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The South China Sea Maritime Dispute: Political, Legal and Regional Perspectives (Routledge Security in Asia Pacific Series)
by Leszek Buszynski Christopher B. RobertsThe South China Sea is a major strategic waterway for trade and oil shipments to Japan, Korea as well as southern China. It has been the focus of a maritime dispute which has continued now for over six decades, with competing claims from China, Vietnam, the Philippines, Indonesia and Brunei. Recently China has become more assertive in pressing its claims – harassing Vietnamese fishing vessels and seizing reefs in the Philippine claim zone. China has insisted that it has "indisputable sovereignty" over the area and has threatened to enforce its claim. All of this is unsettling and draws in the United States which is concerned about freedom of navigation in the area. The US has been supporting the Philippines and has been developing security ties with Vietnam as a check upon China. This book examines the conflict potential of the current dispute, it discusses how the main claimants and the United States view the issue, and assesses the prospects for a resolution of the problem.
The South China Sea Maritime Dispute: Political, Legal and Regional Perspectives (Routledge Security in Asia Pacific Series)
by Leszek Buszynski Christopher B. RobertsThe South China Sea is a major strategic waterway for trade and oil shipments to Japan, Korea as well as southern China. It has been the focus of a maritime dispute which has continued now for over six decades, with competing claims from China, Vietnam, the Philippines, Indonesia and Brunei. Recently China has become more assertive in pressing its claims – harassing Vietnamese fishing vessels and seizing reefs in the Philippine claim zone. China has insisted that it has "indisputable sovereignty" over the area and has threatened to enforce its claim. All of this is unsettling and draws in the United States which is concerned about freedom of navigation in the area. The US has been supporting the Philippines and has been developing security ties with Vietnam as a check upon China. This book examines the conflict potential of the current dispute, it discusses how the main claimants and the United States view the issue, and assesses the prospects for a resolution of the problem.
South-South Educational Migration, Humanitarianism and Development: Views from the Caribbean, North Africa and the Middle East (Routledge Studies in Development, Mobilities and Migration)
by Elena Fiddian-QasmiyehThis ground-breaking book is one of the first to analyse the important phenomenon of South-South educational migration for refugees. It focuses particularly on South-South scholarship programmes in Cuba and Libya, which have granted free education to children, adolescents and young adults from two of the world’s most protracted refugee situations: Sahrawis and Palestinians. Through in-depth multi-sited fieldwork conducted with and about Sahrawi and Palestinian refugee students in Cuba and Libya, and following their return to the desert-based Sahrawi refugee camps in Algeria and the urban Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon, this highly pertinent study brings refugees’ views and voices to the forefront and sheds a unique light on their understandings of self-sufficiency, humanitarianism and hospitality. It critically assesses the impact of diverse policies designed to maximise self-sufficiency and to reduce both brain drain and ongoing dependency upon Northern aid providers, exploring the extent to which South-South scholarship systems have challenged the power imbalances that typically characterise North to South development models. Finally, this very timely study discusses the impact of the Arab Spring on Libya’s support mechanisms for Sahrawi and Palestinian refugees, and considers the changing nature of Cuba’s educational model in light of major ongoing political, ideological and economic shifts in the island state, asking whether there is a future for such alternative programmes and initiatives. This book will be a valuable resource for students, researchers and practitioners in the areas of migration studies, refugee studies, comparative education, development and humanitarian studies, international relations, and regional studies (Latin America, Middle East, and North Africa).
