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Dem enzyklopädischen Zuschnitt von Entwicklungssoziologie entsprechend bietet der Band Perspektiven auf zentrale Fragen gesellschaftlicher Prozesse. Diese umfassen die Gestaltung des Alltags, Beziehungen zwischen Generationen in unterschiedlichen Gesellschaften, aber auch feinkörnige komparative Analysen zu Gewaltprozessen sowie die Bedeutung von Urbanisierungsprozessen für Vorstellungen von Freiheit. Fragen der Sozialstruktur wie insbesondere die Debatte um afrikanische "Mittelschichten" und die Bedeutung von Märkten zur Kontrolle ökologischer Veränderungen werden ebenso behandelt. Neben Fallbeispielen aus Afrika, Südostasien und Europa werden auch Grundfragen der Soziologie angesprochen. Mit Beiträgen von Erdmute Alber, Artur Bogner, Antje Daniel, Mamadou Diawara, Gerhard Hauck, Reinhart Kößler, Rüdiger Korff, Roman Loimeier, Henning Melber, Matthias Neef, Matthew Sabbi, Rachel Spronk, Florian Stoll, Alexander Stroh-Steckelberg

Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) is increasingly subjected to social, economic and political pressures in the light of neo-liberal developments and dispossessing, neo-colonial discourses of domination perpetuated by cultural heritage politics.
In response, respective legal regimes have been established addressing alienation from those practising ICH, namely cultural bearers and ultimately holders of cultural rights. However, the very nature of such instruments and safeguarding standards may not fully grant non-discriminatory access to its protection regimes being disintegrated from general human rights standards. This may, in turn, result in new patterns of inequalities causing detrimental, adverse impacts on specific groups of communities and individuals. This study disentangles such dynamics and sheds light on both endangered ICH elements and its practitioners. Similarly, it traces agency-driven, empowering ICH practice responding to current patterns of cultural imposition oriented towards plural identity recognition while discovering spaces of contestation.

This open access book presents a strong philosophical, theoretical and practical argument for the mainstreaming of indigenous knowledge in curricula development, and in teaching and learning across the African continent. Since the dawn of political independence in Africa, there has been an ongoing search for the kind of education that will create a class of principled and innovative citizens who are sensitive to and committed to the needs of the continent. When indigenous or environment-generated knowledge forms the basis of learning in classrooms, learners are able to immediately connect their education with their lived reality. The result is much introspection, creativity and innovation across fields, sectors and disciplines, leading to societal transformation. Drawing on several theoretical assertions, examples from a wide range of disciplines, and experiences gathered from different continents at different points in history, the book establishes that for education to trigger the necessary transformation in Africa, it should be constructed on a strong foundation of learners' indigenous knowledge. The book presents a distinct and uncharted pathway for Africa to advance sustainably through home-grown and grassroots based ideas, leading to advances in science and technology, growth of indigenous African business and the transformation of Africans into conscious and active participants in the continent's progress. Indigenous Knowledge and Education in Africa is of interest to educators, entrepreneurs, policymakers, researchers and individuals engaged in finding sustainable and strategic solutions to regional and global advancement. Chika Ezeanya-Esiobu is a researcher, teacher, non-fiction and fiction writer, and a well-known intellectual who holds a Ph.D. in African Development and Policy Studies from Howard University in Washington D.C. -- Publisher's description

Introduction : the stakes of heritage and the politics of culture -- A political history of Palestinian heritage -- Government through heritage in old Hebron -- Heritage, NGOs, and state-making -- Palestinian national museums post-Oslo -- Conclusion : cultural governmentality and activist statehood

The history of surrogate warfare -- The context of neotrinitarian war -- Conceptualizing surrogate warfare -- Externalizing the burden of war to the machine -- Patron-surrogate relations and the problem of control and autonomy -- Toward a just surrogate war -- Iran's externalization of strategic defense through surrogate warfare -- Conclusion.

In the last few decades, the media, academics, and the general public have put considerable focus on Muslim culture and politics around the world. Specifically, the rising population of young Muslims has generated concerns about religious radicalism, Islamism, and conflicts in multicultural societies. However, few studies have been devoted to how a new generation of Muslims is reshaping society in positive ways. In Political Muslims, Abbas and Hamid provide a new perspective on Muslim youth, presenting them as agents of creative social change and as active participants in cultural and community organizations where resistance leads to negotiated change. In a series of case studies that cross the globe, contributors capture the experiences of being young and Muslim in ten countries—the United States, Canada, Britain, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Turkey, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kashmir, and Indonesia. They examine urban youth from various socioeconomic backgrounds, addressing issues that range from hybrid identities and student activism to the strategic use of music and social media. With diverse disciplinary and methodological approaches, Political Muslims gives readers a nuanced and authentic understanding of the everyday social, economic, and political realities of young people.

In the digital age, technology has shrunk the physical world into a "global village," where we all seem to be connected as an online community as information travels to the farthest reaches of the planet with the click of a mouse. Yet while we think of platforms such as Twitter and Facebook as open and accessible to all, in reality, these are commercial entities developed primarily by and for the Western world. Considering how new technologies increasingly shape labor, economics, and politics, these tools often reinforce the inequalities of globalization, rarely reflecting the perspectives of those at the bottom of the digital divide. This book asks us to re-consider 'whose global village' we are shaping with the digital technology revolution today. Sharing stories of collaboration with Native Americans in California and New Mexico, revolutionaries in Egypt, communities in rural India, and others across the world, Ramesh Srinivasan urges us to re-imagine what the Internet, mobile phones, or social media platforms may look like when considered from the perspective of diverse cultures. Such collaborations can pave the way for a people-first approach toward designing and working with new technology worldwide. Whose Global Village seeks to inspire professionals, activists, and scholars alike to think about technology in a way that embraces the realities of communities too often relegated to the margins. We can then start to visualize a world where technologies serve diverse communities rather than just the Western consumer

This book explores the dynamics of China's new united front work in Hong Kong. Mainland Chinese penetrative politics can be seen in the activities of local pro-Beijing political parties, clans and neighborhood associations, labor unions, women and media organizations, district federations, and some religious groups. However, united front work in the educational and youth sectors of civil society has encountered strong resistance because many Hong Kong people are post-materialistic and uphold their core values of human rights, the rule of law and transparency. China's new united front work in Hong Kong has been influenced by its domestic turn toward "hard" authoritarianism, making Beijing see Hong Kong's democratic activists and radicals as political enemies. Hong Kong's "one country, two systems" is drifting toward "one country, two mixed systems" with some degree of convergence. Yet, Taiwan and some foreign countries have seen China's united front work as politically destabilizing and penetrative. This book will be of use to scholars, journalists, and observers in other countries seeking to reckon with Chinese influence

America and the Just War Tradition examines and evaluates each of America's major wars from a just war perspective. Using moral analysis that is anchored in the just war tradition, the contributors provide careful historical analysis evaluating individual conflicts. Each chapter explores the causes of a particular war, the degree to which the justice of the conflict was a subject of debate at the time, and the extent to which the war measured up to traditional ad bellum and in bello criteria. Where appropriate, contributors offer post bellum considerations, insofar as justice is concerned with helping to offer a better peace and end result than what had existed prior to the conflict. This fascinating exploration offers policy guidance for the use of force in the world today, and will be of keen interest to historians, political scientists, philosophers, and theologians, as well as policy makers and the general reading public.