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The newest volume in the acclaimed Journal of Democracy series examines the state of India's democracy. As India marks its sixtieth year of independence, it has become an ever more important object of study for scholars of comparative democracy. It has long stood out as a remarkable exception to theories holding that low levels of economic development and high levels of social diversity pose formidable obstacles to the successful establishment and maintenance of democratic government. In recent decades, India has proven itself capable not only of preserving democracy, but of deepening and broadening it by moving to a more inclusive brand of politics. Political participation has widened, electoral alternation has intensified, and civil society has pressed more vigorously for institutional reforms and greater government accountability. Yet political scientists still have not devoted to this country, which contains more than one-sixth of the world's population, the kind of attention that it warrants. The essays in The State of India's Democracy focus on India's economy, society, and politics, providing illuminating insights into the past accomplishments -- and continuing challenges -- of Indian democracy. Contributors: Rajat Ganguly, M. V. Rajeev Gowda, Christophe Jaffrelot, Niraja Gopal Jayal, Rob Jenkins, Sunila S. Kale, Pratap Mehta, Subrata K. Mitra, Aseema Sinha, E. Sridharan, Praveen Swami, Arvind Verma, Steven I. Wilkinson

In recent years the world's focus on South Asia has increased dramatically. With the events of 9/11, the detonation of atomic weapons by both India and Pakistan, the discovery of an illicit nuclear proliferation network based in Islamabad, regime change in an unstable Afghanistan, and the rise of India as an economic power, global interest in the region has reached perhaps an all-time high. Leading experts analyze the key strategic, political, and economic issues touching on South Asia and its role in the world in the essays that make up this inaugural volume in the Current History Books Series.Focusing on modern South Asia, including India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka, this authoritative volume provides an overview of the events and trends that have rocked this increasingly volatile region over the past decade. Edited and with an introduction by Sumit Ganguly, a leading expert on the region, this volume provides a critical introduction to South Asia. South Asia also contains current maps as well as a "Recent Chronology of Events" that provides a decade's worth of information on the region, organized by year and by country. This timely and comprehensive collection of essays provides a definitive account of modern South Asia.

With the nuclearization of the Indian subcontinent, Indo-Pakistani crisis behavior has acquired a deadly significance. The past two decades have witnessed no fewer than six crises against the backdrop of a vigorous nuclear arms race. Except for the Kargil war of 1998-9, all these events were resolved peacefully. Nuclear war was avoided despite bitter mistrust, everyday tensions, an intractable political conflict over Kashmir, three wars, and the steady refinement of each side's nuclear capabilities. Sumit Ganguly and Devin T. Hagerty carefully analyze each crisis, reviewing the Indian and Pakistani domestic political systems and key decisions during the relevant period. This lucid and comprehensive study of the two nations' crisis behavior in the nuclear age is the first work on Indo-Pakistani relations to take systematic account of the role played by the United States in South Asia's security dynamics over the past two decades in the context of unipolarization, and formulates a blueprint for American policy toward a more positive and productive India-Pakistan relationship.

The latest volume in this popular series focuses on the best ways to evaluate and improve the quality of new democratic regimes. The essays in part one elaborate and refine several themes of democratic quality: the rule of law, accountability, freedom, equality, and responsiveness. The second part features six comparative cases, each of which applies these thematic elements to two neighboring countries: Brazil and Chile, South Africa and Ghana, Italy and Spain, Romania and Poland, India and Bangladesh, and Taiwan and Korea. Contributors: David Beetham, University of Leeds; Yun-han Chu, National Taiwan University; Larry Diamond, Hoover Institution; Sumit Ganguly, University of Texas--Austin; E. Gyimah-Boadi, Center for Democratic Development, Ghana; Frances Hagopian, University of Notre Dame; Robert Mattes, University of Cape Town; Leonardo Morlino, University of Florence; Alina Mungiu-Pippidi, Romanian Academic Society; Guillermo O'Donnell, University of Notre Dame; Marc F. Plattner, International Forum for Democratic Studies; G. Bingham Powell, Jr., University of Rochester; Dietrich Rueschemeyer, Brown University; Philippe C. Schmitter, European University Institute, Florence; Doh Chull Shin, University of Missouri at Columbia.

