Politics and government Books
Springer Verlag, Singapore The Affective Intensities of Masculinity in
Book SynopsisThis book tells a story of masculinity through the experiences of one boy, ‘Adam’. From four different studies and time periods, it tracks moments of significance in his life over a period of 20 years. These moments highlight the ways in which Adam is both drawn towards and away from a hegemonic masculinity of physical toughness, domination, competition and an opposition to ‘the feminine’. The book is set against the backdrop of a long history of contentious gender politics in Australia and globally but particularly responds to the renewed attention to the social construction of masculinities in the current #MeToo climate. Against this backdrop, nuanced and longitudinal accounts of boys’ and men’s experiences of masculinity are significant because they can offer insight into the complex bodily, social, economic, and historical forces that configure masculinities. Such understandings are important in our endeavours as those who educate, support and work with boys and men to transform gender inequalities. Table of ContentsChapter 1. From little boys, big boys grow.- Chapter 2. Masculinities and physical power.- Chapter 3. Masculinities and peer culture.- Chapter 4. Masculinities and the othering of females and ‘the feminine’.- Chapter 5. The affective intensities of masculinity in shaping gendered experience
£39.99
Springer Verlag, Singapore Managing Great Power Politics: ASEAN,
Book SynopsisThis Open Access book explains ASEAN’s strategic role in managing great power politics in East Asia. Constructing a theory of institutional strategy, this book argues that the regional security institutions in Southeast Asia, ASEAN and ASEAN-led institutions have devised their own institutional strategies vis-à-vis the South China Sea and navigated the great-power politics since the 1990s. ASEAN proliferated new security institutions in the 1990s and 2000s that assumed a different functionality, a different geopolitical scope, and thus a different institutional strategy. In so doing, ASEAN formed a “strategic institutional web” that nurtured a quasi-division of labor among the institutions to maintain relative stability in the South China Sea. Unlike the conventional analysis on ASEAN, this study disaggregates “ASEAN” as a collective regional actor into specific individual institutions—ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, ASEAN Summit, ASEAN-China dialogues, ASEAN Regional Forum, East Asia Summit, and ASEAN Defense Ministers Meeting and ASEAN Defense Ministers Meeting-Plus—and explains how each of these institutions has devised and/or shifted its institutional strategy to curb great powers’ ambition in dominating the South China Sea while navigating great power competition. The book sheds light on the strategic potential and limitations of ASEAN and ASEAN-led security institutions, offers implications for the future role of ASEAN in the Indo-Pacific region, and provides an alternative understanding of the strategic utilities of regional security institutions. Trade Review“Managing Great Power Politics: ASEAN, Institutional Strategy, and the South China Sea is a useful reminder that one can find power in weakness, as well as strategy. … Koga’s book is a careful, empirically rich, nuanced overview of ASEAN’s long-standing, thankless efforts to preserve relative stability in the South China Sea.” (Stéphanie Martel, Pacific Affairs, Vol. 96 (3), September, 2023)Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction—ASEAN’s Strategic Utility Redefined.- Chapter 2: The Concept of Institutional Strategy and Change.- Chapter 3: Four Phases of South China Sea Disputes 1990–2020.- Chapter 4: Institutional Strategies of ASEAN/ASEAN-led Institutions.- Chapter 5: Conclusion—Future Implications of ASEAN’s Institutional Strategies.
£33.24
Springer Verlag, Singapore Die japanischen Premierminister und ihre
Book SynopsisDieses Buch konzentriert sich auf das Leben und die Friedensphilosophie der japanischen Premierminister von 1945 bis heute und versucht, eine einheitliche politische Philosophie herauszuarbeiten, nämlich die "Friedensphilosophie", die Japans Außen- und Verteidigungspolitik durchweg beeinflusst hat. Dieses Buch erforscht die Metaerzählung der internationalen Beziehungen und der Politik und liefert eine neue Metaanalyse der Faktoren, die der japanischen Politik zugrunde liegen, und bietet einen zeitgemäßen Einblick in einen der mächtigsten und zugleich rätselhaftesten Akteure Asiens in einer Zeit des Wandels. Dieses Buch wird für Wissenschaftler im Bereich der internationalen Beziehungen, für diejenigen, die Asien im Wandel beobachten, und für Journalisten von Interesse sein.Table of Contents1. Einleitung: Eine Studie über die Premierminister im Nachkriegsjapan.- 2. Kantaro Suzuki: Der Premier, der den Krieg beendete.- 3. Naruhiko Higashikuni: Der kaiserliche Führer, der die Streitkräfte auflöste.- 4. Kijuro Shidehara: Ein Internationalist, der sich die Friedensklausel zu eigen machte - 5. Shigeru Yoshida (I): Der Antikriegspazifist als Diplomat und Führer - 6. Tetsu Katayama: Der christliche Pazifist und erste sozialistische Premierminister - 7. Hitoshi Ashida: Der Diplomat, Journalist und Verfechter des internationalen Friedens - 8. Shigeru Yoshida (II): Der Friedensvertrag, die Allianz und die Selbstverteidigungskräfte.- 9. Ichiro Hatoyama: Der erste LDP-Premier, der die Beziehungen zu Moskau normalisierte.- 10. Tanzan Ishibashi: Der Antikriegsjournalist, Staatsmann und Friedensphilosoph - 11. Nobusuke Kishi: Der nationalistische Premier, der den Sicherheitsvertrag revidierte - 12. Hayato Ikeda: Der Plan zur Einkommensverdopplung und die Initiative "Frieden durch Wohlstand" - 13. Eisaku Sato: Nichtnukleare Politik, atomfreies Okinawa und der Friedenspreis - 14. Kakuei Tanaka: Die Umgestaltung Japans und die Normalisierung der Beziehungen zu China - 15. Takeo Miki: Der Antikriegspazifist und Verfechter einer sauberen Politik.