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Indian Ocean Islands Illustrated Cases on Geopolitics Ocean and Environment

Indian Ocean Islands Illustrated Cases on Geopolitics Ocean and Environment

Islands are intrinsic parts of the Indian Ocean Region’s physical geography and human landscape. Historically many have played substantial roles in the regional cultural and economic networks as well as in the regional political developments. Today at least three issues bring these islands back to the forefront of the regional and global affairs namely geopolitics and strategic matters environmental conditions and challenges as well as ocean affairs. However there has not been yet a lot of research and publications on this phenomenon of islands’ growing significance in the specific context of the Indian Ocean Region. This book provides a rare attempt to cover various issues related to geopolitics international relations history security anthropology and ocean/environment of Indian Ocean islands and their societies. More specifically it provides case studies on Sri Lanka (foreign policy) Cocos and Christmas Islands (geo-strategy) Chagos Archipelago (history) Mauritius (‘Indo-Mauritians’) Mauritius and Seychelles (maritime security) European Union and the Indian Ocean Islands (international relations) and Sundarban islands (environment and society). The chapters were originally published in a special issue of the Journal of the Indian Ocean Region. | Indian Ocean Islands Illustrated Cases on Geopolitics Ocean and Environment

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The Cycladic and Aegean Islands in Prehistory

The Cycladic and Aegean Islands in Prehistory

This textbook offers an up-to-date academic synthesis of the Aegean islands from the earliest Palaeolithic period through to the demise of the Mycenaean civilization in the Late Bronze III period. The book integrates new findings and theoretical approaches whilst at the same time allowing readers to contextualize their understanding through engagement with bigger overarching issues and themes often drawing explicitly on key theoretical concepts and debates. Structured according to chronological periods and with two dedicated chapters on Akrotiri and the debate around the volcanic eruption of Thera this book is an essential companion for all those interested in the prehistory of the Cyclades and other Aegean islands. | The Cycladic and Aegean Islands in Prehistory

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Anthropology Islands and the Search for Meaning in the Anthropocene

Anthropology Islands and the Search for Meaning in the Anthropocene

Part ethnography part memoir and part critical reflection on the Anthropocene this book examines the ways that islands form and inform human experiences of the everyday and the extraordinary. Utilizing carefully considered anthropological perspectives drawn from over a decade of anthropological fieldwork the author employs islands as a complex set of lenses to examine the ways that we are intimately connected separated and divided from ourselves one another and the planet. Moving across time place and disciplinary boundaries this book traces a narrative route from the remote islands of Micronesia to the subarctic expanses of northern Iceland all in service of gaining a deeper understanding of the cultural resonance of islands. This book offers the reader a type of ideological travel guide one that exchanges restaurant reviews and hotel recommendations for pathways of reflection and new modes of seeing and being in the world. It will be of interest to scholars in the social sciences and humanities and readers from human geography cultural studies sociology philosophy and American studies. | Anthropology Islands and the Search for Meaning in the Anthropocene

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Islands of Rainforest Agroforestry Logging and Eco-Tourism in Solomon Islands

Islands of Rainforest Agroforestry Logging and Eco-Tourism in Solomon Islands

This title was first published in 2000: An original and thought-provoking analysis of modern initiatives in the tropical rain forest. While issues such as logging eco-timber eco-tourism have been widely analyzed from an outsider’s perspective this book considers them from the local people’s viewpoint in terms of a long history of the rainforest uses. The authors demonstrate that the relationship of indigenous people to the tropical forest is not essentially timeless nor is it primarily spiritual or mystical. It is in fact firmly connected to modern realities while still being rooted in historical beliefs and practices. Standing at the intersection of anthropology historical geography and rainforest ecology and also at the interface of the local and the global this ethnographically grounded study dispels a number of commonly held assumptions. It reveals how processes of ’impact’ are actually two-way interactions as local communities in Melanesia incorporate industries like logging into rapidly evolving post-colonial society and economy. | Islands of Rainforest Agroforestry Logging and Eco-Tourism in Solomon Islands

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The Routledge Handbook of Bioarchaeology in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands

The Routledge Handbook of Bioarchaeology in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands

