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Gesellschaftliche Vielfalt wird in der Regel mit Metropolen assoziiert und in der Wissenschaft primär als Phänomen großstädtischen Lebens reflektiert. Anhand ausgewählter Fallbeispiele aus Landau in der Pfalz zeigt der Sammelband jedoch auf, dass Heterogenität und Diversität auch in Mittelstädten gesellschaftliche Normalität war und ist. Auf der Basis empirischer Befunde formuliert der Band zudem theoretische Überlegungen zu Heterogenität und Diversität in Städten mittlerer Größe, wodurch er einen Beitrag zur Überwindung eines wichtigen Forschungsdesiderats ¿ der wissenschaftlichen Reflexion gesellschaftlicher Vielfalt jenseits großstädtischer Metropolen ¿ leistet.

This book examines the political and economic dimensions of food security in Bangladesh and assesses the role of the state in meeting the challenges of food security.

This book studies a historical interaction between the city and the natural environment from the colonial to the contemporary era in South Asia. It will be of interest to researchers in the field of South Asian Studies, world history and environmental history.

This book examines Tamil nationalism in Sri Lanka, how Tamil nationalism has survived the destruction of the Tamil Tigers after May 2009 and will be of interest to Politics and International Relations, ethnic nationalism, post-armed conflict peacebuilding/conflict resolution, the politics in Sri Lanka, diaspora politics and Foucault.

Sufism in India and Central Asia is an attempt to put into perspective the relevance of Sufism - the concept and teaching, and to provide a realistic assessment of its role in India and Central Asia.

This book explores the convergence and interrelation of the text of N¿la-yi ¿Andal¿b with its context. It considers the development of the notion of the ¿ar¿qa-yi Müammadiyya as an intellectual achievement in the history of ideas in Islam generally and also as an important part of Sufism in South Asia.

This handbook is a comprehensive study of the archaeology, social history and the cultural landscape of the Hindu temple. Perhaps the most recognizable of the material forms of Hinduism, temples are lived, dynamic spaces. They are significant sites for the creation of cultural heritage, both in the past and in the present.Drawing on historiographical surveys and in-depth case studies, the volume centres the material form of the Hindu temple as an entry point to study its many adaptations and transformations from the early centuries CE to the 20th century. It highlights the vibrancy and dynamism of the shrine in different locales and studies the active participation of the community for its establishment, maintenance and survival.The illustrated handbook takes a unique approach by focusing on the social base of the temple rather than its aesthetics or chronological linear development. It fills a significant gap in the study of Hinduism and will be an indispensable resource for scholars of archaeology, Hinduism, Indian history, religious studies, museum studies, South Asian history and Southeast Asian history.Chapters 1, 4 and 5 of this book are available for free in PDF format as Open Access from the individual product page at www.routledge.com. They have been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

This companion offers a unique introductory study of linguistics in India. Well supplemented with sample problems and linguistic puzzles to bolster analytical skills and logical reasoning, it promotes a unique inquiry-based approach to learning linguistics.

This book explores the changing approaches to urban common good in Central and Eastern Europe after 1989. The question of common good is fundamental to urban living, however understanding of the term varies depending on local contexts and conditions, particularly complex in countries with experience of communism.

Using the socio-political discourse of Kwame Nkrumah, a pioneering Pan-Africanist and Ghana's independence leader, Nartey investigates the notion of political myth-making in a context underexplored in the literature.

Policing the Global South provides scholarship which further transnationalise and democratise ideas about policing practices and philosophies, highlighting renovations in approaches to policing studies, and injecting innovative perspectives into the study of policing from scholars positioned on the 'periphery'.

