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At the crossroads of major trade routes and characterised by intense human circulations, the area that encompasses northern Nigeria and southern Niger is a privileged space to study transnational religious dynamics. Islam is, indeed, an essential feature of this region assuming today new forms in terms of discourses, practices, and modes of dissemination. In order to capture their changing complexity and diversity, regional Islamic dynamics need to be observed from both sides of the Niger-Nigeria border, where religious patterns echo each other but also obey different socio-political injunctions. While studying the processes of religious renewal and mutation, it is necessary to pay attention to the varied forms these processes take, to their direct and indirect effects and to the channels of transmission used. An interdisciplinary team of seven researchers from Niger, Nigeria, France and the United Kingdom was set up to conduct this transnational study; all authors carried out ethnographic fieldwork in both countries while constantly exchanging, comparing and discussing their respective findings with each other. Thus, this book provides first-hand material collected in the field, that contributes to enrich the reflexion on contemporary transformation dynamics in the Islamic landscapes of Niger and Nigeria, but also reflects the relevance of a transnational and comparative approach of these phenomena. Finally, it showcases the collaborative work of African and European scholars from Francophone and Anglophone countries - a type of scientific partnership unprecedented in this field.

Religion --- History --- Islam --- Islamic movements --- radicalism --- NGO --- sermons --- Boko Haram

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The voluntary and non-profit sector is an important and emerging feature of Japanese society. It is a response both to the changing nature of this society and to political and social trends that have encouraged the Japanese government to see this sector as a potential provider of public services. It is also part of the emergence of 'civil society' in Japan. This book explores the roots of the societal challenges that voluntary and non-profit organisations face in Japan and evaluates their future impact on Japanese society. Containing contributions from leading researchers, internationally as w

J4214 --- Japan: Sociology and anthropology -- social policy and pathology -- charity organizations (NGO and NPO) --- Nonprofit organizations

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Vietnam's Lost Revolution employs newly-released archival material from Vietnam to examine the rise and fall of the Special Commissariat for Civic Action in the First Republic of Vietnam, and in so doing reassesses the origins of the Vietnam War. A cornerstone of Ngô Đình Diệm's presidency, Civic Action was intended to transform Vietnam into a thriving, modern, independent, noncommunist Southeast Asian nation. Geoffrey Stewart juxtaposes Diem's revolutionary plan with the conflicting and competing visions of Vietnam's postcolonial future held by other indigenous groups. He shows how the government failed to gain legitimacy within the peasantry, ceding the advantage to the communist-led opposition and paving the way for the American military intervention in the mid-1960s. This book provides a richer and more nuanced analysis of the origins of the Vietnam War in which internal struggles over national identity, self-determination, and even modernity itself are central.

Nation-building --- Postcolonialism --- Post-colonialism --- Postcolonial theory --- Political science --- Decolonization --- Stabilization and reconstruction (International relations) --- State-building --- Political development --- History --- Ngô, Đình Diệm, --- Ngo-dinʹ-Zʹem, --- Ngô Đình Diệm, --- Wu, Tʻing-yen, --- Political and social views. --- Vietnam (Republic) --- Politics and government. --- Ngô, Đình Diệm, --- Vietnam --- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 --- Causes.

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"Elbridge Durbrow served as the third United States ambassador to the Republic of Vietnam from 1957 to 1961. His relationships with Vietnamese president Ngô Đình Diệm and members of the Military Assistance Advisory Group in Saigon helped to shape his tenure in office, which ultimately concluded with his decision to end his support for the Vietnamese leader as well as turn away from the American military representatives who had earned Ngô Đình Diệm's trust. This triangular relationship between three competing entities was mired in clashes of ego and personality that often interfered with the American decision making process. Durbrow and his embassy staff, rather than work with the Vietnamese leadership, chose to focus on the negative and reported to Washington only those items that reinforced this perspective. They created an atmosphere of distrust and anxiety that neither the Americans nor Vietnamese could overcome in the 1960s and helped to create the conditions for greater United States involvement in Southeast Asia"--

Ngô, Đình Diệm, --- Durbrow, Elbridge, --- Vietnam (Republic) --- United States --- Foreign relations

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Le tsunami de 2004 et le cyclone Nargis de 2008 qui, à près de quatre ans d'intervalle, ont touché l'Asie du Sud-Est ont donné lieu à la mise en place de centaines de projets humanitaires et de développement. Ils ont apporté de profonds bouleversements dans la région en révélant une multitude d'enjeux, qu'ils soient politiques, économiques ou culturels. Néanmoins, sur le terrain et dans les rapports et propositions d'action ces projets visaient bien entendu à aider les victimes des catastrophes, rendues vulnérables par les éléments naturels. Là où tout était détruit, il fallait reconstruire mais, rapidement, nous nous sommes rendu compte qu'il ne s'agissait pas uniquement d'une reconstruction, mais plutôt d'une véritable construction : à l'urgence suit le développement, auquel des dizaines de milliers de personnes se sont retrouvées confrontées du jour au lendemain. La question se pose donc : un développement pour qui et pourquoi ? En observant la mise en place des actions dès le début, nous avons pu constater que les valeurs soutenues par les projets et la façon dont fonctionnait la réalité locale, complexe et efficace, n'étaient pas compatibles et que, dans certains cas, les conséquences de ces politiques de développement allaient devenir à leur tour catastrophiques, aboutissant à la création de citoyens de seconde zone n'ayant aucun autre choix que de se plier à la volonté de l'Etat et des ONG. Il s'agit ici d'observer les conséquences qu'a pu apporter une aide trop intéressée, mais aussi d'en comprendre les raisons. Pourquoi tant d'ONG ou d'organismes de développement, en voulant aider les victimes, les ont accolées à une précarité qui, si elle n'est pas toujours économique, touche néanmoins à la conscience et l'expression de leur identité ?

Asian Studies --- environnement --- développement --- catastrophe naturelle --- climat --- ONG --- Tsunami --- ingérence --- reconstruction --- Thaïlande --- Myanmar --- Birmanie --- cyclone --- Nargis --- aide --- Nature --- Climate --- Natural disaster --- Thailand --- development --- storm --- aid --- ngo