Trousson, Raymond / Vercruysse, Jeroom (dir.), Dictionnaire general de Voltaire. (Champion classiques, references et dictionnaires 18) 1272 p. 2020:10 (Champion, FR) <670-9>
ISBN 978-2-38096-016-7 paper ¥7,064.- (税込) EUR 38.00

Herz, Monica / Rodrigues, Thiago (eds.), Militarized Lives in the Global South. Volume I: Perspectives from Latin America. (Critical Security Studies in the Global South) 162 pp. 2025:2 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <739-467>
ISBN 978-3-031-56109-2 hard ¥30,169.- (税込) EUR 129.99

In this book we propose to tackle militarization trends in Latin America which include the presence of the military organizations in some vital national economic activities, the ethics and aesthetics of the 'military' in popular forms of entertainment, the active engagement of military personnel in criminal activities, the Armed Forces intervention in electoral processes, the Armed Forces engagement in the cybersphere and cyberwarfare, their participation in civil defense operations, their emulation by militias, gangs and other armed non-state actors. We shall consider militarization on multiple scales from the individual body and subjectification processes to international politics from the everyday experiences and practices to the development of national strategies in Latin America and we shall avoid the dichotomy between a militarized moment and space and a demilitarized moment and space.

南南移民における新方向
Crush, Jonathan / Chikanda, Abel / Ramachandran, S. (eds.), New Directions in South-South Migration. (International Perspectives on Migration) 541 pp. 2025:1 (Springer, GW) <739-480>
ISBN 978-981-9797-14-1 hard ¥11,601.- (税込) EUR 49.99

This open access book offers a comprehensive understanding of South-South migration. It explores crucial migration themes such as migrant integration in urban areas, migration and rural transformation, urban migration policy environment, migration corridors, and migrant precarity and survival, especially food security. It features contributions from eminent scholars in the Global South, namely, Africa, Asia, Latin America & Caribbean and the Middle East. Chapters in the book present theoretical perspectives and practical case studies building on the results of detailed surveys, in-depth interviews, field observations and other materials. The book highlights new findings and research outputs from recent and ongoing collaborative projects between multiple researchers from the Global South and North. The book is intended for researchers, graduate students and teachers of geography, social policy, refugees and migration studies, history, international development and urban studies. This is an open access book.

Firoz C., Mohammed / Dahiya, Bharat et al. (eds.), Urban Planning and Design for Megacities in the Global South: Smart and Sustainable Development. (Advances in 21st Century Human Settlements) 641 pp. 2025:2 (Springer, GW) <739-481>
ISBN 978-981-9783-69-4 hard ¥34,811.- (税込) EUR 149.99

This anthology, Urban Planning and Design for Megacities in the Global South: Smart and Sustainable Development, sheds light on the intricate dynamics of megacity growth in the Global South. It has compiled a rich and diverse array of evidence-based case studies, fostering discussions on emerging issues, strategies, and solutions for the enhanced planning and development of megacities in the Global South. By delving into the underlying factors propelling this rapid urban expansion, such as economic opportunities, rural-to-urban migration, and natural population growth, this volume analyzes the complex interplay of socio-economic, environmental, and political forces shaping city-regional landscapes. Examining the growth of megacities offers invaluable insights into the challenges and opportunities associated with urbanization in the 21st century. Furthermore, some cities that have not yet achieved megacity status have also been included in this book to provide a comprehensive understanding of urban growth dynamics and the related factors influencing this growth. By studying these rapidly expanding cities, their challenges in urban planning and policy implementation can be identified. These challenges often include inadequate infrastructure, insufficient public services, environmental degradation, and socio-economic disparities. In response, using case studies, the book presents conceptual and empirical strategies to tackle the various problems faced by megacities of the Global South.

Gevurtz Arai, Andrea (ed.), Spaces of Creative Resistance: Social Change Projects in 21st Century East Asia. 184 pp. 2025:6 (Rutgers U. Pr., US) <739-482>
ISBN 978-1-9788-4250-2 hard ¥26,532.- (税込) US$ 120.00
ISBN 978-1-9788-4249-6 paper ¥7,284.- (税込) US$ 32.95

Spaces of Creative Resistance: Social Change Projects in 21st Century East Asia brings together an exciting cross-regional inter-disciplinary group of scholars, scholar activists, artists and others for a collection which addresses the last two decade's hollowing out of social connections, socio-economic income gaps, and general precarity of life in East Asia societies. Written by authors from China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, each chapter is focused on those making a difference together in socially sustainable ways, particularly in the areas of gender, labor, and environments -- both built and natural. These projects all constitute acts of creative resistance to neoliberal development, and each act of creative resistance demonstrates how individuals and communities across East Asia are making new worlds and lifeways in the small and everyday. Taking on larger political and economic forces that affect their lives and communities, each project and group of individuals featured here is focused on making more liveable presents and more possible futures.

J.オースタハメル他著　脱植民地化　第2版
Jansen, Jan C. / Osterhammel, Juergen, Dekolonisation: Das Ende der Imperien. 2., vollstaendig ueber. u. aktual. Aufl. (Beck'sche Reihe: Wissen 2960) 144 S. 2025:1 (Beck, GW) <739-484>
ISBN 978-3-406-82693-1 paper ¥2,785.- (税込) EUR 12.00

Molapo, Sepetla (ed.), Collective Action in Post-colonial Societies: Beyond the Binary of Sovereignty and Solidarity. 161 pp. 2025:2 (Springer, GW) <739-486>
ISBN 978-3-031-77546-8 hard ¥30,169.- (税込) EUR 129.99

This book offers an exploration of collective action by bringing together the themes of sovereignty and solidarity in post-colonial societies in Africa and beyond. It does so against a common tradition of writing about collective action that assumes an opposition between the state as a legal framework of unity and social movements that express the aspirations of marginalized people. The book's examination of collective action resists this binary division. It states that sovereignty can be imagined beyond the confines of the law and consequently beyond the centrality of the state. Power therefore appears as a construct of forces and factors that signal or gesture to a complex but fascinating way of imagining collective action. These forces and factors open our eyes to the dynamics of life in post-colonial societies in ways that the understanding of sovereignty centred on law conceals. Brought into an intimacy with solidarity, sovereignty opens collective action to nuanced, complex and multiple configurations that surpass binary thinking. This is an innovative approach and of interest to students and scholars from across the social sciences.

Lewis, Mark Edward, Self and Body in Early East Asian Thought. (Elements in Ancient East Asia) 75 pp. 2025:1 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <739-17>
ISBN 978-1-009-48689-7 hard ¥14,186.- (税込) GB￡ 49.99
ISBN 978-1-108-97219-2 paper ¥4,824.- (税込) GB￡ 17.00

This Element examines evolving methods of cultivating the embodied self, including healing diseases and creating a superior person, in late Warring States and early imperial East Asia. It analyses many topics, including the textualization of bodily regimens and therapies, their systematization, their dissemination among different (and sometimes rival) social groups, and the diversity of traditions - religious, pharmacological, nourishing of life - that contested and combined to form a hegemonic medical practice. These topics in turn feature several issues: models of the body, regimens of cultivating and extending vitality, models of disease, and therapies for these ailments. All these ideas will be refined and extended through comparison with early Western medical traditions.