In recent years the bioarchaeology of Southeast Asia and the Pacific islands has seen enormous progress. This new and exciting research is synthesised contextualised and expanded upon in The Routledge Handbook of Bioarchaeology in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands. The volume is divided into two broad sections one dealing with mainland and island Southeast Asia and a second section dealing with the Pacific islands. A multi-scalar approach is employed to the bio-social dimensions of Southeast Asia and the Pacific islands with contributions alternating between region and/or site specific scales of operation to the individual or personal scale. The more personal level of osteobiographies enriches the understanding of the lived experience in past communities. Including a number of contributions from sub-disciplinary approaches tangential to bioarchaeology the book provides a broad theoretical and methodological approach. Providing new information on the globally relevant topics of farming population mobility subsistence and health no other volume provides such a range of coverage on these important themes.

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Dialects from Tropical Islands Caribbean Spanish in the United States

Dialects from Tropical Islands Caribbean Spanish in the United States

Dialects from Tropical Islands: Caribbean Spanish in the United States provides a comprehensive account of current research on Caribbean Spanish in the United States from different theoretical perspectives and linguistic areas. This edited volume highlights current scholarship and linguistic analyses in four major areas relative to Caribbean Spanish in the United States: phonological and phonetic variation morphosyntactic approaches sociolinguistic perspectives and heritage-language acquisition. This volume will be of interest to linguists and philologists who specialize in Spanish Caribbean Spanish Spanish in the United States or in Romance languages in general. | Dialects from Tropical Islands Caribbean Spanish in the United States

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Mollusks and Marine Environments of the Ten Thousand Islands

Mollusks and Marine Environments of the Ten Thousand Islands

Mollusks and Marine Environments of the Ten Thousand Islands provides the first comprehensive overview of the shells and habitats that are present in the last unexplored coastal area of southwestern Florida. The mysterious and primordial Ten Thousand Islands where the rivers and marshlands of the Everglades empty into the Gulf of Mexico house a number of remarkable marine ecosystems many shown here in detail for the first time. Primary among these are unique worm shell “reef systems ” composed entirely of immense masses of vermetid gastropod mollusks. These previously unexplored and unstudied gastropod reefs which are often many acres in size are shown here to mimic coral reefs in their growth structure and represent the only large-scale molluscan reefs found anywhere on Earth. Living in association with the zonated gastropod reefs are a number of rare and unusual mollusks some of which represent endemic species that are unique to the Ten Thousand Islands. These and many other southwestern Florida shells are illustrated throughout this book along with detailed illustrations and descriptions of the marine and estuarine environments that dominate the archipelago and its adjacent lagoon systems.

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Solution Protocols to Festering Island Disputes ‘Win-Win' Solutions for the Diaoyu / Senkaku Islands

Solution Protocols to Festering Island Disputes ‘Win-Win' Solutions for the Diaoyu / Senkaku Islands

Since the coming into force of the United Nations Law of the Sea states have been targeting outlying islands to expand their exclusive economic zones simultaneously stirring up strident nationalism when such plans clash with those of neighbouring states. No such actions have brought the world closer to the brink of war than the ongoing face-off between China and Japan over the Diaoyu/Senkaku islands an uninhabited archipelago in the East China Sea. In this timely and original book Godfrey Baldacchino provides a detailed exploration of seven tried and tested solution protocols that have led to innovative 'win-win' solutions to island disputes over the last four centuries. A closer look at the circumstances and processes that brought contending regional powers to an honourable even mutually advantageous settlement over islands provides a convincing and original argument as to why the conflict over the Diaoyu/Senkaku islands need not conclude in a ‘zero-sum’ or 'winner takes all' solution as is the likely outcome of both open conflict and international arbitration. The book will be of interest to scholars and practitioners concerned with the festering Diaoyu/Senkaku dispute as well as students scholars and policy specialists in geography geopolitics international relations conflict studies island studies Asian studies and history. | Solution Protocols to Festering Island Disputes ‘Win-Win' Solutions for the Diaoyu / Senkaku Islands

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The Urban Fix Resilient Cities in the War Against Climate Change Heat Islands and Overpopulation

The Urban Fix Resilient Cities in the War Against Climate Change Heat Islands and Overpopulation