ISBN: 0415081149 Stock status: Available to order, firm sale only - not returnable Published: Mar 1992 Format: Paperback Pages: 144 Now under new editors, Cultural Studies explores popular culture in a uniquely exciting and innovative way. Encouraging experimentation, intervention and dialogue, Cultural Studies is both politically and theoretically rewarding. Contents: 1 The Passegenwekr and the place of Walter Benjamin in cultural studies Angela McRobbie 2 From gesture to activity: dislocating the anthroplogical scriptorium David Tomas 3 Migrant identities: personal memory and the construction of selfhood Keya Ganguly 4 Cultural workers, pedagogy and the politics of difference: beyond cultural conservatism Henry Giroux and David Trend 5 Like a virgin-mother?: materialism and maternalism in the songs of Madonna Barbara Bradby 6 TV violence: the challenge of public policy for cultural studies Stuart Cunningham 7 The aesthetics of alienation, or China's Fifth Generation Peter Hitchcock Brief Description: Focusing on different aspects of culture, this book is intended for undergraduates, postgraduates, academics in the fields of cultural studies, media studies, gender studies.

One of the great composing duos -- who rarely composed together in actuality -- Shankar Jaikishan set the standard for Indian film music in the 1950s and '60s and won awards well into the 1970s. Shankar Singh and Jaikishan Panchal worked as musicians for Husnlal Bhagatram in the 1940s; they were supposedly discovered by a Bollywood executive when they were giving one of their routine performances on a local train. They became music director Ram Ganguly's chief assistants and helped him compose music for the film Aag. When director Raj Kapoor discovered their role in that soundtrack, he booked them to score Barsaat. That soundtrack's success touched off a cascade of hit soundtracks for major Indian films, including Chori Chori, Brahmchari, Professor and Anari. They could compose classical, folk-based or utterly modern tracks with ease, and they won a record nine Filmfare Awards through the years. Sadly, after a long and hugely successful career together, the duo weren't talking when Jaikishan died in 1971 of alcohol poisoning.

P-- Jibamitra Ganguly, author of IDiffusion, Atomic Ordering and Mass Transport/I/PPOttonello's text represents the broadest coverage of geochemistry yet published, and is the only book in the field to discuss interionic static potentials in crystals, thermodynamic properties based on lattice vibrations, and crystalline defects and their effect on stability relations of minerals. Includes nearly two hundred tables, three hundred figures, and an abundance of examples./PPIPrinciples of Geochemistry/Ioffers broader coverage of the field than is currently available in other texts, including an in-depth discussion of the geochemistry of the solid state and trace element geochemistry./PPOne: Geochemistry of Crystal PhasesBROne: Elemental Properties and Crystal ChemistryBRTwo: Concepts of Chemical ThermodynamicsBRThree: Thermochemistry of Crystalline SolidsBRFour: Some Concepts of Defect ChemistryBRFive: SilicatesBRTwo: Geochemistry of Silicate MeltsBRSix: Thermochemistry of Silicate MeltsBRSeven: Introduction to Petrogenetic SystemsBRThree: Geochemistry of FluidsBREight: Geochemistry of Aqueous PhasesBRNine: Geochemistry of Gaseous PhasesBRFour: MethodsBRTen: Trace Element GeochemistryBREleven: Isotope GeochemistryBRAppendix One: Constants, Units and Conversion FactorsBRAppendix Two: Review of Mathematics/PPGiulio Ottenello is professor of earth science at the Universit} degli Studi di Genova, Italy./PP/PP/P

ISBN: 3540736786 Stock status: Available to order, firm sale only - not returnable Published: Oct 2007 Format: Hardback Pages: 254 Sensor networks consist of distributed autonomous devices that cooperatively monitor an environment. Sensors are equipped with capacities to store information in memory, process this information and communicate with their neighbors. Processing data streams generated from wireless sensor networks has raised new research challenges over the last few years due to the huge numbers of data streams to be managed continuously and at a very high rate.The book provides the reader with a comprehensive overview of stream data processing, including famous prototype implementations like the Nile system and the TinyOS operating system. The set of chapters covers the state-of-art in data stream mining approaches using clustering, predictive learning, and tensor analysis techniques, and applying them to applications in security, the natural sciences, and education. This research monograph delivers to researchers and graduate students the state of the art in data stream processing in sensor networks. The huge bibliography offers an excellent starting point for further reading and future research. Contents: 1 Introduction (Gama, Gaber).- Part I: Overview: 2 Sensor Networks (Barros) - 3 Data Stream Processing (Gama, Rodrigues) - 4 Data Stream Processing in Sensor Networks (Gaber).- Part II: Data Stream Management Techniques in Sensor Networks: 5 Data Stream Management Systems and Architectures (Hammad, Ghanem, Aref, Elmagarmid, Mokbel) - 6 Querying of Sensor Data (Trigoni, Guitton, Skordylis) - 7 Aggregation and Summarization in Sensor Networks (Shrivastava, Buragohain) - 8 Sensory Data Monitoring (Cardell-Oliver).- Part III: Mining Sensor Network Data Streams: 9 Clustering Techniques in Sensor Networks (Rodrigues, Gama) - 10 Predictive Learning in Sensor Networks (Gama, Pedersen) - 11 Tensor Analysis on Multi-aspect Streams (Sun, Papdimitriou, Yu).- Part IV: Applications: 12 Knowledge Discovery from Sensor Data for Security Applications (Ganguly, Omitaomu, Walker) - 13 Knowledge Discovery from Sensor Data for Scientific Applications (Ganguly, Fang, Khan, Omitaomu) - 14 TinyOS Education with LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT (Pedersen). Brief Description: Provides the reader with an overview of stream data processing, including prototype implementations like the Nile system and the TinyOS operating system.

