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History and Psychoanalysis in the Columbus Centre The Meaning of Evil

History and Psychoanalysis in the Columbus Centre The Meaning of Evil

This book draws on a range of key archives and oral testimonies to provide the first systematic and historical study of the origins context development frustrations inner contradictions and legacies of the Columbus Centre. The Columbus Centre a remarkable though largely forgotten research institute was established at the University of Sussex in 1966 triggered by claims of a dearth of academic research about Nazism and the Holocaust. Its basic stated aim was to bring together psychoanalysis and history for a scholarly investigation of discrimination mass violence and the preconditions of genocide in the past and the present. The Nazi crimes were studied along with other instances of prejudice and mass violence such as sixteenth- and seventeenth-century witch-hunts South African apartheid the persecution of the Roma people and race relations in the United States and modern-day Britain. The book seeks to place the Columbus Centre in the historiography of mass violence by analysing the Centre’s works through four historiographical prisms or power relations in which they were produced: psychoanalysis class race and gender. This interdisciplinary volume is a valuable text for scholars and students of historiography psychoanalysis genocide and violence and postwar Europe and for professionals within the field of psychology. | History and Psychoanalysis in the Columbus Centre The Meaning of Evil

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The North the South and the Environment

The North the South and the Environment

The essays in this study contribute to an analysis of the prospects for the world's economy in the face of environmental constraints. The contributors examine the implications of development in both northern and southern hemispheres and the extreme differences between rich and poor nations in the distribution of income resource use and consumption. Using extensive case studies from WIDER-sponsored research the text explores the limits and consequences of further development. | The North the South and the Environment

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Shakespeare and Indian Nationalism The Bard and the Raj

Shakespeare and Indian Nationalism The Bard and the Raj

Shakespeare and Indian Nationalism aims to articulate the reception of Shakespeare by the 19th-century Indian intelligentsia from Bengal and their ambivalent approach to the Indian Renaissance and consequent nationalist project. Showcasing the cultural politics of British imperialism this volume focuses on six early nationalist writers and their engagement with Shakespeare: Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar (1820–1891) Hemchandra Bandopadhay (1838–1903) Girishchandra Ghosh (1844–1912) Purnachandra Basu (1844–unknown) Iswarchandra Vidyasagar (1820–1891) Bankimchandra Chattopadhaya(1838–1894) and Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941). Drawing on Antonio Gramsci’s theory of hegemony and a host of prominent writers of cultural politics nationalism and Indian history this interdisciplinary approach combines postcolonial studies and Shakespeare studies in an attempt to reconcile the existence of an unbridled admiration for an English cultural icon in India alongside the rise of nationalism and a fierce resistance to British rule. The book finally moves to re-explore Shakespeare's position in academic political and popular nationalist discourses in postcolonial India. | Shakespeare and Indian Nationalism The Bard and the Raj

GBP 130.00
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Turkism and the Soviets The Turks of the World and Their Political Objectives

Turkism and the Soviets The Turks of the World and Their Political Objectives

Turkism and the Soviets (1957) uses Turkish Russian and Western sources to present a remarkable study of the Turkish world and its importance in international relations. It thoroughly examines the two factors which give this huge ethnic group its great importance – the strategic position of their territories and secondly their homogeneity and common objectives. Throughout this book the role of the Turkish peoples is examined as an issue intimately connected with the problem of the USSR and Communism. The southern border of the Soviet Union divides the Turkish world into two halves and partially cuts through the living area of the Turkish people. This is the area which contains the most important Soviet oil fields. The section of the book which deals with the splintering away of the Turkic portions of the USSR is of vital importance. | Turkism and the Soviets The Turks of the World and Their Political Objectives

GBP 90.00
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Articulating The Global And The Local Globalization And Cultural Studies

Articulating The Global And The Local Globalization And Cultural Studies

This book explores how discourses of the local the particular the everyday and the situated are being transformed by new discourses of globalization and transnationalism as used both by government and business and in critical academic discourse. Unlike other studies that have focused on the politics and economics of globalization Articulating | Articulating The Global And The Local Globalization And Cultural Studies

GBP 130.00
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The Environment And Marxismleninism The Soviet And East German Experience