Cities are one of the most significant contributors to global climate change. The rapid speed at which urban centers use large amounts of resources adds to the global crisis and can lead to extreme local heat. The Urban Fix addresses how urban design planning and policies can counter the threats of climate change urban heat islands and overpopulation helping cities take full advantage of their inherent advantages and new technologies to catalyze social cultural and physical solutions to combat the epic unprecedented challenges humanity faces. The book fills a conspicuous void in the international dialogue on climate change and heat islands by examining both the environmental benefits in developed countries and the population benefit in developing countries. Urban heat islands can be addressed in incremental manageable steps such as planting trees and painting roofs white which provide a more concrete and proactive sense of progress for policymakers and practitioners. This book is invaluable to anyone searching for a better understanding of the impact of resilient cities in the monumental and urgent fight against climate change and provides the tools to do so. | The Urban Fix Resilient Cities in the War Against Climate Change Heat Islands and Overpopulation

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China and the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands Dispute Escalation and De-escalation

China and the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands Dispute Escalation and De-escalation

This book examines the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands dispute from a foreign policy perspective focusing on three key stakeholders: China Japan and the United States. The Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands dispute is a prominent territorial dispute between China and Japan. This book critically assesses that dispute in a pragmatic policy-oriented manner. The central question of the work focuses on the various military (direct invasion coercion) and non-military (bilateral negotiations binding and non-binding third-party options and delaying) foreign policy avenues available to China to pursue its key interests over the disputed islands. To compare and contrast these different options the book employs a qualitative rational-choice framework. This allows for a critical analysis on the merits and demerits of various options and to anticipate China’s potential course of action based on the principle that China is expected to act in a rational manner. This research offers two main contributions. First it adopts a security-focused approach to complement the economic-focused works on the subject. Second it critically examines the various foreign policy options as opposed to offering an avenue based on purely theoretical assumptions. While the work concludes that a delaying/status quo approach is rational for all parties involved it highlights alternative policy avenues that can build on the conclusion of the rational-choice analysis. Through this it seeks to address the possibility of escalation and de-escalation on the East China Sea and highlights the critical role pro-active foreign policy making plays in averting a negative outcome of the dispute. This book will be of much interest to students of Chinese Foreign Policy Asian Politics Security Studies and International Relations. | China and the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands Dispute Escalation and De-escalation

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Family Violence and Social Change in the Pacific Islands

Family Violence and Social Change in the Pacific Islands

The Pacific Islands have some of the highest rates of family violence in the world. Addressing the contemporary mutations of Pacific Island families and the shifting understandings of violence in the context of rapid social change this book investigates the conflict dynamics generated by these transformations. The contributors draw from detailed case studies in a range of Pacific territories to examine family violence in relation to the social economic and political situation of native populations as well as individual collective and institutional responses to the development of violence within and upon the family. They focus on vernacular understandings conflicting social norms the emergence of different types of violent patterns the impact of violence on individuals and communities and local attempts at mitigating or combating it. Combining ethnographic expertise with engaged scholarship this volume offers a vivid account of ongoing social change in Pacific Island societies and a crucial contribution to the understanding of family violence as a social process cultural construct and political issue. This book will appeal to scholars with interests in the sociology of violence and the family Pacific studies development studies and the social and cultural anthropology of Oceania. | Family Violence and Social Change in the Pacific Islands

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Architectural Conservation in Australia New Zealand and the Pacific Islands National Experiences and Practice

Architectural Conservation in Australia New Zealand and the Pacific Islands National Experiences and Practice

The fourth in a series that documents architectural conservation in different parts of the world Architectural Conservation in Australia New Zealand and the Pacific Islands: National Experiences and Practice addresses cultural heritage protection in a region which comprises one third of the Earth’s surface. In response to local needs Australia New Zealand and the Pacific Islands have developed some of the most important and influential techniques legislation doctrine and theories in cultural heritage management in the world. The evolution of the heritage protection ethos and contemporary architectural conservation practices in Australia and Oceania are discussed on a national and regional basis using ample illustrations and examples. Accomplishments in architectural conservation are discussed in their national and international contexts with an emphasis on original developments (solutions) and contributions made to the overall field. Enriched with essays contributed from fifty-nine specialists and thought leaders in the field this book contains an extraordinary breadth and depth of research and synthesis on the why’s and how’s of cultural heritage conservation. Its holistic approach provides an essential resource and reference for students academics researchers policy makers practitioners and all who are interested in conserving the built environment. | Architectural Conservation in Australia New Zealand and the Pacific Islands National Experiences and Practice

