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Comparing Cultures

Edited by Henk Vinken, Tilburg University, the Netherlands Joseph Soeters, Royal Netherlands's Military Academy and Tilburg University, and Peter Ester, Tilburg University

This book provides insight in the different classic frameworks of addressing cultural diversity around the globe. Key authors reflect on each others classic work and frontline academics in comparative social science show how cultural dimensions matter for explaining contemporary issues in a wide ...

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9789004144392

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Central Eurasia in Global Politics

Edited by Mehdi Parvizi Amineh, International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS), Leiden, Clingendael International Energy Programme (CIPE), The Hague, and University of Amsterdam and Henk Houweling, University of Amsterdam

This anthology brings together studies of post-colonial, post-Cold War, Central Eurasia. This part of the world is in transition to independent statehood, nation building and the release of market forces. The objective of the work is to better comprehend the process of state-nation building.

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9789004136250

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Immigration and Ethnic Formation in a Deeply Divided Society

Majid Al-Haj, University of Haifa

This book provides a new critical perspective on questions of immigration and society in Israel through a detailed analysis of ethnic formation, identity patterns, political behavior, and cultural orientation among the 1990s immigrants from the former Soviet Union in Israel.

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9789004131040

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Sociology and Ideology

Edited by Eliezer Ben-Rafael, University of Tel-Aviv

When examining how the social sciences have dealt with ideology, one's first impression is often one of considerable confusion. Sociology in particular is the scene of heated debates about ideology. These debates go sometimes so far as to echo doubts of participants with regard to their ...

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9789004128101

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Human Values and Social Change

Edited by Ronald Inglehart, University of Michigan

The Values Surveys reveal the impact of changing values on societal phenomena, demonstrating that a distinctive Islamic culture exists—and it favors democracy. Other analyses examine Gender Equality, Corruption and Democracy; political satisfaction; and Vietnamese, Israeli and South African values.

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9789004128088

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Elite Configurations at the Apex of Power

Edited by Mattei Dogan, National Center of Scientific Research, Paris

This book, prepared under the auspices of the IPSA Research Committee on Political Elites, focuses on the interpenetration between various types of elites. The contributions to this book reveal contrasting patterns of recruitment and selection in terms of career paths, visibility, influence, and ...

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9789004122451

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Varieties of Comparative Criminology

Edited by Gregory J. Howard, Western Michigan University and Graeme Newman, State University of New York, Albany

This book represents a variety of approaches making comparisons. The emphasis is on creative methods, challenging theory and unusual subject matter. Topics range from Micro-Macro Criminology to Police Strength and from Women Police to Crime Prevention Policies in the UK and the US.

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9789004118508

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Critical Perspectives on Globalization and Neoliberalism in the Developing Countries

Edited by Richard L. Harris, California State University Moterey Bay, Seaside, CA and Melinda J. Seid, California State University Sacramento, CA

This book gives a critique of the contemporary global capitalist system and the adverse consequences suffered by the developing countries as a result of their 'integration' into this system. The current neoliberal paradigm of capitalist development as the only or the best alternative for the ...

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9789004118478

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Dynamics and Policy Implications of the Global Reforms at the End of the Second Millennium

Edited by Tukumbi Lumumba-Kasongo, Wells College, Aurora, NY

Most people believe that gradual reforms are better than revolutions. But developing countries are experiencing tension by the spread of communication technology and global liberalization of the market. Scholars from different countries examine the reforms, the tensions, and the needs.

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9789004115972

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Through a Glass, Darkly

Edited by Wil Arts, Tilburg University, the Netherlands

In today's European arts and sciences most of the time we see not only other, but also our own cultural traditions and the different forms of modernity like a dim image in a mirror. The question this book addresses is whether it is possible to get an almost face-to-face intimacy with various ...