The Environment And Marxismleninism The Soviet And East German Experience

In the past two decades environmental pollution and natural resource shortages have evoked increasing concern in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. The emerging ecological crisis has challenged many common assumptions in the Soviet bloc as in the West. This book provides for the first time a detailed and comprehensive analysis of the ecology debate in the USSR and its highly industrialized ally the German Democratic Republic (GDR). Based on a thorough examination of the Soviet and GDR sources Dr. DeBardeleben explores the authorities' attempts to explain the problem to their populations. She also examines the viewpoints of scientists writers and scholars with special attention to economic dimensions of the ecology debate. The study reveals the increasing sophistication of specialists in influencing public policy by adapting official values to support their positions. Through comparison of the Soviet and East German cases the study clarifies the impact of natural resource endowment and legitimacy dilemmas on treatment of the ecology issue. The book demonstrates that Marxist-Leninist values subtly affect Soviet and GDR responses but at the same time the environmental crisis is forcing a reevaluation of some aspects of Marxist-Leninist theory and ideology itself. | The Environment And Marxismleninism The Soviet And East German Experience

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Chilika The Fishermen the Catch and the Challenges

Chilika The Fishermen the Catch and the Challenges

From Chilika India's largest coastal lake the echoes of poetry the reflections of festive lamps its ever-present turmoil and biodiverse bounty have come together to portray livelihoods and lives half full and half empty. After a broad conceptual framework about fish fishery and fishing livelihoods this book has explicitly focused on the lake's ecosystem in Odisha and sustainability in fishing communities. The voices of the fishers have lent credence to the socio-cultural belief systems right of commons and disputes over conservation at individual and community levels. The volatility over the common user rights is underscored by lack of protection to the locals absence of guiding principles and powerful usurpers. The disruption of livelihoods through insufficient economic support is underlined by the lack of viable equitable and regulated credit structures in the region. Issues of mechanization ecological hazards adverse impact of climate change and environmental degradation are explained through their own bearing on bionomic and traditional livelihood disruptions and in-situ footprints on common property resources. In the final countdown the sustained coexistence of Chilika lake and its varied community is narrated through an integrated socio-economic lens that accommodates extant challenges into its field of vision. This book is co-published with Aakar Books New Delhi. Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the print versions of this book in India Pakistan Nepal Bhutan Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. | Chilika The Fishermen the Catch and the Challenges

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The Informal Sector and the Environment

The Informal Sector and the Environment

The informal economy – broadly defined as economic activity that is not subject to government regulation or taxation – sustains a large part of the world's workforce. It is a diverse complex and growing area of activity. However being largely unregulated its impact on the environment has not been closely scrutinised or analysed. This edited volume demonstrates that the informal sector is a major source of environmental pollution and a major reason behind the environmental degradation accompanying the expansion of economic activity in developing countries. Environmental regulation and economic incentive policies are difficult to implement in this sector because economic units are unregistered geographically dispersed and difficult to identify. Moreover given their limited capital base they cannot afford to pay pollution fees or install pollution abating equipment. Informal manufacturing units often operate under unscientific and unhealthy conditions further contributing to polluting the environment. The book emphasizes and examines these challenges and their solutions encountered in various sectors of the informal economy including urban waste pickers small-scale farmers informal workers home-based workers street vendors and more. If the informal sector is to Leave no one behind (as the Sustainable Development Goals promise) and contribute to inclusive growth (an objective of the green economy) then its impact on the economy as well as the environment has to be carefully considered. This book marks a significant contribution to the literature on both the informal economy and sustainable development and will be of great interest to readers in economics geography politics environment studies and public policy more broadly. Chapter 4 of this book is available for free in PDF format as Open Access from the individual product page at www. routledge. com. It has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4. 0 license | The Informal Sector and the Environment

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The Rushdie Affair The Novel the Ayatollah and the West

