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Political Development Theory in the Sociological and Political Analyses of the New States
POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT THEORY IN THE SOCIOLOGICAL AND POLITICAL ANALYSES OF THE NEW STATES by ROBERT HARRY JACKSON B.A., University of British Columbia, 1964 A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS in the Department of Political Science We accept this thesis as conforming to the required standard THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA September, I966 In presenting this thesis in partial fulfilment of the requirements for an advanced degree at the University of British Columbia, I agree that the Library shall make it freely available for reference and study. I further agree that permission.for extensive copying of this thesis for scholarly purposes may be granted by the Head of my Department or by his representatives. It is understood that copying or publication of this thesis for financial gain shall not be allowed without my written permission. Department of Polit_i_g^j;_s_gience The University of British Columbia Vancouver 8, Canada Date September, 2, 1966 ii ABSTRACT The emergence since World War II of many new states in Asia and Africa has stimulated a renewed interest of sociology and political science in the non-western social and political process and an enhanced concern with the problem of political development in these areas. The source of contemporary concepts of political development can be located in the ideas of the social philosophers of the nineteenth century. Maine, Toennies, Durkheim, and Weber were the first social observers to deal with the phenomena of social and political development in a rigorously analytical manner and their analyses provided contemporary political development theorists with seminal ideas that led to the identification of the major properties of the developed political condition. -
Editorial Foreword
The Journal of Asian Studies Vol. 70, No. 4 (November) 2011: 901–904. © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc., 2011 doi:10.1017/S0021911811002312 Editorial Foreword OUR COVER Untitled Poster, featuring Shivaji, Rana Pratap, Subhas Chandra Bose (center), Bhagat Singh and Chandrashekar Azad. Purchased in Lucknow, 1998. With permission, J.B. Khanna, Chennai. Author’s Collection. See Kama Maclean, “The Portrait’s Journey: The Image, Social Communication and Martyr-Making in Colonial India,” in this issue of the JAS. AN OVERVIEW OF THE ISSUE November has long been a time for big picture writing at JAS, since this is when we traditionally carry a printed version of the Presidential Address deliv- ered at the springtime Annual Meeting of the AAS. Presidents of the Association have the freedom to take any approach they want in their contribution to the issue, but they tend to cast a wide net, thematic and conceptually, while generally focusing on the region they were elected to represent. This year’s Presidential Address, K. SIVARAMAKRISHNAN’s “Environment, Law, and Democracy in India” is no different. It provides a sweeping look at a general subject (law and the environment) that is of intense contemporary concern throughout Asia and indeed the world, and in the process it grapples with other subjects of wide inter- est (such as the forces that work to strengthen or undermine civil society). It is a bracing look at the “processes that make Indian democracy work” that stands up impressively on its own, but that is also worth reading in tandem with several essays that have run in these pages in recent years, including both those that com- prised the forum on the rule of law in China and India in JAS 68 (1): 55–133, and the Asia Beyond the Headlines contribution by Pranab Bardhan in JAS 68 (2): 347–57. -
Annual Report 2018