Every day, Rupas grandmother wears a beautiful Indian sari. Each is brightly colored and very beautiful. Dont you ever want to wear a gray skirt and red blouse with round buttons like Mommy or a green dress like me? Rupa asks. But Dadima prefers to wear her traditional saris. She shares with her granddaughter all the wonderful things that saris can dofrom becoming an umbrella in a rainstorm to providing a deep pouch to carry seashells. Soon Rupas own imagination is sparked as she envisions saris protecting her in the scary Gir Jungle, bandaging up an injured knee, and holding a special secret for her and Dadima to share. Kashmira Sheth provides young readers with a unique view of Indian culture and tradition through this affectionate, sensitive portrait of a grandmother and her American granddaughter. Hindu words defined and sprinkled throughout the text further add to the authenticity of the story. Yoshiko Jaeggis sweeping, colorful, and fanciful watercolor illustrations capture the extraordinary bond of love that unites families across generations despite cultural differences. A note from the author and instructions for wrapping a sari are included.

<P>In an aging world, is pop music any longer an automatic metaphor for youth culture? <i>Beyond Subculture</i> investigates a series of musically-centered global youth cultures, including hip-hop, electronic dance music, and bhangra. Based on first hand case-study material and interviews with consumers and producers, including Talvin Singh and Noel Gallagher, Rupa Huq re-examines the link between music and subcultures. As youth cultures become more diverse and the effects of globalization become stronger, the late twentieth century definition of 'Generation X' is becoming redundant. <i>Beyond Subculture</i> suggests a new approach to the study of youth culture and popular music.</P>
, Pop Arts / Pop Culture ; Popular Culture - General ; Mass Media - General, Beyond Subculture: Pop, Youth and Identity in a Postcolonial World

<P>In an aging world, is pop music any longer an automatic metaphor for youth culture? <i>Beyond Subculture</i> investigates a series of musically-centered global youth cultures, including hip-hop, electronic dance music, and bhangra. Based on first hand case-study material and interviews with consumers and producers, including Talvin Singh and Noel Gallagher, Rupa Huq re-examines the link between music and subcultures. As youth cultures become more diverse and the effects of globalization become stronger, the late twentieth century definition of 'Generation X' is becoming redundant. <i>Beyond Subculture</i> suggests a new approach to the study of youth culture and popular music.</P>
, Pop Arts / Pop Culture ; Popular Culture - General ; Mass Media - General, Beyond Subculture: Pop, Youth and Identity in a Postcolonial World

<P>In an aging world, is pop music any longer an automatic metaphor for youth culture? <i>Beyond Subculture</i> investigates a series of musically-centered global youth cultures, including hip-hop, electronic dance music, and bhangra. Based on first hand case-study material and interviews with consumers and producers, including Talvin Singh and Noel Gallagher, Rupa Huq re-examines the link between music and subcultures. As youth cultures become more diverse and the effects of globalization become stronger, the late twentieth century definition of 'Generation X' is becoming redundant. <i>Beyond Subculture</i> suggests a new approach to the study of youth culture and popular music.</P>
, Pop Arts / Pop Culture ; Popular Culture - General ; Mass Media - General, Beyond Subculture: Pop, Youth and Identity in a Postcolonial World

