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  • Dynamics of Democracy in Timor-Leste

    The Birth of a Democratic Nation, 1999-2012

    de Rui Feijo ...
    Series series Transforming Asia
    The Indonesian province of Timor-Leste made international news when it decided to break away from Indonesia in 1999. The decision sparked deadly rampages by pro-integrationist militias, violence that only abated when the UN sent a force to maintain peace and help ease the way to actual independence. This book details the political history of Timor-Leste, both preceding and following the ... Leer más

    $64.99 USD

  • The Dead as Ancestors, Martyrs, and Heroes in Timor-Leste

    Edición de Lia Kent, Rui Feijo ...
    During the 24-year Indonesian occupation of East Timor, thousands of people died, or were killed, in circumstances that did not allow the required death rituals to be performed. Since the nation's independence, families and communities have invested considerable time, effort and resources in fulfilling their obligations to the dead. These obligations are imbued with urgency because the dead are ... Leer más

    $64.99 USD

  • Transformations in Independent Timor-Leste

    Dynamics of Social and Cultural Cohabitations

    Edición de Susana de Matos Viegas, Rui Feijó ...
    Series series Routledge/City University of Hong Kong Southeast Asia Series
    1999 was a decisive year in the long history of the people of Timor-Leste, whose future was open when they voted for independence in a UN-sponsored referendum. Its results left no doubt that the Timorese considered themselves to be a nation wishing to have their own state, which they would rule.This book examines a vast array of transformations that have taken place over the past decades. It puts ... Leer más

    $62.99 USD

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  • Africa's Contemporary Challenges

    The Legacy of Amilcar Cabral

    Edición de Carlos Lopes ...
    This book reviews Cabral’s intellectual contribution to current debates on race, identity, nation building, democracy, leadership and ethics. The key leader of the national liberation movements of former Portuguese African colonies is considered to be one of their foremost intellectuals the continent has produced. This rare combination of freedom fighter, operational campaigner and astute ... Leer más

    $82.99 USD

  • Urban Revolt

    State Power and the Rise of People's Movements in the Global South

    Edición de Trevor Ngwane, Immanuel Ness, Luke Sinwell ...
    How do individuals and organizations move beyond the boundaries of constitutional or legal constructs to challenge neoliberalism and capitalism? As major urban areas have become the principal sites of poor and working-class social upheaval in the early twenty-first century, the chapters in this book explore key cities in the Global South. Through detailed cases studies, Urban Revolt unravels the ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • Explaining Global Poverty

    A Critical Realist Approach

    de Branwen Gruffydd Jones ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Critical Realism
    The twenty-first century is characterized by extremes of poverty and wealth, of scarcity and abundance. The vast inequalties of wealth distribution between the developed west and the impoverished developing world is a complex problem. This book recognises that Africa in particular has manifested this global disgrace and symbolizes the nature of poverty to the western world.In order to truly ... Leer más

    $68.99 USD

  • Nation-Building and National Identity in Timor-Leste

    de Michael Leach ...
    Series series Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series
    Timor-Leste’s long journey to nationhood spans 450 years of colonial rule by Portugal, a short-lived independence in 1975, and a 24-year occupation by Indonesia. This book examines the history of nation-building and national identity in Timor-Leste, and the evolution of a collective identity through two consecutive colonial occupations, and into the post-independence era. It charts the evolution ... Leer más

    $68.99 USD

  • The Upper Guinea Coast in Global Perspective

    Edición de Christoph Kohl, Jacqueline Knörr ...
    Series Libro 12 - Integration and Conflict Studies
    For centuries, Africa’s Upper Guinea Coast region has been the site of regional and global interactions, with societies from different parts of the African continent and beyond engaging in economic trade, cultural exchange and various forms of conflict. This book provides a wide-ranging look at how such encounters have continued into the present day, identifying the disruptions and continuities in ... Leer más

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  • Global White Supremacy

    Anti-Blackness and the University as Colonizer

    de Christopher S. Collins, Christopher B. Newman, Alexander Jun ...
    Knowledge is more expansive than the boundaries of the Western university model and its claim to be the dominant—or only—rigorous house of knowledge. In the former colonies of Europe (e.g., South Africa, Brazil, and Oceania), the curriculum, statues, architectures, and other aspects of the university demonstrate the way in which it is a fixture in empire maintenance. The trajectory of global White ... Leer más

    $26.69 USD

  • Caribbean Sovereignty, Development and Democracy in an Age of Globalization

    Edición de Linden Lewis ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global Politics
    Many of the nations of the Caribbean that have become independent states have maintained as a central, organizing, nationalist principle the importance in the beliefs of the ideals of sovereignty, democracy, and development. Yet in recent years, political instability, the relative size of these nations, and the increasing economic vulnerabilities of the region have generated much popular and ... Leer más

    $62.99 USD

  • City and Nation

    Rethinking Place and Identity

    de Michael Peter Smith, Thomas Bender ...
    Series series Comparative Urban and Community Research
    This compendium offers a textured historical and comparative examination of the significance of locality or "place," and the role of urban representations and spatial practices in defining national identities. Drawing upon a wide range of disciplines - from literature to architecture and planning, sociology, and history - these essays problematize the dynamic between the local and the national, ... Leer más

    $68.99 USD

  • The Anthropology of Power

    Edición de Angela Cheater ...
    Series series ASA Monographs
    An edited collection which examines the theoretical issues surrounding power, and particularly empowerment, which uses ethnographic analysis as its basis. It takes material from the Middle East, Canada, Columbia, Australasia and various parts of Europe and Africa. It looks particularly at the extent to which traditionally disempowered groups gain influence in postcolonial or multicultural settings ... Leer más

    $69.99 USD