The Rushdie Affair The Novel the Ayatollah and the West

The publication in 1988 of Salman Rushdie's novel The Satanic Verses triggered a furor that pitted much of the Islamic world against the West over issues of blasphemy and freedom of expression. The controversy soon took on the aspect of a confrontation of civilizations provoking powerful emotions on a global level. It involved censorship protests riots a break in diplomatic relations culminating in the notorious Iranian edict calling for the death of the novelist. In The Rushdie Affair Daniel Pipes explains why the publication of The Satanic Verses became a cataclysmic event with far-reaching political and social consequences. Pipes looks at the Rushdie affair in both its political and cultural aspects and shows in considerable detail what the fundamentalists perceived as so offensive in The Satanic Verses as against what Rushdie's novel actually said. Pipes explains how the book created a new crisis between Iran and the West at the time-disrupting international diplomacy billions of dollars in trade and prospects for the release of Western hostages in Lebanon. Pipes maps out the long-term implications of the crisis. If the Ayatollah so easily intimidated the West can others do the same? Can millions of fundamentalist Muslims now living in the United States and Europe possibly be assimilated into a culture so alien to them? Insightful and brilliantly written this volume provides a full understanding of one of the most significant events in recent years. Koenraad Elst's postscript reviews the enduring impact of the Rushdie affair. | The Rushdie Affair The Novel the Ayatollah and the West

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Integrating the Individual and the Organization

Integrating the Individual and the Organization

The emphasis on organizational change in the corporate life of recent years-including job redesign autonomous groups high performance work systems and the redesign of control systems-owes a great deal to the pioneering work of Chris Argyris. This book examines how individuals in organizations can become more effective in turn making organizations more effective. It explores the conventional pyramidal structure of organizations in which there is top-down control by managers over workers and examines their negative consequences. These include organizational injustice and eventually irrational decision-making. Argyris also discusses the characteristic learning system of the modern organization which he describes as single-loop in character. This system he argues is only adequeate enough to permit the organization to implement existing policies. It does not permit the more difficult and comprehensive task of questioning underlying goals and assumptions which he terms doubt loop learning. In this kind of learning the organization is able to confront the more difficult problems that affect organizations in a time of transition. In his new introduction Argyris reviews the strengths and limitations of the argument advanced in Integrating the Individual and the Organization. He describes why the pyramidal structure endures and why creating a self-learning organization is an even more challenging task than he has imagined. The book will be of interest to professionals with a long-standing interest in organizational development as well as those just entering the field managers confronting the challenge of organization change and researchers in organizational behavior and theory.

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The Monarch and the (Non)-Human in Literature and Cinema Western and Global Perspectives

The Monarch and the (Non)-Human in Literature and Cinema Western and Global Perspectives

This collection studies the representations of the character of the monarch in literature and cinema. Being a person an institution a character archetype and a narrative role the characters of the monarch and other royal or regal characters oscillate between humanity and the non-human. As such they are hybrid forms of existence and subjectivity. The authors of this collection explore this hybridity across large spectra of genres historical periods and cultural contexts. Some of the most prolific and widely read scholars analyze the archetype of the monarch on the page the stage and the screen. They cover large swathes of intersecting creative and interpretive territories including ancient epic and religious poetry Arthurian legends British Renaissance and modern drama British horror films and Hollywood crime and sports films. This collection also features interviews with six prominent comic book writers and artists who discuss the influence of classical royal archetypes on their works. | The Monarch and the (Non)-Human in Literature and Cinema Western and Global Perspectives

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Statism and the Economy The Deadliest Virus

Statism and the Economy The Deadliest Virus

Featuring essays on topics ranging from the pandemic to antideflationist paranoia and the crisis of classical liberalism this volume explores the various ways in which socialism statism is the ‘deadliest virus’ which constantly endangers the spontaneous process of social cooperation. Drawing on the Austrian School of economics the book includes writings on the monetary policy of the European Central Bank and the economics of pandemics economic cycles Japanization and deflation the crisis of classical liberalism versus anarchocapitalism market socialism and nationalism and the relations between efficiency and ethics. This book will be of great interest to those engaged with the study of Austrian economics economic methodology the monetary policy of the European Central Bank the economic theory of pandemics the theory of banking and economic cycles the theory of dynamic efficiency and the history of economic thought. | Statism and the Economy The Deadliest Virus

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Pamuk's Istanbul The Self and the City

