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1 Introduction: 5,000 years in thirteen pages. - 2 The Al Thani arrive. - 3 An industry in need of a government. - 4 Tribes and state formation. - 5 Jassim's father. - 6 Jassim's ascendancy. - 7 Ottoman Qatar. - 8 Qatar's unity tested. - 9 The Ottoman demise;. - 10 Sibling rivalry. - 11 End of an era

Hauptbeschreibung: The apostle Paul's understanding of his role and responsibilities in transferring the cult of Jesus Christ to new lands to found new groups devoted to this immigrant son of God is not unique. His modus operandi cannot be adequately explained in terms of Jewish precedents. Rather, Paul's pattern is a creative appropriation of the enduring Greek model of the founder, the key figure in Greek imaginings of the formation of social space, whether colony or cult. Cult foundation inscriptions as well as literary descriptions show that such foundations were laid according to persisten

Personal tales of perseverance and beer making from the founder of Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. Beyond the Pale chronicles Ken Grossman's journey from hobbyist homebrewer to owner of Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., one of the most successful craft breweries in the United States. From youthful adventures to pioneering craft brewer, Ken Grossman shares the trials and tribulations of building a brewery that produces more than 800,000 barrels of beer a year while maintaining its commitment to using the finest ingredients available. Since Grossman founded Sierra Nevada in 1980, part of a gr

Charles R. Crane acquired his appreciation for Russian culture and life through travel in the country, making a total of twenty-four trips to Russia. Crane developed friendships and professional relationships with many prominent Russians in political, cultural, and artistic spheres. Crane spent a considerable amount of his own time and resources in his attempts to educate Americans about the Russian people. By studying this unusual man, Norman E. Saul explores the world in which he lived and traveled. The relationship between America and Russia has always been a complex and f

Cover; The Politics of Nation-Building: Making Co-Nationals, Refugees, and Minorities; Problems of International Politics; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures, Maps, Tables, Graph, and Illustrations; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Preface; 1 Introduction; THE PUZZLE; THE ARGUMENT; WHY STUDY NATION-BUILDING POLICIES?; BOOK PLAN; PART I: THEORY; 2 The International Politics of Assimilation, Accommodation, and Exclusion; NATION-BUILDING POLICIES: ASSIMILATION, ACCOMMODATION, AND EXCLUSION; ACTORS: HOST STATE, NON-CORE GROUP, EXTERNAL POWER. - Host State: The Core Group and Its Ruling Political ElitesState Capacity; Non-Core Group; A Statist Perspective; Organization; Political Demands; External Power; Motivations for External Involvement; Effects of External Involvement; A GEOSTRATEGIC ARGUMENT: ALLIANCES AND FOREIGN POLICY GOALS; Configuration I: Immunization Through Assimilation; Configuration II: Accommodation of Non-Core Groups Supported by Allies; Configuration III: Exclusion of Enemy-Supported Groups in Revisionist States; Configuration IV: Assimilation of Enemy-Supported Groups in Status Quo States; Possible Causal Paths. - CONCLUSIONPART II: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE; 3 Why the Balkans?; OTTOMAN LEGACY IN THE BALKANS; The Millet System; The Emergence of New Nation-States; The Antecedents of Nation-Building in the Balkans; GREAT POWERS, BALKAN STATES, AND THE "EASTERN QUESTION"; THE BALKAN STATES FOLLOWING WORLD WAR I; The "Defeated"; The "Victors"; A Bystander; 4 Cross-National Variation: Nation-Building in Post-World War I Balkans; RESEARCH DESIGN: OPERATIONALIZATION AND MEASUREMENT; The Dependent Variable: Nation-Building Policies; Independent Variables; ANALYSIS; Patterns: Descriptive Statistics

"Using a historical sociology approach, this book presents an account of the formation of the technological state in Indonesia during the New Order period (1966-1998). It explores the nexus between power, high technology, development, and authoritarianism situated in the Southeast Asian context. The book discusses how the New Order authoritarian regime shifted from the developmental state to the technological state, which was characterized by desire for technological supremacy. The process resulted in the establishment of a host of technological institutions and the undertaking of large-scale high-tech programs. Shedding light on the political dimension of socio-technological transformation, this book looks at the relationship between authoritarian politics and high technology development, and questions how powerfully technology serves to sustain legitimacy of an authoritarian power. It examines multiple features of the Indonesian technology state, including the ideology of development, the politics of technocracy, the institutional structure, and the material and symbolic embodiments of high technology, and goes on to discuss the consequences of technology developed through authoritarian means"--Provided by publisher