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This thesis is an examination of the development of régionalisation, marketisation and commercialisation in contemporary Chinese broadcasting, focusing in particular on the turn to tabloid content and tabloid programming formats and styles. It argues that tabloidisation is the m…

The inhabitants of the Roman Empire drew on a variety of methods to enforce laws, encourage public order, and promote state control. While the empire lacked any institution fully comparable to modern police forces, this dissertation examines several groups of men who were armed …

The Hoysaḷa family ruled in southern India, in the present-day state of Karnataka from the eleventh to the fourteenth centuries. Previous studies of this family and other contemporary royal households have primarily focused on establishing a chronology for the lineage and demons…

In post Cold War politics, as a powerful alternative to the authoritarian "status-quo" regimes of the Muslim World, Islamism has become among the most critical political issues as various Islamist movements increasingly challenge governments for more political reforms, democrati…