Regional Studies

This book is the first comprehensive account of the changing role of men and the construction of masculinity in contemporary Japan. The book moves beyond the stereotype of the Japanese white-collar businessman to explore the diversity of identities and...

With contributions from renowned experts in the field, this book provides an excellent background to the history of Anglo-Iranian relations. Focusing on the political and economic relationship of Britain and issues of strategic sensitivity, the book also...

From a wildly popular YouTube video journalist in the tradition of Anthony Bourdain, a heartening journey through the very best of America, reminding us of all the reasons we've got to love this place—and one another.

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781032816333Author Robin H BestFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Taylor & Francis LtdPublisher Taylor & Francis Ltd

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First published in 1965, Britain and the Commonwealth provides a comprehensive account of Britain's role in the Commonwealth and of the Commonwealth's place in the modern world. The author gives sufficient historical background, deals thoroughly with the...

The decade of 1980s was one of crisis for Africa. Neither African governments nor development agencies made a significant impact on the quality of life of rural people. The enormous range of contexts in Africa - social, economic, political, cultural, and...

The Operation of the European Social Fund (1983) examines the process of European integration at work by taking a detailed analysis of one particular area, namely the European Social Fund. It looks at the ESF in itself, its origins, objectives and...

Western Europe (1987) looks at the 'technology gap' myth around the comparison of the high technology industries of Western Europe and those of the United States and Japan. It compares and contrasts the environment for innovation in the US, Japan and...

Planning in Europe (1978) examines planning in West and East Europe. It gives priority to economic and financial planning, followed by industrial and administrative planning, and social and spatial aspects of planning. The main idea binding all the...

This book offers an in-depth analysis of the nationalist ideas and practices of Turkey’s Nationalist Action Party (MHP) from its founder, Alparslan Türkeş, to its current leader, Devlet Bahçeli.Applying both diachronic and synchronic approaches to the...

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First Published in 1986 Eastern Europe 1968-1984 has been written in response to renewed interest in Eastern European events in the 60s and 70s. In writing this work the author concentrated on changes in the system in the post-Stalinist period, which...

First Published in 1983, Syria: Modern State in an Ancient Land presents a concise profile of Syria in which the author depicts the factors that shaped modern Syria, introducing its land, people, and culture and explaining how it moved from being the...

First published in 1991 Mongolia Today presents a collection of essays by leading scholars in the field and gives important insights into the economic, political, legal and military systems of Mongolia. The Mongolian People's Republic, formerly known as...

This edited book sheds new light on the understanding of solidarity, reciprocity and fairness from the perspective of European Union (EU) citizens and, with this, how cohesion in the EU can be achieved.Drawing on extensive focus group research across...

This book examines the world of religious conservatism in Christianity and Islam through a comparison of two eighteenth-century traditionalist icons, Jonathan Edwards and Muhammad Ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab.Spanning the globe from America to Arabia, this book...

This book argues that the pervasiveness of the modern paradigm and its corollary, the colonial matrix of power, have led scholars of Negritude to think of Leopold Sedar Senghor’s work either as an anti-thesis to the anti-Blackness constitutive of...

This book explores non-Western approaches to foreign policy in the context of Iran in order to encourage wider consideration of non-Western scholarship in international relations.Throughout its existence IR has drawn primarily on Western thought and...

'Popular Struggles or One Struggle?' Originally published in 1988 shortly after the miners' strike in South Africa of 1987, this book begins with a strongly argued and seminal discussion of this question by William Cobbett and Robin Cohen. The book had...

Small territories and islands are significant flashpoints in the contemporary world order. They are both exposed to the vicissitudes of international power rivalries and can find it difficult to sustain a stable internal political and economic order...

This book traces the evolution of the postcolonial state and the social contract in Egypt. It problematises two of the most ubiquitous and contentious terms: democratisation and development, within the context of Egypt and the larger Global South. It...

Originally published in 1976, this book was the first comprehensive analysis in English of the post-independence developments in the West African Republic of Guinea. It is a scholarly analysis of the different aspects of life in the country: political,...

In this welcome new sixth edition of the bestselling textbook Understanding Japanese Society, Joy Hendry and Emma E. Cook take the reader into the heart of Japanese life.Providing a clear and accessible introduction to Japanese ways of thinking, which...

This book analyses the expansion of Chinese power and influence in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) through Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) projects undertaken in the "1+ 2+ 3 cooperation pattern." Under this framework, 1 represents energy, 2...

This open access book is a collection of selected papers from the 3rd Tsinghua Area Studies forum by the Institute for International and Area Studies (IIAS) at Tsinghua University in Beijing, theming at "Developing Countries in the Age of Uncertainties:...

Dealing with real world issues that impact people at all levels, this powerful interdisciplinary collection makes important connections between ideas and concepts across different disciplines, providing readers with a comprehensive overview of how Africa...

This book examines the seven key issues related to China, which have been identified by experts over the past few centuries. The topics addressed include China's impact on international discourse, the inheritance of Chinese civilization, the great...

This book provides an integrated view of each of the four provinces of Pakistan, considered the four micro regions, owing to their relative internal homogeneity and distinctiveness from the adjacent regions. Each chapter of the book deals with a specific...

Israelis with a Russian accent have been part of Israel's social, cultural and economic landscape for over 20 years. They are found in all walks of life: as controversial politicians, senior physicians and scientists, kibbutz members and religious...

"A compendium of profound insights, garnered in all their granularity from varied aspects of Cairo's rich social life, which keeps the reader engrossed to the last page."-Contemporary SociologyA rich examination of the securitization of the everyday...

The book unravels the complexity of Pakistan's physical terrain, from the Arabian Sea coast to the Himalayan heights, focusing on its bio-climatic environment. While throwing light on the evolution of societal organization and the nature and intensity of...

The dramatic shift of the Indian subcontinent, once highly integrated for a millennium until its Partition in 1947, into one of the world's least integrated regions, raises questions about this swift transformation. The formation of the South Asian...

This manual presents procedures for performing advanced laboratory tests on fine-grained soils. It covers characterization tests, which determine soil composition and quantify the individual components of a soil, and behavioral tests, such as the...

Over the last few decades international organisations, national governments, and governmental and private actors have all multiplied their efforts to limit the extent to which natural catastrophes, man-made atrocities and political and economic...

This book provides a ground-breaking assessment of the Israeli national security experience from the establishment of the country through to the present day.Seventy-five years after its establishment, the State of Israel continues to face an acute...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781032405926Author Jolanta Itrich-DrabarekImprint Taylor & Francis LtdPublisher Taylor & Francis Ltd

The Covid-19 pandemic brought about significant changes in the world order. It not only reshaped the global geopolitical architecture but also created newer challenges and opportunities for international trade and businesses. This book deliberates on...