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Contested Territories and International Law A Comparative Study of the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict and the Aland Islands Precedent

Contested Territories and International Law A Comparative Study of the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict and the Aland Islands Precedent

This book considers the possibilities for resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict in the context of comparative international law. The armed conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the territory of the Nagorno-Karabakh has been on the peace and security agenda since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. This volume draws parallels with a similar situation between Sweden and Finland over sovereignty of the Aland Islands in the early 20th century. Resolved in 1921 it is argued that this represents a model autonomy solution for territorial conflicts that include questions of territorial integrity self-determination and minority rights. The book compares both conflict situations from the international law perspective finding both commonalities and dissimilarities. It advances the application of the solution found in the Aland Islands precedent as a model for the resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict and provides appropriate recommendations for its implementation. The book will be of interest to academics researchers and policymakers in the areas of international law and security conflict resolution and international relations. The Open Access version of this book available at http://www. taylorfrancis. com has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4. 0 license. | Contested Territories and International Law A Comparative Study of the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict and the Aland Islands Precedent

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Aid Ownership and Development The Inverse Sovereignty Effect in the Pacific Islands

Aid Ownership and Development The Inverse Sovereignty Effect in the Pacific Islands

One of the key principles for effective aid programmes is that recipient agencies exert high degrees of ownership over the agendas resources systems and outcomes of aid activities. Sovereign recipient states should lead the process of development. Yet despite this well-recognised principle the realities of aid delivery mean that ownership is often compromised in practice. Aid Ownership and Development examines this ‘inverse sovereignty’ hypothesis with regard to the states and territories of the Pacific Island region. It provides an initial overview of different aid ‘regimes’ over time maps aid flows in the region and analyses the concept of sovereignty. Drawing on a rich range of primary research by the authors and contributors it focuses on the agencies and individuals within the Pacific Islands who administer and apply aid projects and programmes. There is indeed evidence for the inverse sovereignty effect; particularly when island states and their small and stretched bureaucracies have to deal with complex and burdensome donor reporting requirements management systems consultative meetings and differing strategic priorities. This book outlines important ways in which Pacific agencies have proved adept not only at meeting these requirements but also asserting their own priorities and ways of operating. It concludes that global agreements such as the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness in 2005 and the recently launched Sustainable Development Goals can be effective means for Pacific agencies to both hold donors to account and also to recognise and exercise their own sovereignty. | Aid Ownership and Development The Inverse Sovereignty Effect in the Pacific Islands

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An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands in the South Pacific Ocean

An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands in the South Pacific Ocean

John Martin (1789-1869) was a London-based Edinburgh-educated physician interested in anthropological matters. This is his only book. He was inspired to write it by a chance encounter with its subject William Mariner (1791-1853) who spent four years (1806-1810) in Tonga in the South Pacific one of the earliest European residents at a time before European influence disturbance or modification society. Mariner an extraordinarily mature and perceptive youth became thoroughly imbued with Tongan language and culture as the adopted son of the most powerful chief in Tonga. Thanks to Martin’s intelligent engagement with Mariner resulted in a compelling narrative and a comprehensive account of Tongan society which became a classic. Often celebrated as an extraordinary real-life adventure story it is a pioneering work of anthropology and for 200 years it has been a primary and authoritative source for research into Tongan history and culture. | An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands in the South Pacific Ocean

GBP 120.00
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Rethinking Power Relations in Indonesia Transforming the Margins

Rethinking Power Relations in Indonesia Transforming the Margins

Since colonial rule the island of Java served as Indonesia’s imagined centre and prime example of development while the Outer Islands were constructed as the state’s marginalised periphery. Recent processes of democratisation and regional autonomy however have significantly changed the power relations that once produced the marginality of the Outer Islands. This book explores processes of political economic and cultural transformations in Indonesia emphasizing their implications for centre-periphery relations from the perspective of the archipelago’s ‘margins’. Structured along three central themes the book first provides theoretical contributions to the understanding of marginality in Indonesia. The second part focuses on political transformation processes and their implications for the Outer Islands. The third section investigates the dynamics caused by economic changes on Indonesia’s periphery. Chapters writtten by experts in the field offer examples from various regions which demonstrate how power relations between centre and periphery are getting challenged contested and reshaped. The book fills a gap in the literature by analysing the implications of the recent transformation processes for the construction of marginality on Indonesia’s Outer Islands. | Rethinking Power Relations in Indonesia Transforming the Margins