South-South Educational Migration, Humanitarianism and Development: Views from the Caribbean, North Africa and the Middle East (Routledge Studies in Development, Mobilities and Migration)
by Elena Fiddian-QasmiyehThis ground-breaking book is one of the first to analyse the important phenomenon of South-South educational migration for refugees. It focuses particularly on South-South scholarship programmes in Cuba and Libya, which have granted free education to children, adolescents and young adults from two of the world’s most protracted refugee situations: Sahrawis and Palestinians. Through in-depth multi-sited fieldwork conducted with and about Sahrawi and Palestinian refugee students in Cuba and Libya, and following their return to the desert-based Sahrawi refugee camps in Algeria and the urban Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon, this highly pertinent study brings refugees’ views and voices to the forefront and sheds a unique light on their understandings of self-sufficiency, humanitarianism and hospitality. It critically assesses the impact of diverse policies designed to maximise self-sufficiency and to reduce both brain drain and ongoing dependency upon Northern aid providers, exploring the extent to which South-South scholarship systems have challenged the power imbalances that typically characterise North to South development models. Finally, this very timely study discusses the impact of the Arab Spring on Libya’s support mechanisms for Sahrawi and Palestinian refugees, and considers the changing nature of Cuba’s educational model in light of major ongoing political, ideological and economic shifts in the island state, asking whether there is a future for such alternative programmes and initiatives. This book will be a valuable resource for students, researchers and practitioners in the areas of migration studies, refugee studies, comparative education, development and humanitarian studies, international relations, and regional studies (Latin America, Middle East, and North Africa).
Southeast Asia and the European Union: Non-traditional security crises and cooperation (Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series)
by Naila Maier-KnappAmidst the Eurozone crisis, the European Union (EU) is stepping up its dialogue and engagement with and within Southeast Asia. The EU’s contemporary approach towards Asia emphasises the importance of open economies and common challenges of the 21st Century. So-called non-traditional security issues have been portrayed increasingly as an avenue to share experiences and enhance cooperation between the EU and Southeast Asia. This contemporary conceptual re-orientation demands a closer look at the EU as an actor in Southeast Asia. This book is the first contemporary monograph-length discussion of the EU as a politico-security actor in in the region post-Cold War. Drawing upon the historical and institutional context and a broad range of empirical case studies, it considers the non-traditional security crises of the late 1990s and early 2000s in Southeast Asia as triggers for enhanced regional and inter-regional cooperation. In doing so, the book construes new insights into our understanding of the EU as a global actor and its normative influence in regions far away from Europe. Providing a crisis-centric and sector-specific analysis which is much-needed, the book will be of interest to scholars of Southeast Asian Politics and European Politics, as well as policy-makers.
Southeast Asia and the European Union: Non-traditional security crises and cooperation (Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series)
by Naila Maier-KnappAmidst the Eurozone crisis, the European Union (EU) is stepping up its dialogue and engagement with and within Southeast Asia. The EU’s contemporary approach towards Asia emphasises the importance of open economies and common challenges of the 21st Century. So-called non-traditional security issues have been portrayed increasingly as an avenue to share experiences and enhance cooperation between the EU and Southeast Asia. This contemporary conceptual re-orientation demands a closer look at the EU as an actor in Southeast Asia. This book is the first contemporary monograph-length discussion of the EU as a politico-security actor in in the region post-Cold War. Drawing upon the historical and institutional context and a broad range of empirical case studies, it considers the non-traditional security crises of the late 1990s and early 2000s in Southeast Asia as triggers for enhanced regional and inter-regional cooperation. In doing so, the book construes new insights into our understanding of the EU as a global actor and its normative influence in regions far away from Europe. Providing a crisis-centric and sector-specific analysis which is much-needed, the book will be of interest to scholars of Southeast Asian Politics and European Politics, as well as policy-makers.
Southeast Asian Energy Transitions: Between Modernity and Sustainability
by Mattijs SmitsAddressing the apparent tensions between modernity and sustainability in Southeast Asia, this book offers novel insights into the global challenge of moving towards a low carbon energy system. With an original and accessible take on social theory related to energy transitions, modernity and sustainability, Mattijs Smits argues for a reinvigorated geography of energy. He also challenges universalistic and linear assumptions about energy transitions and makes the case for ’energy trajectories’, stressing embeddedness, contingency and connections between scales. Contemporary and historical empirical examples from Southeast Asia, primarily Thailand and Laos, are drawn upon to show the importance of scale at regional, national, local and household levels. The transitions in the national power sectors here have been intimately related to discourses of modernity and state formation since the colonial era. More recently, plans for international cooperation and discourses of regional power trade have taken centre stage. Local energy trajectories are understood to be part of these transitions, but also as embedded in local social, political and spatial relations. Examining how energy practices go hand-in-hand with the dissemination of different technologies, this work shows the complexities of achieving sustainability in the context of rapidly changing energy modernities in Southeast Asia.