ANNUAL REPORT2018 THE WORLD ACADEMY OF SCIENCES for the advancement of science in developing countries ANNUAL REPORT2018 THE WORLD ACADEMY OF SCIENCES for the advancement of science in developing countries Few can disagree that, in the ultimate analysis, the crux is the level of science and technology – high or low – that determines the disparities between the rich, advanced nations and the poor, underdeveloped countries. Abdus Salam, Nobel Prize in Physics, Founder of TWAS (From his 1991 essay, “A blueprint for science and technology in the developing world”) CONTENTS Zelalem Urgessa of The TWAS Council 4 Ethiopia (second from right) interacts with colleagues at The TWAS mission 5 Justus Liebig University in Giessen, Germany. He was 2018: Recent successes, future challenges there through the TWAS-DFG Cooperation Visits by Bai Chunli, President 6 Programme. A year of impact 8 Cover photo: Emmanuel Unuabonah (in gray), is Who we are: Fellows and Young Affiliates 10 a Nigerian chemist, TWAS TWAS partners 12 research grant recipient and TWAS Young Affiliate Alumnus. A number of his students are now going on PROGRAMMES AND ACTIVITIES to seek PhDs. 28th General Meeting: Trieste 14 Honouring scientific excellence 16 Education and training 18 Progress through research 20 Supporting science policy 22 Science diplomacy 24 Advancing women 26 Global academy networks 28 Regional partners 30 TWAS & Italy 32 A story to communicate 34 APPENDICES Financial report 2018 36 2018’s TWAS Fellows and Young Affiliates 42 Prizes awarded in 2018 43 The TWAS secretariat 44 TWAS ANNUAL REPORT 2018 THE TWAS COUNCIL The TWAS Council, elected by members every three years, is responsible for supervising all Academy affairs. -
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THE BANSHO SHIRABESHO: A TRANSITIONAL INSTITUTION IN BAKUMATSU JAPAN by James Mitchell Hommes Bachelor of Arts, Calvin College, 1993 Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of The College of Arts and Sciences in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Interdisciplinary Master of Arts (IDMA) in East Asian Studies University of Pittsburgh 2004 UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES This thesis was presented by James Mitchell Hommes It was defended on December 8, 2004 and approved by Thomas Rimer, Professor, East Asian Languages and Literature David O. Mills, Professor, East Asian Languages and Literature Richard Smethurst, Professor, History ii THE BANSHO SHIRABESHO: A TRANSITIONAL INSTITUTION IN BAKUMATSU JAPAN James M. Hommes, MA University of Pittsburgh, 2004 In the Bakumatsu period (1853-1868), Japan experienced many changes and challenges. One of these challenges was regarding how to learn from the West and how to use that knowledge in the building of Japan. One of the most important institutions for such Western learning was the Bansho Shirabesho, an institution created by the Tokugawa government in 1856 to translate Western materials, provide a school for Japanese scholars, and to censor the translations of Western works. This institution eventually gave language instruction in Dutch, English, French, German, and Russian and it also gave instruction in many other practical subjects such as military science and production. This thesis examines in detail how the Shirabesho was founded, what some of the initial difficulties were and how successful it was in accomplishing the tasks it was given. It also assesses the legacy of the Shirabesho in helping to bridge the transition between the Tokugawa period’s emphasis on feudal rank and the Meiji’s emphasis on merit. -
Northern Territories” Dispute
The Indigenous Ainu of Japan and the “Northern Territories” Dispute by Scott Harrison A thesis presented to the University of Waterloo in fulfillment of the thesis requirement for the degree of Master of Arts in History Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, 2007 © Scott Harrison 2007 Author’s Declaration I hereby declare that I am the sole author of this thesis. This is a true copy of the thesis, including any required final revisions, as accepted by my examiners. I understand that my thesis may be made electronically available to the public. ii Abstract This thesis re-examines the territorial dispute between Japan and Russia, the so-called “Northern Territories” issue, through a reinterpretation of the role of the indigenous Ainu of Japan. An exploration of Ainu history and historiography reveals that the long- standing emphasis on Wajin-based legitimacy of rule and annexation of northern areas was replaced by historical amnesia concerning the role and status of the Ainu. Discussion focuses on an interpretation of Ainu understandings of local, regional/national and international historical events. This approach underscores the importance of de-nationalising History by integrating the important perspectives of