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  • 1
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    Museums in China : the politics of representation after Mao (2014)
    Suffolk : Boydell & Brewer
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    ISBN: 9781782042105
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (vii, 190 pages)
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    DDC: 069.0951
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    Keywords: Geschichte ; Politik ; Museums / China ; Museums / China / History ; Museums / Political aspects / China ; Museum techniques / China / History ; National characteristics, Chinese ; Museum ; China ; China ; Museum
    Abstract: Museums in China have undergone tremendous transformations since they first appeared in the country in the late nineteenth century. Futuristic, state-of-the-art museums have today become symbols of China's global cultural, economic and technological prominence, and over the last two decades, the number of Chinese museums has increased at an unprecedented rate, with China set to become the country with the highest number of museums in the world. But why have museums become so important?This book, based on extensive research in a number of the museums themselves, examines recent changes in their display methods, narratives, actors and architectural style. It also considers their representations of Chinese national identity, millenarian history and extraordinary cultural diversity. Through an analysis of the changes affecting not only what we observe through museums, but also the very medium of observation (i.e. museums themselves), this book provides a unique, original and timely exploration of the ongoing changes affecting Chinese society, and an evaluation of their consequences. Dr Marzia Varutti is a post-doctoral fellow at the Centre for Museum Studies, Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages, University of Oslo
    Description / Table of Contents: Cultural heritage in China -- Museums in China: origins and development -- New actors in the Chinese museum world -- Museum objects and the Chinese nation -- The nation in the museum -- The politics of the past -- The representation of the past in China's museums -- The politics of identity -- The museum representation of ethnic minorities -- Conclusion: the new museums of China
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    Dealing with government in South Sudan : histories of chiefship, community & state (2013)
    Suffolk : Boydell & Brewer
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    ISBN: 9781782040873
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (xvi, 253 pages)
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    DDC: 962.9
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    Keywords: Geschichte 1840-2010 ; Geschichte ; Politik ; Chiefdoms / South Sudan / History ; Häuptling ; Traditionale Gesellschaft ; Kommunalpolitik ; South Sudan / History ; South Sudan / Politics and government ; Staat Südsudan ; Staat Südsudan ; Kommunalpolitik ; Häuptling ; Traditionale Gesellschaft ; Geschichte 1840-2010
    Abstract: South Sudan became Africa's newest nation in 2011, following decades of armed conflict. Chiefs - or 'traditional authorities' - became a particular focus of attention during the international relief effort and post-war reconstruction and state-building. But 'traditional' authority in South Sudan has been much misunderstood. Institutions of chiefship were created during the colonial period but originated out of a much longer process of dealing with predatory external forces. This book addresses a significant paradox in African studies more widely: if chiefs were the product of colonial states, why have they survived or revived in recent decades? By examining the long-term history of chiefship in the vicinity of three towns, the book also argues for a new approach to the history of towns in South Sudan. Towns have previously been analysed as the loci of alien state power, yet the book demonstrates that these government centres formed an expanding urban frontier, on which people actively sought knowledge and resources of the state. Chiefs mediated relations on and across this frontier, and in the process chiefship became central to constituting both the state and local communities. Cherry Leonardi is a Lecturer in African History at the University of Durham, a former course director of the Rift Valley Institute's Sudan course, and a member of the council of the British Institute in Eastern Africa. Published in association with the British Institute in Eastern Africa
    Description / Table of Contents: Part 1. From zariba to merkaz : the creation of the nodal state frontier, c. 1840-1920. Frontier societies and the political economy of knowledge in the nineteenth century -- Colonial frontiers and the emergence of government chiefs, c. 1900-1920 -- Part 2. From makama to mejlis : the making of chiefship and the local state, 1920s-1950s. Constituting the urban frontier : chiefship and the colonial labour economy, 1920s-1940s -- Claiming rights and guarantees : chiefs' courts and state justice, c. 1900-1956 -- Containing the frontier : the tensions of territorial chiefdoms, 1930s-1950s -- Uncertainty on the urban frontier : chiefs and the politics of Sudanese independence, 1946-1958 -- Part 3. From malakiya to medina : the fluctuating expansion of the urban frontier, c. 1956-2010. Trading knowledge : chiefship, local elites and the urban frontier, c. 1956-2010 -- Regulating depredation : chiefs and the military, 1963-2005 -- Reprising 'tradition' : the mutual production of community and state in the twenty-first century -- Knowing the system : judicial pluralism and discursive legalism in the interim period, 2005-2010
