Theory In The Pacific The Pacific In Theory
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Theory In The Pacific The Pacific In Theory
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Author : Tim Thomas
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-07-27
Theory In The Pacific The Pacific In Theory written by Tim Thomas and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-27 with Education categories.
Theory in the Pacific, the Pacific in Theory explores the role of theory in Pacific archaeology and its interplay with archaeological theory worldwide. The contributors assess how the practice of archaeology in Pacific contexts has led to particular types of theoretical enquiry and interest, and, more broadly, how the Pacific is conceptualised in the archaeological imagination. Long seen as a laboratory environment for the testing and refinement of social theory, the Pacific islands occupy a central place in global theoretical discourse. This volume highlights this role through an exploration of how Pacific models and exemplars have shaped, and continue to shape, approaches to the archaeological past. The authors evaluate key theoretical perspectives and explore current and future directions in Pacific archaeology. In doing so, attention is paid to the influence of Pacific people and environments in motivating and shaping theory-building. Theory in the Pacific, the Pacific in Theory makes a significant contribution to our understanding of how theory develops attuned to the affordances and needs of specific contexts, and how those contexts promote reformulation and development of theory elsewhere. It will be fascinating to scholars and archaeologists interested in the Pacific region, as well as students of wider archaeological theory.
International Relations Theory And The Asia Pacific
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Author : G. John Ikenberry
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2003
International Relations Theory And The Asia Pacific written by G. John Ikenberry and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with History categories.
Looking at approaches to understanding the interactions among three critical players, China, Japan and the United States, the authors of this text show that understanding the effects of cultural divides between Asian and American policymakers is crucial to building effective policies in the future.
International Relations Theory And The Asia Pacific
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Author : G. John Ikenberry
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
International Relations Theory And The Asia Pacific written by G. John Ikenberry and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with categories.
American Indians In The Pacific
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Author : Thor Heyerdahl
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003-01-01
American Indians In The Pacific written by Thor Heyerdahl and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-01-01 with categories.
Prospect Theory And Foreign Policy Analysis In The Asia Pacific
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Author : Kai He
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-01-17
Prospect Theory And Foreign Policy Analysis In The Asia Pacific written by Kai He and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-17 with Political Science categories.
Why does North Korea behave erratically in pursuing its nuclear weapons program? Why did the United States prefer bilateral alliances to multilateral ones in Asia after World War II? Why did China become "nice"—no more military coercion—in dealing with the pro-independence Taiwan President Chen Shuibian after 2000? Why did China compromise in the negotiation of the Chunxiao gas exploration in 2008 while Japan became provocative later in the Sino-Japanese disputes in the East China Sea? North Korea’s nuclear behavior, U.S. alliance strategy, China’s Taiwan policy, and Sino-Japanese territorial disputes are all important examples of seemingly irrational foreign policy decisions that have determined regional stability and Asian security. By examining major events in Asian security, this book investigates why and how leaders make risky and seemingly irrational decisions in international politics. The authors take the innovative step of integrating the neoclassical realist framework in political science and prospect theory in psychology. Their analysis suggests that political leaders are more likely to take risky actions when their vital interests and political legitimacy are seriously threatened. For each case, the authors first discuss the weaknesses of some of the prevailing arguments, mainly from rationalist and constructivist theorizing, and then offer an alternative explanation based on their political legitimacy-prospect theory model. This pioneering book tests and expands prospect theory to the study of Asian security and challenges traditional, expected-utility-based, rationalist theories of foreign policy behavior.
Theory Of Mind In The Pacific
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Author : Jürg Wassmann
language : en
Publisher: Universitatsverlag Winter
Release Date : 2013
Theory Of Mind In The Pacific written by Jürg Wassmann and has been published by Universitatsverlag Winter this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Belief and doubt categories.
The ascription of desires or beliefs to other people is a milestone of human sociality. It allows us to understand, explain, and predict human behaviour. During the last years, research on children's knowledge about the mental world, better known as theory of mind research, has become a central topic in developmental psychology and the role of cultural impact is subject of various theoretical yet hitherto few empirical accounts. This book is the result of intensive collaboration between anthropologists and psychologists in the field of cross-cultural research on social cognitive development. Five interdisciplinary research teams, coming from the University of Heidelberg, were investigating five Pacific Island societies. All together, they were interested in the question of how and when children in these different cultures come to assign mental states to others. This unique research project combines sound ethnography of different Pacific cultures with thoroughly conducted experimental work, done by developmental psychologists; it presents a shared, thoughtful analysis of the results and provides deeper insight into current debates on the ontogeny of theory of mind competencies.
