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Preliminary Material /B.S. Chimni , Miyoshi Masahiro and Surya P. Subedi -- Dangerous waters: Combating maritime piracy in Asia /Scott Davidson -- An Indian perspective on the evolution of international law on the threshold of the third millennium /V.S. Mani -- Idealism and realism in the post-war foreign policy debate in Japan /Sakai Tetsuya -- Objective regimes revisited /Richard A. Barnes -- Some reflections on the relationship between the principle of equitable utilization of international watercourses and the obligation not to cause transfrontier pollution harm /Shigeta Yasuhiro -- Statehood, self-determination and the 'Taiwan Question' /Steve Allen -- State practice of Asian countries in the field of international law -- Participation in multilateral treaties /B.S. Chimni , Miyoshi Masahiro and Surya P. Subedi -- Asian-African Legal Consultative Committee Bi-Annual Survey of Activities 1999-2000 /M.C.W. Pinto -- Chronicle of events and incidents relating to Asia with relevance to international law /Ko Swan Sik -- Book Reviews /B.S. Chimni , Miyoshi Masahiro and Surya P. Subedi -- Survey of International Law Literature Published in 2002 Relevant to Asian Affairs /Bimal N. Patel -- Index /B.S. Chimni , Miyoshi Masahiro and Surya P. Subedi -- General Information /B.S. Chimni , Miyoshi Masahiro and Surya P. Subedi -- Announcements of the Foundation for the Development of International Law in Asia /B.S. Chimni , Miyoshi Masahiro and Surya P. Subedi -- Sata International Law Prize 2005 of the Asian Yearbook of International Law /B.S. Chimni , Miyoshi Masahiro and Surya P. Subedi -- Back Matter -- null.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Notes on the Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- The Origins of Subcultural Theory -- Subcultural Theory and the CCCS -- Criticisms of the CCCS -- Post-subcultural Theory -- The Continued Significance of Subcultural Debates -- Note -- PART 1: THEORETICAL READINGS -- 1 Culture, Subculture and Social Organization -- Culture, Subculture and the Sociological Discourse -- Weber and the 'Concepts of Collective Entities' -- The Deconstruction of Collective Concepts -- Rethinking 'Subculture' -- Conclusion -- 2 Fragmented Culture and Subcultures -- Subcultures and Cultural Diversity -- Changing Forms of Culture -- The Changing Character of Culture -- The Fragmentation of Culture -- Notes -- PART 2: CASE STUDIES -- 3 'It's Like Canada Reduced': Setting the Scene in Montreal -- Setting the Scene -- Montreal -- 'derivative records' -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- 4 Dance Nations: Rethinking Youth Subcultural Theory -- Dance Music and Subcultural Theory -- Racing the Argument -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- 5 Tourists and Travellers? 'Subcultures', Reflexive Identities and Neo-Tribal Sociality -- Reflexivity and Identity -- Neo-tribes and Emergent Socialities -- Tourists and Travellers? -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 6 Teenage Girls' 'Bedroom Culture': Codes versus Zones -- Researching Bedroom Culture -- Codes and Zones -- Bedroom Culture in the 1990s -- Creating Bedroom Spaces -- Codes or Zones? -- Conclusion -- Note -- 7 Unspectacular Subculture? Transgression and Mundanity in the Global Extreme Metal Scene -- The Extreme Metal Scene -- Everyday Life and Scenic Involvement -- The Logic of Mundanity -- Conclusion -- 8 Youth Strategies for Glocal Living: Space, Power and Communication in Everyday Cultural Practice.

