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At a time of tremendous flux throughout Europe, this book provides solid analyses of the events and trends that are rapidly reshaping the region. Originally published as an edition of Dcedalus, this updated volume brings together leading scholars to examine such issues as the major paradigmatic shifts occurring in Eastern Europe, the long-te

Asia in Europe, Europe in Asia -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction -- Part I: Academic Discourses and Concepts -- 2. Civilizational Encounters: Europe in Asia -- 3. Locating Southeast Asia: Postcolonial Paradigms and Predicaments -- 4. The Meaning of Alternative Discourses: Illustrations from Southeast Asia -- 5. Redrawing Centre-Periphery Relations: Theoretical Challenges in the Study of Southeast Asian Modernity -- 6. Rethinking Assumptions on Asia and Europe: The Study of Entrepreneurship -- Part II: Linkages: Science, Society and Culture -- 7. Royal Antiquarianism, European Orientalism and the Production of Archaeological Knowledge in Modern Siam -- 8. Foreign Knowledge: Cultures of Western Science-making in Meiji Japan -- 9. British Colonial Rhetoric on 'Modern Medicine' and 'Health at Home': Realities of Health Conditions in 19th Century Britain -- 10. Poverty, Gender and Nation in Modern Vietnamese Literature During the French Colonial Period (1930s–40s) -- 11. Family Linkages between India and Britain: Views from Gujarat and London -- 12. Framing 'the Other': A Critical Review of Vietnam War Movies and their Representation of Asians and Vietnamese -- 13. Métis, Métisse and Métissage: Representations and Self-Representations -- About the Contributors.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 -- Renewable Energy Community across Europe: Is Public Policy Helping or Not? -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Analysis of Relevant EU Legislation -- Last Decade -- Post-2020 -- Acknowledging Community Energy -- Final Legislation -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Biographical Sketches -- Chapter 2 -- A Review of the Cryptic Diversity of the Viviparous Lizard, Zootoca vivipara (Lichtenstein, 1823) (Squamata: Lacertidae) in Central Europe and Its Postglacial Re-Colonization Out of the Carpathian Basin: Chromosomal and Molecular Data -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Karyotype Characteristics -- Diversity in Central Europe -- Re-Colonization -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 3 -- European Countries and EU Politics: Does It Matter Who Governs? The Impact of Political Decisions in Europe -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Theoretical Framework -- 3. Methodological Framework -- 3.1. General Research Methodology -- 3.2. Data Collection and Analyses -- 3.3. Selection of Research Topic -- 3.4. Selection of Research Countries -- 3.5. Positioning of Party Political Preferences -- 4. The Evolution of Irregular Migrants' Access to Housing -- 4.1. The Evolution of Irregular Migrants' Access to Housing in Germany -- 4.2. The Evolution of Irregular Migrants' Access to Housing in the UK -- 4.3. The Evolution of Irregular Migrants' Access to Housing in the Netherlands -- 5. The Evolution of Facilitating Irregular Migrants' Access to Housing -- 5.1. The Evolution of Facilitating Irregular Migrants' Access to Housing in Germany -- 5.2. The Evolution of Facilitating Irregular Migrants' Access to Housing in the UK -- 5.3. The Evolution of Facilitating Irregular Migrants' Access to Housing in the Netherlands -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Biographical Sketch.