Southeast Asian Energy Transitions: Between Modernity and Sustainability
by Mattijs SmitsAddressing the apparent tensions between modernity and sustainability in Southeast Asia, this book offers novel insights into the global challenge of moving towards a low carbon energy system. With an original and accessible take on social theory related to energy transitions, modernity and sustainability, Mattijs Smits argues for a reinvigorated geography of energy. He also challenges universalistic and linear assumptions about energy transitions and makes the case for ’energy trajectories’, stressing embeddedness, contingency and connections between scales. Contemporary and historical empirical examples from Southeast Asia, primarily Thailand and Laos, are drawn upon to show the importance of scale at regional, national, local and household levels. The transitions in the national power sectors here have been intimately related to discourses of modernity and state formation since the colonial era. More recently, plans for international cooperation and discourses of regional power trade have taken centre stage. Local energy trajectories are understood to be part of these transitions, but also as embedded in local social, political and spatial relations. Examining how energy practices go hand-in-hand with the dissemination of different technologies, this work shows the complexities of achieving sustainability in the context of rapidly changing energy modernities in Southeast Asia.
Southeast Asian Muslims in the Era of Globalization
by Ken Miichi Omar FaroukThis volume investigates the appropriate position of Islam and opposing perceptions of Muslims in Southeast Asia. The contributors examine how Southeast Asian Muslims respond to globalization in their particular regional, national and local settings, and suggest global solutions for key local issues.
Southern Anthropology - a History of Fison and Howitt’s Kamilaroi and Kurnai: A History Of Fison And Howitt's Kamilaroi And Kurnai (Palgrave Studies in Pacific History)
by Helen Gardner Patrick McConvellSouthern Anthropology, the history of Fison and Howitt's Kamilaroi and Kurnai is the biography of Kamilaroi and Kurnai (1880) written from both a historical and anthropological perspective. Southern Anthropology investigates the authors' work on Aboriginal and Pacific people and the reception of their book in metropolitan centres.
Sovereignty and superheroes
by Neal CurtisSovereignty and superheroes marks a major new contribution to the emerging field of comic studies and the growing literature on superheroes. Using a range of critical theorists, the book examines superheroes as sovereigns, addressing amongst other things the complex treatment of law and violence, legitimacy and authority. It examines all the main characters including Superman, Batman, Captain America, Wonder Woman and Iron Man along with a host of other heroes and heroines within the Marvel and DC universes. The book will be of interest to academics and students interested in the intersection between superhero comics, culture and politics. In a century thus far dominated by the war on terror, superheroes offer us the perfect opportunity to think through the nature of sovereignty in such times of emergency. The book not only guides the reader through some of the major story arcs in superhero comics, but also serves as an excellent introduction to a range of writings on the nature of sovereignty.
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by Neal CurtisSovereignty and superheroes marks a major new contribution to the emerging field of comic studies and the growing literature on superheroes. Using a range of critical theorists, the book examines superheroes as sovereigns, addressing amongst other things the complex treatment of law and violence, legitimacy and authority. It examines all the main characters including Superman, Batman, Captain America, Wonder Woman and Iron Man along with a host of other heroes and heroines within the Marvel and DC universes. The book will be of interest to academics and students interested in the intersection between superhero comics, culture and politics. In a century thus far dominated by the war on terror, superheroes offer us the perfect opportunity to think through the nature of sovereignty in such times of emergency. The book not only guides the reader through some of the major story arcs in superhero comics, but also serves as an excellent introduction to a range of writings on the nature of sovereignty.
