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With multidisciplinary examination, this book explores Waiting for Visa, Ambedkar's autobiographical writing. This investigation ranges from Dalit Studies to Discourse analysis. It aims to provide the reader with in-depth knowledge of Ambedkar's unexplored autobiographical memoir and supplement a range of generalized works. The issues addressed in this book are essential to Ethnic and Race studies in general, to which Dalit Studies is but one contributing discipline. The Dalit Studies already have many texts. These texts are primarily concerned with Dalit identity politics, socio-mythological explorations, and Ambedkarian thoughts on economics, politics, and racial-religious discriminations. These are not discussed with Ambedkar's life stories narrated by himself. This book bridges the gap between Dalit Studies and Ambedkar Studies to project how Ambedkar attempted to forge into an impregnable South Asian social, educational, and political fabric. This reference book aims to attractacademics and students of Asian, South Asian, and Dalit Studies. The book appeals to educators, policymakers, and comparative literary scholars.

This book examines the strategies of regional powers in the Middle East regarding their response to cases of state failure in the region, thus connecting the theoretical concepts of statehood, state failure, and revisionist and pro-status quo interventionist behavior. Through a detailed comparative analysis of five case studies of failed states occurring in the region during 1960¿2010s ¿Yemen (1962¿1970), Lebanon (1975¿1989), Iraq (2003¿2020), Yemen (2004¿2020), and Syria (2011¿2020) ¿ the author employs the conceptual theory of balance of power to analyze the behavior of six regional powers in the Middle East: Egypt, Iran, Israel, Syria (pre-2011), Saudi Arabia, and Turkey toward each one of those cases. The book proposes that when states become failed states, regional powers with revisionist strategies expand into them, which in turn induce status quo regional powers to react by imposing balancing action, and that this power struggle turns failed states into battlegrounds for regional power (im)balances. This book offers empirical and theoretical insights into regional politics of the Middle East over the past six decades, contributes to international policy and security studies scholarship from a Middle East regional perspective, and draws attention to the importance of analyzing the destabilizing and historical consequences of state failures for contemporary contexts.

This book analyses gender equality policy implementation in France. Presenting seven detailed case studies through a common comparative framework by leading experts on French gender policy, it sheds light on if, how, and under what conditions gender equality policy in practice leads to success, overall gender transformation, and enhanced gender equality in democratic settings. The book contributes to ongoing comparative research that focuses on the post adoption phases of implementation and evaluation and seeks to develop accurate recipes for gender equality policy success. It will appeal to all those interested in gender studies, comparative politics and public policy, and policy implementation.

In this book, leading and emerging election scholars document the steps that state and local election officials took to augment their elections during the COVID-19 pandemic and the effects of these changes. Written for academics, practitioners, and election laypeople, this book details what went right, what went wrong, and what we can learn from the 2020 US presidential election. The 2020 election cycle was unique in American history. Held during the COVID-19 pandemic, efforts were made at the federal, state, and local levels to ensure voters could safely access elections. These changes included providing greater access to mail/absentee voting, installing ballot drop boxes, outfitting polling places with protective equipment, and much more. Many of these changes were politicized, with Republicans and Democrats viewing these changes differently. Contributing authors address how states and localities altered their elections in light of the pandemic; poll worker motivation for working during a health crisis, and how the changes to elections were viewed by election officials; the effects of these changes on whether a citizen decided to cast a ballot, how they voted, and who they voted for; how these changes influenced evaluations of elections, how long voters waited to cast a ballot, and their confidence in the outcome of the election; and, finally, what we can learn about election administration, access, and evaluations from this historic election.

This distinctive book deconstructs the foundational elements of Russian foreign policy from a Russian perspective and with references to Russian sources, rather than the typical Western perspective. The author Olga Raluca Chiriac situates her work at the intersection of strategic studies and cognitive psychology, offering an analysis that goes deep into the roots of Russian strategic behavior, especially socio-cultural elements such as attitudes towards the West, language, culture. She highlights Russiäs unique decision-making process, sometimes overt and other times covert. The book aims to present a mechanism for analysis in both strategic choices and foreign policy, but it also points out that countries and nations are complicated entities, all having a particular historical experience, generational trauma, culture and traditions.

