Anthropology Products

By Robyn Eversole

Anthropology for Development: From Theory to Practice connects cross-cultural social theory with the concerns of development policy and practice. It introduces the reader to a set of key ideas from the field of anthropology of  development, and shows how these insights can be…

Paperback – 2017-10-25
Routledge

By Katharine Charsley

Since restrictions on commonwealth labour immigration to Britain in the 1960s, marriage has been the dominant form of migration between Pakistan and the UK. Most transnational Pakistani marriages are between cousins or other more distant relatives, lending a particular texture to this transnational…

Paperback – 2017-10-23
Routledge
Routledge/Edinburgh South Asian Studies Series

By Fausto Barlocco

Using the case study of the Kadazan of Sabah, a region in the Malaysian section of Borneo, this book examines national, ethnic and local identities in post-colonial states. It shows the importance of the connection between lived experience and identity and belonging, and by doing so, provides a…

Paperback – 2017-10-23
Routledge
The Modern Anthropology of Southeast Asia

By Patricia Leigh Beaman

From healing, fertility and religious rituals, through theatrical entertainment, to death ceremonies and ancestor worship, World Dance Cultures introduces an extraordinary variety of dance forms practiced around the world. This highly illustrated textbook draws on wide-ranging historical…

Paperback – 2017-10-13
Routledge

By Alfrid K. Bustanov

Orientalism – the idea that the standpoint of Western writers on the East greatly affected what they wrote about the East, the "Other" – applied also in Russia and the Soviet Union, where the study of the many exotic peoples incorporated into the Russian Empire, often in quite late imperial times,…

Paperback – 2017-10-13
Routledge
Central Asian Studies

Edited by Crispin Bates, Minoru Mio

Globalisation has long historical roots in South Asia, but economic liberalisation has led to uniquely rapid urban growth in South Asia during the past decade. This book brings together a multidisciplinary collection of chapters on contemporary and historical themes explaining this recent explosive…

Paperback – 2017-10-13
Routledge
Routledge New Horizons in South Asian Studies

By Sandy To

The term "sheng nu" ("leftover women") has been recently coined in China to describe the increasing number of women, especially highly educated professional women in their late twenties and over who have not married. This book explores this phenomenon, reporting on extensive research among "…

Paperback – 2017-10-12
Routledge
ASAA Women in Asia Series

Edited by JungBong Choi, Roald Maliangkay

K-pop, described by Time Magazine in 2012 as "South Korea’s greatest export", has rapidly achieved a large worldwide audience of devoted fans largely through distribution over the Internet. This book examines the phenomenon, and discusses the reasons for its success. It considers the national and…

Paperback – 2017-10-12
Routledge
Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia

Edited by Piotr Dutkiewicz, Richard Sakwa

As Eurasia and the adjacent territories become more important to the world, there is increasing interest from international powers, accompanied by attempts to give institutional form to traditional economic and security links within the region. This book includes a range of substantive work from…

Paperback – 2017-10-12
Routledge
Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series

By Yuk Wah Chan

Ever since China and Vietnam resumed diplomatic contacts and reopened the border in 1991, the borderland region has become part of the vibrant growing economies of both countries and drawn many from the interior provinces to the borderland for new economic adventures. This book examines…

Paperback – 2017-10-12
Routledge
Routledge Contemporary Asia Series

Edited by Mark Bevir, Kim McKee, Peter Matthews

Decentring Urban Governance seeks to rethink governance not as a particular state formation, but as the diverse policies emerging associated with the impact of modernist social science on policy making, considering the diverse meanings that inspire governing practices across time, space, and policy…

Hardback – 2017-09-18
Routledge
Routledge Studies in Governance and Public Policy

By Benjamin Curtis, Serena Cosgrove

Understanding Global Poverty introduces students to the study and analysis of poverty, helping them to understand why it is pervasive across human societies, and how it can be reduced through proven policy solutions. Using the capabilities and human development approach, the book foregrounds the…

Paperback – 2017-09-15
Routledge