Cover -- Half Title -- Dedication -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- List of Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction: Is Policy Transfer Rational Policy-making? -- Evolving Opportunity Structures for Policy Transfer -- Policy Transfer as Rational Policy-making -- Argument -- Bridging the Gaps -- The Structure of the Argument -- The Authors -- 2 Understanding Policy Transfer -- Introduction -- Studying Policy Transfer -- Policy Transfer Analysis and Its Critics -- In Conclusion - How Useful is Policy Transfer Analysis as an Understanding of Contemporary Policy Development? -- PART I: POLICY TRANSFER BETWEEN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES -- 3 Policy Transfer Networks: An Insider Perspective -- Introduction -- The Policy Transfer Network Approach -- Case Study: Social Security Fraud - Performance Measurement and Resource Allocation -- In Conclusion - Policy Transfer as Rational Collaborative Governance -- 4 Policy Transfer in a Competition State: Britain's New Deal -- Introduction -- The Theory of the Competition State -- The Post-Welfare Contracting State -- The Case of the New Deal -- In Conclusion: Policy Transfer, Welfare Reform and the Competition State -- 5 Environmental Policy Transfer in Germany and Greece -- Introduction -- The Policy Transfer Network Approach -- Understandingbus and the Transfer of the Ecotrans Project -- In Conclusion: Do Policy Transfer Networks Matter? -- PART II: POLICY TRANSFER FROM DEVELOPED TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES -- 6 Policy Transfer in a Transition State: The Case of Local Government Reform in the Ukraine -- Introduction -- Policy Transfer in a Transitional Society -- Applying Policy Transfer Analysis in a Transition State -- The Association of Ukrainian Cities: A Policy Transfer Network for Local Government Reform

International perspectives on small firms in tourism: a synthesis. Tourism, small firm development and empowerment in post-apartheid South Africa. Factors affecting small firms in tourism: a Ghanaian perspective. Government assistance for tourism SMEs; from theory to practice. Short-run output and employment effects arising from assistance to tourism SMEs: evidence from Israel. Risky lifestyles? Entrepreneurial characteristics of the New Zealand bed and breakfast sector. From lifestyle consumption to lifestyle production: changing patterns of tourism entrepreneurship. Success and growth in rural tourism micro-businesses in Finland: financial or life-style objectives? The interaction of community and small tourism businesses in rural New Zealand. Whale watching: the roles of small firms in the evolution of a new Australian niche market. Small firms and wine and food tourism in New Zealand: issues of collaboration, clusters and lifestyles. Quality homes, quality people: the challenge of quality grading and assurance in small accommodation enterprises. Overcoming the green gap: improving the environmental performance of small tourism firms in Western Australia. Small firms and the principles of sustainable tourism: the case of cycle tourism. Accommodating the spiritual tourist; the case of religious retreat houses. Small firm performance in the context of agent and structure: a cross-cultural comparison in the tourist accommodation sector. Coping with resource scarcity: the experience of UK tourism SMEs. Strategic and structural variables in internationalisation: the case of Swiss tourism SMEs. Small tourism firms in e-Europe: definitional, conceptual and contextual considerations

Intro -- Kurdish Notables and the Ottoman State -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Transliteration and Translation -- Illustrations -- 1. Introduction -- The Role of Kurdish Nationalism in the Emergence of the Turkish Republic -- A Brief Discussion of Nationalism -- Different Interpretations of Nationalism -- Ethnicity, Nationalism, and the Development of Identity -- Nationalism in the Kurdish Case -- Nationalism and Notables in the Ottoman Empire -- Boundaries of the Research -- Organization and General Arguments of the Chapters -- 2. Evolution of Group Identity: The Kurds and Kurdistan in Historical Texts -- Origin of the Kurds -- Kurds and Kurdistan in Medieval Sources -- Serefhan Bitlisi -- The Seventeenth Century: Ahmed-i Hani -- Evliya Çelebi: A View of An Ottoman Traveler -- Kurds and Kurdistan in the Late Ottoman Period -- Kürdistan: The First Kurdish Newspaper -- Semseddin Sami -- The Post-World War I Period -- Conclusion -- 3. State-Tribe Relations: Ottoman Empire and Kurdish Tribalism Since the Sixteenth Century -- Tribe, Emirate, and the Kurds -- Theoretical Framework -- Definition of Kurdish Tribes -- Kurdish Tribalism Prior to the Ottoman Conquest -- Ottoman-Safavid Relations and "Kurdistan" -- Ottoman Administration in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries -- Classical Ottoman Administration -- Ottoman Administration in Kurdistan -- Decreasing Level of Autonomy -- Ottoman Administrative Policies in Nineteenth-Century Kurdistan -- Conclusion: Consequences of Ottoman Rule -- 4. Kurdish "Protonationalism"?: The Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries -- The Nationalist Dimension of Kurdish Militancy -- Bedirhan Pasha and His Revolt of 1847 -- The Naqshbandi Semdinan Family and Sayyid Ubeydullah -- A Transformation to Nationalism: Two Kurdish Cultural and Political Organizations, 1908-20.

