Ethnic Studies category: 6968 books
Culture, Health and Development in South Asia
Arsenic Poisoning in Bangladesh
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2016
Recently, mass arsenic poisoning of groundwater has emerged as a disastrous public health concern in Bangladesh. Apart from hundreds of deaths that have already been reported, 85 million people are estimated to be at high risk of developing deadly arsenicosis symptoms. The severity and extent of arsenicosis...
Security, Socialisation and Affect in Indian Families
Unfamiliar Ground
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2016
Sociological research on Indian families has largely focused on questions of household form and structure, to the exclusion of not only the more nebulous dimensions of family life and relationships but also the discursive and imagined aspects of our familial worlds such as may be accessed through...
The US-Japan Alliance
Balancing Soft and Hard Power in East Asia
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
Japan's use of Soft power in its international politics is as yet understudied. Soft power presents as many challenges as promises. This book explores the way Japan uses soft power in its relationship with the US, its Asian neighbours and Europe and aims to contribute to a deeper understanding of...
Subaltern Citizens and their Histories
Investigations from India and the USA
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2009
Deploying the provocative idea of the ‘subaltern citizen’, this book raises fundamental questions about subalternity and difference, dominance and subordination, in India and the United States. In contrast to other writings on subordinated and marginalized people, the essays presented here devote...
The Politics of NGOs in Indonesia
Developing Democracy and Managing a Movement
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2003
This book deals with two major issues: how Indonesian NGOs survived under Suharto's authoritarian rule; and how NGOs contributed to the promotion of democracy in the post-Suharto era. If NGOs are to change from 'development' to 'movement' in democratic post-Suharto Indonesia, they must adjust not...
International Governance and Regimes
A Chinese Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
This book examines China’s involvement in international governance, international regimes, and globalization. Peter Kien-hong Yu offers a new framework with which to understand ‘international regimes’ and applies it to important Chinese case studies such as arms control, disarmament, and non-proliferation;...
Dalit Women
Honour and Patriarchy in South India
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2017
One of the only ethnographic studies of Dalit women, this book gives a rich account of individual Dalit women’s lives and documents a rise in patriarchy in the community. The author argues that as Dalits’ economic and political position improves, ‘honour’ becomes crucial to social status....
by Isa Ducke
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2007
Using case studies, interviews, and empirical sources, this book analyzes the strategies and impact of Internet use by civil society actors and asks how useful it is for their work – does the availability of Internet tools change the way citizens’ groups work, does it influence their effectiveness,...
Consumption in Asia
Lifestyle and Identities
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2002
The essays in this collection challenge conventional ideas about consumption and consumerism: they consider if the inundation of Western consumer goods have created identity confusions among the affluent in Asia, and if the expansion of consumer culture really does threaten the stability of politically...
The Somatechnics of Whiteness and Race
Colonialism and Mestiza Privilege
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2016
Investigating the emergence of a specific mestiza/mestizo whiteness that facilitates relations between the Philippines and Western nations, this book examines the ways in which the construction of a particular form of Philippine whiteness serves to deploy positions of exclusion, privilege and solidarity....
by Bidyut Chakrabarty
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2014
Left radicalism in India was rooted in the nationalist movement and was set in motion in the 1920s with the formation of the communist party. The communist movement manifested itself differently in each phase of India’s political history and Communism continues to remain a meaningful alternative...
by Bidyut Chakrabarty
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2012
Presenting an analysis of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in India, this book looks at the unique roots of the concept in India. It examines Gandhi’s philosophical moorings that inform India’s approach to CSR, and the role of civil society in setting an agenda for championing the rights...
Transformations in Independent Timor-Leste
Dynamics of Social and Cultural Cohabitations
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2017
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...
Landscape Change and Resource Utilization in East Asia
Perspectives from Environmental History
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2018
Covering the ancient period through to the 21st century, this book examines how landscapes have changed across East Asia over time. Featuring examples of a variety of landscapes, from the riverine and agricultural to the urban and aesthetic, this books thus presents a comprehensive review of East...