Tribes and Territories in Transition

Tribes and Territories in Transition
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Publisher : Peeters Publishers
Total Pages : 354
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ISBN-10 : 9042913851
ISBN-13 : 9789042913851
Rating : 4/5 (51 Downloads)

Synopsis Tribes and Territories in Transition by : Eveline J. van der Steen

This volume deals with the transition from the Late Bronze to the Early Iron Age in the central East Jordan Valley, the period of the fall of the Egyptian New Kingdom, and of the birth of a new era, in which small kingdoms such as Ammon, Moab and Israel were born. A broad spectrum of sources is being reviewed: written evidence, excavations and surveys, and ethnographic sources from the 19th century and later. New archaeological evidence is being presented, including a report on the excavations of Tell el-Hammeh on the Zerqa. This evidence, written, material and ethnographical, is incorporated in a new model for the LB-IA transition in the region: a model that explains the events of this turbulent period as the precipitation of a tribal society, where the interactions of tribes and territories determined the political lay-out and shaped the kingdoms of the Iron Age.

Indian Tribes in Transition

Indian Tribes in Transition
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Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Total Pages : 223
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ISBN-10 : 9781317336310
ISBN-13 : 1317336313
Rating : 4/5 (10 Downloads)

Synopsis Indian Tribes in Transition by : Yogesh Atal

India has witnessed a sea change in its social structure and political culture since Independence. Despite the developmental model that the country opted for, the hangover of the Raj continued to encourage fissiparous tendencies dividing the Indian populace on the basis of religion, ethnicity and caste hierarchy. This book argues for the need to develop a fresh approach to dismantling the stereotypes that have boxed the study of India’s tribal communities. It underlines the significance of region-specific strategies in place of an overarching umbrella scheme for all Indian tribes. The author studies tribes in the context of changing political and social identity, gender, extremism, caste dimensions, development issues, and offers a new perspective on tribes to accommodate the diversity and transformations within culture over time and through globalization. Lucid, accessible and rooted in contemporary realities, this volume will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of sociology and social anthropology, tribal studies, subaltern and third world studies, and politics.

Federal Register

Federal Register
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 420
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ISBN-10 : UCR:31210024751180
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Rating : 4/5 (80 Downloads)

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Territory and Power in Constitutional Transitions

Territory and Power in Constitutional Transitions
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 556
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ISBN-10 : 9780192573612
ISBN-13 : 0192573616
Rating : 4/5 (12 Downloads)

Synopsis Territory and Power in Constitutional Transitions by : George Anderson

This collection of essays surveys the full range of challenges that territorial conflicts pose for constitution-making processes and constitutional design. It provides seventeen in-depth case studies of countries going through periods of intense constitutional engagement in a variety of contexts: small distinct territories, bi-communal countries, highly diverse countries with many politically salient regions, and countries where territorial politics is important but secondary to other bases for political mobilization. Specific examples are drawn from Iraq, Kenya, Cyprus, Nigeria, South Africa, Sri Lanka, the UK (Scotland), Ukraine, Bolivia, India, Spain, Yemen, Nepal, Ethiopia, Indonesia (Aceh), the Philippines (Mindanao), and Bosnia-Herzegovina. While the volume draws significant normative conclusions, it is based on a realist view of the complexity of territorial and other political cleavages (the country's "political geometry"), and the power configurations that lead into periods of constitutional engagement. Thematic chapters on constitution-making processes and constitutional design draw original conclusions from the comparative analysis of the case studies and relate these to the existing literature, both in political science and comparative constitutional law. This volume is essential reading for scholars of federalism, consociational power-sharing arrangements, asymmetrical devolution, and devolution more generally. The combination of in-depth case studies and broad thematic analysis allows for analytical and normative conclusions that will be of major relevance to practitioners and advisors engaged in constitutional design.