Indigeneity. It asserts, further, that the understanding of these events and processes require a broader disciplinary prism than that provided by the study of history. The preponderance of nation-based studies, and not only in the field of History, has seriously inhibited the analysis of historical phenomena involving Indigenous peoples, in this case the Ainu. The study of the Northern Territories issue offers, then, both a new perspective on the history of this important dispute and an illustration of the importance of broadening traditional academic studies in disciplines such as History, Anthropology, Ecology, Political Science, International Relations and Law to incorporate Indigenous perspectives and experience. -
Taipei's Reggae Scene Turns It up a Notch
A R O U N D T O W N 發光的城市 15 TAIPEI TIMES • FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 2009 Log on RESTAURANTS Your hosts for the evening: ��������������Miffer, a well- CONTINUED FROM P13 known singer in the Japanese reggae scene, Besides, he said, “it doesn’t have to be girl tits, left; Carib Rocks, below; and DJ Yahman, La Mairie Cafe (市長官邸咖啡餐廳) if a guy wants to clap his tits, either against below right, who has been credited with Address: 46 Xuzhou Rd, Taipei City (台北市徐州路46號) his own if they’re big giant fatman tits, great. helping to popularize reggae music in Japan. Telephone: (02) 2392-9510 Or if he claps against a friend, fine. As long as PHOTOS COURTESY OF ISLANDJAM Open: 9am to 10:30pm, meals not served after 9pm it’s boobs against boobs, you know the party Average Meal: NT$310 to NT$660 level goes up a notch. That’s the whole point Details: Chinese and English menu; credit cards accepted of that song.” On The Net: www.mayorsalon.com.tw (in Chinese only) Talk to Log long enough, and it’s hard not to wonder if he hasn’t gotten carried away with his The quiet and green La breast obsession. He says one of his weirdest Mairie Cafe offers such gigs took place in Belgium, where he says a relief from the typical woman with three breasts came up on stage for Taipei streetscape that one Boob Scotch. could almost forgive the “And she’s presenting all three of them, like restaurant for its over- ‘which one do you want in your drink?’ And it’s priced, mediocre food. -
Performing, Dancehall, Roots Reggae, and Rastafari in Japan
198 Book Reviews Babylon East: Performing, Dancehall, Roots Reggae, and Rastafari in Japan. Marvin D. Sterling. Durham NC: Duke University Press, 2010. xvi + 299 pp. (Paper US$ 23.95) Babylon East is about the global imagination of race. Marvin Sterling estab- lishes early his interest in extending scholarship on race beyond the dis- cussion of dialog between the West and the postcolonial non-West, to the race politics that emerge in Afro-Asian encounters. This he achieves admi- rably in his multi-sited ethnography of Japanese consumptions of Jamaica. Sterling’s interpretations of Japanese dancehall, roots reggae, and Rastafari form a spectacular mosaic of identity politics that will bring new life to weary minds. The book’s material is both clearly framed and intricately interpreted. It opens, more or less, with an outline of the development of ideas of cul- tural difference in Japan. Much scholarship discusses how ideas of Japanese cultural peculiarity have conventionally emerged in conversation with the West. But, Sterling argues, in contemporary Japan, “the public discourse of Japaneseness . has come to invoke the world at large beyond the West” (p. 20). For many, this process of invoking serves to reinforce ideas of Japanese uniqueness and cultural homogeneity. Disposable accessories, such as fake dreadlocks donned by audiences at reggae shows, alongside dream catch- ers and the like, join the global ethnic stew—the esunikku—“removed in time for work the next day” (p. 21). But the donnettes, DJs, and dreads that are the subjects of Sterling’s book provide evidence of how such engage- ments can go beyond mere hedonistic consumption of the esunikku, to inspire Japanese people’s deep personal investment in this culture from afar. -
Music Have You Ever Seen a Band in Edmonton’S Cariwest Parade That Uses Large Oil Drums to Make Music? That Instrument Is Known As the Steel Pan Or Steel Drums