Soviet Orientalism and the Creation of Central Asian Nations (Central Asian Studies)
by Alfrid K. BustanovOrientalism – the idea that the standpoint of Western writers on the East greatly affected what they wrote about the East, the "Other" – applied also in Russia and the Soviet Union, where the study of the many exotic peoples incorporated into the Russian Empire, often in quite late imperial times, became a major academic industry, where, as in the West, the standpoint of writers greatly affected what they wrote. Russian/Soviet orientalism had a particularly important impact in Central Asia, where in early Soviet times new republics, later states, were created, often based on the distorted perceptions of scholars in St Petersburg and Moscow, and often cutting across previously existing political and cultural boundaries. The book explores how the Soviet orientalism academic industry influenced the creation of Central Asian nations. It discusses the content of oriental sources and discourses, considers the differences between scholars working in St Petersburg and Moscow and those working more locally in Central Asia, providing a rich picture of academic politics, and shows how academic cultural classification cemented political boundaries, often in unhelpful ways.
Soviet Orientalism and the Creation of Central Asian Nations (Central Asian Studies)
by Alfrid K. BustanovOrientalism – the idea that the standpoint of Western writers on the East greatly affected what they wrote about the East, the "Other" – applied also in Russia and the Soviet Union, where the study of the many exotic peoples incorporated into the Russian Empire, often in quite late imperial times, became a major academic industry, where, as in the West, the standpoint of writers greatly affected what they wrote. Russian/Soviet orientalism had a particularly important impact in Central Asia, where in early Soviet times new republics, later states, were created, often based on the distorted perceptions of scholars in St Petersburg and Moscow, and often cutting across previously existing political and cultural boundaries. The book explores how the Soviet orientalism academic industry influenced the creation of Central Asian nations. It discusses the content of oriental sources and discourses, considers the differences between scholars working in St Petersburg and Moscow and those working more locally in Central Asia, providing a rich picture of academic politics, and shows how academic cultural classification cemented political boundaries, often in unhelpful ways.
Soviet Samizdat: Imagining a New Society (NIU Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies)
by Ann KomaromiSoviet Samizdat traces the emergence and development of samizdat, one of the most significant and distinctive phenomena of the late Soviet era, as an uncensored system for making and sharing texts. Based on extensive research of the underground journals, bulletins, art folios and other periodicals produced in the Soviet Union from the mid-1950s to the mid-1980s, Ann Komaromi analyzes the role of samizdat in fostering new forms of imagined community among Soviet citizens. Dissidence has been dismissed as an elite phenomenon or as insignificant because it had little demonstrable impact on the Soviet regime. Komaromi challenges these views and demonstrates that the kind of imagination about self and community made possible by samizdat could be a powerful social force. She explains why participants in samizdat culture so often sought to divide "political" from "cultural" samizdat. Her study provides a controversial umbrella definition for all forms of samizdat in terms of truth-telling, arguing that the act is experienced as transformative by Soviet authors and readers. This argument will challenge scholars in the field to respond to contentions that go against the grain of both anthropological and postmodern accounts. Komaromi's combination of literary analysis, historical research, and sociological theory makes sense of the phenomenon of samizdat for readers today. Soviet Samizdat shows that samizdat was not simply a tool of opposition to a defunct regime. Instead, samizdat fostered informal communities of knowledge that foreshadowed a similar phenomenon of alternative perspectives challenging the authority of institutions around the world today.
Soziale Arbeit und Prostitution: Professionelle Handlungsansätze in Theorie und Praxis
by Martin Albert Julia WegeProstitution stellt einen tabuisierten Randbereich der Gesellschaft dar, über den kaum fundierte Informationen und wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse vorliegen. Frauen, welche in der Prostitution tätig sind, haben mit gesellschaftlichen Vorurteilen, sozialen Diskriminierungen und rechtlichen Benachteiligungen zu kämpfen und benötigen insofern eine spezifische Beratung und niederschwellige Angebote. Soziale Arbeit weist eine lange Tradition in der Einzelfallhilfe dieser Zielgruppe auf und setzt sich für die Rechte und Würde der Frauen ein. Der Band gibt aus der Sichtweise der professionellen Sozialen Arbeit einen Überblick über die Komplexität des Handlungsfeldes Prostitution und stellt theoretische und methodische Ansätze vor.
