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Modern-day Highland living still faces the same problems it always has; remoteness and an unpredictable climate. This work reflects the mix of tradition and style in the Highlands: tweeds, tartans and natural materials, sports, fishing and stalking.
Fifteen international researchers contribute ten revised versions of papers presented at a February 2001 workshop hosted by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, exploring the effects of decentralization on the relationship between citizens and the state in the developing world, and on the quality of democracy in general.
Pascual de Gayangos (1809-1897), celebrated Spanish Orientalist and polymath, is recognised as the father of the modern school of Arabic studies in Spain. This collection celebrates the 200th anniversary of his birth
A comparative study examining women's participation in politics in South Africa and Uganda. In both these African countries, women have achieved some 30 per cent representation in national and local political institutions - far more than in many western countries. How has this been achieved?
This study of Magreb's erratic encounter with democratization illuminates the complex encounters between civil society and the authorities in Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco. It examines the role of the media in particular as contested, but often compliant, terrain between governments and dissidents.
This study of Magreb's erratic encounter with democratization illuminates the complex encounters between civil society and the authorities in Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco. It examines the role of the media in particular as contested, but often compliant, terrain between governments and dissidents.
The Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) took over from the much hated army dictatorship of Mengistu's DERG at the beginning of the 1990s. This book is the outcome of an intensive research and monitoring study of the growing gap between democratic aspirations and reality.
A comprehensive study of Thabo Mbeki's leadership and its implications for South Africa's future. The book explores whether there is a central strand of thinking that informs Mbeki's politics and policy-making, and examines how Mbeki interacts with his core base and most important constituencies.
This tribute to the mixed hybrid and multicultural nature of Sri Lanka's society, which includes Sinhala, Tamil, Muslims and Burghers and the major faiths, Buddhism, Hindu, Islam and Christianity, challenges assumptions of ethnic purity and attempts to recover a hidden history of hybridity.
The diversity of African countries considered in this book compels careful thought about questions of human rights. The contributors show how African aspirations for democracy and rights are often fed by both individuals' and groups' desire for recognition and representation.
Radical Asian perspectives on globalization and Western development.
Radical Asian perspectives on globalization and Western development.
Radical Asian perspectives on globalization and Western development.
Radical Asian perspectives on globalization and Western development.
This volume deals with the threat to democracy and the rule of law posed by organised violence in Latin America