This book focusses on the intersubjective character of status in order to understand the degree to which Brazil has been able to achieve an increase in its global status. Buarque compares the long-standing ambitions of Brazilian foreign policy elites with external perspectives of observers in states with greater international status who would need to recognize Brazil as a great power and a state increasing in international prestige. Buarque develops a multidisciplinary approach influenced by sociology and psychology scholarship and gives special attention to the importance of recognition whilst drawing on international relations scholarship focussed on prestige, identity, roles and ontological security. In so doing, the book argues for the difference between the status and role Brazil aspires to have in the world and the external beliefs about the level of prestige of the state, amounting to status inconsistency and anxiety leading to ontological insecurity. It proposes that powerful states perceive Brazil as a coveted pawn in international politics and outlines a typology of what states that aspire to have more prestige need to do to achieve recognition for higher status.

Le monde est en constante évolution, et nous sommes témoins de changements majeurs dans tous les domaines de la vie. Dans cet essai, Jean-Marc Esnault explore les défis auxquels notre société est confrontée, tels que la crise économique, la fracture sociale, les enjeux environnementaux et les mutations du travail. Il examine les opportunités qui se présentent à nous, telles que l¿évolution des modes de production et de consommation, ainsi que les enjeux de transition sociétale et environnementale. L¿auteur rêve d¿un avenir meilleur, où les gens vivent en harmonie avec la nature et les uns avec les autres. Cet essai est un appel à l¿action pour tous ceux qui souhaitent contribuer à la construction d¿une société plus juste et plus durable.

Transition climatique, numérisation, résilience et sécurité territoriale¿ Plus de quinze années après son intégration à l¿Europe, la Roumanie peut certes s'enorgueillir de sa contribution à la construction européenne mais il convient de s¿interroger sur les évolutions majeures d¿un pays dont les points faibles restent nombreux.Sous la plume d¿enseignants-chercheurs, familiers de ce pays dont ils ont fait un objet de recherche, les sept études réunies dans cet ouvrage, appuyées sur une documentation sans faille, dressent le tableau d¿une société roumaine dont l¿avenir est lié à l¿Union européenne mais qui paie démographiquement cher la liberté de circulation.Alors que la Commission européenne clôture pour la Roumanie le mécanisme de coopération et de vérification et que le Parlement européen appelle les États membres à ouvrir à celle-ci l¿espace Schengen, cet ouvrage donne des clés pour comprendre les défis du moment.

Climate Liberalism examines the potential and limitations of classical-liberal approaches to pollution control and climate change. Some successful environmental strategies, such as the use of catch-shares for fisheries, instream water rights, and tradable emission permits, draw heavily upon the classical liberal intellectual tradition and its emphasis on property rights and competitive markets. This intellectual tradition has been less helpful, to date, in the development or design of climate change policies. Climate Liberalism aims to help fill the gap in the academic literature examining the extent to which classical-liberal principles, including an emphasis on property rights, decentralized authority and dynamic markets, can inform the debate over climate-change policies. The contributors in this book approach the topic from a range of perspectives and represent multiple academic disciplines. Chapters consider the role of property rights and common-law legal systems in controlling pollution, the extent to which competitive markets backed by legal rules encourage risk minimization and adaptation, and how to identify the sorts of policy interventions that may help address climate change in ways that are consistent with liberal values.

This book addresses the ¿crisis of critique¿ of Frankfurt School Critical Theory in International Relations and puts forward a proposal for how it can be overcome. It starts from the premise that the present conjuncture, marked by capitalist crisis and a fracturing international order, urgently calls for critical perspectives capable of clarifying the state of global affairs and the emancipatory struggles within it. Critical Theory in International Relations should be well placed to provide answers to this demand, yet it finds itself today in a state of decline. Its prevailing form ¿ that of a universalist cosmopolitan project ¿ reflects a narrow Eurocentric perspective and the concerns of a time now past, while the Frankfurt School tradition as a whole struggles to develop new modes of analysis and new political imaginaries that are appropriate to the current historical situation. The book diagnosesthis situation of intellectual and political crisis and seeks to trace a way out. It does so by providing a comprehensive account of the development of Critical Theory in International Relations and the ways in which it has applied Frankfurt School thought to the study of international politics. It then makes a provocative case as to the exhaustion of the cosmopolitan and Habermasian paradigm of critique that has guided Frankfurt School research on international politics for the past thirty years. Finally, it puts forward a proposal for the revitalisation of Critical Theory in IR through a renewed emphasis on the critique of political economy and sketches a research agenda which can make the tradition relevant again to contemporary political questions.

This book deals with a central aspect of Marx¿s critique of society that is usually not examined further since it is taken as a matter of course: its scientific claim of being true. But what concept of truth underlies his way of reasoning which attempts to comprehend the social and political circumstances in terms of the possibility of their practical upheaval? In three studies focusing specifically on the development of Marx¿s scientific critique of capitalist society, his journalistic commentaries on European politics, and his reflections on the organisation of revolutionary subjectivity, the authors carve out the immanent relation between the scientifically substantiated claim to truth and the revolutionary perspective in Marx¿s writings. They argue that Marx does not grasp the world ¿as it is¿ but conceives it as an inverted state which cannot remain what it is but generates the means by which it can eventually be overcome. This is not something to be taken lightly: Such a concept has theoretical, political and even violent consequences¿consequences that nevertheless derive neither from a subjective error nor a contamination of an otherwise ¿pure¿ science. By analyzing Marx¿s concept of truth the authors also attempt to shed light on a pivotal problematique of any modern critique of society that raises a reasoned claim of being true.

This book is about homemaking in situations of migration and displacement. It explores how homes are made, remade, lost, revived, expanded and contracted through experiences of migration, to ask what it means to make a home away from home. We draw together a wide range of perspectives from across multiple disciplines and contexts, which explore how old homes, lost homes, and new homes connect and disconnect through processes of homemaking. The volume asks: how do spaces of resettlement or rehoming reflect both the continuation of old homes and distinct new experiences?Based on collaborations with migrants, refugees, practitioners and artists, this book centres the lived experiences, testimonies, and negotiations of those who are displaced. The volume generates appreciation of the tensions that emerge in contexts of migration and displacement, as well as of the ways in which racial categories and colonial legacies continue to shape fields of lived experience.

Melli lebt in ihrem kleinen LKW auf einem Berliner Wagenplatz. Als sie sich in Moritz verliebt, beginnt für sie eine neue Liebe. Gleichzeitig wird sie in einen Konflikt mit hineingerissen, der sich auf ihr ganzes Umfeld ausweitet und ihr gesamtes Leben aushebelt."Ich glaube, für die sind wir Dreck", sagt sie über die Typen, die ihr das Leben vermiesen, über die sie aber anfänglich nicht viel weiß.In einem Kreuzberger Hofdurchgang geschieht etwas, dass ihre Vermutung untermauert.Neben ihren Erlebnissen nimmt Melli uns auch mit in ihre Musik- und Bücherwelt und teilt mit uns die politischen und sozialen Themen, die sie umtreiben.

Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2024 in the subject Politics - Region: South Asia, University of Peradeniya (Postgraduate Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences), course: Cultural Diversity in Sri Lanka, language: English, abstract: The purpose of this study is to discuss the consequences of colonial control in Sri Lanka. Colonialism was a major event that had a wide-ranging impact on nations. This article examines the socioeconomic structure of Sri Lanka as well as its historical administrative system. In the early 15th century, three Western nations conquered Sri Lanka. The following are the changes of importance under these three Western powers: The Portuguese were installed on the top layer of the administrative system, a royal council of ministers, and during the Dutch period, the island was subdivided into three large provinces centered on Jaffna, Colombo, and Galle. Their administration was far superior to the Portuguese, and they did not follow the Portuguese practice of assigning revenues from villages as payment for services.During that time, the administrative structure was roughly divided into three groups, and the Ceylonese's well-organized judicial system was introduced. Furthermore, for the first time in Ceylon, the British government was separated into five provinces, then nine, and provinces were divided into districts. They reorganized the political and administrative systems with the adoption of constitutional reforms. The Portuguese have created an export-based economy to Ceylon through their economic policies. The Dutch supported the growth of trade-value commodities; they introduced coffee into the country, and the British crown was sold cheaply to growers to stimulate plantation agriculture, which proved profitable. Religion, education, labor services, architecture, and language have all undergone socio-cultural transformations.

- What if the sun truly is setting on the Western world's outsized influence over the rest of the planet? - The receding of Western power is speeding up, shaking the ground under our feet- In Westlessness, Dr Puri vividly demonstrates how in demographic, economic, military and cultural terms, we are hurtling into a far more diverse global future- Many of our certainties about the present, built on centuries of massive Western global impact, are increasingly fragile. Nothing is linear and nothing is predictable. - Untold wealth is moving from the West to the East, as nations like India and Indonesia are set to reach new heights of growth and confidence. -China continues its ascent to the peak of the economic mountain - but are cracks appearing?. - BUT will the Western world, (under the aegis of US global military, economic, technological and cultural power) give up its privileged position willingly?- Are we ready, professionally and personally, to adapt to a much more diverse global future? - Prepared or unprepared, Westlessness is essential reading for us all.

Die Verbrechen von Telekom und der Deutschen Post - endlich beweisbar!Stecken die Museen und die Bildzerstörer unter einer Decke?von Peter PriskilNoch ein Blick auf die Endlösung der Museumsfragevon Ursula LeitnerDas paläontologische Museum Niersteinvon Mirjam StolzLeserbriefFlugblatt: Laßt Euch nicht spalten! - Keine neue Raubsteuer auf Agrardiesel !Im Gedenken an José María Sison (1939-2022):Der totgeschwiegene Freiheitskampf der Philippinen gegen die US-Fremdherrschaftvon Max RothErinnerung an Reinhard Kühnlvon Fritz Erik HoevelsVom Ketzerbrief zum STERNvon Fritz Erik HoevelsDie Räuberpistole des Reiner Fuellmich und ihre Fortsetzungvon Armin ZadakWie leicht »Bürger« heutzutage weichzuklopfen sindSolidaritätsaufruf: Freiheit für Dr. Bianca Witzschel!Das Urteil im Hamburger Gruppenvergewaltigungsprozeß oder: »Zehn junge Männer, ein Mädchen, kaum Beweise«von Ursula LeitnerSchaufenster des Westens zugeklappt, das des fernen Ostens noch nicht ganz - Deutschland und Japan, ein Vergleichvon Kerstin Steinbach

The principle of fiscal federalism enshrined in India's Constitution is under severe strain today. This book is a key addition to understanding the challenges involved. The authors capture the implications of the abolition of the Planning Commission, the introduction of the controversial Goods and Services Tax regime, and formulation of Terms of Reference of the 15th Finance Commission. These include the increase in vertical fiscal inequity, distortion of fairness in inter-State distribution, and erosion of policy autonomy at the level of the States. Kerala has seen a unique effort to advance the devolution process from the State level to the panchayats and municipalities. Besides taking the path-breaking decision to devolve 40 per cent of State plan funds to local government institutions, the Kerala experiment involved a mass campaign to build capacity of local government. Kerala's Finance Minister Thomas Isaac and his co-authors argue that protecting and enhancing devolution is essential for strengthening popular participation in development decision-making. This book is being published at a time when some of the State finance ministers have been leading a campaign on the need for revisiting certain Terms of Reference of the 15th Finance Commission. This involvement in a movement to reverse the tendency to erode both the fiscal and policy autonomy of the State gives the book an edge and urgency that will place it at the centre of the debate on the attack on Indian federalism.