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    The challenge of pluralism : paradigms from Muslim contexts (2009)
    Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press
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    ISBN: 9780748642090
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (122 pages)
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    DDC: 305.697
    Keywords: Religion ; Cultural pluralism / Religious aspects / Islam ; Islamic civilization ; Muslims / Social conditions ; Politik ; Politische Theorie ; Islam ; Demokratie ; Liberalismus ; Pluralismus ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Islam ; Pluralismus ; Liberalismus ; Demokratie ; Politische Theorie ; Islam ; Pluralismus ; Liberalismus ; Politik ; Demokratie
    Abstract: Current popular and academic discussions make certain assumptions regarding Islam and its lack of compatibility with pluralism. Some notable liberal thinkers have even argued that pluralism itself is inherently antithetical to Islam. This volume addresses these assumptions by bringing clarity to some of its key suppositions and conjectures
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    Globalization and National Autonomy : The Experience of Malaysia (2008)
    Singapore : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
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    ISBN: 9789812308184
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (xx, 353 pages)
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    DDC: 303.482595
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    MS 1170
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    Keywords: Globalisierung ; Politik ; Wirtschaftspolitik ; Globalization / Malaysia ; Malaysia / Politics and government ; Malaysia / Social policy ; Malaysia / Economic policy
    Abstract: "Half a century since Malayan independence in 1957, this collection of essays provides a welcome assessment of post-colonial, especially recent Malaysian policies on various fronts – development, 'looking East', 1997-98 crisis management, inter-ethnic redistribution, poverty reduction, trade, education, healthcare, globalization, Islam and national culture. This volume is a useful compendium for anyone seeking a broad overview of recent policy challenges and debates." – Jomo Kwame Sundaram, United Nations Assistant Secretary General for Economic Development
    Description / Table of Contents: Developmentalist state in Malaysia / Abdul Rahman Embong -- The Look East Policy, the Asian crisis, and state autonomy / Lee Poh Ping -- The Malaysian success story, the public sector, and inter-ethnic inequality / Jacob Meerman -- Poverty eradication, development, and policy space in Malaysia / Ragayah Haji Mat Zin -- Trade liberalization and national autonomy, Malaysia's experience at the multilateral and bilateral levels / Tham Siew Yean -- Malaysia's education policies / Joan M. Nelson -- Malaysia's healthcare sector / Joan M. Nelson -- Globalization, Islamic resurgence, and state autonomy, the response of the Malaysian state to Islamic globalization / Norani Othman -- The national culture policy and contestation over Malaysian identity / Sumit K. Mandal
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    Globalization and its counter-forces in Southeast Asia (2008)
    Singapore : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
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    ISBN: 9789812304933
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (xii, 416 pages)
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    DDC: 303.48259
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    MS 1170
    Keywords: Gesellschaft ; Globalisierung ; Politik ; Terrorismus ; Globalization / Economic aspects / Southeast Asia / Congresses ; Terrorism / Southeast Asia / Congresses ; Globalization / Social aspects / Southeast Asia / Congresses ; Globalization / Political aspects / Southeast Asia / Congresses ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Politischer Wandel ; Sozialer Wandel ; Globalisierung ; Südostasien ; Südostasien ; Konferenzschrift ; Konferenzschrift ; Konferenzschrift ; Konferenzschrift ; Südostasien ; Globalisierung ; Sozialer Wandel ; Politischer Wandel ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung
    Abstract: This volume is a collection of essays from a diverse group of scholars. Collectively, they present a multidimensional perspective of globalization in Southeast Asia. They delve into the political, economic, security, social, and cultural dimensions of globalization and local responses, offering evidence of complex interfacing between the global and the local, thus championing the need for a multidisciplinary approach to globalization studies. This volume depicts globalization as an uneven and, sometimes, undesired process, and resists the temptation for easy conclusions to the challenges facing the region today
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    Ageing in Southeast and East Asia : family, social protection, and policy challenges (2008)
    Singapore : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
