
    Keywords: Middle Ages Intellectual life ; Great Britain ; Foreign relations ; Portugal ; Great Britain ; Foreign relations ; Spain ; Great Britain ; Intellectual life ; 1066-1485 ; Middle Ages ; Intellectual life ; Portugal ; Foreign relations ; Great Britain ; Spain ; Foreign relations ; Great Britain ; Spain ; Intellectual life ; 711-1516 ; Electronic books ; Portugal ; Intellectual life ; Great Britain Foreign relations ; Portugal Intellectual life ; Great Britain Intellectual life 1066-1485 ; Great Britain Foreign relations ; Spain Foreign relations ; Portugal Foreign relations ; Spain Intellectual life 711-1516 ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Examines the literary, historical, and artistic exchanges between England and Iberia from the twelfth to fifteenth century
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Not All Roads Lead to Rome: Anglo-Iberian Exchanges in the Middle Ages; 1 Medieval England and Iberia: A Chivalric Relationship; 2 British Influence in Medieval Catalan Writing: An Overview; 3 The Shrine as Mediator: England, Castile, and the Pilgrimage to Compostela; 4 Leonor of England and Eleanor of Castile: Anglo-Iberian Marriage and Cultural Exchange in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries; 5 A Castilian in King Edward's Court: The Career of Giles Despagne, 1313-27
    Description / Table of Contents: 6 Anglo-Portuguese Trade during the Reign of João I of Portugal, 1385-14337 Philippa of Lancaster, Queen of Portugal-and Patron of the Gower Translations?; 8 "Os Doze de Inglaterra": A Romance of Anglo-Portuguese Relations in the Later Middle Ages?; 9 Chaucer Translates the Matter of Spain; Contributors; Bibliography; Index
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-242) and index , Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    New York : Palgrave Macmillan
    ISBN: 1403979707 , 9781403979704
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (x, 244 p) , ill
    Edition: 1st ed
    Edition: Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Series Statement: The Palgrave Macmillan Series in International Political Communication Ser.
    Series Statement: Palgrave Macmillan series in international political communication
    Parallel Title: Print version Media Pressure on Foreign Policy
    DDC: 302.23
    Keywords: World politics in mass media ; Mass media and international relations ; Propaganda, International ; Mass media and international relations ; Propaganda, International ; World politics in mass media ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Offers an explicit theory of media pressure - what it is, how it works, how it can be measured - based in part on the field of 'positioning theory' in discursive psychology. This study treats the media and the executive as being in a never-ending public and moral conversation that has the power to undermine the reputation of the government
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Contemporary Debate; 2 Beyond the Contemporary Debate; 3 Toward a Theory of Media Pressure; 4 The Iraqi Civil War and the Aftermath, 1991; 5 Measuring Coverage; 6 Measuring Pressure, Testing for Influence; 7 Summing Up and Pressing On; Notes; Bibliography; Index
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    Online Resource
    New York : Palgrave Macmillan
    ISBN: 140397893X , 0230603556 , 9781403978936
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xi, 240 p) , ill
    Edition: 1st ed
    Edition: Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Parallel Title: Print version Globalization and Uncertainty in Latin America
    DDC: 303.48/28
    Keywords: Globalization Political aspects ; Uncertainty Economic aspects ; Uncertainty Political aspects ; Globalization Economic aspects ; Globalization ; Economic aspects ; Latin America ; Globalization ; Political aspects ; Latin America ; Uncertainty ; Economic aspects ; Latin America ; Uncertainty ; Political aspects ; Latin America ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "Globalization and Uncertainty in Latin America" gathers new scholarship on globalization and Latin America in an entertaining and well-researched volume.  This balanced and innovative collection examines how rising levels of uncertainty affect daily life, as well as society, government, and culture.  Well-known authors use different methodologies to approach the common theme of a region transformed in recent years by neoliberalism.  Most of the contributors suggest that Latin America is experiencing rapid and unexpected change, and that its future looks much different
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Notes on Contributors; Introduction: Uncertainty and Globalization; Part 1 The Uncertainties of Liberalism and Neoliberalism, Past and Present; 1 Victorian Globalization in Microcosm: The Rise and Fall of Jabez Spencer Balfour; 2 Uncertainty, the Construction of the Future, and the Divorce Between Citizens and the State in Latin America; 3 Isomorphic Neoliberalism and the Creation of Inevitability; 4 Can the Backlash Against Globalization Be Contained?; Part 2 Uncertain Relations between the State and Civil Society
    Description / Table of Contents: 5 Globalization and Public Policy in the Americas: Are We Heading Toward Convergence?6 Development Assistance, the Environment, and Stakeholder Participation: Toward a New Conditionality?; Part 3 Uncertainties about Human Rights and Justice; 7 Globalization and the Modern Conception of Human Rights; 8 Generating Uncertainty: Globalized Punishment and Crime; Conclusion; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W
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    Online Resource
    New York : Palgrave Macmillan
    ISBN: 1403975833
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (viii, 185 p)
    Edition: Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Parallel Title: Print version Challenges and Paths to Global Justice
    DDC: 303.3/72
    Keywords: Social justice ; Human rights ; Globalization ; Power (Social sciences) ; Globalization ; Human rights ; Power (Social sciences) ; Social justice ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Reveals the complexity of global justice as a contested ideal and explores the intersection of local and global dynamics that pose challenges to and facilitate paths towards justice's realization
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Contents; List of Tables; Notes on the Contributors; Preface; 1 Introduction: Challenges and Paths; 2 When International Protection Fails; 3 The Success of Tradition: Lisan and the Reintegration of East Timorese Militia Members; 4 Rights-Based Approaches to International Development; 5 Humanitarians with Guns: Globalized Rights, Cultural Space, and Militarized Aid in Afghanistan; 6 Pathways to Peace: Revolution versus Resolution; 7 Contingent Ironies of Globalization: Rupert Murdoch, Patrimonial Politics, and Patriotism; 8 Power, Justice, and Peace Building
    Description / Table of Contents: 9 Religion, Power, and the American EmpireBibliography; Index
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    Online Resource
    New York : Palgrave Macmillan
    ISBN: 1403975493
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xiii, 192 p)
    Edition: Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Parallel Title: Print version Pragmatic Liberalism : Constructing a Civil Society
    DDC: 303.3/72
    Keywords: Social ethics ; Civics ; Liberalism Moral and ethical aspects ; Civil society ; Civics ; Civil society ; United States ; Liberalism ; Moral and ethical aspects ; Social ethics ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Analyzes the problems of US politics and public policy and proposes a solution rooted in a deep American consensus that often goes unrecognized. There exists a general consensus on basic rights and duties that can be used as a foundation for redirecting public policy analysis, debate, and programs
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Contents; Prologue; 1 Malaise; 2 Rights; 3 Why Help?; 4 The Conservative View: Markets, Inequality, and Social Efficiency; 5 Class Conflict and the Radical View of the Common Good; 6 The Constructive Chaos of Pluralism; 7 Institutions, Social Policy, and the Death of the Old Social Science; 8 Moral Policy; 9 Implementing Pragmatic Liberalism: Leadership, Citizenship, and Community; Works Cited; Index
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    ISBN: 1403977682
    Language: English
    Pages: xv, 279 p. S.