- 16. Takeo Fukuda: Die Fukuda-Doktrin und die in alle Richtungen gehende Friedensdiplomatie - 17. Masayoshi Ohira: Der Architekt des Konzepts für die Zusammenarbeit im pazifischen Raum - 18. Zenko Suzuki: Der besonnene Premier auf der Suche nach einer Politik der Harmonie - 19. Yasuhiro Nakasone: Der nationalistische Führer auf der Suche nach Autonomie und echter Allianz.- 20. Noboru Takeshita: Der Verfechter der internationalen Zusammenarbeit für den Weltfrieden.- 21. Sosuke Uno: Skandale und Gipfeldiplomatie.- 22. Toshiki Kaifu: Die Golfkrise, das UN-Gesetz zur Friedenskooperation und der Golfkrieg - 23. Kiichi Miyazawa: UNPKO und die Entsendung von Selbstverteidigungskräften - 24. Morihiro Hosokawa: Die erste nicht-LDP/nicht-kommunistische Koalitionsregierung.- 25. Tsutomu Hata: Der dienstälteste Premierminister der Nachkriegsverfassung.- 26. Tomiichi Murayama: Offizielle Entschuldigung für Japans Kolonialherrschaft und Aggression.- 27. Ryutaro Hashimoto: Die Gemeinsame Erklärung von Japan und den USA und die Verteidigungsrichtlinien - 28. Keizo Obuchi: Der Visionär und Initiator von Japans Diplomatie der menschlichen Sicherheit - 29. Yoshiro Mori: Der Kyushu-Okinawa-Gipfel und die Resolution zum Olympischen Frieden - 30. Junichiro Koizumi: Von der Kantei-Diplomatie zur Anti-Atom-Diplomatie.- 31. Shinzo Abe (I): Auf dem Weg zu einem schönen Land" und die Verfassungsrevision.- 32. Yasuo Fukuda: Das Ringen um einen internationalen Beitrag in der verdrehten Diät.- 33. Taro Aso: Werteorientierte Diplomatie und der Bogen von Freiheit und Wohlstand.- 34. Yukio Hatoyama: Erster DPJ-Premier und die Vision für die ostasiatische Gemeinschaft.- 35. Naoto Kan: Das große Erdbeben in Ostjapan und die Nuklearkatastrophe.- 36. Yoshihiko Noda: Entscheidung über Atomenergie und SDF-Einsatz im Südsudan.- 37. Shinzo Abe (II): Abenomics und proaktiver Beitrag zum Frieden.- 38. Yoshihide Suga: Auf dem Weg zu einer kohlenstoffneutralen Gesellschaft während der Pandemie.- 39. Schlussfolgerung: Japanische Premierminister im Wandel des internationalen Systems.
£49.49
Springer Verlag, Singapore Contemporary Strategic Chinese American Business
Book SynopsisThis book is an effort to provide a “primary source”, a guide for Chinese/American cross-cultural negotiations, which has been constructed and amassed by professionals living and working in China. Research included personal interviews, surveys, case studies, face-to-face negotiations, and consulting, melded with a broad body of international business. This book that has two focuses, China market entry and negotiations, Both China and the United States are vast, complex markets, with different histories and cultures. China market entry requires extensive research and understanding, of the inextricably linked elements of (a) how business is managed in China, (b) understanding the China market, and (c) negotiating all elements of your China market entry and ongoing business. To be successful in China, your firm will face these elements in terms of explicable and solvable activities. Research into data, theory, and perceptual cultural differences between your firm and your Chinese counterparts adds magnitude to your China overall business strategy, and mandatory and essential negotiations.Table of ContentsChapter 1. China Strategic Analysis. - Chapter 2. China and Negotiations. - Chapter 3. China Market Environment. - Chapter 4. China Market Entry. - Chapter 5. China Cultural Environment. - Chapter 6. China and Guanxi. - Chapter 7. China Ethics. - Chapter 8. China Contract Drafting and Dispute Resolution. - Chapter 9. China Circular Economy towards Environmental, Social, and Governance? - Chapter 10. China Strategic Social Media Marketing. - Chapter 11. China Outlook 2021-2025. - Chapter 12. China and Technology. - Chapter 13. Challenges of Chinese Factories, Negotiations, and Middlemen. - Chapter 14. Fintech Market Development in China. - Chapter 15. China Belt & Road Initiative. - Chapter 16. How We Got Here - China 2022. - Chapter 17. China Post Covid 19
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Springer Verlag, Singapore A New World is Possible: The Modernization of
Book SynopsisThis book gives a panoramic review of China's 70 years of modernization, reveals the historical process and logic of the formation of the modernization path with Chinese characteristics, especially focuses on the key decision-making process in the history of China's modernization, theoretically compares the Chinese model and the western mainstream model and summarizes the characteristics and experience of China's development model. At the same time, it reveals the causes of the global crisis from a historical perspective and puts forward the future of China based on historical experience. The book tries to answer the following hot-debating questions: What is the core of Chinese experience? Is China model a new model of modernization? Is China's model sustainable? Is this model compatible with the mainstream model? What is the relationship between China's revolution and modernization? How will China's development affect the world? This book will be found helpful by all scholars, students and the public who are interested in China's development path.Table of ContentsChapter1. China’s Early Choice of Modernization Path.- Chapter2. Seeking a Chinese Path (1956–1976).- Chapter3. Legacy of the Mao Era and China’s Modernization.- Chapter4. Dialectics of the Market Economy.- Chapter5. Chinese Democracy.- Chapter6. Chinese New Model of Modernization. Chapter7. Understanding Marxism in China.- Chapter8. A Macro-historical View of the Global Crisis.- Chapter9. China’s New Era (2012- ) and Xi Thoughts.