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    ISBN: 9789812307941
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (xv, 247 pages)
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    DDC: 305.26095
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    MS 2700
    Keywords: Politik ; Wirtschaft ; Older people / Southeast Asia / Economic conditions / Congresses ; Aging / Government policy / East Asia / Congresses ; Aging / Government policy / Southeast Asia / Congresses ; Older people / East Asia / Social conditions / Congresses ; Older people / Southeast Asia / Social conditions / Congresses ; Older people / East Asia / Economic conditions / Congresses ; Ostasien ; Südostasien ; Konferenzschrift ; Konferenzschrift ; Konferenzschrift ; Konferenzschrift
    Abstract: Southeast and East Asian countries are undergoing varying stages of population ageing. The social, economic and political implications of population ageing will be enormous, and because of the fast speed of ageing in the region, the countries cannot afford the luxury of time for the gradual evolution of social and structural support systems and networks for the older population. The essays in this volume critically examine national ageing policies and programmes, the sustainability of existing pension systems, housing and living arrangements, inter-generational transfer, and aspects of quality of life of the elderly population. While the findings show that most Southeast Asian countries have started to formulate and implement national ageing policies, they also indicate that the existing policies are by and large inadequate and underdeveloped in serving the needs of the older population and indeed much more must be done to prepare for the future
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    Globalization and challenges to building peace (2008)
    London : Anthem Press
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    ISBN: 9781843313816
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (x, 272 pages)
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    DDC: 303.6/6
    Keywords: Globalisierung ; Politik ; Peace-building / Congresses ; Globalization / Political aspects / Congresses ; Friedenspolitik ; Globalisierung ; Konferenzschrift ; Konferenzschrift ; Konferenzschrift ; Konferenzschrift ; Globalisierung ; Friedenspolitik
    Abstract: This fascinating collected volume explores the relationship between world conflict, political unrest and the driving forces of Capitalism and Globalization
    Description / Table of Contents: Building peace in the era of three waves -- The problem of peace : understanding the "liberal peace" -- Pre-emptive self-defence, new legal principle or political action? -- Beyond criminal justice : promoting the rule of law in post-conflict societies -- Peace by pact : data on the implementation oF peace agreements -- Refugee repatriation as a necessary condition for peace -- Catapulting conflicts or propelling peace : diasporas and civil wars -- UN peace operations as norm entrepreneurs : the challenge of achieving communicative action on human rights -- To practice what they preach : international transitional administrations and the paradox of norm promotion -- Re-examining the roots of war in West Africa in a globalizing world -- The African Union (AU) and its commitment to non-indifference : can the AU be an actor for the promotion of human security? -- Hamas between Sharia rule and demo-Islam -- Environmental scarcity and intrastate conflicts : the case of Nepal -- Narcotics : the new security threat for China
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    Language, nation, and development in Southeast Asia (2007)
    Singapore : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
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    ISBN: 9789812304834
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (xvii, 229 pages)
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    DDC: 305.8
    Keywords: Politik ; Sprache ; Language policy / Southeast Asia / Congresses ; Südostasien ; Southeast Asia / Languages / Political aspects / Congresses ; Southeast Asia / Ethnic relations / Congresses ; Konferenzschrift ; Konferenzschrift ; Konferenzschrift ; Konferenzschrift
    Abstract: Language policies in Southeast Asia have been shaped by the process of nation-building on the one hand and by political and economic considerations on the other. The early years of nation-building in Southeast Asia generated intensive language conflicts precisely because state policies privileged the idea of a monolingual nation and thus endeavoured to co-opt or even do away with troublesome ethnic identities. In recent years, language policies are increasingly influenced by pragmatic considerations, especially globalization and the awareness of a linkage between language and economic development, such that Southeast Asian states in varying degrees have become less insistent on promoting monolingual nationalism.This book evaluates the successes and drawbacks of language policies in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and Myanmar, especially the ways in which these policies have often been resisted or contested. It is an invaluable primer on this linguistically complex region and a resource for scholars, policy-makers, civil society activists and NGOs in various parts of the world facing equally challenging ethnic/language issues
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