Pamuk's Istanbul The Self and the City

This book reconstructs Istanbul through the prism of Orhan Pamuk’s fiction. It navigates the multiple selves and layers of Istanbul to present how the city has shaped the writings of Pamuk and has in turn been shaped by it. Through everyday objects and architecture it shows how Pamuk transforms the city into a living museum where different objects converse along with characters to present a rich tapestry across space and time. Further the monograph explores the formation of communal and literary identity within and around nation-building narratives informed by capitalism and modernization. The book also examines how Pamuk uses the postmodern city to move beyond its postmodern confines and utilizes the theories and universes of Bakhtin Benjamin and Foucault to open up his fiction and radically challenge the idea of the novel. The volume will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of literature literary theory museum studies architecture and cultural studies and especially appeal to readers of Orhan Pamuk. | Pamuk's Istanbul The Self and the City

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The Interplay Between Gender Markets and the State in Sweden Germany and the United States

The Interplay Between Gender Markets and the State in Sweden Germany and the United States

This title was first published in 2001. The development of gender relations during the post-war period in Sweden Germany and the US forms the core of this work. It looks at the hierarchical relations between men and women based on economic political social and biological differentiations. The analytical focus is primarily on how actors cultural norms and institutional arrangements interrelate and affect the relative position of men and women to create patterns/forms of gender relations that vary across countries and change through time. The main advantages of a comparative study is that it highlights the differences and similarities of the countries being compared. This book argues that social blocks involving a stable system of relations that have challenged and become embedded into institutional arrangements are the main force creating differences in the patterns of gender relations across the countries. | The Interplay Between Gender Markets and the State in Sweden Germany and the United States

GBP 110.00
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Blockchain and the Commons

Blockchain and the Commons

Recent years have seen a surge of interest in ‘the commons’ based on a simple yet radical idea: great improvements in production and management could be achieved by reducing barriers to knowledge exchange and power-sharing. Ranging from meadows forests and parks to language open-source software (FLOSS and Blockchain) and 3D printers the commons are distributed or common property resources/infrastructures that are self-managed by their user communities. While acknowledging the significant contributions that can be made through commons-based peer production this book provides a critical examination of the commons with the aim of contributing to their long-term sustainability. In particular the book examines the relation of Blockchain to the commons by illustrating the case study of the Commons Stack. Drawing on a range of interdisciplinary ideas and methodologies the book argues that there are a number of economic and social barriers that are obstructing the wider reproduction of the commons. Problems with access to capital and training the lack of entrepreneurial and managerial skills and the absence of institutional support from governments larger co-ops and NGOs are some of the external difficulties facing the commons today. Meanwhile localism gated communities vested interests atavism traditionalism ideology conflict neo-conservatism and techno-elitism represent some of the internal contradictions inherent in the commons. Through overcoming these contradictions the ultimate goal is to transform capitalism into the postcapitalism of the commons: the creation of a social economy self-organised around the commons. This book provides vital reading for anyone interested in the commons from economics techno-politics and across the social sciences. | Blockchain and the Commons

GBP 120.00
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Politics and the Airlines

Politics and the Airlines

First Published in 1965 Politics and the Airlines looks into the making of airline policy in five countries Australia Britain Canada India and the United States. It shows the part played by political parties ministers government departments regulatory bodies and the boards of management of airlines themselves. In four of the countries the major airlines are publicly owned and have been involved in the cut and thrust of political controversy between enthusiasts for public enterprise and their opponents. In those countries where publicly owned and privately owned airlines compete the politics of the airlines industry are particularly interesting. Dr Corbett’s study of these mixed regulated airlines industries deal with the subject in a new way and presents a general analysis. His analysis could equally well be applied to other industries which are at present constructed along the same lines. The discussion is presented against a background of the history of a fascinating industry and Dr Corbett maintains that the advantage of this form of industry lies in its political efficiency as much as in its attractions to consumers and employees. This is a must read for those interested in the history of aviation industry public policy and public administration.