£98.99
Springer Verlag, Singapore Political Reform Reconsidered: The Trajectory of
Book SynopsisThis Open Access book provides a comprehensive analysis of political reforms in Japan since the 1990s, emphasizing the role of ideas in shaping their goals and outcomes. For more than fifteen years following the collapse of Japan’s economic bubble, politicians, business people and academics tackled a range of institutional reforms. The sweeping changes they enacted—covering almost all facets of the public sphere, including elections, public administration, courts and the central bank—fundamentally altered Japanese political processes and policies. Taken together, they arguably represent the final touches of Japan’s political modernization, which had been unfolding since the mid-19th century. Throughout the reform process, advocates were inspired by a combination of liberal and modernist ideas. This book examines those guiding concepts and illustrates the often messy process of applying them to real-world institutions. While most reforms began from common goals, they ultimately produced different—and frequently unexpected—institutional outcomes, which continue to shape Japanese politics. By focusing on the relationship between the ideas and processes that shaped Japan’s reforms, this book presents a broad vision of institutional change in comparative politics. Table of ContentsChapter 1. Perspectives on Political Reform.- Chapter 2. An Overview of Political Reform.- Chapter 3. Electoral Reform.- Chapter 4. Administrative Reform.- Chapter 5. Reform of the Bank of Japan and Ministry of Finance.- Chapter 6. Reform of the Judicial System.- Chapter 7. Decentralization Reforms.- Chapter 8. Is Reform Finished?.
£42.74
Springer Verlag, Singapore Democratic Recession, Autocratization, and Democratic Backlash in Southeast Asia
Book SynopsisThis book presents a new organizing framework for studying democratic recession and autocratization in Southeast Asia. By introducing a new concept, “democratic backlash,” the book details how democratic recession inevitably provokes resistance that often forms the nucleus of new democratic movements, and in doing so, argues that it is important to identify these reverse trends that may eventually become dominant.The book contributes to current literature which thus far has sought to understand the causes and consequences of the decline in democracy around the world. Previous literature has focused primarily on advanced democracies, or alternatively, on large scale quantitative comparison. As such, this book helps fill a research gap with its focus on Southeast Asia, employing a comparative case study approach.Chapter authors are experts on Southeast Asia, a region that has experienced democratic recession and autocratization in a variety of ways, from rising populism to military coups.Table of ContentsIntroductionDemocratic Decline and Rising Autocratization in Southeast Asia: A Framework for AnalysisPart One: Democratic Recession in Southeast AsiaThe Sharp Edge of Power: China’s Power and Democratic Erosion in the PhilippinesChallenging the Surveillance State: The Anti-Terrorism Act and the Decline of Philippine DemocracyAnies Baswedan and Sub-State Populism in Jakarta IndonesiaIn Limbo: Islamist Populism and Democratic Stagnation in MalaysiaPart Two: Autocratization and Authoritarian TechniquesThe ‘Backdoor’ Government and Executive Aggrandisement: Democratic Backsliding in MalaysiaThailand’s Authoritarian Innovation and Its Resistance: The Case of Propaganda in ‘ROTC Cyber’ ActivityPart Three: Reinforcing Norms and Democratic StructuresRural Grassroots Governance-Building in MyanmarDemocratization of rural Indonesia through village head election: A glimpse of hope from IndramayuNot So Great Transformation: Democratization and Social Conflict in Timor-LestePart Four: Democratic BacklashRegimes, Repression, Repertoires: Student Protest Movements and the Repertoires of Contention in the Philippines and IndonesiaA Time for Change: From a Hybrid Authoritarian Regime to the Creation of a New Federal Myanmar ArmySocial Media and Democratic Recession in Southeast Asia
£104.49
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies Islam in Southeast Asia: Political, Social and
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction: Understanding Political Islam Post-September 11; K.S. Nathan; Mohammad Hashim Kamali; Part I: Islamic Doctrine, History, Growth and Institutions in Southeast Asia; 1. Islamic Thought: Theory Concepts and Doctrines in the Context to Southeast Asian Islam; Azyumardi Azra; 2. The The History of Islam in Southeast Asia: Some Questions and Debates; Johan H. Meuleman; 3. The Advent and Growth of Islam in the Philippines; Carmen A. Abu Bakar; 4. Islamic Economic Institutions in Indonesia: A Religio-Political Perspective; Bahtiar Effendy; 5. The Development and Impact of Islamic Institutions: The Malaysian Experience; Mohamed Aslam Haneed; Part II:Politics, Governance, Civil Society and Gender Issues in Southeast Asian Islam; 6. Islam Embedded: ""Moderate"" Political Islam and Governance in the Malay World; Shamsul A.B. 7. Law-Making in the Name of Islam: Implications for Democratic Governance; Zainah Anwar; 8. Is It Always Islam versus Civil Society? Patricia A. Martinez; 9. Islamization, Civil Society and Religious Minorities in Malaysia; Peter G. Riddell; 10. Islam and Gender: Reading Equality and Patriarchy; Lily Zakiyah Munir; Part III: Modernization, Globalization and the ""Islamic State"" Debate in Southeast Asia; 11. Islam and Modernization; Syed Farid Alatas; 12. Modernization and the Process of Globalization: The Muslim Experience and Responses; Abdul Rashid Moten; 13, The Malaysian Constitution, the Islamic State, and Hudud Laws; Shad Saleem Faruqi; 14. The Islamic State: Origins, Definition, and Salient Attributes; Nohammad Hashim Kamali; Part IV: Impact of September 11 on Islamic Thought and Practice; 15. September 11 and Islamic Militancy in Post-New Order Indonesia; Noorhaidi Hasan; 16. The Impact of September 11 on Islam in Southeast Asia; Bernard Adeney-Risakotta; Conclusion: Addressing the Challenge of Political Islam in Southeast Asia; K.S. Nathan and Mohammad Hashim Kamali
£42.46
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies Realpolitik Ideology: Indonesia's Use of Military
Book Synopsis"Realpolitik Ideology" represents path-breaking research on the Indonesian military (TNI) going beyond traditional scholarship on the TNI's dual function or dwifungsi which has been one of the dominating fields of analysis in Indonesian studies since the 1970s. Addressed to political scientists, sociologists, historians, anthropologists and defence practitioners, this book interprets security policy in terms of its social roots asserting that the realpolitik behaviour of the TNI has strong "socio-cultural" undertones, which in turn shape the development of military doctrine. The argument made in the book is that only through a better understanding of the doctrines that reinforced the military's significant presence in Indonesian affairs and their subsequent restructuring can Indonesia's policy-makers attempt meaningful reform of the TNI.
