Literature provides a comprehensive overview of the major trends, works, and figures in Chinese literature, spanning from ancient to contemporary times. The book explores the rich literary traditions of China, including classical poetry, historical writings, and modern prose, highlighting the cultural, social, and philosophical contexts in which these works were created. The book discusses key …
This book presents an anthropological and sociological analysis of cultural diversity in the Malay Peninsula. N. J. Ryan reviews the social and cultural background of the main ethnic groups, namely the Malay, Chinese, and Indian, as well as Western influences, in the development of Malay society. Through a historical approach, he explores the social structures, customs, traditional values, beli…
Groups around the world are increasingly successful in maintaining or winning autonomy. However, what happens to individuals within the groups who find that their group discriminates against them? This volume brings together sixteen distinguished scholars who examine the balance between group autonomy and individual rights in relation to conflicts involving gender, religion, culture, and indige…
How do a few Third World political movements become global causes célèbres, while most remain isolated? This book rejects dominant views that needy groups readily gain help from selfless nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). Instead, they face a Darwinian struggle for scarce resources where support goes to the savviest, not the neediest. Examining Mexico's Zapatista rebels and Nigeria's Ogoni…
The Difficult Flowering of Suriname advances the argument that ethnic politics in a democratic plural society need not degenerate into dictatorship or anarchy. A detailed political history of one of the most heterogeneous societies in the Caribbean, The Difficult Flowering of Suriname focusses on the emergence of Creole, Hindustani, and Javanese political parties in the 1940s (in the context of…
The Canadian model of diversity management is considered a success in the international community, yet the methods by which these policies are adopted by local governments have seldom been studied. Municipalities and Multiculturalism explores the role of the municipality in integrating immigrants and managing the ethno-cultural relations of the city.
Like this book admits, and as the field of cultural studies, it’s a mish-mash of several different topics bonded together in an attempt to form a legitimate academic field which nobody’s sure what’s its properties.
In this book, Ross develops a broad theoretical explanation for cross-cultural conflict, claiming that both social-cultural interests and psychocultural dispositions must be taken into account to explain why some societies are especially prone to conflict and others are more peaceful.
This new series publishes theoretically challenging and empirically authoritative studies of the traditions, functions, paradigms and institutions of modern diplomacy. Taking a comparative approach, the New Diplomacy Studies series aims to advance research on international diplomacy, publishing innovative accounts of how 'old' and 'new' diplomats help steer international conduct between anarchy…
Buku ini membagi pembahasannya ke dalam empat bagian besar. Pertama, Post-Sosial, mengupas kematian sosial, konsumerisme, peleburan realitas dan fantasi di media dan juga seni. Kedua, Post-Hororisme, yang membahas kejahatan yang kian "sempurna" lewat manipulasi teknologi hingga tak ada yang tahu bahwa telah terjadi kejahatan: tak ada korban, tak ada pelaku, tak ada barang bukti. Juga tentang pe…