Human rights and societies in transition : international context and sources of variation / Shale Horowitz and Albrecht Schnabel -- The universal declaration of human rights as a norm for societies in transition / Johannes Morsink -- Universalism and cultural relativism : lessons for transitional states / Richard Lewis Siegel -- From global norms to local change : theoretical perspectives on the promotion of human rights in societies of transition / Genevieve Souillac -- The United Nations and human rights / W. Ofuatey-Kodjoe -- The consequences of the war crimes tribunals and an international criminal court for human rights in transition societies / Paul J. Magnarella -- International efforts to protect human rights in transition societies : right, duty, or politics? / Albrecht Schnabel -- Democratic transitions and foreign policy : the United States / Barbara Ann J. Rieffer and David P. Forsythe -- Sources and consequences of human rights violations in Iraq / Jenab Tutunji -- Exploring the dynamics of human rights and reform: Iran, Pakistan, and Turkey / Mahmood Monshipouri -- Causes and consequences of variation in post-communist human rights practices / Shale Horowitz -- Human rights and conflict in the former Yugoslavia / Aleksandar Resanovic -- Human rights in transition societies: the cases of Somalia and South Africa / Wafula Okumu -- Human rights and transition societies in Western Africa / Eghosa E. Osaghae -- Political development and democratic rights in greater China / Man-To Leung -- Human rights in India / D.R. Kaarthikeyan -- Human rights, the military, and the transition to democracy in Argentina and South Korea / Terence Roehrig -- Protecting human rights in transition societies : lessons and recommendations / Albrecht Schnabel and Shale Horowitz

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Preface -- Contents -- Contributors -- Part I: Development Discourse: Change Versus Continuity -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Development Discourse and Its Challenges and Directions -- Chapter 2: The Narrative Foundations of International Development -- Chapter 3: Managing Social Change 1n Complex Environments: A Chaos Approach to Environmental Impacts -- Chapter 4: Sustainable Development: What Does Sustainability Mean to Individuals in the Conduct of Their Lives and Businesses? -- Chapter 5: The Myths of Economic Growth (GNP): Implications for Human Development -- Chapter 6: Social Scientific Knowledge and American Interests: An Episode in the Development of Development Theory -- Part II: Development Domains and Their Significance -- Chapter 7: Development as a Multidimensional Concern -- Chapter 8: From Development Administration to New Public Management in Postcolonial Settings: Internal Problems, External Prescriptions -- Chapter 9: Evaluating Indicators for Rural Women's Socioeconomic Development: The Case of Thailand -- Chapter 10: Fossilization of Chinese Customs Under Colonial Rule in Hong Kong: Implications for Gender and Development -- Chapter 11: Information and Communication Technologies as Tools for Development: Between Skepticism and Optimism -- Part III: Development Policy Issues in Major Sectors -- Chapter 12: Smallholder Response to Population Pressure and Adversity in Rwanda -- Chapter 13: Structural Adjustment in Bulgarian Agriculture -- Chapter 14: Factors Affecting Sustainable Health Care Management Programs in Post-Soviet Transitional Economies -- Chapter 15: The Impact of HIV/AIDS on Economic Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: Policy Implications -- Chapter 16: Industrial Development Policies and Strategies: The African Case