The essays in The Art of the State III explore Canada's approaches to recognizing and accommodating diversity, including the instruments of shared citizenship, evaluating their capacity to respond to new pressures and concerns. Contributors also offer comparative analyses of the approaches taken by other countries, such as the United Kingdom, New Zealand, and Eastern Europe. Topics include postcolonial politics and policy, challenges to multiculturalism, the political engagement of new Canadians, managing diversity in Canadian cities, immigrants and civic integration in Western Europe, and religious allegiance and shared citizenship. Contributors include Rupa Banerjee (Toronto), Keith Banting (Queen's), Marion Boyd (former attorney general of Ontario), Katherine A.H. Graham (Carleton), Joyce Green (Regina), Randall Hansen (Toronto), Marc Hooghe (Catholic University of Leuven), Paul Howe (New Brunswick), Richard Johnston (Pennsylvania), Christian Joppke (International University Bremen), Will Kymlicka (Queen's), Roger Maaka (Saskatchewan), Ian Peach (Saskatchewan Institute for Public Policy), Evelyn Peters (Saskatchewan), Susan D. Phillips (Dalhousie), Tariq Ramadan (Oxford), Tim Reeskens (Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium), Jeffrey G. Reitz (Toronto), Daniel Salée (Concordia), Stuart Soroka (McGill), Dietlind Stolle (McGill), Zoua M. Vang (Harvard), and Mary C. Waters (Harvard).

**Buy ANY 2 Dosha Balancing Kits and Receive $9 off! Simply enter code DOSHA at checkout.**In Ayurveda, health is defined as the dynamic state of balance between mind, body, and environment. It is possible for each of us to achieve and maintain a vibrant and joyful state of health by identifying our mind body type and then creating a lifestyle that sustains and nurtures our unique nature.  The Mind Boxes will include: 7 Spiritual Laws of Success (Hardcover) Jyota Candle (dosha specific) Rupa Oil (dosha specific) Satwa Sandalwood Incense Intro to Ayurveda Coupon for 20% off your next on-line purchase Pitta is the principle of transformation represented in our digestion of ideas, sensory experiences, emotions, and food.  It is associated with the Fire element.  People with a predominance of Pitta in their nature tend to be muscular, smart, and determined. When balanced, a Pitta is warm, intelligent, and a good leader.  If out of balance, Pitta can make us critical, irritable, and aggressive. 

**Buy ANY 2 Dosha Balancing Kits and Receive $9 off! Simply enter code DOSHA at checkout.**In Ayurveda, health is defined as the dynamic state of balance between mind, body, and environment. It is possible for each of us to achieve and maintain a vibrant and joyful state of health by identifying our mind body type and then creating a lifestyle that sustains and nurtures our unique nature.  The Mind Boxes will include: 7 Spiritual Laws of Success (Hardcover) Jyota Candle (dosha specific) Rupa Oil (dosha specific) Satwa Sandalwood Incense Intro to Ayurveda Coupon for 20% off your next on-line purchase Vata is the principle of movement and change.  It can be identified as the Wind element.  People with a predominance of Vata in their nature tend to be thin, light, and quick in our thoughts and actions.  Change is a constant part of life. When balanced, a Vata is creative, enthusiastic, and lively. If Vata becomes excessive, they may develop anxiety, insomnia, dry skin, or irregular digestion

  **Buy ANY 2 Dosha Balancing Kits and Receive $9 off! Simply enter code DOSHA at checkout.**In Ayurveda, health is defined as the dynamic state of balance between mind, body, and environment. It is possible for each of us to achieve and maintain a vibrant and joyful state of health by identifying our mind body type and then creating a lifestyle that sustains and nurtures our unique nature. The Mind Boxes will include: 7 Spiritual Laws of Success (Hardcover) Jyota Candle (dosha specific) Rupa Oil (dosha specific) Satwa Sandalwood Incense Intro to Ayurveda Coupon for 20% off your next on-line purchase Kapha is the principle of protection, nourishment, and stability. It is associated with the earth element. People with a predominance of Kapha in their nature tend to have a heavier frame, think, and move more leisurely, and are stable. When balanced, Kapha creates calmness, sweetness, and loyalty.  When excessive, Kapha can cause weight gain, congestion, and resistance to healthy change.

Every day, Rupas grandmother wears a beautiful Indian sari. Each is brightly colored and very beautiful. Dont you ever want to wear a gray skirt and red blouse with round buttons like Mommy or a green dress like me? Rupa asks. But Dadima prefers to wear her traditional saris. She shares with her granddaughter all the wonderful things that saris can dofrom becoming an umbrella in a rainstorm to providing a deep pouch to carry seashells. Soon Rupas own imagination is sparked as she envisions saris protecting her in the scary Gir Jungle, bandaging up an injured knee, and holding a special secret for her and Dadima to share. Kashmira Sheth provides young readers with a unique view of Indian culture and tradition through this affectionate, sensitive portrait of a grandmother and her American granddaughter. Hindu words defined and sprinkled throughout the text further add to the authenticity of the story. Yoshiko Jaeggis sweeping, colorful, and fanciful watercolor illustrations capture the extraordinary bond of love that unites families across generations despite cultural differences. A note from the author and instructions for wrapping a sari are included.

