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  1. Utopia and Terror in Contemporary American Fiction

    By Judie Newman

    Series: Routledge Transnational Perspectives on American Literature

    This book examines the quest for/failure of Utopia across a range of contemporary American/transnational fictions in relation to terror and globalization through authors such as Susan Choi, André Dubus, Dalia Sofer, and John Updike. While recent critical thinkers have reengaged with Utopia, the...

    Published January 15th 2013 by Routledge

  2. China's New Urbanization Strategy

    By China Development Research Foundation

    Series: Routledge Studies on the Chinese Economy

    Urbanization is one of the major challenges facing China. Of China’s 1.3 billion people, around half still live in rural areas. There has been huge migration from rural areas to cities in recent years, a trend that is likely to continue strong for some time. The strains that this vast migration...

    Published January 15th 2013 by Routledge

  3. American Government 7th Edition + The American Anomaly 2nd Edition Bundle

    By Cal Jillson

    Cal Jillson’s American Government: Political Development and Institutional Change shows students how the nation’s past is present in all aspects of contemporary politics, using the dynamics of change as a tool to understand how politics works and how institutions, systems, avenues of participation,...

    Published January 14th 2013 by Routledge

  4. American Government 7th Edition + Perspectives on American Government Bundle

    By Cal Jillson

    Cal Jillson’s American Government: Political Development and Institutional Change shows students how the nation’s past is present in all aspects of contemporary politics, using the dynamics of change as a tool to understand how politics works and how institutions, systems, avenues of participation,...

    Published January 14th 2013 by Routledge

  5. American Government 7th Edition + In Defense of Politicians Bundle

    By Cal Jillson

    Cal Jillson’s American Government: Political Development and Institutional Change shows students how the nation’s past is present in all aspects of contemporary politics, using the dynamics of change as a tool to understand how politics works and how institutions, systems, avenues of participation,...

    Published January 14th 2013 by Routledge

  6. American Government 7th Edition + New Directions in American Politics Bundle

    By Cal Jillson

    Cal Jillson’s American Government: Political Development and Institutional Change shows students how the nation’s past is present in all aspects of contemporary politics, using the dynamics of change as a tool to understand how politics works and how institutions, systems, avenues of participation,...

    Published January 14th 2013 by Routledge

  7. Nationalism and Economic Development in Modern Eurasia

    By Carl Mosk

    Series: Routledge Explorations in Economic History

    This book advances a new theory of why nationalism emerged in the modern world. In particular it explains why nationalism and economic development are closely linked, and why warfare plays a crucial role in the spread of the nation-state system. It is based on qualitative and quantitative evidence...

    Published January 13th 2013 by Routledge

  8. New Dynamics in Cross-Taiwan Strait Relations

    How Far Can the Rapprochement Go?

    Edited by Weixing Hu

    Series: China Policy Series

    Relations between mainland China and Taiwan have improved markedly in recent years, giving rise to the key question, How far can the current rapprochement go? This book focuses on how mainland China-Taiwan relations are likely to develop in future. It considers economic relations, including the...

    Published January 13th 2013 by Routledge

  9. Doing Justice without the State

    The Afikpo (Ehugbo) Nigeria Model

    By Ogbonnaya Oko Elechi

    Series: African Studies

    This study examines the principles and practices of the Afikpo (Eugbo) Nigeria indigenous justice system in contemporary times. Like most African societies, the Afikpo indigenous justice system employs restorative, transformative and communitarian principles in conflict resolution. This book...

    Published January 10th 2013 by Routledge

  10. Eastern European Immigrant Families

    By Mihaela Robila

    Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology

    Immigration from Eastern Europe to the United States has grown significantly in the last few decades. While Asian and Latin American immigrations have been central to the discourse of migration to the US, the rapid growth of Eastern European immigrants has received insufficient attention. Robila...

    Published January 10th 2013 by Routledge