£45.56
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies Wards of Hanoi
Book SynopsisIn this book, the author marshals evidence to support an arena-specific approach towards viewing Vietnam's state-society relations. In practice, the Vietnamese party-state's relations with society vary from the hard and uncompromising state, with the bureaucracy getting its way, to society's ability to negotiate the state's boundaries and regimes to make them less harsh. Any analysis of Vietnam's state-society relations needs to recognize and demonstrate both elements of dominance and accommodation, as well as specify the context in which either or both are seen. Alone, neither is adequate. In particular, the idea of the ""state"" needs to be disaggregated because ""state"" is not a singular actor that is coherent or uniform through time and space. To demonstrate how state-disaggregation can make our view more nuanced, this book analyses state-society interaction at the ward level of Hanoi, an urban local authority.
£37.20
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies The United Wa State Party: Narco-Army Or Ethnic Nationalist Party?
Book SynopsisThis monograph argues that although the United Wa State Party (UWSP) has been branded by the international community as a "narco-trafficking army," the organisation has an ethnic nationalist agenda whose aim is to build a Wa state within Burma. The UWSP is not innocent of narcotics-related crimes, but few conflict parties in Burma can claim to have clean hands. The weak capacity of the UWSP leadership has prevented it from developing a clear vision of how to develop a Wa state. Although the UWSP has promoted Wa nationalism, the population under its control is not mono-ethnic. The UWSP has implemented a ban on opium cultivation to comply with international pressure. It has called for international aid to offset the impact of the ban, but so far not enough assistance has come through. The organisation has relocated thousands of Wa villagers to the Thai border area, displacing part of the original Lahu, Akha, and Shan populations and aggravating ethnic tensions.Relations with the government remain tense, and peace has not been achieved. It is unlikely the UWSP will agree to disarm until some of its basic demands have been met. The United States has indicted eight UWSP leaders on drug trafficking charges. Thailand sees the UWSP as a security threat and accuses it of producing amphetamines. China has a better relationship with the UWSP and has given support and technical advice to the organisation. The drug trade is controlled by powerful ethnic Chinese syndicates that have no interest in conflict resolution and state building. Demonising and isolating the UWSP will make the organisation more dependent on them, and will obstruct reconciliation efforts in Burma.
£10.40
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies Southeast Asian Affairs 2008
Book SynopsisSince its inception in 1974, Southeast Asian Affairs (SEAA) has been an indispensable annual reference for generations of policy-makers, scholars, analysts, journalists, and others. Succinctly written by regional and international experts, ""SEAA"" illuminates significant issues and events of the previous year in each of the Southeast Asian nations and the region as a whole.""Southeast Asian Affairs 2008"" provides an informed and readable analysis of the events and developments in the region in 2007. In the regional section of this volume, the first three articles provide the political and economic overview of Southeast Asia and the region, while the fourth and fifth examine ASEAN at its fortieth year. Eleven country reviews as well as four special theme articles follow, delving into domestic political, economic, security, and social developments during 2007 and their implications for countries in the region and beyond.
£37.36
NUS Press Not for Circulation: The George E. Bogaars Story
Book SynopsisThe story of George Bogaars, a civil servant who played a key role in Singapore’s political history. Do civil servants make a difference? Can they shape history? In 1985 when John Drysdale published one of the first books on the political history of independent Singapore, George E. Bogaars wrote to his daughter with typical understatement, “I feature in it a bit.” Bogaars headed the special branch at the time of Operation Cold Store. He reported directly to pioneer leaders such as Lee Kuan Yew and Goh Keng Swee before they became political icons. He started the Singapore Armed Forces from scratch when he was Permanent Secretary of the Interior and Defence. He was the head of the civil service, involved in a dozen or so government-linked companies attempting to shore up the country’s infrastructure, and expand its business portfolio. He held the country’s purse strings when he moved into the finance ministry before his retirement at the age of fifty-five. His impressive resume belies a colorful, flamboyant character with a wicked sense of humor. Veteran Singaporean journalist Bertha Henson tells his story.Table of Contents Introduction Chapter 1: A teenager in war-time Singapore Chapter 2: "Escape'' to Bahau Chapter 3: Following in Dad's footsteps Chapter 4: Nearly not married Chapter 5: Spymaster-versus-communists Chapter 6: Spymaster-versus-communalists Chapter 7 Building an army from scratch Chapter 8: The public manager - and the private man Chapter 9: Making friends and influencing countries Chapter 10: Comptroller of the purse Chapter 11: In a storm over Keppel Chapter 12: The last decade Chapter 13: Epilogue Acknowledgements and References
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Springer Verlag, Singapore In the Name of Inclusion: The Redevelopment of
