Theory In The Pacific The Pacific In Theory

Author : Tim Thomas
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2020-07-27
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781351398909

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Theory in the Pacific, the Pacific in Theory by Tim Thomas Pdf

Theory in the Pacific, the Pacific in Theory explores the role of theory in Pacific archaeology and its interplay with archaeological theory worldwide. The contributors assess how the practice of archaeology in Pacific contexts has led to particular types of theoretical enquiry and interest, and, more broadly, how the Pacific is conceptualised in the archaeological imagination. Long seen as a laboratory environment for the testing and refinement of social theory, the Pacific islands occupy a central place in global theoretical discourse. This volume highlights this role through an exploration of how Pacific models and exemplars have shaped, and continue to shape, approaches to the archaeological past. The authors evaluate key theoretical perspectives and explore current and future directions in Pacific archaeology. In doing so, attention is paid to the influence of Pacific people and environments in motivating and shaping theory-building. Theory in the Pacific, the Pacific in Theory makes a significant contribution to our understanding of how theory develops attuned to the affordances and needs of specific contexts, and how those contexts promote reformulation and development of theory elsewhere. It will be fascinating to scholars and archaeologists interested in the Pacific region, as well as students of wider archaeological theory.

Author : G. John. Ikenberry,Michael Mastanduno
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 463 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2003-05-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780231500920

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International Relations Theory and the Asia-Pacific by G. John. Ikenberry,Michael Mastanduno Pdf

What will the Asia-Pacific rim look like in the years ahead? What tools will international relations theorists need to understand the complex relationship among China, Japan, and the United States as the three powers shape the economic and political future of this crucial region? Some of the best and most innovative scholars in international relations and Asian area studies gather here with the working premise that stability in the broader Asia-Pacific region is in large part a function of the behavior of, and relationships among, these three major powers. Each author analyzes the foreign policy behavior of one or more of these states and/or relations among them in an effort to make claims about the prospects for regional stability. Some of the chapters focus on security relationships, some on economic relations, and some on the interaction of the two. The authors do not promote any particular theoretical perspective, but instead draw on the full diversity of theoretical approaches in contemporary international relations scholarship to illuminate international interactions among the Pacific powers. The creative collaboration of international relations and Asian studies specialists presents the opportunity to assess the applicability of Western categories of analysis to the beliefs and behaviors of Asian actors. The scholars in this volume share the conviction that a deeper understanding of the effects of cultural divides between Asian and American policymakers is essential if the Pacific rim's economic and regional security is to be safeguarded.

Author : Sorpong Peou
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2010-04-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9798216127277

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Peace and Security in the Asia-Pacific by Sorpong Peou Pdf

Demonstrating that none of the various perspectives under review has emerged as the clear winner in the struggle for theoretical hegemony in security studies, this book shows that eclectic perspectives, like democratic realist institutionalism, can better explain peace and security in the Asian Pacific. The Asian Pacific has emerged as one of the most important regions in the world, causing scholars to pay increased attention to the various challenges, old and new, to peace and security there. Peace and Security in the Asia-Pacific: Theory and Practice is a comprehensive, critical review of the established theoretical perspectives relevant to contemporary peace and security studies in the light of recent experiences. Illuminating ongoing debates in the field, the book covers some 20 theoretical perspectives on peace and security in the Asian Pacific, including realist, liberal, socialist, peace and human security, constructivist, feminist, and nontraditional security studies. The first section of the book discusses perspectives in realist security studies, the second part covers perspectives critical of realism. The author's goal is to assess whether any of the perspectives found in nonrealist security studies are capable of undermining realism. His conclusion is that each theoretical perspective has its strengths and weaknesses, leaving eclecticism as the best way to understand the region's dynamics.

Author : Thor Heyerdahl
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 821 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1953
Category : Ethnology
ISBN : LCCN:a54008841

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American Indians in the Pacific by Thor Heyerdahl Pdf

Author : G. John Ikenberry,Michael Mastanduno
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 463 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 9780231125901

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International Relations Theory and the Asia-Pacific by G. John Ikenberry,Michael Mastanduno Pdf

What tools will international relations theorists need to understand the complex relationship among China, Japan, and the United States as the three powers shape the economic and political future of this crucial region? Some of the best and most innovative scholars in international relations and Asian area studies gather here with the working premise that stability in the broader Asia-Pacific region is in large part a function of the behavior of, and relationships among, these three major powers.