Policing the Global South provides scholarship which further transnationalises and democratises ideas about policing practices and philosophies, highlighting renovations in approaches to policing studies, and injecting innovative perspectives into the study of policing from scholars positioned on the 'periphery'.Criminological knowledge depolarisation underscores a conscious effort by scholars from the Global South to increase intellectual knowledge focused on developing context-specific responses to issues not aligned to Northern ideological positions and specific to the non-Northern context. Such shifts draw attention to the expanse of spaces beyond Northern centres rife with challenges unlike any specific to those experienced or conceptualised by scholars from the Global North with an applied Northern criminological lens. Applying a postcolonial lens to empirical knowledge from country-specific cases in former colonies in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, the Pacific, and Latin America, this book examines how policing issues not aligned to Northern ideological positions and specific to non-Northern contexts are addressed. The primary purpose is to share innovations in the field of policing - service provision, threats to security, crime responses, justice and international trends - developed in postcolonial developing-country contexts. Given the aim of the book and the contributors' own research on issues of policing across the globe, it discusses themes including but not limited to the colonial legacies and their impact on policing; how plural regulatory systems and partnerships are navigated by the police; the linkages between access to justice, community perceptions, and police legitimacy; innovations and challenges in organisational reform, crime prevention, and community partnerships; and the expanding roles of police organisations in the Global South. While each chapter presents a policing issue in a country within a specific part of the Global South, the book highlights how important it is to frame responses based on contextual realities informed by an awareness of the past and present, with a goal of informing the future.Delivering a much-needed introduction to those specialising in policing in developing countries, this book is invaluable reading for academics and students of criminology, criminal justice, governance, policy, and IR, as well as professionals in policing organizations across the globe.

This book investigates theories and practices shaped by a performance's relationship to the archive. The essays in the volume examine how the changing nature of performance practices has made it imperative to understand how the archive and archival practices could add to the performance work.

This book investigates how non-state actors have become key drivers of the diffusion of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Brazil. It will be of interest to academics in the field of Sustainable Development, Latin America Studies and Environmental Politics.

This book provides a timely reconceptualization of Zimbabwe's anti-colonial liberation struggle, resisting simple binaries in favour of more nuanced, critical analysis. It will be of interest to researchers of African history, politics, and postcolonial studies.

This edited volume provides a comprehensive overview and discussion of the issues surrounding the Malaysian Indian community's educational development. It will appeal to students and academics in the faculties of social science and comparative education, development economics, and sociology, with a focus on access and equity in education.

This book explores the fascinating and complex lives of the honey badger, the African jackals (black-backed jackal and side-striped), African golden wolves and Eurasian golden jackals. It will interest researchers, scientists, and students in wildlife conservation, human-wildlife relations, zoology, biology and environmental science.

This is the first synthetic book-length study in English of the Ukrainian nation-building during the "long" nineteenth century.

This book assesses the effects of globalization and neoliberal economic regimes in low and middle-income countries, primarily on industries, investment and trade; finance and credit; and employment, gender and development.

This book studies the economic history of India and traces the Indian path of development from a Latin American framework and perspective.

Doss critically examines the fundamental connections between colonial forms of knowledge, 'modernisation' and decolonisation in India after the first war of Indian independence of 1857. A compelling read for historians of modern India and of decolonisation and postcolonial movements worldwide.

Drawing on original empirical research from Singapore and Hong Kong, Gendered Labour, Everyday Security and Migration interrogates women migrant domestic workers' experiences of work and workplace exploitation.

The essays in this volume examine the cultural exchanges and encounters that have occurred in Central Asia through a vast timeline that extends from the premedieval to the medieval and modern periods.

Aslam and Gunaratna bring together a broad analysis of the responses of states in Asia to the threats presented by the Covid-19 pandemic in its early phase.

With comprehensive examples from researchers across East Africa, West Africa, and Southern Africa, the book examines how primary, secondary, and tertiary education was affected by the pandemic and how its effects are shaping the future of education in Africa.

This book analyses school-based management (SBM) of education in Ghana through the lens of relational trust, revealing how community participation in school management leads to educational outcomes. It will be a valuable resource for scholars in comparative education, educational development and those interested in African contexts.

This book analyses faith-based development action in the Philippines by studying Catholic social movements and development studies in Southeast Asia. It will be of interest to Asian Studies, SEA Studies, Development Studies, Anthropology of Development, Social Movements, Anthropology of Christianity, Missiology and Religious Studies.