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PaperbackEngels9781138106703
7-6-2017
This book collates a comprehensive range of fascinating essays by leading authors on film from across the Muslim world. Responding to political and theoretical misconceptions about Islam and Muslim culture, it covers North African, Arab and Asian cinemas in a rich series of industry histories, single film studies and detailed analyses of celebrated directors. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781138106734
16-6-2017
Since 2008 many European states have experienced significant challenges in adapting to austerity, and political actors within these states have made significant changes in their discourses and practices. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781138107335
25-5-2017
Contending that everyday sociability and social networks are central elements to an understanding of urban poverty, Opportunities and Deprivation in the Urban South draws on detailed research conducted in São Paulo in an examination of the social networks of individuals who identify as poor. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781138107380
24-5-2017
Following the acquisition of its sovereignty from the Netherlands in 1949, Indonesia experienced serious economic and political problems during the 1950s and 1960s, before entering a three-decade-long period of rapid economic growth. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781138107427
25-5-2017
After over fifty-years of Canadian engagement with Africa, no comprehensive literature exists on Canada's security policy in Africa and relations towards Africa's regional organizations. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781138107571
16-6-2017
This edited volume is the first book-length study focusing entirely on mobile phone use in China. Drawing on examples from a wide range of contemporary situations in China and beyond, the contributors argue that the mobile phone is in fact an important means by which one can understand a rapidly changing China, and the developing culture of mobile phone usage reflects both the cultural norms and struggle of the people. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781138107649
11-8-2017
Japan is one of the world’s most literate societies. Its national newspapers are the most read newspapers in the world, and the country also has a very vibrant local newspaper sector. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781138107946
31-5-2017
Biofuels and Rural Poverty makes an original contribution to the current controversial global debate on biofuels, in particular the consequences that large-scale production of transport fuel substitutes can have on rural areas, principally in developing countries but also in some poor rural areas of developed countries. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781138108073
31-5-2017
Orthodox Christians, as well as other non-Muslims of the Ottoman Empire, have long been treated as insular and homogenous entities, distinctly different and separate from the rest of the Ottoman world. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781138108080
31-5-2017
Providing a rigorous analysis of Buddhist ways of understanding religious diversity, this book develops a new foundation for cross-cultural understanding of religious diversity in our time. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781138108288
7-6-2017
Over the last ten years the Egyptian economy has undergone a major transformation which has led to greater decentralisation and international competition. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781138108295
24-5-2017
In the past three decades, China has experienced an unprecedented pace of economic and urban development. It’s economy is now transforming from one based on manufacturing industries towards the producer services, with the importance of these services in the national and regional economy being recognized by economists and policy makers alike. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781138108363
16-6-2017
Since the end of the Cold War a democratic wave has swept through large parts of the world, propagating liberal values and giving impetus to the case for human rights in an international society. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781138108387
24-5-2017
Since the end of the Cold War, there has been a significant change in Japanese security policy, as Japan’s security identity has shifted from a peace state, to an international state. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781138108455
31-5-2017
This book studies the transnational nature of American cultural production, specifically literature, film, and music, examining how these serve as ways of perceiving the United States and American culture. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781138108486
31-5-2017
Tracing the emergence of minorities and their institutions from the late nineteenth century to the eve of the Second World War, this book provides a comparative study of government policies and ideologies of two states towards minority populations living within their borders. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781138108523
16-6-2017
Asian Popular Culture in Transition examines contemporary consumption practices in South Korea, China, India, and Japan, and both updates and extends popular culture studies of the region. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781138108639
24-5-2017
Since the mid-nineteenth century, the United States has used sport as a vehicle for spreading its influence and extending its power, especially in the Western Hemisphere and around the Pacific Rim, but also in every corner of the rest of the world. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781138108653
25-5-2017
The struggle over land has been the central issue in Zimbabwe ever since white settlers began to carve out large farms over a century ago. Their monopolisation of the better-watered half of the land was the focus of the African war of liberation war, and was partially modified following Independence in 1980. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781138108981
24-5-2017
Winner of the Children’s Literature Association Honor Book Award
This volume establishes a dialogue between East and West in children’s literature scholarship. Meer