Regional / International studies

Religion in Diverse Societies: Crossing the Boundaries of Prejudice and Distrust contributes to existing cutting-edge research on the constructive way in which religion can support the promotion of respect, dignity, and justice for all people, considered as essential features in shaping sustainable, diverse, and peaceful societies.

Sonja Sternberg was born in Berlin in June 1926.

Peter Kurer was born in 1931 in Austria.

Peter Adler was born in April 1933 in Berlin.

Japan at War, 1914-1952 is a synthetic and interpretive history that highlights the centrality of war to the modern Japanese experience.

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Providing an intensive and up-to-date analysis of far-right, ethno-purist and nationalistic currents as well as the inclusive visions for social and ecological change, this book explores the complexities of contemporary Slavic and Germanic Paganisms.

Russia Reverts to Muscovy explores the implications of removing the notion of "e;Russia"e; from political and scholarly discourse.

After a turbulent modern history of conquest and colonialism, Mexico has developed as an economy that may be emerging but still displays significant levels of poverty, particularly in relation to its neighbor to the north, the United States.

The Museum in Asia advances an understanding of the flourishing museum landscape in the region by offering a variety of conceptual tools and frameworks through which museum development can be analysed and understood.

Most writing on modern China dwells on those aspects which are new to China since the Communist takeover, stressing above all politics, Marxism, economic and agricultural development.

This book introduces a new framework for understanding how the relationship between political parties and the state shapes the development of political parties, party systems and democratic consolidation.

The Financialization of Latin American Real Estate Markets: A Research Companion provides an authoritative overview of the real estate asset class in Latin America with chapters covering Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Nicaragua and Chile.

First published in 1992, A Future for Africa looks at the crises plaguing the Africa's societies and economies and argues convincingly that the problems are not insuperable, but that, though their causes are largely external, the only long-term solutions rest in African hands.

Public Administration has experienced a fundamental rethinking of its basic objectives, concepts, and theories during the 21st century.

Most of the articles in this volume belong to what can be described as the preparatory work which is prerequisite to the study of pre- and early Islamic history.

How politics in America works today, how it got that way, and how it's likely to change through reform-these are the themes that pervade every chapter of Cal Jillson's highly lauded American Government: Political Development and Institutional Change.

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This book explores the path that led to the Treaty of Rapallo (1920) between Italy and the new Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, later the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, in the aftermath of the First World War, when the territories of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire were allotted to new and existing states, with regard as far as possible to the nationalities of the people living in the various territories in addition to the future of Montenegro and Albania.

Indian plurality is unique in the world.

This book traces the role of technology in shaping, curating, disseminating, and archiving knowledge and life in South Asia.

This textbook offers a unique insight into the theoretical and applied aspects of human development in relation to the cultural traditions of non-Western countries.

This book analyzes crisis communication in Asia, focusing on how culture (broadly defined) plays a central role in the way a crisis develops and is resolved.

This book explores the literary history of the zhiqing, Chinese educated youth, during the liberal 1980s era of the PRC.

This book investigates how mental health in South Africa is conceptualised and constructed in public policy.

An Independent Book of the MonthWhat was the mood of the British people during the middle and later years of the Second World War?

First published in 1987 and this edition in 1990, Israel, Palestinians and the Intifada is a comprehensive book covering the dynamics of interaction between Israeli policies and Palestinian responses.

In den turbulenten Jahren zwischen 1918 und 1939 erlebte die Ukraine eine dramatische Transformation, die das Land tiefgreifend veränderte.

Human Rights, Impunity and Anti-Press Violence is a qualitative, comparative and interdisciplinary exploration of journalists' responses to impunity for anti-press violence in two Latin American partial democracies, Mexico and Honduras.

Discover how Bhutan's unique cultural values and aspirations shape its education system in this edited volume.

A Concise History of the Middle East provides a comprehensive introduction to the history of this region.

This book analyses the transition of South Asian nations from agrarian to industrialized economies, which is accompanied by a widening gap between agricultural and non-agricultural growth rates and a greater income disparity between farmers and urban residents.

This book defines regional climate leadership in East Asia and the Pacific as a novel addition to the climate leadership theory.

Coal occupies a large share in the global energy basket.

Raised in the rural Appalachian town of Erwin, Tennessee, John David Goodin was a tank commander in one of the most notorious and prestigious regiments in World War II, the 3rd Armored "e;Spearhead"e; Division, the 32nd Armored Regiment.