Book SynopsisThis book follows the citizenship-based approach and interrogates the policies on urban village redevelopment from a perspective of social exclusion and inclusion. It focuses on two questions: how policy makers and urban villagers understand social inclusion differently, and what makes a difference in enhancing social inclusion. Firstly, an examination of citizenship conceptions, as reflected in the Chinese traditional discourses, provides the basis for questioning the political rhetoric of social inclusion in China. Secondly, a comparison between policy makers’ and villages’ interpretations on urban citizenship helps explore the different understandings of citizenship between them. Finally, by studying six redeveloped urban villages in the city of Xi’an, the book identifies what villagers strive for, and discusses how their strivings make a difference in achieving social inclusion during urban village redevelopment. Table of ContentsChapter 1 Urban Village Redevelopment: The Paradox of Social Inclusion1.1 Introduction1.2 Urban Village and its Development in Xi’an1.2.1 Making sense of the urban village in China1.2.2 Taking Xi’an as the case study city1.3 Urban Village Redevelopment: From Exclusion to Inclusion1.3.1 Urban village and inclusion1.3.2 Citizenship: an alternative approach beyond economic dimension1.4 The Paradox of Social Inclusion: Some Clarifications1.5 Research Methods1.5.1 Selection of study cases1.5.2 Interviewing1.5.3 Questionnaires1.6 Plan of the BookThis chapter explains why the urban village redevelopment in Xi’an is worthyof study and justified the use of citizenship as the key concept to study socialexclusion and inclusion.Chapter 2 From Social Exclusion to Social Inclusion: Where doesCitizenship Fit in?2.1 Introduction: A Short History of Concept Evolvement2.2 The Meanings of Social Exclusion2.2.1 Definitions: who, what, and how2.2.2 Social exclusion in China2.3 The Meanings of Citizenship2.3.1 Citizenship as a Western conception2.3.2 Theorising Chinese citizenship2.4 From Exclusion to Inclusion2.4.1 The importance of citizenship2.4.2 The importance of “sense of inclusion”2.5 Conclusion: The Theoretical FrameworkThis Chapter discusses how the concepts of social exclusion/inclusion andcitizenship can be adapted in China, and where citizenship fits in thediscourse of inclusion. Social exclusion in China is more than a matter ofeconomic disadvantages but is also an expression of incomplete citizenshipand rights deprivation. The interpretation of Chinese citizenship can beexplored in four aspects: first, citizenship as membership is closely related tothe household registration system in China; second, citizenship as rights andobligations in China incorporates a strong sense of Confucianism; third,citizenship as identity closely links to an individual’s sense of inclusion;fourthly, citizenship as the process of right extension is an emerging focus.The four aspects also provide the analytical framework for the followingchapters.Chapter 3. Government’s Understanding of Social Inclusion3.1 Introduction3.2 From Buildings to People: What is Inclusion?3.3 Citizenship as Membership: Gongmin, Renmin, Jumin, or Shimin?3.4 Citizenship as Rights, or as Compensation?3.5 Citizenship as the Process of Struggle for Rights, or as Benevolence?3.6 ConclusionThis chapter explores how the notion of social inclusion is understood by theXi’an government and its implication on citizenship as membership, as rights,and as the process of struggle for rights. Influenced by the Chinese traditionalphilosophies, the local government’s interpretation on inclusion mainly focuson “urban membership” with associated social benefits, and villagers areconsidered as passive actors who receive benefits out of governors’benevolence. This interpretation implies a trade-off, by which villagers aremade to compromise on property rights in exchange for social rights.Chapter 4. Villagers’ Understanding of Social Inclusion4.1 Introduction4.2 Being Urban Citizen: A Socioeconomic Comparison4.2.1 Financial status of urban villagers4.2.2 Living environments and housing facilities4.2.3 Urban standards? “Look at what we had before redevelopments”4.3 Citizenship as Identity: Urbanite, Farmer, Somewhere in between4.4 Being Urban Citizen: What the Villagers Strive for?4.5 ConclusionThis chapter explores how the notion of inclusion is understood by thevillagers in terms of citizenship as identity and as the process of struggle forrights. In response to the government’s trade-off policy, villagers do not take achange to “urban membership” with associated social benefits as a process ofinclusion. What villagers strive for is not only a fair compensation for asecured livelihood, but also the rights to have a say, and to not beingdisplaced from urban life in renewed centrality.Chapter 5. Making a Difference: Inclusion through Active Participation5.1 Introduction5.2 Village Self-governance: A Foundation for Urban Villagers’ Participation5.2.1 Village autonomy: a rural way of citizen participation5.2.2 Villagers’ participation in the process of urban village redevelopment5.3 Villagers’ Strategies: How Optimised Solutions Achieved?5.3.1 W’s experiences: reciprocal communication5.3.2 X’s experiences: trust and mistrust5.3.3 R’s experiences: the representativeness of village representatives5.4 Some Reflections from Villagers’ Differing Strategies5.4.1 Best practices of villagers’ differing participations5.4.2 Regarding village committees and independent third parties5.4.3 Regarding the mode of governance and the elite few5.5 ConclusionThis chapter continues the discussions on the connection between villagers’interpretation on inclusion and the citizenship in terms of right extension,and explores that how villagers’ participation plays an important role inshaping the course of urban village redevelopment. It demonstrates thatvillagers can act as an active agent in the process of inclusion. It concludesthat optimised solutions can be achieved based on three conditions: afoundation of neighbourhoods’ self-governance, local governments’ neutralstanding-point, and a reciprocal channel of communication and mutual trustamong different stakeholders.Chapter 6. Conclusions: Social Inclusion, Citizenship and Beyond6.1 A Revision of the Key Findings6.1.1 Government’s understanding on social inclusion6.1.2 Villagers’ understanding on social inclusion6.1.3 Villagers’ efforts in creating social inclusion6.2 Theoretical Implications6.2.1 Chinese citizenship6.2.2 Social Inclusion6.3 Reflections on Redevelopment Policies and Urban FutureThis chapter discusses a wider theoretical and practical implications oncitizenship and future urban development in China.
£85.49
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies ACEH: History, Politics and Culture
Book SynopsisProvides background information on Acehnese history, politics and culture, which will benefit expatriate aid workers as well as foreign and domestic scholars in their dealings with the people of Aceh. It is written by specialists of Indonesian and Acehnese studies from a number of countries.