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Island In Trust Culture Change And Dependence In A Micronesian Economy

Island In Trust Culture Change And Dependence In A Micronesian Economy

This book is a case study of economic change on a small Pacific island. The island called Kosrae by the inhabitants lies in the eastern Caroline Islands which are part of the geographic and culture area known popularly as Micronesia. The author’s major aim is to show how economic change in one of the island's four villages is affected by the recent policies of the United States government which has administered the widely scattered islands of Micronesia since 1947. | Island In Trust Culture Change And Dependence In A Micronesian Economy

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Sovereignty In Dispute The Falklands/malvinas 14931982

Sovereignty In Dispute The Falklands/malvinas 14931982

The Falkland (or Malvinas) Islands-a peaceful haven for land and sea birds and once a profitable paradise for whalers and seal hunters-erupted into the headlines on April 2 1982. The armed conflict between Britain and Argentina that continued during the following two months was but one more stage in a long-standing struggle over the sovereignty of the islands a conflict dating back to colonial times. The issues much discussed remain unresolved. In this book the Hoffmanns present the background to the confrontation between Argentina and Britain as well as an analysis of the present situation. Clarifying the importance of the seemingly insignificant remote islands in the South Atlantic over which European nations nearly went to war several times and which Britain wrested from Argentina in the 1830s the authors trace the history of the dispute the involvement of the United States and the impact of the recent war on inter-American relations. | Sovereignty In Dispute The Falklands/malvinas 14931982

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The Far East and Australasia 2024

The Far East and Australasia 2024

This comprehensive survey of the countries of East and South-East Asia Australia and New Zealand along with 22 Pacific islands fully revised to reflect current economic and political developments is an essential resource for the Asia-Pacific region. Calendar of Political Events A calendar of events provides a convenient reference guide to the year’s main political developments. General Survey Written by leading experts this collection of essays provides incisive analysis of regional issues. Country Surveys Individual chapters on each country containing: · essays on geography history and the economy · an economic and demographic survey of the latest available statistics on population health and welfare agriculture forestry fishing mining industry finance trade transport tourism communications and education · a comprehensive directory of names and contact details covering the most significant political financial and commercial institutions · a country-specific bibliography. An entire section is dedicated to the Pacific islands including specially commissioned essays examining the contemporary politics of the islands their economies security concerns and the environmental issues confronting them. Regional Information · includes all major international organizations active in the region their aims activities publications and principal personnel · a detailed survey of major commodities in Asia and the Pacific · a directory of research institutes specializing in the region · select bibliographies of books and periodicals covering the Asia-Pacific region · an index of regional organizations | The Far East and Australasia 2024

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Island Tourism Sustainability and Resiliency

Island Tourism Sustainability and Resiliency

This book provides comprehensive insight into the challenges faced by island tourism destinations and theoretical and practical paths for built in sustainability and resiliency. It explores Island Tourism Resilience within the context of ‘Lifecycles System Decline and Resilience’. Tourism is a key activity for many islands and some depend on the tourism sector as a main economic activity. An exploration of islands across the globe that addresses substantial matters of ongoing sustainability and resiliency is ever important. An array of challenges including natural disasters climate change economic and political crises among others has been addressed in the book with additional areas such as overtourism and COVID-19 included at the conclusion. This volume is essential reading for academics tourism planners and policy makers seeking to develop sustainable and resilient island destinations. With a new Foreword Introduction Conclusion and Afterword the chapters in this book were originally published in the journal Tourism Geographies. | Island Tourism Sustainability and Resiliency

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The Writings of Medieval Women An Anthology

The Writings of Medieval Women An Anthology

Published in 1994: The period surveyed in this anthology extends from the eve of Christianity's triumph in the third century to the new age of expansion in the fifteenth century an age marked by the advent of printing pressed the European discovery of the Caribbean islands which Columbus called the Indies the relentless stripping of medieval altars by Church reformists and perhaps a diminution of female autonomy. | The Writings of Medieval Women An Anthology

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