It is now 80 years since Mussolini's Fascism came to power in Italy, but the political heirs of the original Fascism are part of government in today's Italy. The resurgence of neo-fascist and neo-Nazi extremism all over Europe are a reminder of the continuing place of fascism in contemporary European society, despite its political and military defeat in 1945. This thoroughly revised, updated and expanded edition provides a critical and comprehensive overview of the origins of Fascism and the movement's taking and consolidation of power. Philip Morgan: · explains how the experience of the First World War created Fascism · describes how the unsettled post-war conditions in Italy enabled an initially small group of political adventurers around Mussolini to build a large movement and take power in 1922 · focuses on the workings of the first ever 'totalitarian' system and its impacts on the lives and outlooks of ordinary Italians · considers the meshing of internal 'fascistisation' and expansionism, which emerged most clearly after 1936 as Italy became more closely aligned with Nazi Germany · examines the demise of Italian Fascism between 1943 and 1945 as Mussolini and his party became the puppets of Nazism · provides an explanation and interpretation of Fascism, locating it in contemporary history and taking account of recent debates on the nature of the phenomenon. Clear and approachable, this essential text is ideal for anyone interested in Italy's turbulent political history in the first half of the twentieth century

Access and Financial Viability -- 1. Access and the USO for Letters and Parcels -- 2. Access and (Non-)Uniform Pricing in the Postal Sector -- 3. Access Pricing and the Uniform Tariff in the Postal Sector -- 4. Is Mandatory Access in the Postal Sector the Key to Success? -- 5. Financial Viability of the Universal Postal Service Provider Under Uniform and Cost-Related Tariffs -- 6. An Empirical Analysis of the Graveyard Spiral -- 7. RPI — X Price Control Regulation in the Postal Sector -- 8. Testing for Anti-Competitive Behavior in Public Enterprises -- 9. An Evaluation of USPS Worksharing: Postal Revenues and Costs From Workshared Activities -- National and International Perspectives -- 10. The WTO Doha Development Agenda: Defining the Scope of Postal Service Liberalization -- 11. A License to Mail: Balancing the USO and Competitive Services Globally -- 12. International Postal Arrangements, Trade, and Competition Law -- 13. A Brief Survey of the USO and Prospects for a Global USO -- 14. A Production Model of Service Quality at An Post -- 15. Evolution and Analysis of the Market Structure of Postal Services in Spain -- 16. Regulating Access to Postal Networks in the European Union The Roles of Antitrust and Sector Specific Regulation -- Modernizing the P.O. -- 17. Developing Policies for the Future of the United States Postal Service -- 18. Enhancing Postal Performance Through Improved Labor- Management Relations: Customer Connect as a Case Study -- 19. Pricing Innovation for a Transitioning Postal Administration.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword, Prólogo, Avant-propos -- Executive Summary, Résumen, Résumé Analytique -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- 1 Jordan's Socioeconomic Development -- Geopolitical Situation -- Economic Developments in the 1990s -- Poverty and Social Conditions -- External Debt and Assistance -- 2 Development Priorities and Constraints -- Accelerating Broadly Shared Economic Growth to Reduce Poverty: A Top Priority -- Large and Inefficient Government Expenditures -- Water is Scarce and Inefficiently Used -- Human Capital Development: A Parallel Priority to Growth -- 3 World Bank Services and Products -- Nonlending Assistance -- Lending -- Efficiency of World Bank Assistance -- 4 The Development Effectiveness of World Bank Assistance -- Macroeconomic Stabilization and Growth -- Private and Financial Sector Development and Privatization -- Poverty Reduction, Human Development, and Progress toward the MDGs -- Water Resource Management -- Sustainability and Institutional Development -- 5 Contributors' Performance -- World Bank Performance -- Borrower Performance -- Aid Partner Performance Issues -- 6 Islamic Development Bank Assistance to Jordan -- IDB Assistance Strategy for Jordan -- Overview of IDB Operations in Jordan, 1976-02 -- Project Post-evaluation in Jordan -- 7 Islamic Development Bank Sector Analysis -- Overview -- Industry and Mining -- Public Utilities -- Social Services -- 8 Conclusions, Recommendations, and Lessons -- World Bank Findings -- Islamic Development Bank Findings -- Annexes -- The World Bank -- A: Jordan at a Glance -- B: Key Background Data -- C: External Assistance to Jordan and Comparator Countries -- D: Selected Economic and Sector Work for Jordan -- E: OED and QAG Ratings for Jordan and Comparator Countries -- F: Cost of World Bank's Programs for Jordan and Comparator Countries.

