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State management of diversity is a modern enterprise. China's need to temper the push for national unity with policies of variety and difference is no exception. Marginalization in China: Recasting Minority Politics, a collection of historical and contemporary accounts of gender, ethnic, class and religious minority formation, debunks popular misconceptions about China's highly centralized state and seemingly homogeneous society. Drawing on archival research, interviews and field work it documents how state and citizens meet in a politics of minority recognition, and so inform the growing awareness of rights in China. Rich and timely, this volume reminds everyone that China has the power not only to attract attention to itself but invite reflection back on every polity's approach to diversity

Youth Studies: an introduction is a clear, jargon-free and accessible textbook which will be invaluable in helping to explain concepts, theories and trends within youth studies. The concise summaries of key texts and the ideas of important theorists make the book an invaluable resource. The book also raises questions for discussion, with international case studies and up-to-date examples. The book discusses important issues within youth studies, for example:education and opportunityemployment and unemploymentfamily, friends and living arrangements crime and justiceidentities health and sexualit.

This edition presents contemporary themes around Islam and Muslims in Indonesia from the issues of radicalism, online media, a Dutch scholar during colonial era, women's resistance to shariatization, local practice of Islamic sufism, minority group, to broader theme of the relation of religion and science. To begin with, James Adam Fenton sheds light on the way in which Indonesian society has responded to radical ideology. He argues that dialogue in open society with democratic spirit helps the society to disengage from radicalism.

INCREASINGLY, CULTURAL AND POLITICAL GEOGRAPHERS ARE EXAMINING THE CAUSES OF MINORITY CULTURAL REVIVALS IN WESTERN EUROPE. ATTENTION IN THIS PAPER IS FOCUSED ON THE LESSONS TO BE LEARNED FROM A CONSIDERATION OF THE CONSENSUS-CONFLICT DEBATE IN SOCIOLOGY. SOME OF THE IMPLICATIONS OF APPLYING BOTH FORMS OF INTERPRETATION ARE ILLUSTRATED WITH REFERENCE TO RECENT CHANGES IN WELSH CULTURAL AND POLITICAL LIFE.

First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

"According to many Islamic jurists, the world is divided between dar al-Islam (the abode of Islam) and dar al-harb (the abode of war). This dual division of the world has led to a great amount of juridical discussion concerning what makes a territory part of dar al-Islam, what the status of Muslims living outside of this is, and whether they are obliged to obey Islamic jurisprudence. Susanne Olsson examines the differing understandings of dar al-Islam and dar al-harb, as well as related concepts, such as jihad and takfir. She thereby is able to explore how these concepts have been utilised, transformed and negotiated throughout history. As the subject of Muslims living in Europe is such a topical and sometimes controversial one, this book will appeal to researchers of modern Islam as integral to the Western experience."--Bloomsbury Publishing

This book addresses the impact of a range of destabilising issues on minority rights in Europe and North America. This collection stems from the fact that liberal democracy did not bring about the end of history but rather that the transatlantic region of Europe and North America has encountered a new era of instability, particularly since the global financial crisis. The transatlantic region may have appeared to be entering a period of stability, but terrorist attacks on the soil of Euro-Atlantic states, the financial crisis itself and other changes, including mass migration, the rise of populism, changes in fundamental political conceptions, technological change, and most recently the Covid pandemic, have brought increasing uncertainties and instabilities in existing orders. In these contexts, the book investigates the resulting difficulties and opportunities for minority rights. Bringing together scholars from a range of disciplines who are engaged in work on various unstable orders, the book provides a unique and largely neglected perspective on present developments as well as addressing the pressing issue of the future of the minority rights regime at global, regional and national levels. This book will appeal to those with interests in minority rights, human rights, nationalism, law and politics.

Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Models for environmental communication for unique populations: cases from the field; 2 The vanishing racial divide: the dynamics of race and socioeconomic class in environmental risk communication; 3 Voices in the garden: designing social change at the intersection of green radicalism and participatory media