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1. Rethinking State Theory

   By Mark J Smith, Mark J. Smith

   Series: Routledge Innovations in Political Theory

   In the last two decades, objects of analysis such as 'the state' have increasingly been seen as uncertain and contested theoretical concepts. Mark J. Smith presents a counter argument that highlights how existing theoretical approaches can provide useful tools for understanding contemporary...

   To Be Published September 26th 2013 by Routledge
2. Gender and Power in Indonesian Islam

   Leaders, feminists, Sufis and pesantren selves

   Edited by Bianca J. Smith, Mark Woodward

   Series: ASAA Women in Asia Series

   The traditional Islamic boarding schools known as pesantren are crucial centres of Muslim learning and culture within Indonesia, but their cultural significance has been underexplored. This book is the first to explore understandings of gender and Islam in pesantren and Sufi orders in Indonesia. By...

   To Be Published August 20th 2013 by Routledge
3. Training Nonhuman Primates Using Positive Reinforcement Techniques

   A Special Issue of the journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

   Edited by Mark J. Prescott, Hannah M. Buchanan-Smith

   This special issue illustrates benefits to animals from positive reinforcement training (PRT) and--depending on the setting--to scientists, animal care staff, veterinarians, and in the case of the zoo, the visiting public. One important theme throughout is that training is a joint venture between...

   Published October 31st 2003 by Psychology Press
4. Thinking Through the Environment

   A Reader

   Edited by Mark J. Smith

   This reader brings together material from ecological thought, environmental policy, environmental philosophy, social and political thought, historical sociology and cultural studies. The extracts tell the story of the way the natural environment has been understood in the modern world and how this...

   Published April 21st 1999 by Routledge