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Countries across the Asian continent are facing an uncertain future. Does China's rise threaten its neighbours? And what, ultimately, is its end goal? Nowhere are these questions more pressing than in the Pacific, where China's maritime neighbours find themselves directly in the path of the country's expanding territorial claims. In this rich historical exploration, Michael Tai finds answers to these and other questions through an in ­depth ex...

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The remarkable political transition from apartheid to democracy disturbed the established gender order of South Africa. This book looks at the way in which men, under apartheid and in the transition period responded to, were affected by, and themselves contributed to the transitions in Southern Africa. Men in South Africa are still dominant in the domestic and public realm, but masculinities have shifted, and in many cases, become more inclusi...

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This provocative book asks readers to be politically realistic about what is happening to the overwhelming majority of people in Third World countries. With three exceptions (Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan), development has not come. A myriad of people in feeble infant-states have been born--children of self-determination, but not of economic and scientific progress. State-driven, communist, and neo-liberal development models have failed m...

Provides an account of Bangladesh's political system, economic performance, and social ambiguities arising out of its people's multiple identities. Topics covered include: the impact of Islam on politics and the position of women, the mixed economic record, and changes arising from

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War is now an important part of development discourse. Aid agencies have become involved in humanitarian assistance, conflict resolution and the social reconstruction of war-torn societies. This book examines the nature of the new wars.

An analysis of the World Trade Organisation's Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights Agreement - TRIPS.

A survey of the entire record of US expansion - firstly within the North American Continent, then throughout the world. The book offers V.G. Kiernan's writings on ideas and philosophies, as well as of events and people who created them.

War is now an important part of development discourse. Aid agencies have become involved in humanitarian assistance, conflict resolution and the social reconstruction of war-torn societies. This book examines the nature of the new wars.

Provocatively argues that the conventional view of women's rights has too often impeded action to uphold their fundamental freedoms.

Explores how warfare increases hunger. This book focuses on the reforms required of the UN's machinery if it is to cope more effectively, reassesses the role of relief in time of war, and asks how NGOs should respond to the new circumstances in the post-Cold War era.

This collection explores the gender dynamic of political movements from both theoretical and political angles, to reveal how nationalism, revolution and Islamization are gendered processes. The book focuses on predominantly Muslim movements, taking examples from several different countries.

The development process involves many difficult social issues and ethical questions. This book formulates the general principles underlying ethical strategies in development and then illustrates their potential for application in a number of key issue areas.

Making a break with conventional wisdom in post-colonial discourse, this book explores contemporary African identities in transition. The contributors look at the colonial legacy and how colonial identities are being reconstructed in the face of deepening social inequality across the continent.

This is a critical analysis of the role played by the leading developing NGO in Kerala, India - the Kerala Sastra Sahitya Parishad (KSSP). The aim of the book is to improve understanding of the potential of people's educational movements.