"Understanding Freedom in America: Spirit of Democracy" delves into the profound and multifaceted concept of freedom within the United States, examining its historical roots, constitutional foundations, and contemporary challenges. The book takes readers on a comprehensive journey, exploring the evolution of freedom from the nation's founding to the present day. With a keen focus on the spirit of democracy, the author analyzes landmark moments, constitutional amendments, and social movements that have shaped America's understanding of freedom. The narrative weaves together historical narratives, legal analyses, and societal perspectives to provide readers with a nuanced exploration of individual liberties, civil rights, and the delicate balance between freedom and security. As the book navigates through the complexities of America's quest for freedom, it engages with current debates on issues such as technology, equality, and the role of government. "Understanding Freedom in America" serves as an insightful guide for readers seeking a deeper comprehension of the principles, challenges, and ongoing transformations that define freedom in the American context.

"Angry Africa: A Study on Post-Colonialism and How France-Afrique Policy Led to Anti-French Coups" presents a comprehensive analysis of the complex relationship between France and its former African colonies. Authoritative and meticulously researched, this book delves into the historical, political, and economic factors that have shaped the post-colonial landscape in Africa.With a keen focus on the neocolonial France-Afrique policy, the author painstakingly examines how France's interference in African affairs has perpetuated instability, corruption, and anti-French sentiments across the continent. Drawing on extensive primary sources and scholarly literature, this study offers valuable insights into power dynamics, exploitation, and resistance in the post-colonial era.A compelling and thought-provoking work, Angry Africa illuminates colonialism's enduring legacy and underscores the urgency of reevaluating international relations between Africa and its former colonizers.

A bunch of wily old-timers get together to see if they could help defeat climate change and U.S. political rancor to create a better human future...just by talking. This book details their angst and perseverance in the face of existential dread.

Eritrea, a land nestled along the Red Sea, has witnessed epochs of struggle, resilience, and triumph. Its journey to independence, etched in the annals of the 20th century, reflects the aspirations of a people who dared to dream of sovereignty and freedom.This exploration begins by tracing the roots of Eritrea's identity, delving into the historical echoes that resonated with calls for independence. From the crucible of colonial rule to the fires of armed resistance, Eritreans forged a collective spirit that would shape their destiny.

"Understanding The Threat of Bioterrorism" is a comprehensive exploration of the multifaceted landscape of bioterrorism, authored by experts in the fields of biosafety, biosecurity, and counterterrorism. Delving into the intricate web of bioterror threats, the book offers a deep understanding of the challenges posed by both traditional and emerging biosecurity threats. The book provides a holistic view of the bioterror landscape, encompassing historical perspectives, contemporary challenges, and future scenarios. This comprehensive guide serves as an invaluable resource for policymakers, security professionals, and anyone seeking a nuanced understanding of the evolving threat of bioterrorism in the 21st century.

En los últimos años, Kiev y Rusia han sido noticia casi a diario. En Occidente se sabe muy poco del país fronterizo más grande de Europa, y se le mira con ojos de rosa. A través de diversos temas sociales, el autor lleva al lector a un viaje por este país, antaño impresionante, con una historia y una cultura muy fascinantes, estrechamente entrelazadas con las de Rusia. En Occidente somos demasiado complacientes y podemos aprender mucho de Europa del Este. El objetivo de este libro es también contribuir modestamente a restaurar la empañada relación de Occidente con Rusia y alejar a Ucrania de esta desastrosa guerra, porque la arrogancia y la arrogancia llevarán a la caída del Occidente colectivo, la OTAN y los Estados Unidos.

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