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The Architectures of Australian Resource Imperialism Portfolio
The six reports comprising this series are the result of the Society of Architectural Historians (US) H. Allen Brooks Travelling Fellowship. The project took the form of a series of trips to regions and sites implicated in Australian resource imperialism
Ludewig, J
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Chinese Translation of "Imperialism and Self Determination: Revisiting the Nexus in Lenin"
, 2014 This essay examines the nexus between self-determination, imperialism and the importance of Marxist theory in Lenin’s writings. It argues that the three strands were inseparably connected in Lenin’s thinking.
D'Souza, R.
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The nation‐state, non‐Western empires, and the politics of cultural difference
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract While empires have been central to political theory, they almost always refer to Western forms of imperialism and colonialism to which non‐Western societies are subject. But precolonial empires have ruled much of the world for much of known history. Building on recent International Relations (IR) scholarship, this article reconstructs an ideal
Loubna El Amine
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The economic foundations of powersharing: Evidence from Africa
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract How—and with whom—do rulers share power? Existing research focuses on the strategic logic of powersharing. In this paper, we analyze its economic foundations. Powersharing is modeled as a subnational fiscal contract, in which rulers allocate political representation based on constituencies’ revenue potential. Empirically, we combine historical
Yannick I. Pengl, Philip Roessler
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Religious dynamics under the impact of imperialism and colonialism : a sourcebook /
This sourcebook offers rare insights into a formative period in the modern history of religions. Throughout the late 19th and the early 20th centuries, when commercial, political and cultural contacts intensified worldwide, politics and religions became ...
Bentlage, BjoÌrn
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Toward a Politics of (In)Fertility: Reproductive Debility in Africa
American Anthropologist, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Sub‐Saharan Africa has some of the highest estimated rates of infertility or involuntary childlessness in the world, leading epidemiologists to refer to parts of the region as the “infertility belt.” The medicalization of infertility and the situating of assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) as the treatment for infertility have siphoned ...
Tessa Moll
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How Anthropology Can Harm Students During a Genocide
American Anthropologist, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This essay is about the harm that is committed in the name of care. More specifically, it is about student requests for support during the ongoing genocide in Palestine and an anthropology department's use and weaponization of the language of “care” to do the exact opposite: to cause harm.
Girish Daswani
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Macau as Method: Recombinant Urbanism in Post‐Socialist China
Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In ‘Asia as Method’, Chen Kuan‐Hsing argues for the value of an indigenous inter‐Asian approach to analysing the effects of European imperialism on the countries and citizens of Asia. This article mobilises both Chen's inter‐Asian referencing strategy and the city‐state of Macau to explore Macau's role in China's engagements with global ...
Tim Simpson
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A Contrapuntal Reading of Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe
Journal of Humanistic and Social Studies, 2017 Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe has been described as an allegory of colonization. Using Edward Said’s contrapuntal reading strategy, the present article analyzes Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe. This study attempts to shed light
Arash Moradi, Farideh Pourgiv
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