Papua New Guinea is a relatively recent independent state engaged in a struggle to develop economically and exercise a degree of sovereignty. This work articulates the challenges that confront the young nation including, security, economic viability, delivery of services, and control of political corruption. While these are matters internal to the functionality of the nation state, the author argues that matters have changed dramatically with China’s growing influence in the region and the...

Archipelago is one of the most important and influential literary magazines of the lasttwenty years. Running to twelve editions, it was edited by Andrew McNeillie, with theassistance later of James McDonald Lockhart, and began as an attempt to reimagine therelationships between the islands of Ireland and Britain. Archipelago has brought togetherestablished and emerging artists in creative conversations that have transformed the studyof islands, coasts and...

Honorable Mention, 2025 Outstanding Book Award, Peace, War, and Social Conflict Section of the American Sociological AssociationEveryday items found at the sites of atrocities possess a striking emotional force. Victims’ garments, broken glasses, wallets, shoes, and other such personal property that are recovered from places of death including concentration camps, mass graves, and prisons have become staples of memorial museums, exhibited to the public as material ...

In this innovative study, Lea David critically investigates the relationship between human rights and memory, suggesting that, instead of understanding human rights in a normative fashion, human rights should be treated as an ideology. Conceptualizing human rights as an ideology gives us useful theoretical and methodological tools to recognize the real impact human rights has on the ground. David traces the rise of the global phenomenon that is the human rights memorialization agenda, term...

This invaluable collection of information provides an in-depth guide to the regional dimension of the politics and economy of this vast and complex country. Incomparable in its coverage, it supplies the reader with a more complete understanding of India as a whole.Part One: IntroductionAn informative essay on the political development of India; The Centre and the States: Evolution of a Union* a chronology of the country, with particular emphas...

Impartial documentation and background information fundamental to the understanding of Arab-Israeli relations.Key Features:* Covers in detail the years since the first Arab-Israeli war and the statehood of Israel, in 1947-48, to the most recent developments in relations between Israel, the emerging Palestinian political entities and the Arab States* A chronology provides an at-a-glance record of events from 1947-2001* A Docu...

This is the story of Gandhi’s spiritual evolution – the turning points and choices that made him not just a great political leader but also a timeless icon of nonviolence.Eknath Easwaran grew up in India and witnessed how Gandhi inspired people of all races, backgrounds, and religions to turn anger into compassion and hatred into love.How had Gandhi transformed himself from an ineffective young lawyer into the Mahatma, the “great soul” who led 400 million o...

Kerala with the French enclave of Mahé:On-site guide to the sights and monuments of this popular destination, which includes the historic city of Cochin (Kochi). With full background information on Indian history, culture and religions, and eating and accommodation tips.This is a chapter from Blue Guide India: the best guide for the independent traveller to India's art, architecture and history. Superb maps, detailed practical information. Written by the BBC's Sam Miller.

Mark Tully is incomparable. No one has a greater understanding of the passions, the contradictions, the humour, the tragedy and the staggering resilience that constitute India. In his long awaited new book, he delves further than ever before into this country of one billion people. Covering subjects as diverse as Hindu extremism, bonded child labour, Sufi mysticism, the crisis in agriculture, the persistence of political corruption and the problem of Kashmir, he paints a picture of India a...

With Elephanta Island, the Ajanta and Ellora caves and Pune (Poona).Discerning on-site guide to the sights and monuments of Mumbai and its state, with additional information on Indian religions, history and culture. This is a chapter from Blue Guide India: the best guide for the independent traveller to India's art, architecture and heritage. Superb maps, detailed practical information. Written by the BBC's Sam Miller.According to William Dalrymple, who wrote the foreword: ...

A Concise History of Modern India by Barbara D. Metcalf and Thomas R. Metcalf, has become a classic in the field since it was first published in 2001. As a fresh interpretation of Indian history from the Mughals to the present, it has informed students across the world. In the third edition of the book, a final chapter charts the dramatic developments of the last twenty years, from 1990 through the Congress electoral victory of 2009, to the rise of the Indian high-tech industry in a countr...

The independent traveller’s guide to Uttar Pradesh: including Agra, Lucknow, Varanasi (Benares) and Mathura, birthplace of Krishna. With practical information plus eating and accommodation tips.This is a chapter from Blue Guide India: the best English-language guide to India's art, architecture and history. Superb maps, detailed sections on religions and culture. Written by the BBC's Sam Miller.According to William Dalrymple, who wrote the foreword: "I can vouch for its accu...