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Gender and sexuality have been neglected topics in the history of Chinese civilization, despite the fact that there is a massive amount of historical evidence on the subject. China's late imperial government was arguably more concerned about gender and sexuality among its subjects than any other pre-modern state. How did these and other late imperial legacies shape twentieth-century notions of gender and sexuality in modern China? Susan Mann answers this by focusing on state policy, ideas about the physical body and notions of sexuality and difference in China's recent history, from medicine to the theater to the gay bars; from law to art and sports. More broadly, the book shows how changes in attitudes toward sex and gender in China during the twentieth century have cast a new light on the process of becoming modern, while simultaneously challenging the universalizing assumptions of Western modernity.

Sex role --- Women --- Sex --- Rôle selon le sexe --- Femmes --- Sexualité --- S11/0710 --- S11/0730 --- China: Social sciences--Women: general and before 1949 --- China: Social sciences--Women: since 1949 --- Rôle selon le sexe --- Sexualité --- Gender (Sex) --- Human beings --- Human sexuality --- Sex (Gender) --- Sexual behavior --- Sexual practices --- Sexuality --- Sexology --- Gender role --- Sex (Psychology) --- Sex differences (Psychology) --- Social role --- Gender expression --- Sexism --- Arts and Humanities --- History --- Gender roles --- Gendered role --- Gendered roles --- Role, Gender --- Role, Gendered --- Role, Sex --- Roles, Gender --- Roles, Gendered --- Roles, Sex --- Sex roles

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Although all economic activities take place in sectors, economists often devote little attention to differences between and characteristics of sectors. This book tries to show that mesoeconomics, the economic exploration of sectors and groups, is a useful instrument of analysis between microeconomics (the analysis of markets) and macroeconomics (the analysis of economies). In order to do so, economists and social scientists from related disciplines and coming from Europe, Australia and Asia, demonstrate that sectors matter for economic development and the formation of societies. The book includes chapters with rigorous economic analysis, outlooks on economic history, and case studies in order to show the relevance of sectoral issues, this broad range of content making it likely the most comprehensive book on mesoeconomics to date.

Business cycles. --- Business. --- Economics. --- Income. --- Economics --- Economic development --- Management --- Business & Economics --- Management Theory --- Industrial Management --- Economic Theory --- Philosophy --- Philosophy. --- Development, Economic --- Economic growth --- Growth, Economic --- Industrial organization. --- Industrial Organization. --- Economic policy --- Statics and dynamics (Social sciences) --- Development economics --- Resource curse --- Industries --- Organization --- Industrial concentration --- Industrial management --- Industrial sociology

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Mountain agriculture is a socially and culturally unique system, but also a regionally important economic sector. In a globalising world, it is clear that fertile areas on all continents will always be used to produce large quantities of agricultural products in order to feed the world and, increasingly, provide biomass as a source of energy. It is far less clear, however, how land use in steep and more peripheral regions will evolve. By definition, farmland in mountain areas is more difficult to work because of steep slopes and missing accessibility. Climate conditions and poor soil quality often add to these adverse conditions. Through overcoming limited views from one region only or from one discipline, this book intends to draw a first truly international perspective on the issue of mountain farming.

Hill farming. --- Irrigation farming. --- Mountain agriculture. --- Hill farming --- Agriculture --- Sociology & Social History --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Social Sciences --- Communities - Urban Groups --- Agriculture - General --- Agricultural ecology. --- Agroecology --- Alpine agriculture --- Alpine farming --- Hill agriculture --- Hillside farming --- Mountain agriculture --- Mountain farming --- Ecology --- Geography. --- Regional planning. --- Urban planning. --- Agriculture. --- Sustainable development. --- Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning. --- Sustainable Development. --- Permaculture --- Environmental aspects --- Farming --- Husbandry --- Industrial arts --- Life sciences --- Food supply --- Land use, Rural --- Development, Sustainable --- Ecologically sustainable development --- Economic development, Sustainable --- Economic sustainability --- ESD (Ecologically sustainable development) --- Smart growth --- Sustainable development --- Sustainable economic development --- Economic development --- Regional development --- Regional planning --- State planning --- Human settlements --- Land use --- Planning --- City planning --- Landscape protection --- Government policy --- Cities and towns --- Civic planning --- Land use, Urban --- Model cities --- Redevelopment, Urban --- Slum clearance --- Town planning --- Urban design --- Urban development --- Urban planning --- Art, Municipal --- Civic improvement --- Urban policy --- Urban renewal --- Management

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Fascists presents a theory of fascism based on intensive analysis of the men and women who became fascists. It covers the six European countries in which fascism became most dominant - Italy, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Romania and Spain. It is a comprehensive analysis of who fascists actually were, what beliefs they held and what actions they committed. The book suggests that fascism was essentially a product of post World War I conditions in Europe and is unlikely to re-appear in its classic garb in the future. Nonetheless, elements of its ideology remain relevant to modern conditions and are now re-appearing, though mainly in different parts of the world.

Political philosophy. Social philosophy --- History of Europe --- anno 1900-1999 --- Paramilitary forces. --- Fascistes --- #SBIB:044.AANKOOP --- #SBIB:321H81 --- Westerse politieke en sociale theorieën vanaf de 19e eeuw : nationalisme, corporatisme, fascisme, nationaal socialisme, rechtsextremisme, populisme --- Fascism --- Nationalism --- Paramilitary forces --- Radicalism --- State, The --- Administration --- Commonwealth, The --- Sovereignty --- Political science --- Extremism, Political --- Ideological extremism --- Political extremism --- Forces, Paramilitary --- Paramilitaries --- Armed Forces --- Military art and science --- Consciousness, National --- Identity, National --- National consciousness --- National identity --- International relations --- Patriotism --- Autonomy and independence movements --- Internationalism --- Political messianism --- History --- Nationalism. --- State, The. --- History. --- Fascists --- Fascisme --- Radicalisme --- Nationalisme --- Forces paramilitaires --- Etat --- Histoire --- Militias (Paramilitary forces) --- Private militias --- Social Sciences --- Sociology

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This open access book applies for the first time emerging concepts of socioeconomics to analyse an economic sector, namely agriculture. It considers the rational choices of all actors in the system (just as agricultural economists do) and their cultural preferences and constraints (just as rural sociologists do). Socioeconomic concepts are subsequently used to structure agricultural issues with regard to the three governance mechanisms (hierarchy, markets, and cooperation), and different agricultural systems are presented and compared. The book will be of interest to social scientists with various backgrounds, and seeks to break down the barriers of single-disciplinary thinking.

Agriculture. --- Agricultural economics. --- Economic sociology. --- Economics. --- Agricultural Economics. --- Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology. --- Economic sociology --- Economics --- Socio-economics --- Socioeconomics --- Sociology of economics --- Sociology --- Agrarian question --- Agribusiness --- Agricultural economics --- Agricultural production economics --- Agriculture --- Production economics, Agricultural --- Land use, Rural --- Farming --- Husbandry --- Industrial arts --- Life sciences --- Food supply --- Social aspects --- Economic aspects --- Hierarchy --- Agri-food chain --- Cooperation --- Primary sector --- Agricultural systems --- Governance