Assessing the people's liberation army in the Hu Jintao era

The 2012 Pla (People's Liberation Army) conference took place at a time when the Chinese Communist Party (Ccp) was making its leadership transition from Hu Jintao to Xi Jinping. The conference discussion focused on the developments in China's national security and the Pla during the Hu Jintao Administration from 2002 to 2012. Key observations are presented in this volume. The most significant o…

Bound to cooperate: Conflict, peace and people in Sierra Leone

Edisi

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ISBN/ISSN

92-9045-137-8

Deskripsi Fisik

xv, 206 pages ; 21 cm

Judul Seri

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No. Panggil

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Greed, Inc.: Why corporations rule our world

A critical indictment of modern corporate practices argues that today's publicly traded companies enjoy the legal statuses of individuals but are not bound by the same legal and moral responsibilities, in a historical survey that traces the contributions and unethical activities of such companies as Enron, Exxon, and Pfizer.

The kapitan Cina of Batavia 1837-1942: A history of Chinese establishment in …

In the Dutch East Indies, in Batavia in particular, the kapitan Cina institution lasted until the last days of Dutch rule. And whereas in other parts of Southeast Asia, such as the Straits Settlements, the kapitan Cina was an unofficial position, in the Dutch East Indies it was an integral part of the colonial administration

Islam & métissage: Des musulmans créolophones à Madagascar: Les Indiens su…

The work sets the general, historical and social framework in which the Malagasy adventure of a “foreign minority” took place. This book will in fact be about a Sunni Muslim community in Madagascar (a minority compared to the Khodja Shiites), a Creole-speaking community of some six hundred people established for more than a hundred years in Tamatave, the country's first port, capital of the…

The content of our character: A new vision of race in America

Steele illuminates the origins of the conflict in race relations today--the increase in anger, mistrust, and even violence between blacks and whites. With candid and persuasive arguments, he shows us how both black and white Americans have become trapped into seeing color before character, and how social policies designed to lessen racial differences have instead made them greater. The Content …

Computing myths, class realities: An ethnography of technology and working pe…

Computing Myths, Class Realities is about the extensive change-on the job, where people live, in social relations-taking place in contemporary societies. The book examines whether this social change is caused by the introduction of computer-based new technology or "computerization." To answer this question, computerization is examined culturally, through the holistic approach of anthropology.

The great divide: Unequal societies and what we can about them

This book is mostly about the economics of inequality. In various essays in this volume, Stiglitz describing the nexus between politics and economics: the vicious circle by which more economic inequality gets translated into political inequality, especially in America's political system, which gives such unbridled power to money.

Islam and the cultural accommodation of social change

The author's thesis "Crisis of Modern Islam" is taken in new directions in this book. He provides a critique of Islam as a cultural system, arguing that cultural patterns within Islam - especially in the areas of law, language and education - retard its capacity to accommodate rapid social change. Exploring the links between culture and religion, Tibi perceives the resurgence of Islamic fundame…

Surveillance after September 11

The aftermath of terrorist attacks on September 11 2001 includes widespread tightening of surveillance. The responses are a prism that puts several things in perspective. One, it is premature to see decentralised and commercial surveillance simply supplanting nation-state power. Rather, the nation-state now draws upon an augmented surveillant assemblage for its own purposes. Two, reliance on hi…