After America's Iraq adventure devolved into a debacle, a chorus of commentators and analysts noted that the U.S. military had no plan to fight a counterinsurgency campaign. Given the failure of conventional tactics, America in the last two years has redoubled its efforts to develop a new strategy to fight the Iraqi insurgency, and has gone so far to place our leading counterinsurgency expert, General David Petraeus, in charge of the Iraq theater. In sum, there seems to be a growing consensus that for better or worse, counterinsurgency will be a core tactic in future American military campaigns. Iraq, of course, presents special problems to the U.S. because of the intensity of religious belief and sectarianism. How do we fight against an insurgency that so often strategically positions itself on 'hallowed ground'--mosques and shrines? Yet Iraq is not unique. As the contributors to Treading on Hallowed Ground show, counterinsurgency efforts on religiously contentious terrain is a widespread phenomenon in recent times, ranging from North Africa to Central and Southeast Asia. Here, C. Christine Fair and Sumit Ganguly have assembled an impressive group of experts to explore the most important counterinsurgency efforts in sacred spaces in our era: churches in Israel, mosques and shrines in Iraq, the Sikh Golden Temple in India, mosques and temples in Kashmir, the Krue Se Mosque in Thailand, and the Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabia. Taken together, the essays comprise the first comprehensive account of this increasingly pivotal component of contemporary war.

Deadly internal conflicts threaten dozens of countries and major regions around the world. One of the most critical issues in contemporary international security, it is examined in this book by twenty experts of the Project on Internal Conflict at Harvard University's Center for Science and International Affairs. The first part of the book examines the sources of internal conflicts and the ways these may spill over or draw in neighboring states and the international community. Region by region, the book discusses the former Yugoslavia and the Balkans, East-central Europe, Russia and the former Soviet Union, South Asia, Southeast Asia, the Middle East and North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Central and South America. The second part examines specific problems, policy instruments, and key actors including: the control of aggressive nationalism, the prevention of secessionist violence, and the resolution of civil wars; the roles of the media and nongovernmental organizations; arms limitations and economic sanctions; military challenges; the policies of the United States and the United Nations; and the prospects for collective action. The book recommends specific approaches to help prevent and moderate internal conflict and to limit its spread when it arises. Contributors: Rachel Bronson. Mark Chernick. Ivo Daalder. Matthew Evangelista. Richard Falkenrath. Trevor Findlay. Sumit Ganguly. Alicia Levine. Dan Lindley. John Matthews. Chantal de Jonge Oudraat. Elizabeth Rogers. Colin Scott. Joanna Spear. Stephen Stedman. Katherine Tucker. Milada Vachudova. Barbara Walter. Thomas Weiss.

ISBN: 0521817293 Stock status: Printed to Order (not returnable) 1-2 weeks despatch Published: Aug 2004 Format: Hardback Pages: 280 Theatre and Empowerment examines the ability of drama, theatre, dance and performance to empower communities of very different kinds, and it does so from a multi-cultural perspective. The communities involved include poverty-stricken children in Ethiopia and the Indian sub-continent, disenfranchised Native Americans in the USA and young black men in Britain, victims of violence in South Africa and Northern Ireland, and a threatened agricultural town in Italy. The book asserts the value of performance as a vital agent of necessary social change, and makes its arguments through the close examination, from 'inside' practice, of the success - not always complete - of specific projects in their practical and cultural contexts. Practitioners and commentators ask how performance in its widest sense can play a part in community activism on a scale larger than the individual, 'one-off' project by helping communities find their own liberating and creative voices. Contents: Introduction Richard Boon and Jane Plastow - 1 The Wedding community play project: a cross-community production in Northern Ireland Gerri Moriarty - 2 Il Teatro Povero di Monticchiello, Italy Richard Andrews 4 'What happened to you today that reminded you that you were a black man?': the process of exploring black British masculinities in performance Michael Macmillan - 5 Wielding the cultural weapon after apartheid: Bongani Linda's Victory Sonqoba Theatre Company, South Africa Stephanie Marlin-Curiel - 6 Dance and transformation: the Adugna Community Dance Theatre, Ethiopia Jane Plastow - 7 The day of mourning/Pilgrim Progress in Plymouth, USA: contesting processions: a report on performance, personification and empowerment Ricardo Villanueva - 8 South Asia's Child Rights Theatre for Development: the empowerment of children who are marginalised, disadvantaged and excluded Michael Etherton - 9 Theatre - a space for empowerment: celebrating Jana Sanskriti's experience in India Sanjoy Ganguly. Brief Description: A collection of essays on the ability of drama and performance to empower communities.