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By shifting the focus from the metropolis to the secondary city of Chiang Mai, this study provides an alternative narrative of the formation of the modern Thai state that highlights the overlap between European, American, and Siamese interests.
A headman of a remote Kelabit longhouse in Borneo is wrestling with recent changes caused by logging and roadbuilding. During this time of tension, he tells three historical narratives defining what makes the good life.
This book explores the fundamental creative tension between the native and the foreign in many areas of Japanese culture, from politics and religion to art and literature – a tension also often interpreted as between tradition and modernity.
This book departs from the universalising and rescue narratives of poor children and technologies. It offers complex stories on how children’s social identities (gender, caste, and religion), cultural norms, and personal aspirations influence their digital experiences.
This book analyzes these three centuries of Japan-Russia relations so as not to miss out any essential factors of the relationship.
This volume discusses how Japan responds to a more threatening security environment while managing its domestic politics, including the debate about the pacifist constitution, the alliance with the US, and Japan’s Quad partners, India and Australia.
This volume explores practices and experiences in Chinese popular religion. The research adds new materials and new approaches to well-known worships such as... Læs mere
State Failure in Lebanon: Causes and Implications investigates the persistent inability of Lebanon’s political system to establish a cohesive, effective, and legitimate state over the past century.
Taking a consciously regional perspective, this volume evaluates the mechanisms and motivations that underpin collaborations between higher education and public art galleries in the Midlands and Northwest of England.
This handbook explores the meaning of social cohesion in an African context, comparing empirical findings; prioritizing African knowledges in... Læs mere
Providing the tools for critical thinking, the sixth edition of Analyzing American Democracy: Politics and Political Science relies on... Læs mere
Bringing together nine chapters penned by experts in different Area Studies, this book investigates how empires and... Læs mere