    Edition: Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction Available via World Wide Web
    Series Statement: Comparative feminist studies series
    Series Statement: Comparative Feminist Studies
    Parallel Title: Print version Women's Sexualities and Masculinities in a Globalizing Asia
    DDC: 306.76/63095
    Keywords: Lesbianism ; Lesbians Social conditions ; Social Conditions ; Gender Identity ; Homosexuality, Female ; Women ; Lesbianism ; Asia ; Lesbians ; Asia ; Social conditions ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Includes bibliographical references and index
    Abstract: Presents a collection of writings by both academic and activist scholars on women's same-sex sexualities and female masculinities in a globalizing Asia. This book explores the emergence of contemporary lesbian and butch/femme relationships and communities throughout Asia and their location within the context of nationalist struggles
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Series Editor's Foreword; Preface; Notes on Contributors; One: Globalization, Sexuality, and Silences: Women's Sexualities and Masculinities in an Asian Context; Part I Historical Legacies; Part II Conditional Subjectivities; Part III Female Masculinities; Part IV Silencing and Modes of Invisibility; Index
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    ISBN: 1403977399 , 9781403977397
    Language: English
    Pages: xi, 264 p S.
    Edition: Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction Available via World Wide Web
    Series Statement: Black Religion / womanist Thought/Social Justice S
    Series Statement: Black Religion/Womanist Thought/Social Justice Ser.
    Parallel Title: Print version Whiteness and Morality : Pursuing Racial Justice Through Reparations and Sovereignty
    DDC: 305.800973
    Keywords: Whites Attitudes ; Social justice ; Whites Race identity ; Racism Political aspects ; African Americans Reparations ; Slavery History ; Racism History ; USA ; Weiße ; Sklaverei ; Rassismus ; Rassenbeziehung ; Ethics ; Electronic books ; Whites ; United States ; Attitudes ; Slavery ; United States ; History ; Racism ; United States ; History ; Racism ; Political aspects ; United States ; African Americans ; Reparations ; Social justice ; United States ; United States ; Race relations ; History ; Whites ; Race identity ; United States ; United States Race relations ; History
    Abstract: Includes bibliographical references and index
    Abstract: What does it mean to 'be white'? This book asks this question in order to consider how white U.S.-Americans participate in racial justice-making. It illustrates how 'white' identities are embodiments of problematic moral realities. It argues that movements for reparations for people of African descent attempt to redress such realities
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Contents; Series Editors' Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Mapping the Fault Lines; 1 The Moral Crisis of ""Being White""; 2 A Colonial Settler Nation and A Slaveholding One; 3 Becoming Uniquely White ""American""; 4 The Imperative of Reparations; Conclusion: Toward Becoming More Human; Notes; Bibliography; Index
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    ISBN: 1403980802 , 9781403980809
    Language: English
    Pages: xiv, 249 p S.
    Edition: 1st ed
    Edition: Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction Available via World Wide Web
    Parallel Title: Print version Iran and the Challenge of Diversity : Islamic Fundamentalism, Arynist Racism, and Democratic Struggles
    DDC: 305.800955
    Keywords: Pan-Iranism ; Cultural pluralism ; Cultural pluralism ; Iran ; Iran ; Ethnic relations ; History ; 20th century ; Iran ; Politics and government ; 20th century ; Pan-Iranism ; Electronic books ; Iran Politics and government 20th century ; Iran Ethnic relations 20th century ; History ; Hochschulschrift
    Abstract: Includes bibliographical references and index
    Abstract: Questioning the racist construction of Aria and Aryanism in an Iranian context, this work argues that these concepts gave the Indo-European speaking Persian ethnic group an advantage over Iran's non-Persian nationalities and communities
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Note on Transliteration; 1 Introduction: Establishing the Boundaries; 2 The Journey between Theory and Practice: Text, Context, and Language; 3 Planting the Seeds of Racism: Diversity and the Problematic of Orientalist Historiography; 4 The Flourishing of Racist Ideology: From Pahlavi Monarchism to the Islamic Republic; 5 Reinforcing Racism: The Dominant Discourse and Praxis; 6 Resisting Racism: The Counterhegemonic Discourse and Praxis; 7 Conclusions: Politics of Assimilation and the Challenge of Diversity; References and Further Reading; Index
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