Author: British Library. Bibliographic Services Division
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Category : British periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
Serials in the British Library
Author: British Library. Bibliographic Services Division
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : British periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : British periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 644
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Country Profile
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Category : Egypt
Languages : en
Pages : 88
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Publisher:
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Category : Egypt
Languages : en
Pages : 88
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Rule of Experts
Author: Timothy Mitchell
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520928253
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
Can one explain the power of global capitalism without attributing to capital a logic and coherence it does not have? Can one account for the powers of techno-science in terms that do not merely reproduce its own understanding of the world? Rule of Experts examines these questions through a series of interrelated essays focused on Egypt in the twentieth century. These explore the way malaria, sugar cane, war, and nationalism interacted to produce the techno-politics of the modern Egyptian state; the forms of debt, discipline, and violence that founded the institution of private property; the methods of measurement, circulation, and exchange that produced the novel idea of a national "economy," yet made its accurate representation impossible; the stereotypes and plagiarisms that created the scholarly image of the Egyptian peasant; and the interaction of social logics, horticultural imperatives, powers of desire, and political forces that turned programs of economic reform in unanticipated directions. Mitchell is a widely known political theorist and one of the most innovative writers on the Middle East. He provides a rich examination of the forms of reason, power, and expertise that characterize contemporary politics. Together, these intellectually provocative essays will challenge a broad spectrum of readers to think harder, more critically, and more politically about history, power, and theory.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520928253
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
Can one explain the power of global capitalism without attributing to capital a logic and coherence it does not have? Can one account for the powers of techno-science in terms that do not merely reproduce its own understanding of the world? Rule of Experts examines these questions through a series of interrelated essays focused on Egypt in the twentieth century. These explore the way malaria, sugar cane, war, and nationalism interacted to produce the techno-politics of the modern Egyptian state; the forms of debt, discipline, and violence that founded the institution of private property; the methods of measurement, circulation, and exchange that produced the novel idea of a national "economy," yet made its accurate representation impossible; the stereotypes and plagiarisms that created the scholarly image of the Egyptian peasant; and the interaction of social logics, horticultural imperatives, powers of desire, and political forces that turned programs of economic reform in unanticipated directions. Mitchell is a widely known political theorist and one of the most innovative writers on the Middle East. He provides a rich examination of the forms of reason, power, and expertise that characterize contemporary politics. Together, these intellectually provocative essays will challenge a broad spectrum of readers to think harder, more critically, and more politically about history, power, and theory.
Consuming Tradition, Manufacturing Heritage
Author: Nezar Alsayyad
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136368248
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
From the Grand Tour to today's packages holidays, the last two centuries have witnessed an exponential growth in travel and tourism and, as the twenty-first century unfolds, people of every class and from every country will be wandering to every part of the planet. Meanwhile tourist destinations throughout the world find themselves in ever more fierce competition - those places marginalized in today's global industrial and information economy perceiving tourism as perhaps the only means of surviving. But mass tourism has raised the local and international passions as people decry the irreversible destruction of traditional places and historic sites. Against these trends and at a time when standardized products and services are marketed worldwide, there is an increasing demand for built environments that promise unique cultural experiences. This has led many nations and groups to engage in the parallel processes of facilitating the consumption of tradition and of manufacturing tradition. The contributors to this volume - drawn from a wide range of disciplines - address these themes within the following sections: Traditions and Tourism: Rethinking the "Other"; Imaging and Manufacturing Heritage; Manufacturing and Consuming: Global and Local. Their studies, dealing with very different times, environments and geographic locales, will shed new light on how tourist 'gaze' transforms the reality of built spaces into cultural imagery.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136368248
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
From the Grand Tour to today's packages holidays, the last two centuries have witnessed an exponential growth in travel and tourism and, as the twenty-first century unfolds, people of every class and from every country will be wandering to every part of the planet. Meanwhile tourist destinations throughout the world find themselves in ever more fierce competition - those places marginalized in today's global industrial and information economy perceiving tourism as perhaps the only means of surviving. But mass tourism has raised the local and international passions as people decry the irreversible destruction of traditional places and historic sites. Against these trends and at a time when standardized products and services are marketed worldwide, there is an increasing demand for built environments that promise unique cultural experiences. This has led many nations and groups to engage in the parallel processes of facilitating the consumption of tradition and of manufacturing tradition. The contributors to this volume - drawn from a wide range of disciplines - address these themes within the following sections: Traditions and Tourism: Rethinking the "Other"; Imaging and Manufacturing Heritage; Manufacturing and Consuming: Global and Local. Their studies, dealing with very different times, environments and geographic locales, will shed new light on how tourist 'gaze' transforms the reality of built spaces into cultural imagery.
Middle East Contemporary Survey, Vol. 21, 1997
Author: Bruce Maddy-Weitzman
Publisher: The Moshe Dayan Center
ISBN: 9780813337623
Category : Middle East
Languages : en
Pages : 840
Book Description
Publisher: The Moshe Dayan Center
ISBN: 9780813337623
Category : Middle East
Languages : en
Pages : 840
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Forcing Freedom
Author: Boyan Belev
Publisher: University Press of America
ISBN: 9780761818304
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Forcing Freedom considers the "means versus ends" dilemma in economic reform and also elaborates on "the orthodox paradox," the increasing importance of state involvement in the implementation of liberal political and economic reforms, in respect to privatization in Egypt and Tunisia. In these countries, the political regimes are stable and the leaders have adopted a pragmatic course toward economic liberalization, but the local elite continues to show an ambivalent attitude toward market-oriented reforms due to its vested interests in the existing political and social order. What these countries need, the book argues, are reform-minded governments that are willing to resort to illiberal means, such as restrictive policies, increased centralized involvement and political control over the process, in order to achieve liberal ends.
Publisher: University Press of America
ISBN: 9780761818304
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Forcing Freedom considers the "means versus ends" dilemma in economic reform and also elaborates on "the orthodox paradox," the increasing importance of state involvement in the implementation of liberal political and economic reforms, in respect to privatization in Egypt and Tunisia. In these countries, the political regimes are stable and the leaders have adopted a pragmatic course toward economic liberalization, but the local elite continues to show an ambivalent attitude toward market-oriented reforms due to its vested interests in the existing political and social order. What these countries need, the book argues, are reform-minded governments that are willing to resort to illiberal means, such as restrictive policies, increased centralized involvement and political control over the process, in order to achieve liberal ends.
British National Bibliography for Report Literature
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Category : Dissertations, Academic
Languages : en
Pages : 750
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Category : Dissertations, Academic
Languages : en
Pages : 750
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Program report, 1997-98
Author: International Potato Center
Publisher: International Potato Center
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 466
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Publisher: International Potato Center
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 466
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Reports
Author: North Atlantic Assembly. Mediterranean Special Group
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Category : Mediterranean Region
Languages : en
Pages : 104
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Category : Mediterranean Region
Languages : en
Pages : 104
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GEF Country Portfolio Evaluation: Egypt (1991–2008)
Author:
Publisher: GEF Evaluation Office
ISBN: 1933992239
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 176
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Publisher: GEF Evaluation Office
ISBN: 1933992239
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 176
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