Tribes and Empire on the Margins of Nineteenth-Century Iran traces the history of the Bakhtiyari tribal confederacy of the Zagros Mountains through momentous times that saw the opening of their lands to the outside world. As the Qajar dynasty sought to integrate the peoples on i…
Northern Albania and Montenegro are the only regions in Europe to have retained a true tribal society up to the mid-twentieth century. This book provides the first scholarly investigation of this tribal society, a pioneer work that offers a detailed survey of all the major Alban…
Who are the Jews-- a race, a people, a religious group? Osterer offers readers an entirely fresh perspective on the Jewish people and their history, with a cutting-edge portrait of population genetics, a field which may soon take its place as a pillar of group identity alongside…
Seit der Aufklärung steht die Frage im Raum, wie es möglich ist, die »Einheit des Menschengeschlechts« als Vielheit zu denken. Wie kann das Versprechen allgemeiner Gleichheit mit einem Anspruch auf Verschiedenheit verbunden werden? Dieses Leitthema der europäischen Moderne greif…
Seit der Aufklärung steht die Frage im Raum, wie es möglich ist, die "Einheit des Menschengeschlechts" als Vielheit zu denken. Wie kann das Versprechen allgemeiner Gleichheit mit einem Anspruch auf Verschiedenheit verbunden werden? Dieses Leitthema der europäischen Moderne greif…
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Syrian tribes: why is it important to know about them? -- Introduction -- The importance of the book and the questions that it seeks to answer -- Geogra…
State and Tribes in Syria: Informal Alliances and Conflict Patterns explores the policies of the successive Syrian governments towards the Arab tribes and their reactions to these policies. The book examines the consequences of the relationship between state and tribe since the …
"This volume explores the complexities of governance, law, and politics in India's Scheduled Areas. The Scheduled Areas (SAs) are those parts of the country which have been identified by the Fifth and Sixth Schedule of the Constitution of India and are inhabited predominantly by…
With reference to India; seminar papers.
