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“niraja gopal jayal”

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  • Citizenship and Its Discontents

    An Indian History

    by Niraja Gopal Jayal ...
    Breaking new ground in scholarship, Niraja Jayal writes the first history of citizenship in the largest democracy in the world—India. Unlike the mature democracies of the west, India began as a true republic of equals with a complex architecture of citizenship rights that was sensitive to the many hierarchies of Indian society. In this provocative biography of the defining aspiration of modern ... Read more

    $38.69 USD

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  • One Child

    The Story of China's Most Radical Experiment

    by Mei Fong ...
    A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist offers an intimate investigation of China's one-child policy and its consequences for families and the nation at large.For over three decades, China exercised unprecedented control over the reproductive habits of its billion citizens. Now, with its economy faltering just as it seemed poised to become the largest in the world, the Chinese government has brought ... Read more

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  • uTOpia

    Towards a New Toronto

    Edited by Alana Wilcox, Jason McBride ...
    Series series uTOpia
    Since the election of Mayor David Miller in November 2003, Toronto has experienced a wave of civic pride and enthusiasm not felt in decades. At long last, Torontonians see their city as a place of possibility and potential. Visions of a truly workable, liveable and world-class city are once again dancing in citizens’ heads. In the past two years, this spirit has, directly or indirectly, manifested ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • Asia-Pacific Security

    An Introduction

    by Joanne Wallis, Andrew Carr, Brad Glosserman, Lowell Dittmer, H.D.P. Envall, Ian Hall, Tim Huxley, Brendan Taylor, James Manicom0, Christopher Paul1, Nick Nelson2, Alistair D. Cook3, Rex Hughes4, Mathew Davies5, Sarah Teitt6, William Tow7 ...
    This new textbook gathers an international roster of top security studies scholars to provide an overview of Asia-Pacific’s international relations and pressing contemporary security issues. It is a suitable introduction for undergraduate and masters students' use in international relations and security studies courses. Merging a strong theoretical component with rich contemporary and historical ... Read more

    $33.29 USD

  • The Sympathetic State

    Disaster Relief and the Origins of the American Welfare State

    by Michele Landis Dauber ...
    Even as unemployment rates soared during the Great Depression, FDR’s relief and social security programs faced attacks in Congress and the courts on the legitimacy of federal aid to the growing population of poor. In response, New Dealers pointed to a long tradition—dating back to 1790 and now largely forgotten—of federal aid to victims of disaster. In The Sympathetic State, Michele Landis Dauber ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • A Short History of European Law

    The Last Two and a Half Millennia

    by Tamar Herzog ...
    A Short History of European Law brings to life 2,500 years of legal history, tying current norms to the circumstances of their conception. Tamar Herzog describes how successive legal systems built upon one another, from ancient times through the European Union. Roman law formed the backbone of each configuration, though the way it was used and reshaped varied dramatically from one century and ... Read more

    $18.09 USD

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  • The Transformation of the Supreme Court of Canada

    An Empirical Examination

    by Donald R. Songer ...
    In the last half-century, the Supreme Court of Canada has undergone major upheaval. The most drastic change occurred with the adoption of the Charter of Rights in 1982, which substantially increased the Court's role in resolving controversial political and social issues. The Transformation of the Supreme Court of Canada examines the impact of institutional changes on the proceedings and decisions ... Read more

    $69.19 USD

  • Social Entrepreneurship and Citizenship in China

    The rise of NGOs in the PRC

    by Carolyn L. Hsu ...
    Series series Routledge Research on the Politics and Sociology of China
    Over the last thirty years, social entrepreneurship has boomed in the People’s Republic of China. Today there are hundreds of thousands of legally registered NGOs, and millions more unregistered, working in the areas of the environment, education, women’s issues, disability services, community development, LGBTQ rights, and healthcare. The rise of these Chinese NGOs and their implications for ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Routledge Handbook of Civil Society in Asia

    Edited by Akihiro Ogawa ...
    The Routledge Handbook of Civil Society in Asia is an interdisciplinary resource, covering one of the most dynamically expanding sectors in contemporary Asia. Originally a product of Western thinking, civil society represents a particular set of relationships between the state and either society or the individual. Each culture, however, molds its own version of civil society, reflecting its most ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Sovereignty in China’s Perspective

    by Yonghong Yang ...
    Series Book 118 - Schriften zum internationalen und zum oeffentlichen Recht
    This book explores China’s perspective on sovereignty. The concept of sovereignty is universal, however, the understanding of it varies in different states and due to cultural backgrounds, history or the composition of ethnic groups. In order to comprehend China’s current perspective on sovereignty, the author connects Chinese historical ideas with the current international society. She locates ... Read more

    $80.39 USD

  • Making Of Southeast Asian Nations, The: State, Ethnicity, Indigenism And Citizenship

    by Leo Suryadinata ...
    The idea of the ‘nation’ is a Western concept which has been applied to Southeast Asia. It is a project which has been in progress since the last century but is still incomplete. Various theoretical frameworks which are associated with nation and nation-building in the Southeast Asian region have been briefly dealt with. The book aims to examine the making of the nations in Southeast Asia using ... Read more

    $30.59 USD

  • Reconsidering the Insular Cases

    The Past and Future of the American Empire

    Edited by Gerald L. Neuman, Tomiko Brown-Nagin ...
    Series series Human rights program series
    Over a century has passed since the United States Supreme Court decided a series of cases, known as the “Insular Cases,” that limited the applicability of constitutional rights in Puerto Rico and other overseas territories and allowed the United States to hold them indefinitely as subordinated possessions without the promise of representation or statehood. Essays in this volume, which originated ... Read more

    $17.99 USD