Filter by
Tajkistan: a political and social history
This book is a historical study of the Tajiks in Central Asia from the ancient times to the post-Soviet period. For millennia, these descendants of the original Aryan settlers were part of many different empires set up by Greek, Arab, Turkic and Russian invaders, as well as their own, most notably during the Middle Ages. The emergence of the modern state of Tajikistan began after 1917 under Sov…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781925021165
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 958.6086 NOU t
Disability, health and human development
This open access book introduces the human development model to define disability and map its links with health and wellbeing, based on Sen’s capability approach. The author uses panel survey data with internationally comparable questions on disability for Ethiopia, Malawi, Tanzania and Uganda. It presents evidence on the prevalence of disability and its strong and consistent association with…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781137536389
- Collation
- xxi, 177p. : ill.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 362.4091724 MIT d
Research, ethics and risk in the authoritarian field
This Open Access book offers a synthetic reflection on the authors’ fieldwork experiences in seven countries within the framework of ‘Authoritarianism in a Global Age’, a major comparative research project. It responds to the demand for increased attention to methodological rigor and transparency in qualitative research, and seeks to advance and practically support field research in autho…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783319689661
- Collation
- xv, 122p. : ill.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 320 RES r
The politics and governance of basic education : a tale of two South African …
Uses cutting edge and multidisciplinary approaches to analyse the politics of service provision and serves as a model for how similar research can be conducted in other countries and sectors - An in-depth, microlevel analysis that develops the high-profile South African discourse on the interaction between governance and policy - Systematically anchored in innovative thinking on how to achieve …
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780198824053
- Collation
- XVIII, 302 p.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 372.190968 POL p
Women in Southeast Asian nationalist movements : a biographical approach
Books on Southeast Asian nationalist movements make very little — if any — mention of women in their ranks. Biographical studies of politically active women in Southeast Asia are also rare. This book makes a strong case for the significance of women’s involvement in nationalist movements. The authors show women negotiating their own subjectivity and agency at the confluence of colonialism…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- -
- Collation
- IX, 333 p.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 320.0820959 WOM w
Governing New Guinea; an oral history of Papuan administrators, 1950-1990
This is the first time that indigenous Papuan administrators share with an international public their experiences governing their country. These administrators were the brokers of development. After graduating from the School for Indigenous Administrators (OSIBA) they served in the Dutch administration until 1962. The period 1962-1969 stands out as turbulent and dangerous, and for many curtaile…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9789067183932
- Collation
- x, 358 p.; 22 cm.
- Series Title
- KONINKLIJK INSTITUUTVOOR TAAL-, LAND- EN VOLKENKUNDE
- Call Number
- 995.304 GOV g
Africa-Europe research and innovation cooperation : global challenges, bi-reg…
This edited volume is concerned with the evolution and achievements of cooperation in research and innovation between Africa and Europe, and points to the need for more diversified funding and finance mechanisms, and for novel models of collaboration to attract new actors and innovative ideas. It reflects on the political, economic, diplomatic and scientific rationale for cooperation, while als…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783319699295
- Collation
- xxxi, 147p. : ill.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 507.206 AFR a
Between mobility and migration : the multi-level governance of intra-European…
This open access book offers a critical perspective on intra-European mobility and migration by using new empirical data and theoretical discussions. It develops a theoretical and empirical analysis of the consequences of intra-European movement for sending and receiving urban regions in The Netherlands, Sweden, Austria, Turkey, Poland and Czech Republic. The book conceptualizes Central and …
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783319779911
- Collation
- VI, 270p. : ill.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 304.8 BET b
Anomie and violence : non-truth and reconciliation in Indonesian peacebuilding
Indonesia suffered an explosion of religious violence, ethnic violence, separatist violence, terrorism, and violence by criminal gangs, the security forces and militias in the late 1990s and early 2000s. By 2002 Indonesia had the worst terrorism problem of any nation. All these forms of violence have now fallen dramatically. How was this accomplished? What drove the rise and the fall of violenc…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781921666230
- Collation
- XV, 501 p.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 320.9598 ANO a
Post-digital cultures of the far right : online actions and offline consequen…
How have digital tools and networks transformed the far rights strategies and transnational prospects? This volume presents a unique critical survey of the online and offline tactics, symbols and platforms that are strategically remixed by contemporary far-right groups in Europe and the US. It features thirteen accessible essays by an international range of expert scholars, policy advisors and …
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783839446706
- Collation
- 208 p.
- Series Title
- Edition Politik, 71
- Call Number
- 320.533 PAS p
Computer Science, Information & General Works 
Philosophy & Psychology 
Religion 
Social Sciences 
Language 
Pure Science 
Applied Sciences 
Art & Recreation 
Literature 
History & Geography