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ISBN: 0415405475
Publisher: ROUTLEDGE
Subtitle: THE SEARCH FOR ONTOLOGICAL SECURITY
Author: CATAR KINNVALL
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| ISBN | 0415405475 |
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| Publication Date | 2006 |
| Pages | 222 |
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The Pakistan Army is a uniquely powerful and influential institution, with vast landholdings and resources. It has deep roots in the colonial armed forces and relies heavily on certain regions to supply its soldiers, especially parts of rural Punjab, where men have served in the army for generations. These men, their wives and mothers, and the military culture surrounding them are the focus of Maria Rashid’s Dying to Serve, which innovatively and sensitively addresses the question: how does the military thrive when so much of its work results in injury, debility, and death? Taking ritual commemorations of fallen soldiers as one critical site of study, Rashid argues that these “spectacles of mourning” are careful manipulations of affect, gendered and structured by the military to reinforce its omnipotence in the lives of its subjects. Grounding her study in the famed martial district of Chakwal, Rashid finds affect similarly deployed in recruitment and training practices, as well as management of death and compensation to families. She contends that understanding these affective technologies is crucial to challenging the appeal of the military institution globally.
ISBN: 9789697834327
Publisher: FOLIO BOOKS
Subtitle: MILITARISM, AFFECT, AND THE POLITICS OF SACRIFICE IN THE PAKISTAN ARMY
Author: MARIA RASHID
ISBN: 1850437084
Publisher: I.B.TAURIS
Subtitle: BRITISH FOREIGN AND THE ORIGINS OF THE ANGLO-AMERICAN `SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP` 1900-1905
Author: LESTYN ADAMS
ISBN: 0415325463
Publisher: ROUTLEDGE
Subtitle: POLITICAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXTS
Author: MARLLIES GLASIUS
ISBN: 0262661810
Publisher: THE MIT PRESS
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Author: PAVEL PODVIG
ISBN: 1850437238
Publisher: I.B.TAURIS
Subtitle: COMMUNISTS, IMPERIALISM AND TWO WORLD WARS
Author: NEIL REDFERN
Conflict in Afghanistan provides a timely discussion of the concept of asymmetric warfare which has become one of the main issues of the day in the wake of the attacks of 9/11 and the ensuing invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq.
Broadly speaking this describes a means of fighting where comparatively weak belligerents have been able to exploit successfully the vulnerabilities of their more powerful and sophisticated opponents. Two recent examples have been the Vietnam and the Soviet-Afghan wars, but the historical roots of the concept lie deeper, particularly in Afghanistan.
Conflict in Afghanistan, laying emphasis on contemporary documents and drawing on material from Soviet archives, centres on wars conducted in Afghanistan which have been of the asymmetric variety.
Subjects examined include:
• Five wars conducted in Afghanistan by an extemal invader over the past two centuries
• The decisions and actions of politicians and the military involved in the wars in question
• The successes and failures of diplomatic endeavours during the wars
This book is essential reading for those who have research interests in Asian studies, military studies and current affairs.
ISBN: 0415341604
Publisher: ROUTLEDGE
Subtitle: STUDIES IN ASYMMETRIC WARFARE
Author: MARTIN EWANS
Globalization, suggest the authors of this collection, is creating new opportunities – some legal, some illicit – for armed factions to pursue their agendas in civil war. Within this context, they analyze the key dynamics of war economies and the challenges posed for conflict resolution and sustainable peace. Thematic chapters consider key issues in the political economy of internal wars, as well as how differing types of resource dependency influence the scope, character ,and duration of conflicts. Case studies of Burma, Colombia, Kosovo, Papua New Guinea, and Sri Lanka illustrate a range of ways in which belligerents make use of global markets and the transnational flow of resources. An underlying theme is the opportunities available to the international community to alter the economic incentive structure that inadvertently supports armed con
ISBN: 8130900726
Publisher: VIVA BOOKS
Subtitle: BEYOND GREED AND GRIEVANCE
Author: KAREN BALLENTIN
Academics and policy makers have grown increasingly interested in the ways that non-governmental organisations (NGOs) may encourage better governance, democratic politics, and perhaps ultimately a global civil society. However, critics of these organisations have pointed out that NGOs tend to be undemocratic in their internal politics, they speak for groups of people to whom they are not accountable through elections or financial support and they often represent the interests of people in wealthy countries at the expense of truly indigenous people. The main questions revolve around whether and how NGOs actually lead to democratisation, and the ways in which NGOs relate to broader global forces.
In Civil Society, Globalization and Political Change in Asia, Robert Weller has brought together an international group of experts on the subject whose chapters address these questions through a series of extensive case studies from east and southeast Asia including Japan, China, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia and Vietnam.
ISBN: 0415343011
Publisher: ROUTLEDGE
Subtitle: ORGANISING BETWEEN FAMILY AND STATE
Author: ROBERT P WELLER
