The fragmented politics of urban preservation : Beijing, Chicago, and Paris

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910452786403321
• Autore: Zhang Yue
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: [Place of publication not identified], : University of Minnesota Press, 2013
• ISBN: 0-8166-8818-4
• Collana: Globalization and community The fragmented politics of urban preservation
• Disciplina: 307.3/416
• Soggetti: Urban renewal - Political aspects - Beijing - China; Historic preservation - Political aspects - Beijing - China; Urban renewal - Political aspects - New York - New York (State); Historic preservation - Political aspects - New York - New York (State); Urban renewal - Political aspects - France - Paris; Historic preservation - Political aspects - Paris - France; Urban renewal - Political aspects; Historic preservation - Political aspects; Sociology & Social History; Social Sciences; Communities - Urban Groups
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

The thistle and the drone [[electronic resource] ] : how America's War on Terror became a global war on tribal Islam / / Akbar Ahmed

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910465491103321
• Autore: Ahmed Akbar S.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2013
• ISBN: 1-299-22359-1; 0-8157-2379-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (440 p.)
• Disciplina: 909.83/1
• Soggetti: Afghan War, 2001-2021; Islamic sociology; Tribes - Islamic countries; War on Terrorism, 2001-2009; Electronic books.; Islamic countries Politics and government; Islamic countries Relations United States; United States Relations Islamic countries
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. The thistle and the drone -- 2. Waziristan: "The most dangerous place in the world" -- 3. Bin Laden's dilemma: balancing tribal and Islamic identity -- 4. Musharraf's dilemma: balancing center and periphery -- 5. Obama's dilemma: balancing security and human rights -- 6. How to win the War on Terror: stopping a thousand genocides now -- Appendix: Of tears and nightmares -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Argues that the campaigns that fall under "The War on Terror" have exacerbated the already-broken relationship between central Islamic governments and the tribal societies within their borders.