£48.00
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies The Singapore Lion: A Biography of S. Rajaratnam
Book SynopsisProvides a comprehensive portrayal of S. Rajaratnam - one of Singapore's outstanding leaders who played a crucial part in the momentous and crisis-ridden transition to independence.
£38.21
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies Southeast Asian Affairs 2012
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Institute of Southeast Asian Studies Transforming Malaysia: Dominant and Competing
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ISEAS Conflict in Myanmar: War, Politics, Religion
Book SynopsisAs Myanmar’s military adjusts to life with its former opponents holding elected office, Conflict in Myanmar showcases innovative research by a rising generation of scholars, analysts and practitioners about the past five years of political transformation. Each of its seventeen chapters, from participants in the 2015 Myanmar Update conference held at the Australian National University, builds on theoretically informed, evidence-based research to grapple with significant questions about ongoing violence and political contention. The authors offer a variety of fresh views on the most intractable and controversial aspects of Myanmar’s long-running civil wars, fractious politics and religious tensions. This latest volume in the Myanmar Update Series from the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific continues and deepens a tradition of intense, critical engagement with political, economic and social questions that matter to both the inhabitants and neighbours of one of Southeast Asia’s most complicated and fascinating countries.
£25.46
ISEAS The Diplomat-Scholar: A Biography of Leon Ma. Guerrero
Book SynopsisLeon Ma. Guerrero (1915–82), a top-notch writer and diplomat, served six Philippine presidents, beginning with President Manuel L. Quezon and ending with President Ferdinand E. Marcos. In this first full-length biography, Guerrero's varied career as writer and diplomat is highlighted from an amateur student editor and associate editor of a prestigious magazine to ambassador to different countries that reflected then the exciting directions of Philippine foreign policy. But did you know that he served as public prosecutor in the notorious Nalundasan murder case, involving the future Philippine president? Did you also know that during his stint as ambassador to the Court of Saint James he wrote his prize-winning biography of Philippine national hero, Jose Rizal? Learn more about him in this fully documented biography recounting with much detail from his correspondence the genesis and evolution of his thinking about the First Filipino, which is the apposite title of his magnum opus.
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Institute for Southeast Asian Studies In China's Backyard: Policies and Politics of
Book SynopsisIn this fascinating multi-disciplinary and multi-sited volume, the authors challenge reductionist and oversimplifying approaches to understanding China's engagement with Southeast Asia. Productively viewing these interactions through a 'resource lens', the editor has transcended disciplinary and area studies divides in order to assemble a dynamic and diverse group of scholars with extensive experience across Southeast Asia and in China, all while bringing together perspectives from resource economics, policy analysis, international relations, human geography, political ecology, history, sociology and anthropology. The result is an important collection that not only offers empirically detailed studies of Chinese energy and resource investments in Southeast Asia, but which attends to the complex and often ambivalent ways in which such investments have become both a source of anxiety and aspiration for different stakeholders in the region. It is essential reading for scholars seeking to understand the diverse contours of Chinese investment in Southeast Asia" — Erik Harms, Department of Anthropology, Yale UniversityTrade ReviewIn this fascinating multi-disciplinary and multi-sited volume, the authors challenge reductionist and oversimplifying approaches to understanding China's engagement with Southeast Asia. Productively viewing these interactions through a 'resource lens', the editor has transcended disciplinary and area studies divides in order to assemble a dynamic and diverse group of scholars with extensive experience across Southeast Asia and in China, all while bringing together perspectives from resource economics, policy analysis, international relations, human geography, political ecology, history, sociology and anthropology. The result is an important collection that not only offers empirically detailed studies of Chinese energy and resource investments in Southeast Asia, but which attends to the complex and often ambivalent ways in which such investments have become both a source of anxiety and aspiration for different stakeholders in the region. It is essential reading for scholars seeking to understand the diverse contours of Chinese investment in Southeast Asia" — Erik Harms, Department of Anthropology, Yale University"How have large-scale resource deals between China and the countries of Southeast Asia come to rest in places and peoples lives? This is the question that animates this important book, complicating what is often seen in stark, binary terms. There is no simple answer, as the contributions make all too clear. Local histories and geographies, socio-cultural contexts and national policies all require an excavation of shaping factors and conditions if a semblance of explanation is to be rendered. This book helps us in that process of getting beneath the surface." — Jonathan Rigg, Director, Asia Research Institute and Raffles Professor of Social Science, Department of Geography, National University of Singapore
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Institute for Southeast Asian Studies Does ASEAN Matter?: A View from Within
Book SynopsisWritten by the highly regarded diplomat Marty Natalegawa, former ambassador and foreign minister of Indonesia, this book offers a unique insider-perspective on the present and future relevance of ASEAN. It is about ASEAN’s quest for security and prosperity in a region marked by complex dynamics of power. Namely, the interplay of relations and interests among countries — large and small — which provide the settings within which ASEAN must deliver on its much-cited leadership and centrality in the region. The book seeks to answer the following questions: How can ASEAN build upon its past contributions to the peace, security and prosperity of Southeast Asia, to the wider East Asia, the Asia-Pacific and the Indo-Pacific regions? More fundamentally and a sine qua non, how can ASEAN continue to ensure that peace, security and prosperity prevail in Southeast Asia? And, equally central, how can ASEAN become more relevant to the peoples of ASEAN, such that its contributions can be genuinely felt in making better the lives of its citizens?