Soziale Dienstleistungspolitik: Eine kritische Bestandsaufnahme (Soziale Arbeit als Wohlfahrtsproduktion #6)
by Heinz-Jürgen Dahme Norbert WohlfahrtAusgehend von Liberalisierung und Ökonomisierung sozialer Dienstleistungen werden in dieser Bilanzierung der europäischen und deutschen Dienstleistungspolitik die Folgewirkungen für die Sozialwirtschaft, die Organisationspolitik im Sozialsektor und die Gestaltung von Beschäftigungsbedingungen aufgezeigt. Eine theoretische Standortbestimmung zeigt, dass soziale Dienstleistungspolitik jenseits ihrer Marktöffnung sozialpolitisch bestimmt bleibt.
Soziale Innovationen in Berlin-Moabit: Zur kommunikativen Aushandlung von Neuem durch Raumpioniere im städtischen Kontext (Wissen, Kommunikation und Gesellschaft #0)
by Anika NoackAnika Noack untersucht sozial innovative Handlungsorientierungen der Zivilgesellschaft. Sie geht der Frage nach, inwiefern sich Zivilgesellschaft heute dadurch legitimiert, über Bestehendes und Bekanntes hinauszugehen, oder gar beansprucht, sozial innovativ zu sein. Während die Handlungsorientierung in Richtung Innovation für Ökonomie, Wissenschaft und Forschung bereits langjährig erforscht ist, ist das Forschungsfeld zivilgesellschaftlich initiierter sozialer Innovationen bislang offen geblieben. Am Beispiel von Raumpionieren, die sich auf dem Feld einer sozialen Stadtentwicklungspolitik in Berlin-Moabit engagieren, untersucht die Autorin diese Thematik und fokussiert dabei auf kommunikative Vorgänge zur Erzeugung von sozialen Innovationen.
Soziale Innovationen in Deutschland: Von der Idee zur gesellschaftlichen Wirkung
by Hartmut Kopf Susan Müller Dominik Rüede Kathrin Lurtz Peter RussoFür die Lösung komplexer, gesellschaftlicher Herausforderungen sind soziale Innovationen von enormer Bedeutung. In dem Herausgeberband kommen 18 Sozialinnovatoren zu Wort, deren Lösungen eine der folgenden 5 gesellschaftlichen Herausforderungen adressieren: Langzeitarbeitslosigkeit, Bildungsgerechtigkeit, Ressourcenverbrauch, Zivilisationskrankheiten und Fachkräftemangel. Die Sozialinnovatoren erklären anschaulich, wie ihre sozialen Innovationen funktionieren. Der Herausgeberband soll das Thema „Soziale Innovation“ bekannter machen und als Wissensquelle für (zukünftige) Sozialinnovatoren dienen. Entstanden ist dieser Herausgeberband im Rahmen des vom Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung geförderten Forschungsprojektes „Soziale Innovationen in Deutschland“.
Soziale Nachbarschaften: Geschichte, Grundlagen, Perspektiven (Sozialraumforschung und Sozialraumarbeit #10)
by Christian Reutlinger Steve Stiehler Eva LinggAktuelle Siedlungsstrukturen führen zu neuen, vielfältigen Formen von Sozialen Nachbarschaften. Diese entsprechen immer weniger dem Image des anonymen Nebeneinanders, noch dem Bild der engen zwischenmenschlichen Beziehungen auf dem Land. Veränderte Mobilitäts- und Vernetzungsmöglichkeiten tragen außerdem dazu bei, dass bedeutsame persönliche Beziehungen immer weniger ausschließlich in der unmittelbaren (räumlichen) Nachbarschaft verortet sind und das Netz persönlicher (Nachbarschafts-) Beziehungen räumlich weit aufgespannt ist. Gleichzeitig wird dem lokalen Nahraum - im Sinne der baulichen Nachbarschaft - nach wie vor eine hohe Bedeutung zugeschrieben. Das Buch macht sich auf die Spurensuche nach Nachbarschaftskonzepten und -geschichte, ordnet diese in aktuelle theoretische Vergemeinschaftungsdiskurse ein und eröffnet mit dem Konzept der Sozialen Nachbarschaften Perspektiven für Nachbarschaftspolitiken und die professionelle Arbeit mit bzw. in Nachbarschaften.