GBP 105.00
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The Internet and the Customer-Supplier Relationship

The Internet and the Customer-Supplier Relationship

This title was first published in 2003. An exhaustive and synthetic framework for the use of Internet tools in customer-supplier relationships is one aspect of e-business that is still missing from existing literature. This book analyses the main management implications related to the adoption of the Internet in the supply chain and unifies different research studies and contributions in order to build such a framework. It is based on wide empirical evidence including four in-depth case studies in both Europe and the US a cross-industry survey of more than 160 US companies and website research describing emerging Internet initiatives in B2B relationships. By creating a concrete link between theory and practice it should appeal to academics and practitioners alike. | The Internet and the Customer-Supplier Relationship

GBP 115.00
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The Arab Spring The Hope and Reality of the Uprisings

The Arab Spring The Hope and Reality of the Uprisings

Beginning in late 2010 peaceful protests against entrenched regimes unexpectedly erupted in a number of Arab countries causing political upheaval across the region. Through contributions from noted scholars The Arab Spring provides a comprehensive overview of the causes key issues and aftermath of these events. Divided into two parts the book first examines the Arab countries most dramatically impacted by the uprisings as well as why some of their Arab neighbors avoided large-scale protests. The second part explores other countries inside and outside the region-that have a stake and interest in the uprisings. The second edition includes a new chapter on Iraq and coverage of developments in the region since 2012 and how they have altered initial assessments of the Arab Spring's effects. New part introductions and a revised concluding chapter provide contextualization and comparative analyses of key themes and broader questions. This is an essential volume for students and scholars seeking the fullest understanding of how the Arab uprisings continue to impact the region and the world. | The Arab Spring The Hope and Reality of the Uprisings

GBP 175.00
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Planning and the Politicians and Other Essays

Planning and the Politicians and Other Essays

First published in 1969 Planning and the Politicians is a collection of essays on political subjects which ranges from a study of the British House of Commons through a discussion of decentralization in various countries to an examination of the problems of economic planning in a ‘new’ state. They are arranged in four sections entitled Parliament Administration Development and Principles. As the book’s title implies there is a constant preoccupation throughout the essays with the practical issues of politics and public administration and with the more general problems of political choice that face the individual in the modern world. An introductory essay explains the author’s personal approach to political studies. The book will be of interest to students of political science governance administration and economics. | Planning and the Politicians and Other Essays

GBP 115.00
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The Anthropology of Latin America and the Caribbean

The Anthropology of Latin America and the Caribbean

This wide-ranging introduction to the anthropology of Latin America and the Caribbean offers broad coverage of culture and society in the region taking into account historical developments as well as the roles of power and inequality. The chapters address key topics such as colonialism globalization violence religion race and ethnicity gender and sexuality health and food and emphasize the impact of Latin American and Caribbean peoples and cultures in the United States. The text has been thoroughly updated for the second edition including fresh case studies and new chapters on independence neoliberalism and immigration and popular culture and the digital revolution. Students are provided with a solid overview of the major contemporary trends issues and debates in the field. Each chapter ends with a summary up-to-date recommendations for viewing films/videos and websites and a comprehensive bibliography for further reading and research.

GBP 89.99
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Between the Psyche and the Polis Refiguring History in Literature and Theory

Between the Psyche and the Polis Refiguring History in Literature and Theory

This title was first published in 2000. Incorporating studies of Freudian and Marxist approaches to questions of history and memory this timely collection illuminates how history is being refigured in contemporary literary cultural and theoretical studies. The contributors to this volume invite the reader to attend to the forms - linguistic visual monumental - by which a connection with or separation from the past takes place. It is current thinking about memory's relationship to history and the ongoing critical reassessment of historicism that preoccupies this collection. The volume explores the ways in which current thinking about the past operates within a dialogic space and can be located in relation to multiple perspectives. Thus cultural memory can be seen not just as a recent development within the field of cultural studies but as constructing a between-space which also draws in aspects of psychoanalysis. Similarly trauma theory may usefully be conceptualized as operating in a rich and complex dynamic between deconstruction and the work of Freud. Temporality memory and the past are attended to here in terms of the dislocations of narrative of resistances to linear genealogies to aid the reader in making unanticipated connections between theories and cultures and between the demands of the psyche and the polis. | Between the Psyche and the Polis Refiguring History in Literature and Theory

GBP 115.00
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