Author : Adrian Praetzellis
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0742503593

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Death by Theory by Adrian Praetzellis Pdf

A European Neolithic burial. A large stone Venus. Nothing unusual about it_except that it was found on an island in the Pacific Northwest. Archaeologist Hannah Green and her shovelbum nephew find themselves in a tangled web of competing interests--avaricious land owners, hungry media, and a cult of goddess worshippers--while investigating one of the finds of the century. In untangling the mystery of the Washington Venus, Hannah and Sean have to confront questions of archaeological evidence, of ethics, of conflicting interpretation of data, and of the very nature of archaeological truths. Helping them are a cadre of disdainful graduate students who propose various theories--processualist, marxist, feminist, postmodernist--to explain the bizarre events. Teach your students archaeological theory in a fashion they'll enjoy, while they solve the mystery in Adrian Praetzellis's delightful textbook-as-novel.

Author : Kai He,Huiyun Feng
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2013-01-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135131197

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Prospect Theory and Foreign Policy Analysis in the Asia Pacific by Kai He,Huiyun Feng Pdf

Why does North Korea behave erratically in pursuing its nuclear weapons program? Why did the United States prefer bilateral alliances to multilateral ones in Asia after World War II? Why did China become "nice"—no more military coercion—in dealing with the pro-independence Taiwan President Chen Shuibian after 2000? Why did China compromise in the negotiation of the Chunxiao gas exploration in 2008 while Japan became provocative later in the Sino-Japanese disputes in the East China Sea? North Korea’s nuclear behavior, U.S. alliance strategy, China’s Taiwan policy, and Sino-Japanese territorial disputes are all important examples of seemingly irrational foreign policy decisions that have determined regional stability and Asian security. By examining major events in Asian security, this book investigates why and how leaders make risky and seemingly irrational decisions in international politics. The authors take the innovative step of integrating the neoclassical realist framework in political science and prospect theory in psychology. Their analysis suggests that political leaders are more likely to take risky actions when their vital interests and political legitimacy are seriously threatened. For each case, the authors first discuss the weaknesses of some of the prevailing arguments, mainly from rationalist and constructivist theorizing, and then offer an alternative explanation based on their political legitimacy-prospect theory model. This pioneering book tests and expands prospect theory to the study of Asian security and challenges traditional, expected-utility-based, rationalist theories of foreign policy behavior.

Author : Kathy E. Ferguson,Monique Mironesco
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2008-08-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780824831592

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Gender and Globalization in Asia and the Pacific by Kathy E. Ferguson,Monique Mironesco Pdf

What is globalization? How is it gendered? How does it work in Asia and the Pacific? The authors of the sixteen original and innovative essays presented here take fresh stock of globalization’s complexities. They pursue critical feminist inquiry about women, gender, and sexualities and produce original insights into changing life patterns in Asian and Pacific Island societies. Each essay puts the lives and struggles of women at the center of its examination while weaving examples of global circuits in Asian and Pacific societies into a world frame of analysis. The work is generated from within Asian and Pacific spaces, bringing to the fore local voices and claims to knowledge. The geographic emphasis on Asia/Pacific highlights the complexity of globalizing practices among specific people whose dilemmas come alive on these pages. Although the book focuses on global, gendered flows, it expands its investigation to include the media and the arts, intellectual resources, activist agendas, and individual life stories. First-rate ethnographies and interviews reach beyond generalizations and bring Pacific and Asian women and men alive in their struggles against globalization. Globalization cannot be summed up in a neat political agenda but must be actively contested and creatively negotiated. Taking feminist political thinking beyond simple oppositions, the authors ask specific questions about how global practices work, how they come to be, who benefits, and what is at stake. Contributors: Nancie Caraway, Steve Derné, Cynthia Enloe, Kathy Ferguson, Maria Ibarra, Gwyn Kirk, Sally Merry, Virginia Metaxas, Min Dongchao, Monique Mironesco, Rhacel Parrenas, Lucinda Peach, Vivian Price, Jyoti Puri, Judith Raiskin, Nancy Riley, Saskia Sassen, Teresia Teaiwa, Chris Yano, Yau Ching.

Author : Jürg Wassmann,Birgit Träuble,Joachim Funke
Publisher : Universitatsverlag Winter
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Belief and doubt
ISBN : 3825362035

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Theory of Mind in the Pacific by Jürg Wassmann,Birgit Träuble,Joachim Funke Pdf

The ascription of desires or beliefs to other people is a milestone of human sociality. It allows us to understand, explain, and predict human behaviour. During the last years, research on children's knowledge about the mental world, better known as theory of mind research, has become a central topic in developmental psychology and the role of cultural impact is subject of various theoretical yet hitherto few empirical accounts. This book is the result of intensive collaboration between anthropologists and psychologists in the field of cross-cultural research on social cognitive development. Five interdisciplinary research teams, coming from the University of Heidelberg, were investigating five Pacific Island societies. All together, they were interested in the question of how and when children in these different cultures come to assign mental states to others. This unique research project combines sound ethnography of different Pacific cultures with thoroughly conducted experimental work, done by developmental psychologists; it presents a shared, thoughtful analysis of the results and provides deeper insight into current debates on the ontogeny of theory of mind competencies.

