This reissue of Paul Frenchs acclaimed introduction to North Korea provides an up-to-the-minute overview of the politics, economics and history of the DPRK, with added chapters dealing with recent events. A new foreword examines why North Korea remains an issue in world politics and argues that an understanding of the country is more important now than ever. A new in-depth postscript offers ana…
The meeting of the Russian and Qing empires in the nineteenth century had dramatic consequences for Central Asia’s Muslim communities. Along this frontier, a new political space emerged, shaped by competing imperial and spiritual loyalties, cross-border economic and social ties, and the revolutions that engulfed Russia and China in the early twentieth century. David Brophy explores how a comm…
Examines the roots of the carnage in Yugoslavia during the 1990s, where Washington and its imperialist rivals in Europe are competing with each other for influence as they intervene militarily in an attempt to reimpose capitalist relations.
Contents: 1. The natural setting of Seoul 2. Seoul history traced 1 3. Seoul history traced 2 4. Life in Seoul today 5. The cultural legacy of Seoul.
Buku ini menyajikan tinjauan kritis tentang kebijakan politik kriminal dalam menghadapi dinamika perkembangan masyarakat saat ini. Daftar isi: 1. Pendahuluan 2. Pencegahan dan penanggulangan kejahatan 3. Kebijakan legislasi penanggulangan tindak pidana korupsi 4. Kebijakan legislasi di bidang penanggulangan penyalahgunaan narkoba dan psikotropika 5. Kebijakan legislasi dalam pemberantasa…
Mountain mentality Swiss farmers are tough, independent, hard-working, resilient, well-prepared for every kind of natural disaster, and above all staunchly conservative. These characteristics have been passed on to Swiss town-dwellers, who go about their day as if they too were farming a lonely mountain cliff. We can do better The Swiss stubbornly refuse to believe they are doing well …
The Palestine-Israel conflict is the most notorious and ingrained conflict of the twentieth century. Yet the way it is reported in the media is often confusing, leading many to assume the hostilities stretch back to an ancient period. This is the first book to provide a clear, accessible, and annotated introduction that covers the full 2,000-year history of the region, from biblical times until…
This "stimulating and comprehensive" (Kirkus Reviews) collection of original essays on twentieth-century Japan's history and culture provides a unique mix of American and Japanese perspectives on Showa. With an important, substantial Introduction by Carol Gluck, the volume explores the strengths of the Japanese economy, the issue of democracy and Japan's political culture, Japan's achievements …
The contents of this book: 1. Why a National Goverment? 2. The Changing Political Systems 3. The Need for Economic Restructuring 4. Social Restructuring and Holistic Perspective
Westerners have recognized and analyzed the many unique aspects of Japanese culture since they first set foot in Japan in the 16th century. The special talents (and weaknesses) that characterize the Japanese way of life are by now well-documented. But few Westerners really understand the beliefs and values that underlie how the Japanese think and act, how and why these attributes have been pres…