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Book SynopsisThis book is a welcome and timely analysis of how global economic and financial powerhouses in Asia also aim to become global cultural cities. It critically examines the tension between top-down policies implemented by strong states to boost urban culture, which are typically focused on the hardware of iconic venues, museums, and opera houses mostly designed by famous western architects, and the need for freedom to enable more organic cultural initiatives rooted in local practices.'- Robert C. Kloosterman, University of Amsterdam, the NetherlandsWhile global cities have mostly been characterized as sites of intensive and extensive economic activity, the quest for global city status also increasingly rests on the creative production and consumption of culture and the arts. Arts, Culture and the Making of Global Cities examines such ambitions and projects undertaken in five major cities in Asia: Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Taipei and Singapore.Providing a thorough comparison of their urban imaging strategies and attempts to harness arts and culture, as well as more organically evolved arts activities and spaces, this book analyses the relative successes and failures of these cities. Offering rich ethnographic detail drawn from extensive fieldwork, the authors challenge city strategies and existing urban theories about cultural and creative clusters and reveal the many complexities in the art of city-making.This noteworthy study will appeal to undergraduate and graduate students, as well as academics from a variety of disciplines ranging from urban and cultural geography to Asian studies. Arts and cultural policy makers and artists will also find this a fascinating read.Contents: 1. Arts spaces, New Urban Landscapes and Global Cultural Cities PART I 2. The National Grand Theatre in a City of Monuments: Discourse and Reality in the Construction of Beijing's New Cultural Space 3. Rivalling Beijing and the World: Realizing Shanghai's Ambitions through Cultural Infrastructure 4. Hong Kong's Dilemmas and the Changing Fates of West Kowloon Cultural District 5. The Making of a 'Renaissance City': Building Cultural Monuments in Singapore 6. In Search of New Homes: The Absent New Cultural Monument in Taipei PART II 7. Cultural Creativity, Clustering and the State in Beijing 8. Remaking Shanghai's Old Industrial Spaces: The Growth and Growth of Creative Precincts 9. Factories and Animal Depots: The 'New' Old Spaces for the Arts in Hong Kong 10. Reusing Old Factory Spaces in Taipei: The Challenges of Developing Cultural Parks 11. From Education to Enterprise in Singapore: Converting Old Schools to New Artistic and Aesthetic Use 12. Culture, Globalization and Urban Landscapes References IndexTrade ReviewThis book not only establishes the importance of cultural projects in crafting Asia's new global cities, it offers the first systematic comparison of both governmental plans and artists' actions in major urban sites from Beijing to Singapore. Whether art is viewed as an economic engine or a creative act, the authors show that it is a highly visible part of Asian societies that no one can ignore. --- Sharon Zukin, author of Naked City: The Death and Life of Authentic Urban PlacesThis volume makes two very significant contributions to the literature on Asian cities: it shifts the focus away from manufacturing and real estate as drivers of growth to the role of creativity in fostering the development of global cities; and it chronicles how arts and culture are changing the physical character of the cities studied. It is a highly welcome addition to our understanding of the dynamics of urban Asia and its increasing importance in generating global culture. --- Susan Fainstein, Harvard Graduate School of Design, US and author of The Just CityTable of ContentsContents: 1. Arts spaces, New Urban Landscapes and Global Cultural Cities PART I 2. The National Grand Theatre in a City of Monuments: Discourse and Reality in the Construction of Beijing’s New Cultural Space 3. Rivalling Beijing and the World: Realizing Shanghai’s Ambitions through Cultural Infrastructure 4. Hong Kong’s Dilemmas and the Changing Fates of West Kowloon Cultural District 5. The Making of a ‛Renaissance City’: Building Cultural Monuments in Singapore 6. In Search of New Homes: The Absent New Cultural Monument in Taipei PART II 7. Cultural Creativity, Clustering and the Sstate in Beijing 8. Remaking Shanghai’s Old Industrial Spaces: The Growth and Growth of Creative Precincts 9. Factories and Animal Depots: The ‛New’ Old Spaces for the Arts in Hong Kong 10. Reusing Old Factory Spaces in Taipei: The Challenges of Developing Cultural Parks 11. From Education to Enterprise in Singapore: Converting Old Schools to New Artistic and Aesthetic Use 12. Culture, Globalization and Urban Landscapes References Index