Soziale Versorgung zukunftsfähig gestalten
by Bernadette Wüthrich Jeremias Amstutz Agnès FritzeSoziale Versorgung hat zum Gegenstand, Leistungen für hilfebedürftige Menschen in einem Gemeinwesen zur Verfügung zu stellen – oder anders: soziale Probleme umfassend zu lösen. Ihre Gestaltung ist eng verknüpft mit verschiedenen gesellschaftlichen Funktionssystemen und erfordert die Sozialpolitik, die Steuerung von und zwischen Organisationen sowie das methodische Handeln differenziert in den Blick zu nehmen. Die Publikation gibt einen Überblick über die aktuelle Diskussion zu sozialer Versorgung im deutschsprachigen Raum. Theoretische Entwicklungen, Forschungsergebnisse und praktische Anwendungen werden dabei gleichermaßen berücksichtigt. Sie bietet damit länderübergreifende Vergleichsmöglichkeiten und Impulse für eine zukunftsfähige Gestaltung von Versorgung.
Sozialer Raum und Alter(n): Zugänge, Verläufe und Übergänge sozialräumlicher Handlungsforschung
by Anne Van Rießen Christian Bleck Reinhold KnoppDie zunehmende Alterung der Gesellschaft hat in den vergangenen Jahren dazu geführt, dass sozialräumliche Voraussetzungen und Perspektiven älterer Menschen stärker in den Fokus sozialpolitischer, städtebaulicher und wissenschaftlicher Diskurse gerückt sind. In diesem Sammelband werden die Schwerpunktthemen Sozialer Raum und Alter(n) anhand ausgewählter theoretischer Grundlagen und aktueller Forschungsprojekte – unter den Kategorien Zugänge, Verläufe und Übergänge – dargestellt und kritisch diskutiert.
Sozialwissenschaft vermitteln und aneignen: Chancen und Risiken für die Gestaltung von Unterricht
by Clemens WieserClemens Wieser erforscht im vorliegenden Buch sozialwissenschaftlichen Unterricht, um dessen spezifische Struktur festzumachen und ausgehend davon Möglichkeiten für Unterrichten aufzuzeigen. Er schlüsselt dafür in einem ersten Schritt Konzepte von Unterricht auf und verdeutlicht Perspektiven, mit denen Handeln im Unterricht untersucht werden kann. Im Anschluss wird ein methodologisches Programm entworfen, das die Analyse von Handlungsabfolgen und die Darstellung von Unterrichtsprozessen ermöglicht. Abschließend werden empirische Analysen vorgestellt, die Chancen und Risiken des Vermittelns und Aneignens von Sozialwissenschaft sichtbar machen und das Einlassen auf Unterrichten ermöglichen.
Soziologische Analysen des Holocaust: Jenseits der Debatte über "ganz normale Männer" und "ganz normale Deutsche“
by Alexander Gruber Stefan KühlDie Autoren dieses Bandes entwickeln am Beispiel des Hamburger Reserve-Polizeibataillons 101 soziologische Perspektiven auf die Beteiligung der Ordnungspolizisten am Holocaust. In den Beiträgen geht es nicht vorrangig darum, bislang unbekannte beziehungsweise in Vergessenheit geratene historische Sachverhalte darzustellen, sondern neue soziologische Perspektiven auf historisch bereits erschlossene Sachverhalte zu entwickeln. Die Autoren leisten damit Beiträge für eine soziologische Analyse des Holocaust, die sich von den dominierenden Analysen der Geschichtswissenschaft durch ihre theoretische Perspektive unterscheiden.
Space, Culture, and the Youth in Iran: Observing Norm Creation Processes at the Artists’ House
by Behnoosh PayvarThis book analyzes the Artists' House, a cultural center in Tehran, to place Iran's social and cultural transformation in a local-global context. The text addresses the interaction of Iranian youth with technology and mass communications, law, tradition, and contemporary questions concerning body, identity, and lifestyle.