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- The Report Team -- Executive Summary -- State-owned Monopolies Often Exhibited Poor Performance ... -- . . .Leading to a New Model for Financing and Providing Infrastructure -- The New Model Poses Risks-But Also Holds Considerable Promise -- What Effects Have Reforms Had? -- Developing Good Regulation Remains a Major Challenge -- Many Prices and Subsidies Still Require Reform -- An Agenda for Action-From Institution Building to Policymaking -- 1. The New Paradigm for Network Utilities -- Why Are Network Utilities So Important? -- From State to Market-Changing Views on Utilities -- The Dawn of a New Utility Model -- Framework for Assessing Reforms and Regulations -- Recent Experiences with Privatization and Reform-Promises and Perils -- Second Generation Reforms-Choices and Challenges -- 2. Crafting Regulation for Privatized Infrastructure -- The Emergence of Post-Privatization Regulation -- The Evolution and Elements of Effective Regulation -- The Structure of Regulatory Institutions -- The Importance of Regulatory Commitment -- Getting the Economics Right -- Mechanisms to Regulate Prices -- Moving toward More Practical Regulation -- 3. Restructuring Electricity Supply -- Background to Electricity Reform -- Addressing the Problems of State Ownership -- Regulatory Challenges -- Reform Experiences and Lessons -- 4. Managing Private Participation in Transportation -- Railroads: Restructuring Regulation for the Public Interest -- Ports: Alternatives for Organizing a Multiproduct Activity -- 5. Reforming the Water Sector -- Economics of Water Supply -- Options for Competition and Market Structure -- Choosing Regulation -- Reform Experiences and Lessons -- 6. An Agenda for Action -- Assessing Reform's Effects on Performance and Distribution -- Pricing Reform-Balancing Efficiency and Equity.

Although it has been previously accepted that Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan have achieved the 'economic miracle' of maintaining high economic growth for several decades prior to the Asian financial crisis, recent literature has now cast doubt upon this economic supposed success. Attempting to overcome methodological limitations and underlying assumptions of other studies, The Growth Process in East Asian Manufacturing Industries re-examines the role of total factor productivity (TFP) growth and aims to identify the sources of output growth in these East Asian economies. Chia-Hung Sun aims to explain how TFP growth differs from technological progress, and demonstrates why this study favours the use of the varying coefficients frontier model rather than the conventional scholastic frontier approach. He goes on to statistically test whether manufacturing industries in East Asia homogeneously applied the best practice production technology, and investigates the TFP growth slowdown in East Asian manufacturing sectors. Potential links between technological progress (or technological efficiency change) and structural transformation are considered, and the growth in high-tech and low-tech industries are compared. Using sensitivity tests to consolidate the findings of this study and a comparison with earlier TFP studies for each of the five economies analysed, this book will be a valuable point of reference for economists, researchers and policymakers specialising in Asian economies. Advanced undergraduate and post-graduate students in economic development and economic growth will also find the book of great interest