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Book Synopsis`The region-specific nature of economic success matters in urban and rural regions alike, as this volume illustrates with a wide-ranging set of theoretical perspectives and empirical studies. The authors in this collection provide fresh ideas and new insights into a concept "endogenous development" that remains central to understading regional development.'---Ed Malecki, The Ohio State University, USAIncreasingly, endogenous factors and processes are being emphasized as drivers in regional economic development and growth. This 15 chapter book is unique in that it commences by presenting five disciplinary takes on endogenous development from the perspectives of economics, geography, sociology, planning and organizational management.Several chapters demonstrate how researchers have developed operational models to investigate the roles played by endogenous factors in regional ecocnomic development, including the role of entrepreneurial rents. Further chapters provide empirical investigations of endogenous factors in regional development at various levesl of spatial scale - from the supra-region to the nation, city and small town - and in a variety of situational settings, including the European Union, Asia and Australia.The book is an invaluable up-to-date resources for researchers and students in regional science, and regional economic development and planning.Trade Review‘The region-specific nature of economic success matters in urban and rural regions alike, as this volume illustrates with a wide-ranging set of theoretical perspectives and empirical studies. The authors in this collection provide fresh ideas and new insights into a concept “endogenous development” that remains central to understanding regional development.’ -- Ed Malecki, The Ohio State University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface Robert Stimson, Roger Stough and Peter Nijkamp 1. Endogenous Regional Development Robert Stimson, Roger Stough and Peter Nijkamp 2. The Economist’s Perspective on Regional Endogenous Development Kenneth Button 3. Endogenous Regional Theory: A Geographer’s Perspective and Interpretation Michael Taylor and Paul Plummer 4. Endogenous Rural Development from a Sociological Perspective Frank Vanclay 5. Rural, Urban or Regional Endogenous Development as the Core Concept in the Planning Profession Edward Blakely 6. Diversity and Endogeny in Regional Development: Applying Appreciative Intelligence Tojo Thatchenkery and Jessica Heineman-Pieper 7. An Exploratory Approach to Model Determinants of Endogenous Regional Growth Performance Robert Stimson and Roger Stough 8. A Theory of Entrepreneurial Rents in Endogenous Growth: Implications for Regional Innovation Policies Zoltan Acs and Mark Sanders 9. Foreign Direct Investment, Knowledge Assets and the Economic Geography of Growth in the Asian BRIICS Countries Tomokazu Arita, Chie Iguchi and Philip McCann 10. Implications of European Union Structural Assistance to New Member States on Regional Disparities: The Question of Absorption Capacity Daniela Constantin, Zizi Goschin and Gabriela Dragan 11. Macroeconomic and Territorial Policies for Regional Competitiveness: Theory and Empirical Evidence from the EU Roberto Camagni and Roberta Capello 12. Endogenous Employment Growth and Decline in Australian Capital City Statistical Divisions Alistair Robson 13. A Case Study Approach to Investigating Local Development Initiatives in Rural Small Towns in Victoria John Martin 14. Economic Development Incentives and the Measurement of Local Endogenous Growth: Is There a Need for Modeling Adjustment? Terry Clower 15. Regional Growth and Development Theories Revisited Roberta Capello and Peter Nijkamp Index

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Book SynopsisThe contributors expertly provide a comparative perspective on regional integration in different regions of the world while at the same time analyzing the various facets of integration, relating to trade, FDI, finance and monetary policies. They provide a comprehensive treatment of the subject and offer new perspectives on the potential developmental effects of regional integration and the implications of regional integration for global economic governance. While highlighting and illustrating the potential benefits deriving from regional economic integration, the book also stresses the problems and challenges regional integration processes are usually confronted with. This informative book will be of interest to academic researchers, students, policy makers and professional economists working on matters of regional economic cooperation and integration, international economics and development economics. While applying state of the art economic tools, it is written in a clear and accessible style, intended for a wide readership among professionals and general readers interested in these