Author : Mark Gottdeiner,Nicos Komninos
Publisher : Springer
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1989-06-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781349199600

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Capitalist Development and Crisis Theory: Accumulation, Regulation and Spatial Restructuring by Mark Gottdeiner,Nicos Komninos Pdf

This collection of essays looks at recent developments in the crisis theory of capitalist development and relates such theories directly to the current patterns of economic, political technological and cultural changes associated with societal restructuring in industrialized countries.

Author : Julian Go
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780190625139

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Postcolonial Thought and Social Theory by Julian Go Pdf

'Postcolonial Thought and Social Theory' maps the convergences and differences between these two seemingly opposed bodies of thought. It explores the different waves of postcolonial thought, elaborates the postcolonial critique of social theory, and charts different strategies for crafting a postcolonial social science.

Author : Jeter A. Isely,Dr. Philip A. Crowl
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 679 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2016-08-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781787200951

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The U.S. Marines And Amphibious War by Jeter A. Isely,Dr. Philip A. Crowl Pdf

“Not only a just appraisal of the campaigns waged by Marines in World War II; it is a documentation of the Marine struggle to prove the feasibility of amphibious warfare....Relentlessly accurate and impartial.”—N.Y. Times Originally published in 1951, this book is a widely regarded classic on US Marine amphibious doctrine and operations employed in the Pacific during the Second World War. The authors describe in detail the development of the theoretical aspects of amphibious assault in the inter-war period, but devote the vast majority of the narrative to the various landings and their core strategies, using Japanese documents “to sketch in the background of military decisions made by the enemy.” A must for those who wish to understand the American war against Japan.

Author : Xun Zhu,Xiaofan Li,Ming Cai,Shuntai Zhou,Yuejian Zhu,Fei-fei Jin,Xiaolei Zou,Minghua Zhang
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 637 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2004-02-25
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789814483551

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Observation, Theory And Modeling Of Atmospheric Variability - Selected Papers Of Nanjing Institute Of Meteorology Alumni In Commemoration Of Professor Jijia Zhang by Xun Zhu,Xiaofan Li,Ming Cai,Shuntai Zhou,Yuejian Zhu,Fei-fei Jin,Xiaolei Zou,Minghua Zhang Pdf

This book contains tutorial and review articles as well as specific research letters that cover a wide range of topics: (1) dynamics of atmospheric variability from both basic theory and data analysis, (2) physical and mathematical problems in climate modeling and numerical weather prediction, (3) theories of atmospheric radiative transfer and their applications in satellite remote sensing, and (4) mathematical and statistical methods. The book can be used by undergraduates or graduate students majoring in atmospheric sciences, as an introduction to various research areas; and by researchers and educators, as a general review or quick reference in their fields of interest.

Author : Croll
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 12 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1875
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UBBE:UBBE-00119617

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The Challengers Crucial Test of the Wind and Gravitation Theories by Croll Pdf

Author : Roy M. MacLeod,Philip F. Rehbock
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1994-01-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0824816137

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Darwin's Laboratory by Roy M. MacLeod,Philip F. Rehbock Pdf

No scientific traveler was more influenced by the Pacific than Charles Darwin, and his legacy in the region remains unparalleled. Yet the extent of the Pacific's impact on the thought of Darwin and those who followed him has not been sufficiently grasped. In this volume of essays, sixteen scholars explore the many dimensions - biological, geological, anthropological, social, and political - of Darwinism in the Pacific. Fired by Darwinian ideas, nineteenth-century naturalists within and around the Pacific rim worked to further Darwin's programs in their own research: in Seattle, conchologist P. Brooks Randolph; in Honolulu, evolutionist John Thomas Gulick; in Adelaide, botanist Richard Schomburgk; and in Malaysia, biogeographer Alfred Russel Wallace. Lesser-known enthusiasts furnished Darwin with fresh material and replied to his endless inquiries, while young aspiring biologists from Cambridge tested Darwinian ideas directly in the "laboratory" of the Pacific. But the implications of Darwinism for the understanding of human nature and history turned it into a public theory as well as a scientific one. Anthropologists, geographers, missionaries, politicians, and social commentators - from Australia to Japan - all found ways to adapt Darwinism to their own agendas. Darwin's Laboratory demonstrates the variety and richness of Darwinian ideas in the Pacific and, in so doing, shows how the region functioned as a testing ground for the theory of evolution. Further, it illustrates how Darwinian ideas and their European contexts helped invent and define the particular conception we have of the Pacific. Both the general reader and the specialist will find controversy, illumination, and entertainment in this, the first book to probe the extent of Darwinism and Darwinian thinking in the Pacific.