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ISEAS Southeast Asian Affairs 2019
Book Synopsis“Southeast Asian Affairs, first published in 1974, continues today to be required reading for not only scholars but the general public interested in in-depth analysis of critical cultural, economic and political issues in Southeast Asia. In this annual review of the region, renowned academics provide comprehensive and stimulating commentary that furthers understanding of not only the region’s dynamism but also of its tensions and conflicts. It is a must read.” – Suchit Bunbongkarn, Emeritus Professor, Chulalongkorn University “Now in its forty-sixth edition, Southeast Asian Affairs offers an indispensable guide to this fascinating region. Lively, analytical, authoritative, and accessible, there is nothing comparable in quality or range to this series. It is a must read for academics, government officials, the business community, the media, and anybody with an interest in contemporary Southeast Asia. Drawing on its unparalleled network of researchers and commentators, ISEAS is to be congratulated for producing this major contribution to our understanding of this diverse and fast-changing region, to a consistently high standard and in a timely manner.” – Hal Hill, H.W. Arndt Professor of Southeast Asian Economies, Australian National University
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Palgrave Macmillan Clash of the Economic Titans China and the United States
Book SynopsisChapter 1: Introduction: Understanding China is better than underestimating China.- Chapter 2: Why has the world got China so wrong.- Chapter 3: China rises when the West sleeps.- Chapter 4: Decoupling versus regionalism and “collabetition”.- Chapter 5: Capital account liberalisation, opening a can of worms.- Chapter 6: Emigration of Chinese capital, friend or foe.- Chapter 7: The reality of the BRI disruption.- Chapter 8: Trade war turning the world upside down.- Chapter 9: Tech war of the great powers.- Chapter 10: Digital currency competition and disruption.- Chapter 11: Creeping renminbi internationalisation challenges King dollar.- Chapter 12: Is China un-investible (collapsing)?.- Chapter 13: A reluctant economic superpower.
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Palgrave Macmillan Electoral Politics in Asia
Book SynopsisChapter 1: Elections, Democracy, and Geopolitics: The Enduring Dilemmas in Pakistan.- Chapter 2: From Guided to Patronage to Clientele to Vigilante Democracy: Cross-Currents of Islamization, Dynasticism, and Hope in Contemporary Indonesia.- Chapter 3: The Fall of Democracy: Subversion of the Electoral Process and the Rise of the Military in Myanmar: Retrospecting the legacy of U Nu and Ne Win.- Chapter 4: Decoding democracy and electoral politics in India: Between empowerment, entitlement and the politics of populism.- Chapter 5: Democracy in Malaysia: Electoral Politics in a Polarising State.- Chapter 6: Electoral Dynamics in Bangladesh: From Independence to Democratic Chaos (1971–2024).- Chapter 7: Electoral politics in the Maldives amid shifting Asian geopolitics.- Chapter 8: Nepal’s Democratic Transition: Electoral Reforms, Majoritarianism and Geopolitics.- Chapter 9: Elections in Sri Lanka: Identity, Systems, and Geopolitics.- Chapter 10: Elections in Uzbekistan: Steady Transformation in Slow Motion.- Chapter 11: Dance of democracy in the Himalayan kingdom – The 2024 elections in Bhutan.- Chapter 12: Elections as anchor for survival of Taiwanese Power elite.- Chapter 13: Symbolism, Rhetoric, and Elections: Decoding the Turkish Political Landscape.- Chapter 14: Deconstructing Electoral Democracy: Israel as a Case Study.
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Democratizing Chinas Political Imaginaries
Book SynopsisThis book offers a meticulous empirical examination of Chinese democracy and its myriad discourses. Delving into the intricate workings of Chinese democracy, the author explores how the Chinese Communist Party employs democratic principles, how intellectuals grapple with the concept, and how the populace perceives and engages with democracy.
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Palgrave Macmillan Understanding Contemporary Security Challenges in
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Palgrave Macmillan The Shifting Sands of Japans Security Landscape
Book SynopsisChapter 1: Japan's Multi-Tiered Security Approach.- Chapter 2: Theoretical Framework: Balance of Power and Types of Balancing Acts.- Chapter 3: First Tier: Japan's Security Bilateralims In East Asia-Pacific.- Chapter 4: Second Tier: Japan's Security Multilateralims In East Asia-Pacific.- Chapter 5: Third Tier: Japan's Minilateralism Policy In East Asia-Pacific.- Chapter 6: China's Rise, China's Regional Initiatives and Japan's Perception of China.- Chapter 7: Japan's Balancing Acts Under Multi-Tiered Security Approach.- Chapter 8: Conclusion.
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Springer Nature Singapore The Palgrave Handbook of Political Norms in Southeast Asia
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Springer Verlag, Singapore (Im)possible Worlds to Conquer: A Critical Reading of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar’s Waiting for Visa
Book SynopsisWith multidisciplinary examination, this book explores Waiting for Visa, Ambedkar's autobiographical writing. This investigation ranges from Dalit Studies to Discourse analysis. It aims to provide the reader with in-depth knowledge of Ambedkar's unexplored autobiographical memoir and supplement a range of generalized works. The issues addressed in this book are essential to Ethnic and Race studies in general, to which Dalit Studies is but one contributing discipline. The Dalit Studies already have many texts. These texts are primarily concerned with Dalit identity politics, socio-mythological explorations, and Ambedkarian thoughts on economics, politics, and racial-religious discriminations. These are not discussed with Ambedkar's life stories narrated by himself. This book bridges the gap between Dalit Studies and Ambedkar Studies to project how Ambedkar attempted to forge into an impregnable South Asian social, educational, and political fabric. This reference book aims to attract academics and students of Asian, South Asian, and Dalit Studies. The book appeals to educators, policymakers, and comparative literary scholars.Table of Contents1. Introduction.- 2. Dalit Autobiographies as A Way of Knowing the Dalit 'Self'.- 3. No More Worlds to Conquer: a critical reading of Ambedkar’s Waiting for a Visa.- 4. Waiting for a Visa: Reminiscences or Remedy?.- 5. The Rhetoric of Ambedkar in Selected Works.- 6. Education, Exploitation and Empowerment of Dalits in Waiting for a Visa.- 7. Trajectory of Tolerance and Triumph: A Short Study of Ambedkar’s Waiting for Visa.- 8. Language and Indian Social Discourse in Waiting for a Visa by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar.- 9. The Social and Political Aggressions of B R Ambedkar: Interrogating his Childhood Traumas and Denial of Childhood.- 10. The Dalit Autobiography as a Critical Genre: Situating Ambedkar’s Waiting for a Visa among Marathi Dalit Autobiographical Writings.- 11. Conclusion For a Way Forward.