Tribal Pastoralists in Transition

Tribal Pastoralists in Transition
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ISBN-10 : 195153865X
ISBN-13 : 9781951538651
Rating : 4/5 (5X Downloads)

Synopsis Tribal Pastoralists in Transition by : Frank Hole

"In the spring of 1973, the Baharvand tribe from the Luristan province of central western Iran prepared to migrate from their winter pastures to their summer camp in the mountains. Seasonal migration in spring and fall had been their way of life for as long as anyone in the camp could remember. They moved their camp and their animals-sheep, goats, horses, donkeys, and chickens-in order to find green pastures and suitable temperatures. That year, one migrating family in the tribe allowed an outsider to make the trip with them. Anthropology professor Frank Hole, accompanied by his graduate student, Sekandar Amanolahi-Baharvand, traveled with the family of Morad Khan as they migrated into the mountains. In this volume, Hole describes the journey, the modern and prehistoric sites along the way, and the people he traveled with. It is a portrait of people in transition-even as the family follows the ancient migration path, there are signs of economic and social change everywhere. Illustrated with maps, photos, and supplementary videos"--

A Nation in Transition

A Nation in Transition
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 248
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105124108635
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Synopsis A Nation in Transition by : Michael W. Lovegrove

Chronicles the political life of an important Chickasaw leader.

The Mississippi Territory and the Southwest Frontier, 1795–1817

The Mississippi Territory and the Southwest Frontier, 1795–1817
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Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Total Pages : 573
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ISBN-10 : 9780813139579
ISBN-13 : 0813139570
Rating : 4/5 (79 Downloads)

Synopsis The Mississippi Territory and the Southwest Frontier, 1795–1817 by : Robert V. Haynes

Originally inhabited by Native American tribes, territorial Mississippi has a complex history rife with fierce contention. Since 1540, when Hernando de Soto of Spain journeyed across the Atlantic and became the first European to stumble across its borders

Yupik Transitions

Yupik Transitions
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Publisher : University of Alaska Press
Total Pages : 425
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ISBN-10 : 9781602232174
ISBN-13 : 1602232172
Rating : 4/5 (74 Downloads)

Synopsis Yupik Transitions by : Igor Krupnik

The Siberian Yupik people have endured centuries of change and repression, starting with the Russian Cossacks in 1648 and extending into recent years. The twentieth century brought especially formidable challenges, including forced relocation by Russian authorities and a Cold War “ice curtain” that cut off the Yupik people on the mainland region of Chukotka from those on St. Lawrence Island. Yet throughout all this, the Yupik have managed to maintain their culture and identity. Igor Krupnik and Michael Chlenov spent more than thirty years studying this resilience through original fieldwork. In Yupik Transitions, they present a compelling portrait of a tenacious people and place in transition—an essential portrait as the fast pace of the newest century threatens to erase their way of life forever.

Tribes and Territories in the 21st Century

Tribes and Territories in the 21st Century
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 303
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ISBN-10 : 9781136488511
ISBN-13 : 1136488510
Rating : 4/5 (11 Downloads)

Synopsis Tribes and Territories in the 21st Century by : Paul Trowler

The ‘tribes and territories’ metaphor for the cultures of academic disciplines and their roots in different knowledge characteristics has been used by those interested in university life and work since the early 1990s. This book draws together research, data and theory to show how higher education has gone through major change since then and how social theory has evolved in parallel. Together these changes mean there is a need to re-theorise academic life in a way which reflects changed contexts in universities in the twenty-first century, and so a need for new metaphors. Using a social practice approach, the editors and contributors argue that disciplines are alive and well, but that in a turbulent environment where many other forces conditioning academic practices exist, their influence is generally weaker than before. However, the social practice approach adopted in the book highlights how this influence is contextually contingent – how disciplines are deployed in different ways for different purposes and with varying degrees of purchase. This important book pulls together the latest thinking on the subject and offers a new framework for conceptualising the influences on academic practices in universities. It brings together a distinguished group of scholars from across the world to address questions such as: Have disciplines been displaced by inter-disciplinarity, having outlived their usefulness? Have other forces acting on the academy pushed disciplines into the background as factors shaping the practices of academics and students there? How significant are disciplinary differences in teaching and research practices? What is their significance in other areas of work in universities? This timely book addresses a pressing concern in modern education, and will be of great interest to university professionals, managers and policy-makers in the field of higher education.

Indigenous Rights and Development

Indigenous Rights and Development
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Publisher : Berghahn Books
Total Pages : 380
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ISBN-10 : 1571818375
ISBN-13 : 9781571818379
Rating : 4/5 (75 Downloads)

Synopsis Indigenous Rights and Development by : Andrew Gray

The Arakmbut are an indigenous people in the southeastern Peruvian rain forest who have survived with their culture intact despite encounters with missionaries since the 1950s and a gold rush into their territory over the past 15 years. This final volume of the series looks at the growing consciousness among the Arakmbut of their own rights and the growing development of indigenous rights internationally, and describes the importance of the invisible spirit world in the Arakmbut legal system. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR