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This book explores Hinduism by empirically discovering the problems that it faces and the solutions that it offers to those... Læs mere
This book explores the nature of the friction between the Muslim world and Western states involving historical, political, economic, cultural,... Læs mere
Synthesizing the results of the extensive research on women and gender done over the last twenty years, Margaret L. Meriwether and Judith E. Tucker provide an accessible overview of the scholarship on women and gender in the nineteenth- and twentieth-century Middle East.
In the decades since independence, the countries of sub-Saharan Africa have faced three central dilemmas of development. The first has been the challenge of... Læs mere
This book provides a timely analysis of African foreign policies in a post-Cold War environment where African marginalization from the global economy appears to be increasing.... Læs mere
Designed for academic and policy studies readers, African State and Society in the 1990s is the first comprehensive English language book to appear on Cameroon's political events since 1989.
This study reconstructs the history of women in Sub-Saharan Africa. It explores the stages of women's collective roles as well as their individual emancipation through revolts, urban migrations, economic impacts, social claims, political strength and creativity.
This book provides an account of actual African experience and African criticisms. It is designed to examine the actual viability of the World Bank's structural adjustment strategies for Africa, all of which were designed to encourage export-led growth.
Alternate Civilities is an anthropologist's answer to the argument that China's cultural tradition renders it incapable of achieving an open political system. It compares China with the vibrant democracy that has developed over the last decade in Taiwan.
This volume contains several case studies to explain the causes and consequences of Asian contagion's spread within or among countries, such as, Japan, Thailand, Indonesia, Korea, China, India, Philippines, and Vietnam.
This volume examines the changing economic and internal security challenges faced by the Gulf countries and the problems they face with Iran, Iraq,... Læs mere
This book provides Bangladesh's history, polity, economy and society and reassesses its successes and failures in reaching the four goals—democracy, secularism, socialism, and nationalism—after a quarter century of nationhood.