Afro-Quiz Study Material (15-17) 2017 Music Have you ever seen a band in Edmonton’s Cariwest parade that uses large oil drums to make music? That instrument is known as the steel pan or steel drums. Steel pan originated in the Caribbean. In this module, you will learn about music that originated in Africa and the Caribbean and has since migrated all over the world. Do you know any other types of music that have roots in Africa or the Caribbean that are famous in North America now? Here is a list of activities you will work on: ● KWL Chart ● Reading ● Listening/Video ● Map Activity ● Summary ● Optional video KWL Chart K W L What I know about What I want to know What I learned about African and Caribbean about African and African and Caribbean music Caribbean music music Afro-Quiz Study Material (15-17) 2017 Reading Steel Drums1 Steel drum or steel pan is a musical instrument originally developed in Trinidad, that is played by hammering raised and tuned portions of the bottom of an oil drum. It was the only new percussion (possibly the only acoustic) instrument invented in the 20th Century. Drumming was used as a form of communication among the enslaved Africans and was subsequently outlawed by the British colonial government in 1783. African slaves also performed during Mardi Gras celebrations, joining the French, who had brought the tradition to the island. The steelpan evolved from a communication device to the musical instrument it is used as today. The first instruments developed in the evolution of steelpan were Tamboo-Bamboos, tunable sticks made of bamboo wood. -
S O U N D P L a N
SOUND PLANET E C H A N N E L L I S T 2 012 . 10 … INSTRUMENTAL … Corresponds to the Internet Request A E B F C G D H I J K 01 REQUEST J-POP 01 J-POP Hits Now 01 Seasonal Music( J-Pop Best Selection) 01 Seasonal Music( Easy Listening) Seasonal Music( Nursery Instrumental) 01 J-POP & Popular Hits Now 01 Baby Songs 01 Time Notice 02 REQUEST General Japanese Pops 02 J-ROCK 02 GIRLS ROCK 02 Seasonal Music( Music Box) Seasonal Music( J-POP Instrumental) 02 GIRLS J-POP 02 Play Songs For Children 02 Temporary 1 03 REQUEST Enka / Kayokyoku 03 Enka 03 SOFT ROCK 03 usen for Café Après-midi 03 J-HOUSE 03 All Time Kids Hits 03 Temporary 2 04 REQUEST Enka / Kayokyoku 04 Idol 04 HOUSE NATION 04 HOUSE MUSIC( 125bpm) 04 J-TECHNO POP 04 Early Teen Pops Now 04 Weather Forecast 05 REQUEST J-POP/Popular 05 Japanese Folk Songs 05 salon jazz 05 LOUNGE MUSIC 05 Acoustic J-POP 05 Fairlyland Music 05 06 Kayo☆Hits Parade 06 Senior Rice Pops 06 Colorful Pop Styling 06 Afternoon Tea Music 06 Light Classic 06 Nursery Rhymes 06 Seasonal Music / Exhibition 1 07 Popular☆Hits Parade 07 Monthly Artist Selection J-POP 07 Organic Soul 07 Dance Beat Easy Listening Acoustic 07 Light Jazz 07 Melody of Acorn Forest 07 08 Healing Classic 08 Weekly Artist Selection J-POP 08 Organic SSW ~Slow Life Music~ 08 TRANCE( Instrumental) Easy Listening Casual 08 Bossa Nova BGM 08 MINNANOUTA 08 Nostalgic TV Songs 09 Jazz for Gastronomic Ambience 09 Best of Show-wa era Kayokyoku Group Sounds 09 J-LOUNGE 09 Funky Beat Heartful Strings 09 J-POP Bossa Nova BGM 09 Happy♪Kiddy Songs 09 Seasonal -
CV Sep 2015 for Website
NORIKO MANABE http://www.norikomanabe.com princeton.academia.edu/NorikoManabe scholar.princeton.edu/nmanabe ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS Princeton University Princeton, NJ 2009–Present Assistant Professor, Department of Music. • Departmental Representative, Department of Music, 2012–13. • Executive Committee, Program in American Studies. • Associated Faculty, Department of East Asian Studies. • Affiliated Faculty, Program in Latin American Studies. School of Oriental and African Studies London, UK 2015–2017 Research Fellow, Department of Music. Library of Congress Washington, DC 2013–2014, 2015 Kluge Fellow, Japanese music. Tokyo University of the Arts Tokyo, Japan 2012 Visiting Scholar, Department of Musical Creativity and the Environment International Research Center for Japanese Studies Kyoto, Japan 2008–2009 JSPS Research Fellow, Japanese popular music. John Jay College, City University of New York New York, NY 2005–2009 (6 terms) Adjunct Lecturer, Art and Music Department. Brooklyn College, City University of New York New York, NY 2006–2008 (3 terms) Adjunct Lecturer, Conservatory of Music. Marymount Manhattan College New York, NY 2005-2006 (2 terms) Adjunct Lecturer in Music, Theater Department. EDUCATION CUNY Graduate Center New York, NY 