The high ideals of anarchism have inspired generations of activists and political thinkers for over a century and a half, winning respect from even the fiercest of opponents. As the 'conscience of politics', anarchism's opposition to all forms of power and its emphasis on responsibility and self-determination has provided a constant benchmark for other areas of political philosophy and practice. At the beginning of the twenty-first century, with popular movements challenging the logic of globalisation, Western military imperialism and the assumptions of 'democratic' governments, anarchist theory and practice has once again made its presence felt. 'Changing anarchism' documents the links between these movements and contemporary anarchism and demonstrates how anarchist ideas are evolving in a global age. In particular, the book examines strands within anarchism concerned with technology, the environment and identity, and suggests that these are useful sociological tools for understanding the pervasive and interconnected nature of power. The contributors also offer practical insight into how power is being resisted in a variety of social and political contexts and how anarchist ideals are impacting on many different areas of everyday life. The balance of activist perspectives on anti-capitalism, sexuality, narcotics, education and mental health, combined with theoretical material drawn from post-structuralism, ecologism, the complexity sciences and social movement theory, ensures that Changing Anarchism will appeal to the general reader as well as to students of politics, sociology and cultural studies.

Intro -- State/Space: A Reader -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: State Space in Question -- Part I Theoretical Foundations -- 1 Exploration, Cartography and the Modernization of State Power -- 2 The Autonomous Power of the State: Its Origins, Mechanisms and Results -- 3 The Nation -- 4 Space and the State -- 5 The State as Container: Territoriality in the Modern World-System -- Part II Remaking State Territorialities -- 6 The State of Globalization: Towards a Theory of State Transformation -- 7 The Rise of East Asia and the Withering Away of the Interstate System -- 8 The Struggle over European Order: Transnational Class Agency in the Making of "Embedded Neo-Liberalism" -- 9 The Imagined Economy: Mapping Transformations in the Contemporary State -- 10 Debordering the World of States: Toward a Multi-Level System in Europe and a Multi-Polity System in North America? Insights from Border Regions -- 11 Rethinking Globalisation: Re-articulating the Spatial Scale and Temporal Horizons of Trans-Border Spaces -- Part III Reshaping Political Spaces -- 12 Remaking Scale: Competition and Cooperation in Pre-National and Post-National Europe -- 13 The National and the Regional: Their Autonomy Vis-à-vis the Capitalist World Crisis -- 14 The Invention of Regions: Political Restructuring and Territorial Government in Western Europe -- 15 Globalization Makes States: Perspectives on Local Governance in the Age of the World City -- 16 Cities and Citizenship -- 17 Citizenship, Territoriality and the Gendered Construction of Difference -- 18 Shadows and Sovereigns -- Subject Index -- Name Index.

Cover -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Maps and Figures -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Contact, Isolation and Language Change: A Theoretical Framework -- Introduction -- Dialect contact and koinéisation -- Language contact -- Change without contact: enclave communities -- 3 Tristan da Cunha -- Topographical and geophysical aspects -- A social history of Tristan da Cunha -- Sociolinguistic and linguistic implications -- Conclusion -- 4 Methodology and Fieldwork -- The 'pre-history' of the Tristan da Cunha project -- Fieldwork on Tristan da Cunha -- Fieldwork and ethnographic activities -- Defining the object of investigation -- 5 Determining Input Interaction: Present Tense Concord -- Present tense concord in British English -- Present tense marking in TdCE -- Historical and contemporary aspects of present tense marking in TdCE -- Discussion and conclusion: input interaction and feature selection -- 6 Categoricality and Levelling: Present/Past be Regularisation -- The special status of be in English -- Historical and contemporary aspects of be levelling -- The patterning of is/was regularisation in TdCE: an overview -- Discussion and conclusion: transplantation and categoricality -- 7 Dynamism v. Retention: 'Completive done' -- 'Completive done' in world English -- The (Aux) done V(ed) construction: an overview -- 'Completive done' in TdCE -- Discussion and conclusion: dynamic or archaic? -- 8 Innovation and Independent Developments: Useta went -- Delineating useta went -- Regular and irregular verbs -- Past tense marking in non-standard English -- Tense marking in TdCE -- The useta went construction -- Discussion and conclusion: insularity and innovation -- 9 Conclusion -- Selection -- Conservatism v. innovation -- Post-insularity -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Notes -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C.