Peripheral Centres, Central Peripheries
Peripheral Centres, Central Peripheries

Author: Martina Ghosh-Schellhorn

Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 9783825892104

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Prominent scholars in literary and cultural studies, anthropology, sociology, linguistics, media studies, theatre production, and translation challenge the centre-periphery dichotomy used as a paradigm for relations between colonizers and their erstwhile subjects in this collection of critical interventions. Focussing on India and its diaspora(s) in western industrialized nations and former British colonies, this volume engages with topics of centrality and/or peripherality, particularly in the context of Anglophone Indian writing; the Indian languages; Indian film as art and popular culture; cross-cultural Shakespeare; diasporic pedagogy; and transcultural identity.

The Peripheral Centre
The Peripheral Centre

Author: Preeti Gill

Publisher: Zubaan

Published: 2014-02-13

Total Pages: 388

ISBN-13: 9383074655

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When Thangjam Manorama was arrested and killed by the Assam Rifles in July 2004 in Manipur, it unleashed a protest likes of which no one had witnessed before. This was one of the triggers for this collection - to provide a space for women and men from the 'Northeast' to tell us about the issues that confronted them daily, to talk about the pressures, the insecurities, the uncertainties confronting them in an area that has been facing low intensity warfare for decades. The anger and the frustrations of the Manipuri women who staged that dramatic protest after Manorama's killing have in many ways been vindicated. Each essay in this book brings to mind that troubling image, each contributor points to the Manipuri women, holding them up as a flag of rebellion, of protest, of questioning. Each essay questions issues of nation, identity, of what makes the people of the Northeast so alienated from the 'mainstream'. Many contributors are writers, academics or activists from the Northeast but there are many are, like the editor, 'outsiders'. But 'outsiders who share a passion for the region and an intense desire to see change, to see peace. Published by Zubaan.

Centre and Periphery
Centre and Periphery

Author: Tim Champion

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2005-08-04

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 1134806787

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There has recently been much interest among geographers, historians and political theorists in concepts of centre and periphery. In this book a wide range of studies consider how such concepts can be used to clarify our understanding of pre-capitalist societies.

Macmillan Student Encyclopedia of Sociology
Macmillan Student Encyclopedia of Sociology

Author: Michael Mann

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 1983-11-01

Total Pages: 446

ISBN-13: 1349172251

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The Macmillan Student Encyclopedia of Sociology is a major comprehensive encyclopedia aimed at all students of social science. The book explains all the important sociological terms, theories, concepts and proper names, whether they come from the classic nineteenth-century traditions or from recent radical trends, from the realms of abstract theory to issues of immediate social concern. There are over 2000 entries, arranged in alphabetical order. All entries start with simple concise definitions but many go on to provide full-length original essays.

Mobility Patterns and Urban Structure
Mobility Patterns and Urban Structure

Author: Paulo Pinho

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-03-03

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 1317095022

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Despite extensive efforts to understand the overall effect of urban structure on the current patterns of urban mobility, we are still far from a consensual perspective on this complex matter. To help build agreement on the factors influencing travel behaviour, this book discusses the influence of alternative urban structures on sustainable mobility. Bringing together two existing and complementary methods to study the relationship between urban structure and mobility, the authors compare two case studies with distinct urban structures and travel behaviour (Copenhagen and Oporto). Of particular concern is the influence of urban structure factors, namely land use and transport system factors, and motivational factors related to the social, economic and cultural characteristics of the individual traveller. The research presented in this book highlights the relevance of centrality in travel behaviour and in more sustainable travel choices. Different operational forms of the centrality concept are revealed as important: it is shown that more sustainable travel can be influenced by several urban structure factors and that no particular combination is required as long as a certain level of centrality is provided. Finally, the book concludes that urban structure can, on the one hand, constrain and, on the other hand, influence travel choice.

Brain
Brain

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1879

Total Pages: 652

ISBN-13:

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Aimed at researchers and clinicians, this journal of neurology balances studies in neurological science with practical clinical articles.

Mobility and Armenian Belonging in Contemporary Turkey
Mobility and Armenian Belonging in Contemporary Turkey

Author: Salim Aykut Öztürk

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2023-01-26

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 075564509X

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What remains and becomes Armenian in a historically informed moment of increased mobility? Taking an anthropological approach with ethnographic data collected from Turkey and Armenia over the course of almost 10 years, this book focuses on themes of migration, human movement, community-making and the conditions that facilitate mobility and place-making. Looking at case studies ranging from bus and taxi drivers travelling between Armenia and Turkey to undocumented migrants deported from Turkey and now living in Armenian cities and Armenian residents of Istanbul, the author provides a vivid description of contemporary non-Muslim life in Turkey through the lives of Armenian Turkish citizens and undocumented migrants from Armenia, as well as Greek, Jewish and Kurdish communities. The author provides both a critical account of how historical and more contemporary forms of violence and structural discrimination have targeted Armenians in the country, and also focuses on the re-articulations and the appropriation of a sense of belonging by these and other minority communities.

Urban Sprawl in Western Europe and the United States
Urban Sprawl in Western Europe and the United States

Author: Chang-Hee Christine Bae

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-03-02

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 1351876406

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Urban sprawl is one of the key planning issues today. This book compares Western Europe and the USA, focusing on anti-sprawl policies. The USA is known for its settlement patterns that emphasize low-density suburban development and extreme automobile dependence, whereas European countries emphasize higher densities, pro-transit policies and more compact urban growth. Yet, on closer inspection, the differences are not as wide as first appears. A key feature of the book is the attention given to France; its experience is little known in the English-speaking world. The book concludes that both continents can offer each other useful insights and perhaps policy guidance.

Disability Rehabilitation Management Through ICT
Disability Rehabilitation Management Through ICT

Author: M. D. Tiwari

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2022-09-01

Total Pages: 153

ISBN-13: 1000819299

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This is the fifth publication under the IIIT-A Series on e-Governance. It is a collection of 20 articles based on the presentations made in the Seminars. This book will of interest to all stakeholders in the disability rehabilitation management as the population of people with disabilities in growing.