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This is a major anthropological study of contemporary Tibetan Buddhist monasticism and tantric ritual in the Ladakh region of North-West India and of the role of tantric ritual in the formation and maintenance of traditional forms of state structure and political consciousness in Tibet.
Containing detailed descriptions and analyses of monastic ritual, the work builds up a picture of Tibetan tantric traditions as they interact with more localised understandings of bodily identity and territorial cosmology, to produce a substantial re-interpretation of the place of monks as ritual performer

Buddhist monasticism and religious orders. --- Authority --- Authority (Religion) --- Monasticism and religious orders, Buddhist --- Monasticism and religious orders, Lamaist --- Buddhism --- Buddhist monasteries --- Buddhist sanghas --- Religious aspects. --- Customs and practices.

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Citizenship --- European federation. --- Group identity --- Human geography --- Political culture --- Political geography.

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This book looks at the legacy of the 1998-99 Kosovo crisis for European security affairs. It examines the debates about the nature and justification of intervention in the affairs of sovereign states. It also considers the impact of the crisis on NATO and on relations between western states and Russia both during and since Kosovo. Well-known 'facts' are critically assessed and challenged. The authors argue, for example, that the NATO attacks on Serbia were not a 'war', nor did the crisis directly lead to moves to endow the European Union with its own military dimension. The authors also look at key issues and debates that have, so far, often been neglected. They consider the difficulties of entrenching 'western' norms and values in areas where ethnic conceptions of national identity are dominant. They also place the Kosovo crisis in the context of the long-term evolution of a transatlantic 'community of values' between Europe and North America.

Kosovo War, 1998-1999. --- National security --- Operation Allied Force, 1999. --- North Atlantic Treaty Organization --- Europe --- Kosovo (Serbia) --- Foreign relations --- Politics and government --- History --- Kosovo War, 1998-1999 --- Operation Allied Force, 1999 --- Allied Force, Operation, 1999 --- Kosovo Conflict, 1998-1999 --- Kosovo Crisis, 1998-1999 --- Campaigns --- North Atlantic treaty organisation --- NAVO --- OTAN --- NATO --- Kosovo (Republic) --- nato --- security --- kosovo --- balkans --- European Union --- Russia

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Lightning: Physics and Effects is the first book that covers essentially all aspects of lightning, including lightning physics, lightning protection and the interaction of lightning with a variety of objects and systems as well as with the environment. It is written in a style that will be accessible to the technical non-expert and is addressed to anyone interested in lightning and its effects. This will include physicists, engineers working in the power, communications, computer and aviation industries, meteorologists, atmospheric chemists, foresters, ecologists, physicians working in the area of electrical trauma and architects. This comprehensive reference volume contains over 300 illustrations, 70 tables containing quantitative information and a bibliography of more than 6000 references.

Lightning. --- Atmospheric electricity --- Lightning --- Foudre

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Conservation of natural resources --- Environmental policy --- Environmental protection --- Transboundary pollution. --- International cooperation.