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Regional Cooperation and Its Enemies in Northeast Asia The Impact of Domestic Forces


Free Download Edward Friedman, Sung Chull Kim, "Regional Cooperation and Its Enemies in Northeast Asia: The Impact of Domestic Forces"
English | 2006 | ISBN: 041539922X | EPUB | pages: 240 | 0.5 mb
Examining the prospects for building a regional community in Northeast Asia, this book considers the foreign policies of the individual states as well as the impact of domestic politics on the regionalist agenda. It outlines the emerging Northeast Asian community and the domestic requisites for its evolution and realization, and puts it in context by comparing the emerging community with Southeast Asia.

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Rethinking Historical Injustice and Reconciliation in Northeast Asia The Korean Experience


Free Download Gi-Wook Shin, Soon-Won Park, Daqing Yang, "Rethinking Historical Injustice and Reconciliation in Northeast Asia: The Korean Experience"
English | 2006 | pages: 283 | ISBN: 0415770939, 0415474515 | PDF | 1,4 mb
Despite witnessing phenomenal economic growth and the spread of democratization in recent decades, as well as impressive intra-regional exchanges and interactions in the economic and cultural spheres, the Northeast Asian region still experience wounds from past wrongs that were committed in times of colonialism, war and dictatorship. Overcoming these historical animosities has become one of the most pressing issues of the future for the region. Of all the countries in the Northeast Asia region coping with this historical injustice, the Republic of Korea stands out as both a victim and an aggressor. Being a nation that has addressed issues of both internal and external injustice, Korea becomes the focus of this volume.

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Identity in Northeast Indian Literature


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English | ISBN: 1032763698 | 2024 | 160 pages | PDF | 2 MB
This book provides an in-depth analysis and critical examination of the representation of ethnic, sexual, cultural, and individual identities in selected literary works by contemporary writers from Northeast India.

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Northeast Home Landscaping, Fourth Edition 54 Landscape Designs with 200+ Plants & Flowers for Your Region


Free Download Northeast Home Landscaping, Fourth Edition: 54 Landscape Designs with 200+ Plants & Flowers for Your Region by Ruth Rogers Clausen, Editors of Creative Homeowner
English | July 18, 2023 | ISBN: 158011587X | 224 pages | MOBI | 125 Mb
Discover inspiring ideas to make your Northeast home landscape more attractive and functional! This complete guide is an updated, expanded edition of Creative Homeowner’s award-winning book in the regional home landscaping series that shows you how to enhance your northeast landscape. Inside, homeowners will find an inspiring collection of designs to beautify 27 common landscape situations-each with a variation for a total of 54 designs-including front and back entries, walkways, borders, slopes, and patios. The featured designs are created by landscape professionals from the region and incorporate more than 200 region-specific plants that thrive in the northeast US and southeast Canada. Included are detailed instructions to install the paths, fences, walls, arbors, and trellises that make up the designs, concise information for gardening techniques, and easy-to-follow plans. 400 full-color photos and paintings are complemented by easy, step-by-step instructions showing how to tackle each project, while the plant descriptions found in the plant profiles section explain cultivation and care, taking the uncertainty out of gardening. The updated fourth edition of this complete guide includes an emphasis on the importance of native plants, deer- and drought-resistant species, identifications of invasive and banned plants, new information on the impact of climate change on the northeast region, and more. U.S. states covered include CT, MA, ME, NH, NY, RI, and VT. Southeast Canada provinces covered include New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, and Quebec. With the help of this comprehensive how-to book, your landscape will be in full bloom! "…like having a team of professional garden designers on hand."

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Democratic Governance in Northeast Asia A Human-Centered Approach to Evaluating Democracy (2024)


Free Download Brendan Howe, "Democratic Governance in Northeast Asia: A Human-Centered Approach to Evaluating Democracy (Security, Development and Human Rights in East Asia)"
English | 2015 | pages: 167 | ISBN: 1349558168, 1137550449 | PDF | 2,5 mb
Comprising case studies of Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan, this edited volume explores the key characteristics of democratic governance in Northeast Asia. Each democracy is assessed on the extent to which it enables the flourishing of social capital; prioritizes the interests of all as characterized by freedom from fear and want; and empowers all to participate in the democratic process and governance. With particular focus on the experience of minorities, this volume contends that the acid test of democratic governance is not how well the government represents the interests of the elites, or even the majority, but rather how it cares for the needs of vulnerable groups in society.

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Machiavelli in Northeast Asia


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English | ISBN: 1032256915 | 2022 | 192 pages | PDF | 901 KB
Analyzing the multifaceted receptions of Machiavelli from early modernity to the present history of Northeast Asia, this book explores a better East-West dialogue through which Machiavelli’s political philosophy can be appropriated properly in Northeast Asian practices.

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Northeast Home Landscaping 54 Landscape Designs with 200+ Plants & Flowers for Your Region, 4th Edition


Free Download Northeast Home Landscaping, 4th Edition
by Clausen, Ruth Rogers;Editors of Creative Homeowner;

English | 2023 | ISBN: 158011587X | 224 pages | True EPUB | 155.48 MB
Discover inspiring ideas to make your Northeast home landscape more attractive and functional! This complete guide is an updated, expanded edition of Creative Homeowner’s award-winning book in the regional home landscaping series that shows you how to enhance your northeast landscape. Inside, homeowners will find an inspiring collection of designs to beautify 27 common landscape situations-each with a variation for a total of 54 designs-including front and back entries, walkways, borders, slopes, and patios. The featured designs are created by landscape professionals from the region and incorporate more than 200 region-specific plants that thrive in the northeast US and southeast Canada. Included are detailed instructions to install the paths, fences, walls, arbors, and trellises that make up the designs, concise information for gardening techniques, and easy-to-follow plans. 400 full-color photos and paintings are complemented by easy, step-by-step instructions showing how to tackle each project, while the plant descriptions found in the plant profiles section explain cultivation and care, taking the uncertainty out of gardening. The updated fourth edition of this complete guide includes an emphasis on the importance of native plants, deer- and drought-resistant species, identifications of invasive and banned plants, new information on the impact of climate change on the northeast region, and more. U.S. states covered include CT, MA, ME, NH, NY, RI, and VT. Southeast Canada provinces covered include New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, and Quebec. With the help of this comprehensive how-to book, your landscape will be in full bloom! "…like having a team of professional garden designers on hand."

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