2003–2009 Ph.D., Ethnomusicology/Music Theory (two concentrations). Comprehensive exams passed in music theory (2007), ethnomusicology (2008). MA, 2006. • Dissertation: “Western Music in Japan: The Evolution of Styles in Children’s Songs, Hip-Hop, and Other Genres.” • Advisers: Peter Manuel (Ethnomusicology), Mark Spicer (Theory). • Committee Members: William Rothstein (Theory), Jane Sugarman (Ethnomusicology). Stanford University Stanford, CA MBA, Finance. Yale University New Haven, CT BA, Mathematics and Music (two majors). Distinction in Music. Noriko Manabe, September 22, 2015 1 PUBLICATIONS Books • The Revolution Will Not Be Televised: Protest Music After Fukushima. -
Japan and the Indigenous People of Karafuto
ON THE FRONTIERS OF HISTORY RETHINKING EAST ASIAN BORDERS ON THE FRONTIERS OF HISTORY RETHINKING EAST ASIAN BORDERS TESSA MORRIS-SUZUKI GLOBAL THINKERS SERIES Published by ANU Press The Australian National University Acton ACT 2601, Australia Email: [email protected] Available to download for free at press.anu.edu.au ISBN (print): 9781760463694 ISBN (online): 9781760463700 WorldCat (print): 1182556687 WorldCat (online): 1182556433 DOI: 10.22459/OFH.2020 This title is published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial- NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). The full licence terms are available at creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode Cover design and layout by ANU Press. Cover image from Mamiya Rinzo’s ‘Tōdatsu Kikō’. This edition © 2020 ANU Press CONTENTS List of Illustrations . vii Introduction . 1 1 . Anti-Area Studies Revisited . 7 2 . Mapping Time and Space . 25 3 . ‘Tartary’ in the Reshaping of Historical Thought . 47 4 . Unthinking Civilisation: An Imbricated History of the Okhotsk Region . 71 5 . The Telescope and the Tinderbox: Rediscovering La Pérouse in the North Pacific . 107 6 . Lines in the Snow: The Making of the Russo–Japanese Frontier . 139 7 . Indigeneity and Modernity in Colonial Karafuto . 165 8 . Japan and its Region: From Tartary to the Emergence of the New Area Studies . 195 Concluding Thoughts: On the Value of Small Histories . 233 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Map 1.1. The Okhotsk region ...............................6 Figure 2.1. Japanese map and accompanying image of peoples of the world, 1671. 26 Figure 2.2. Fifteenth-century map of the Iberian Peninsula ........28 Figure 2.3. -
Excerpt from American Studies in China •fi •Œpart IV. Thirty Years of Research in American History in China╊
Selections from American Studies in China, edited by Priscilla Roberts and forthcoming on the US‐China Education Trust website (http://www.uscet.net/template/index.cfm). Part IV. Thirty Years of Research in American History in China American history research is a relatively young discipline in China. Although in practice Chinese studies of American history began rather early, in the first half of the twentieth century, at that time most publications in American history were edited or translated works. After 1949, Chinese academic historians began to place greater importance on studying foreign historians, and a number of compilations on American history were published. Since 1978, with the implementation of the reform and opening-up policies in Mainland China, the study of American history, like other disciplines, has experienced unprecedented development. In the last thirty years, research in American history has become a field for serious academic study, as it has gradually escaped from the dominance of political ideology, and publications in this field have gone beyond translations and compilations. I. Trends and Achievements The turning point for American history research in China occurred between 1978 and 1979, when two major events provided new opportunities to develop research in American history. Firstly, with the implementation of the reform and opening up policy, China became ever more tolerant politically and witnessed a liberation movement in political and academic thinking. Taking advantage of this favorable development, research in American history entered a new era of rapid development. Secondly, the establishment of diplomatic relations between the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the United States in 1979 brought an end to years of hostility and isolation.