Politics of Place in Urban India

Edited by Geert de Neve, Henrike Donner

By zooming in on urban localities in India and by unpacking the 'meaning of the local' for those who live in them, the ten papers...

2006 | Hardback: 978-1-84472-114-6 (UCL Press)

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Muslim Women, Reform and Princely Patronage

Nawab Sultan Jahan Begam of Bhopal

By Siobhan Lambert-Hurley

This is a new and engaging examination of the emergence of a Muslim women’s movement in India. The state of Bhopal, a Muslim principality in...

2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-40192-0 (Routledge)

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Edited by Michael Wesley

This book explores the various dimensions of energy security in Asia – which has become an increasingly important geopolitical issue. Reputable international contributors look at...

2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-41006-9 (Routledge)

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Towards an Understanding of Wat Phra Dhammakaya and Santi Asoke

By Rory Mackenzie

Vastly different in belief and practice, two new Buddhist religious movements in Thailand, namely the Wat Phra Dhammakaya and Santi Asoke emerged in Thailand in...

2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-40869-1 (Routledge)

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Concepts and Implications

By Shahrbanou Tadjbakhsh, Anuradha Chenoy

This book traces the key evolutions in the development of the concept of human security, the various definitions and critiques, how it relates to other...

2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-40727-4 (Routledge)

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Beyond Security, Ethics and Violence

War Against the Other

By Anthony Burke

In a world plagued by war and terror, Beyond Security, Ethics and Violence sounds a warning: not only are global patterns of insecurity, violence and...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-41088-5 (Routledge)

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Singapore

The State and the Culture of Excess

By Souchou Yao

Taking ideas and frameworks from philosophy, psychology, political science, cultural studies and anthropology, this book tells the larger ‘truth’ about the Singapore state. This book...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-41712-9 (Routledge)

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By Yasuyuki Matsumoto

This highly relevant study provides an incisive analysis of a critical phase in recent East Asian financial history, exploring the underlying causes of the financial...

2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-39904-3 (Routledge)

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Transformations of a Lao landscape

By Marc Askew, Colin Long, William Logan

Providing insights into this neglected Southeast Asian city, this interesting book interprets Vientiane’s landscape - physical as well as imagined - as a reflection of key...

2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-33141-8 (Routledge)

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Edited by Takatoshi Ito

The failure of the dollar peg to prevent the Asian currency crisis of 1997 to 1998 has highlighted the importance of the exchange rate regime...

2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-38376-9 (Routledge)

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