Pacific Settlement A Discussion On The Western And Eastern Settlement Theories In The Pacific Ocean
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Author : Martin Rait
language : en
Publisher: FSpace Publications
Release Date : 2009
Pacific Settlement A Discussion On The Western And Eastern Settlement Theories In The Pacific Ocean written by Martin Rait and has been published by FSpace Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Social Science categories.
Pacific Settlement - A discussion on the Western and Eastern Settlement theories in the Pacific Ocean. Considers sea level change as a major factor in determining ease of settlement for the western and Polynesian area of the Pacific. Suit students looking for a research idea or school report.
International Relations Theory And The Asia Pacific
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Author : G. John. Ikenberry
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2003-05-21
International Relations Theory And The Asia Pacific written by G. John. Ikenberry and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-05-21 with Political Science categories.
What will the Asia-Pacific rim look like in the years ahead? What tools will international relations theorists need to understand the complex relationship among China, Japan, and the United States as the three powers shape the economic and political future of this crucial region? Some of the best and most innovative scholars in international relations and Asian area studies gather here with the working premise that stability in the broader Asia-Pacific region is in large part a function of the behavior of, and relationships among, these three major powers. Each author analyzes the foreign policy behavior of one or more of these states and/or relations among them in an effort to make claims about the prospects for regional stability. Some of the chapters focus on security relationships, some on economic relations, and some on the interaction of the two. The authors do not promote any particular theoretical perspective, but instead draw on the full diversity of theoretical approaches in contemporary international relations scholarship to illuminate international interactions among the Pacific powers. The creative collaboration of international relations and Asian studies specialists presents the opportunity to assess the applicability of Western categories of analysis to the beliefs and behaviors of Asian actors. The scholars in this volume share the conviction that a deeper understanding of the effects of cultural divides between Asian and American policymakers is essential if the Pacific rim's economic and regional security is to be safeguarded.
Peace And Security In The Asia Pacific
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Author : Sorpong Peou
language : en
Publisher: Praeger
Release Date : 2010-04-15
Peace And Security In The Asia Pacific written by Sorpong Peou and has been published by Praeger this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-04-15 with Political Science categories.
This book is about peace and security in the Asia-Pacific: it critically reviews various perspectives on peace and security in the region and seeks to determine whether any of them has now emerged as the winner in the struggle for hegemony. If none has, it may be wise for us to aim at building innovative theories based on the strengths of existing theories. As shall be discussed in this introduction, the study of peace and security is not only about the actual use or threat of force and the prevention of war, but also about the causes, consequences, and control of insecurity said to be rooted in various sources of threat to humans, their values, their agencies, and their environment, as well as about possible cures. Security as a concept is essentially contested and has become increasingly contestable. This conceptual challenge has the advantage of opening space for debate, but this book will make the case that, in the end, theoretical eclecticism offers the most promising perspective for the emerging policy agenda of building a regional security community during the 21st century.
Darwin S Laboratory
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Author : Roy M. MacLeod
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 1994-01-01
Darwin S Laboratory written by Roy M. MacLeod and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-01-01 with Nature categories.
No scientific traveler was more influenced by the Pacific than Charles Darwin, and his legacy in the region remains unparalleled. Yet the extent of the Pacific's impact on the thought of Darwin and those who followed him has not been sufficiently grasped. In this volume of essays, sixteen scholars explore the many dimensions - biological, geological, anthropological, social, and political - of Darwinism in the Pacific. Fired by Darwinian ideas, nineteenth-century naturalists within and around the Pacific rim worked to further Darwin's programs in their own research: in Seattle, conchologist P. Brooks Randolph; in Honolulu, evolutionist John Thomas Gulick; in Adelaide, botanist Richard Schomburgk; and in Malaysia, biogeographer Alfred Russel Wallace. Lesser-known enthusiasts furnished Darwin with fresh material and replied to his endless inquiries, while young aspiring biologists from Cambridge tested Darwinian ideas directly in the "laboratory" of the Pacific. But the implications of Darwinism for the understanding of human nature and history turned it into a public theory as well as a scientific one. Anthropologists, geographers, missionaries, politicians, and social commentators - from Australia to Japan - all found ways to adapt Darwinism to their own agendas. Darwin's Laboratory demonstrates the variety and richness of Darwinian ideas in the Pacific and, in so doing, shows how the region functioned as a testing ground for the theory of evolution. Further, it illustrates how Darwinian ideas and their European contexts helped invent and define the particular conception we have of the Pacific. Both the general reader and the specialist will find controversy, illumination, and entertainment in this, the first book to probe the extent of Darwinism and Darwinian thinking in the Pacific.