The book also explores the role of the ethnographer involved in anthropology and suggests how one can develop an ethnographic praxis to be expressed cooperatively with a community. This exploration and synthesis of both a changing community and the means of interpretation will be of interest to anthropologists, ethnographers, sociologists, and students of political science looking at the effect…
Structured in four parts, with detailed chapter summaries, Virtual States presents a compact and accessible theoretical and historical introduction to the Internet, its relationship to the developing world, the Internet in relation to the developed world, and the Internet and society. The book also covers issues such as war, censorship and the philosophical implications of hypertext, which is a…
From Rabat to Gaza, through Algiers and Caimo, Burgat carried out his inquiry in interviews with prominent Islant Among the burning issues addressed are the relations between Islam and modernity, Islamism and women, and overall question of violence.
This book unveils the history of discriminatory policies imposed in Indonesia upon people of Arab descent, and reveals the instrumental role of a Dutch scholar and orientalist, Prof. Snouck Hurgronje, in creating systematic policies to segregate and isolate these Indonesians from the local indigenous Moslem population
Explores political and geographic change within the same accessible framework, emphasizing the need for a fluid approach to the study of the international order, the nation-state, as well as social movements
The six essays of this book, now revised after having previously been published as Violence for Equality: Inquiries in Political Philosophy, are the result of trying to inquire with an open mind into terrorism and more particularly what some people think are justifications of it or would be justifications of it. If you actually think about it, what can be said for and against terrorism or polit…
Buku ini penting artinya untuk dipahami masyarakat, terutama para mahasiswa yang sedang menekuni studinya. Filsafat Pancasila adalah suatu istilah yang majemuk; maksudnya ialah ilmu filsafat yang obyeknya Pancasila sebagai dasar filsafat, asas kerohanian, ideologi negara.
Contents: Part one: An introductory overview - The central European and balkan regions in transition Part two: Transformation in east central Europe and the balkans - Europeanization of central and eastern Europe - The triple transition and nation-building building institutional democracy parliamentary and presidential systems - The role of political parties political culture and electora…
The issues discussed in the theoritical papers and the analysis of developments in the field of leadership and bureaucracy are of historic importance. Political events have been moving in India during the past five years with a baffling rapidity and yesterday's analysis may appear outdated today; however the issues and insights presented in these papers will be relevant as long as India's exper…
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…