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Cover -- Contents -- Preface to the Paperback Edition -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART ONE: Politics -- 1. From Communism to Confucianism: Changing Discourses on China's Political Future -- 2. War, Peace, and China's Soft Power -- 3. Hierarchical Rituals for Egalitarian Societies -- PART TWO: Society -- 4. Sex, Singing, and Civility: The Costs and Benefits of the Karaoke Trade -- 5. How Should Employers Treat Domestic Workers? -- 6. The Politics of Sports: From the 2006 World Cup to the 2008 Olympics -- PART THREE: Education -- 7. A Critique of Critical Thinking -- 8. Teaching Political Theory in Beijing -- 9. On Being Confucian: Why Confucians Needn't Be Old, Serious, and Conservative -- APPENDICES -- 1. Depoliticizing the Analects -- 2. Jiang Qing's Political Confucianism -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z

America has been seen by the rest of the world as fulfilling the gleaming promise of modernity and, paradoxically, as the nightmarish fate threatening to undermine global diversity. Rather than emphasising American hegemony and Australian cultural vulnerability, this collection of essays explores the negotiation of influence and power involved in Americanisation abroad

This paper draws upon digital recordings of Northern Ireland football fans singing in the stadium during all 10 qualifying matches for the 2016 UEFA European Football Championship. Supplemented by participant observation and interview data with 21 supporters themselves, the paper challenges assertions within the literature which focus upon the predominance of sectarian singing amongst a section of Northern Ireland football supporters. Although vocal manifestations of football fandom may initially appear to be randomly driven by irrational emotions, on the contrary, there is an underlying structure and sequence to fandom in the stadium in which certain factors promote collective singing at particular times. The paper identifies four key themes in particular: the timing in a match; whether or not a goal has been scored; if there is a lull or a break in play; and the use of musical instruments to encourage the wider collective to sing. We argue that it is important to understand the process by which collective singing occurs in the football stadium rather than fixating upon the alleged racist or sectarian psychopathology of the individuals involved. Such knowledge may assist in supporting those fan organisations that seek to challenge discriminatory behaviour in the stadium, particularly in the current context of the European (UEFA) and World football governing bodies (FIFA) punishing fans collectively, regardless of whether or not the majority in the stadium are opposed to what is being sung in their name.