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Global Climate and Energy Governance: Towards an Integrated Architecture (2021)
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Heubaum, H. (2021). Global Climate and Energy Governance: Towards an Integrated Architecture. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315661339

Tracing the changing activities of international bureaucracies active in global climate and energy governance, this book provides an in-depth analysis of processes of institutional innovation and governance integration between the two fields. It show... Read More about Global Climate and Energy Governance: Towards an Integrated Architecture.

The Persian Prison Poem: Sovereignty and the Political Imagination (2021)
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Gould, R. R. (2021). The Persian Prison Poem: Sovereignty and the Political Imagination. Edinburgh University Press. https://doi.org/10.3366/edinburgh/9781474484015.001.0001

The Persian Prison Poem is the first study of the prison poem genre (habsiyyat) across twelfth-century Central, South, and West Asia. While documenting the emergence of a concept of poetry as a form of political resistance, the book shows the profoun... Read More about The Persian Prison Poem: Sovereignty and the Political Imagination.

Raffles Revisited: Essays on Collecting and Colonialism in Java, Singapore and Sumatra (2021)
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Murphy, S. A. (Ed.). (2021). Raffles Revisited: Essays on Collecting and Colonialism in Java, Singapore and Sumatra. Asian Civilisations Museum

This edited volume of essays arose out of the Revisiting Raffles symposium and evening lectures at the Asian Civilisations Museum held in conjunction with the exhibition Raffles in Southeast Asia: Revisiting the Scholar and Statesman, (1st Feb – 28th... Read More about Raffles Revisited: Essays on Collecting and Colonialism in Java, Singapore and Sumatra.

The Pursuit of Pleasurable Work: Craftwork in Twenty-First Century England (2021)
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Marchand, T. H. (2021). The Pursuit of Pleasurable Work: Craftwork in Twenty-First Century England. Berghahn

Against the backdrop of an alienating, technologizing and ever-accelerating world of material production, this book tells an intimate story: one about a community of woodworkers training at an historic institution in London’s East End during the pres... Read More about The Pursuit of Pleasurable Work: Craftwork in Twenty-First Century England.

Sikh Nationalism: From a Dominant Minority to an Ethno-Religious Diaspora (2021)
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Singh, G., & Shani, G. (2021). Sikh Nationalism: From a Dominant Minority to an Ethno-Religious Diaspora. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316479940

This important volume provides a clear, concise and comprehensive guide to the history of Sikh nationalism from the late nineteenth century to the present. Drawing on A. D. Smith's ethno-symbolic approach, Gurharpal Singh and Giorgio Shani use a new... Read More about Sikh Nationalism: From a Dominant Minority to an Ethno-Religious Diaspora.

Professional Mobility in Islamic Societies (700-1750) New Concepts and Approaches (2021)
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El-Merheb, M., & Berriah, M. (Eds.). (2021). Professional Mobility in Islamic Societies (700-1750) New Concepts and Approaches. Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004467637

The present edited volume offers a collection of new concepts and approaches to the study of mobility in pre-modern Islamic societies. It includes nine remarkable case studies from different parts of the Islamic world that examine the professional mo... Read More about Professional Mobility in Islamic Societies (700-1750) New Concepts and Approaches.

African Political Thought: An Intellectual History of the Quest for Freedom (2021)
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Chan, S. (2021). African Political Thought: An Intellectual History of the Quest for Freedom. Hurst and Co

African liberation is often seen in terms of heroism, but seldom in terms of thought. Even Sartre, in his preface to Frantz Fanon's seminal The Wretched of the Earth, wrote of the 'native' with his coiled muscles about to explode into rebellion. The... Read More about African Political Thought: An Intellectual History of the Quest for Freedom.

Indian Debates on the International Left: Selected Writings of Lajpat Rai (2021)
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Rai, S. M., & Prakash, A. (Eds.). (2021). Indian Debates on the International Left: Selected Writings of Lajpat Rai. Sage. https://doi.org/10.4135/9789354792120

This book traces the Indian Left’s engagement with the international communist debates of the 1960s and 1970s, shedding new light on the fault lines within the Left as well as on its international solidarities. Lajpat Rai argued for rethinking establ... Read More about Indian Debates on the International Left: Selected Writings of Lajpat Rai.

Structural Transformation in South Africa: The Challenges of Inclusive Industrial Development in a Middle-Income Country (2021)
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Andreoni, A., Mondliwa, P., Roberts, S., & Tregenna, F. (Eds.). (2021). Structural Transformation in South Africa: The Challenges of Inclusive Industrial Development in a Middle-Income Country. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192894311.001.0001

Taking South Africa as an important case study of the challenges of structural transformation, the book offers a new micro-meso level framework and evidence linking country-specific and global dynamics of change, with a focus on the current challenge... Read More about Structural Transformation in South Africa: The Challenges of Inclusive Industrial Development in a Middle-Income Country.

The Use and Dissemination of Religious Knowledge in Antiquity (2021)
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Hezser, C., & Edelman, D. (Eds.). (2021). The Use and Dissemination of Religious Knowledge in Antiquity. Equinox

Ancient Mesopotamian, biblical, rabbinic, and Christian literature was created and transmitted by the intellectual elite and therefore presents their world views and perspectives. This volume investigates for the first time whether and to what extent... Read More about The Use and Dissemination of Religious Knowledge in Antiquity.

The Oxford Handbook of Performance and Politics (2021)
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Rai, S. M., Gluhovic, M., Jestrovic, S., & Saward, M. (Eds.). (2021). The Oxford Handbook of Performance and Politics. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190863456.001.0001

The Oxford Handbook of Politics and Performance is a unique collection of articles introducing cutting-edge research and scholarship on politics and performance, which contributes to exciting interdisciplinary work and to shaping a subfield. Organize... Read More about The Oxford Handbook of Performance and Politics.

Resilience Reset: Creating Resilient Cities in the Global South (2021)
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Bahadur, A., & Tanner, T. (2021). Resilience Reset: Creating Resilient Cities in the Global South. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429355066

Drawing on evidence from urban resilience initiatives around the globe, the authors make a compelling argument for a "resilience reset", a pause and stocktake that critically examines the concepts, practices and challenges of building resilience, par... Read More about Resilience Reset: Creating Resilient Cities in the Global South.

Mobilizing Japanese Youth: The Cold War and the Making of the Sixties Generation (2021)
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Gerteis, C. (2021). Mobilizing Japanese Youth: The Cold War and the Making of the Sixties Generation. Cornell University Press. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501756337

Mobilizing Japanese Youth examines the forces that shaped the political consciousness of Japanese youth who chose to engage in radical politics during the 1960s and 1970s. The book unpacks how intertwined notions of class and gender shaped the discou... Read More about Mobilizing Japanese Youth: The Cold War and the Making of the Sixties Generation.