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NUS Press Paths Not Taken: Political Pluralism in Post-war
Book SynopsisSingapore's era of pluralism between the 1950s and 1970s was a time of extraordinary cultural, intellectual and political dynamism. Students, labour unions, ambitious political contenders, and representatives of the various ethnic communities all stepped forward to offer alternate visions of Singapore's future from across the entire political spectrum. They generated a ferment of ideologies, priorities, perspectives and social visions such as mainstream 'official' Singapore politics had never known before and has not seen since.Post WWII Singapore history generally follows a central theme of progress to establish the PAP political, economic and social model. Alternatives receive cursory treatment as problems, false starts, or difficulties to be overcome. This book reveals a more complex situation that involved a much larger cast of significant players, and gives due weight to the middle years of the twentieth century as a period that offered real alternatives, rather than a chaotic age before the dawn.The book will remind older Singaporeans of pages from their past, and will provide a younger generation with a novel perspective at their country's past struggles. For outside observers, it offers a fascinating glimpse of a side of Singapore that has received relatively little attention.
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NUS Press Women in Southeast Asian Nationalist Movements
Book SynopsisBooks on Southeast Asian nationalist movements make very little - if any - mention of women in their ranks. Biographical studies of politically active women in Southeast Asia are also rare. Women in Southeast Asian Nationalist Movements makes a strong case for the significance of women's involvement in nationalist movements and for the diverse impact of those movements on the lives of individual women activists.Some of the 12 women whose political activities are discussed in this volume are well known, while others are not. Some of them participated in armed struggles, while others pursued peaceful ways of achieving national independence. The authors show women negotiating their own subjectivity and agency at the confluence of colonialism, patriarchal traditions, and modern ideals of national and personal emancipation. They also illustrate the constraints imposed on them by wider social and political structures, and show what it was like to live as a political activist in different times and places.Fully documented and drawing on wider scholarship, this book will be of interest to students of Southeast Asian history and politics as well as readers with a particular interest in women, nationalism and political activism.
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NUS Press Indonesian Women and Local Politics: Islam,
Book SynopsisThis book addresses factors behind the rise and victory of Javanese Muslim women political leaders in direct local elections in post-Suharto Indonesia. By using gender perspectives, this book reveals that the role of Islam, gender, and networks are decisive to their political victory. The Islamic belief on female leadership at the local level, exemplified by Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) as the dominant religious organization in Java, provides a strong religious foundation for Javanese Muslim women politicians to assume political leadership. Ability to use their gender in combination with the idea and practice of Islamic piety, and to use religio-political support and male/female base networks in political campaign, is significant. Analysis of the Javanese Muslim women political leaders’ commitment on women’s issues, however, reveals that having a female leader does not guarantee that they will exhibit women’s perspectives in their policies.Trade Review"...the book is a valuable contribution filling an important gap in the literature and should be on the reading lists of those interested in the issues of women studies and local politics in developing countries."Asian Journal
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Cognella, Inc Multiculturalism and Diversity in the United States: A Political and Sociological Reader
Book SynopsisMulticulturalism and Diversity in the United States: A Political and Sociological Reader is an anthology designed to help students tackle leading themes in American multiculturalism within the modern political climate.The articles in Unit I are introductory theoretical readings and demographic studies, which present arguments for and against multiculturalism, providing students with a foundation in both ways of thinking about an increasingly complex issue. Unit II focuses on issues related to gender, masculinity, homophobia, patriarchy, and sexism. In Unit III, students read articles that address race and racism, especially within the context of a post-Trump administration. The readings trace the malignant patterns of racism and disenfranchisement of people of color in America, as well as examining related topics such as White privilege and affirmative action. Section IV addresses how class and economic status affect inequality. In Section V, students read articles about additional types of multiculturalism, including disability, the marginalization of Native Americans and Muslim Americans, and the political hysteria over immigration and undocumented immigrants in the U.S.The second edition features new readings on the topics of rights for gay athletes, the #BlackLivesMatter movement and the struggle against colorblind racism, the shrinking middle class, challenging racism, sexism, and homophobia from a straight white male perspective, and more.Multiculturalism and Diversity in the United States is an ideal text for foundational courses in political science, sociology, and undergraduate or graduate courses that address multiculturalism or diversity.
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Cognella, Inc Global Politics Reader: Themes, Actors, and Issues
Book SynopsisGlobal Politics Reader: Themes, Actors, and Issues is a timely and enlightening anthology that addresses major challenges facing global governance. Students are challenged to analyze sources of peace and conflict within the complex web of interactions among contending global actors. The central role of power politics, international institutions, and law in global governance is emphasized.The anthology is organized into four distinct sections that discuss and analyze perennial issues and areas of concern in global affairs. In Part I, students read about major paradigms and global powers with emphasis on the U.S., China, and Russia, and their influence on other countries worldwide. Part II discusses global conflicts, including ethnic warfare, the ongoing tension between Israel and Palestine, and the nuclear arms race. Part III examines sources of peace with readings that explore the future of the United Nations, development and issues of security, and Iran's efforts at cultural diplomacy and cooperation in Uganda. The final part addresses global challenges, including international trade, economic development, global warming, and global equality.The second edition features new readings to ensure the anthology is as current as possible. New topical areas addressed include American imperialism, U.S. military intervention and public opinion, and cultural diplomacy between Iran and Uganda.An engaging supplementary text, Global Politics Reader is ideal for foundational and upper-division undergraduate courses in world politics.
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Penguin Putnam Inc The Prince
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