fields.Contributors: R. Baumann, R.U. Das, P. Draper, T. Hartzenberg, Y. Huang, J. Kubny, R. Kumar, D. Malungisa, J. McKay, F. Molders, L. Muhlich, V. Nitsch, P. Nunnenkamp, J.A. Ocampo, E. Ogawa, M. Pomerleano, M. Qobo, J.J. Reade, J.J. Schott, U. Volz, R. Wolfinger, Y. ZhangTrade ReviewIf you are interested in finding out more about regionalism's potential to reshape globalization and global governance, turn to this excellent and thoroughly researched volume. While the authors focus on international trade and finance, their stimulating analyses are of much broader relevance. They point to an emerging new phase of globalization made more open and participatory 'flatter' by enhanced regionalism. Inge Kaul, Hertie School of Governance, GermanyIt is the distinctive contribution of this book to explore the complex relationship between the reality of regionalisation and the objective of achieving global economic cooperation and integration. - Michele Fratianni, University of Ancona, Italy This book explores a central issue of the world economy today: the role of regional integration for economic development and global governance. The importance of this issue comes from the fact that the globalisation process that we have been experiencing in recent decades is also a process of open regionalism. [ - ] To what extent does this process contribute to development? The reader will find many interesting answers to this question in the book, [which] is an outstanding contribution to this debate. I welcome its publication and look forward to its influence on global debates on the relations between regional integration, development and global governance. --- From the foreword by Jose Antonio Ocampo, Columbia University, USTable of ContentsContents: Foreword José Antonio Ocampo Introduction Ulrich Volz PART I: INTEGRATION EXPERIENCES IN DIFFERENT REGIONS 1. SAARC: Changing Realities, Opportunities and Challenges Rajiv Kumar 2. East Asian Economic Integration and its Impact on the Chinese Economy Yanghua Huang and Yongsheng Zhang 3. Regional Integration in Southern Africa: Key Issues and Challenges Trudi Hartzenberg and Davie Malungisa 4. Integration in Latin America – Trends and Challenges Renato Baumann PART II: REGIONAL INTEGRATION AND THE MULTILATERAL TRADING SYSTEM 5. The Future of the Multilateral Trading System in a Multi-polar World Jeffrey J. Schott 6. Rabbits Caught in the Headlights? Africa and the ‘Multilateralizing Regionalism’ Paradigm Peter Draper and Mzukisi Qobo PART III: REGIONAL TRADE AND FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT 7. Regional Trade-FDI-Poverty Alleviation Linkages – Some Analytical and Empirical Explorations Ram Upendra Das 8. Regional Integration and FDI in Emerging Markets Julia Kubny, Florian Mölders and Peter Nunnenkamp PART IV: REGIONAL FINANCIAL INTEGRATION 9. Developing Regional Financial Markets – the Case of East Asia Michael Pomerleano 10. Regional Financing Arrangements and the IMF Julie McKay, Ulrich Volz and Regine Wölfinger PART V: TOPICS IN MONETARY INTEGRATION 11. Monetary Integration and Trade: What do we Know? Volker Nitsch 12. When You Got Nothing, You Got Nothing to Lose – Regional Monetary Integration and Policy Independence J. James Reade and Ulrich Volz 13. South–South Regional Monetary Cooperation: Potential Gains for Developing Countries and Emerging Markets Laurissa Mühlich 14. Currency Baskets for East Asia Eiji Ogawa Index

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Book Synopsis'The challenges of poverty and social exclusion cannot be fully resolved through conventional public sector policies and market-led innovation. The case studies in this Handbook capture some of the key success factors of socially innovative action in different socio-economic contexts. This Handbook will inspire readers as it highlights the creativity and commitment of diverse enterprises and movements working for social innovation.'- Anna Kajumulo Tibaijuka, Minister for Lands, Housing and Human Settlements, United Republic of Tanzania, and retired UN Under Secretary General, immediate former Executive Director of UN-HABITAT 'Social innovation may not be a new idea but it is clearly an idea whose time has come, not least because the traditional models of innovation - narrowly framed technical models - have run their course and no longer resonate in a world of societal challenges. This Handbook has two great merits - it brings conceptual rigour to the debate and it provides compelling narratives of social innovation in practice.'- Kevin Morgan, Cardiff University, UKThis enriching Handbook covers many aspects of the scientific and socio-political debates on social innovation today.The contributors provide an overview of theoretical perspectives, methodologies and instructive experiences from all continents, as well as implications for collective action and policy. They argue strongly for social innovation as a key to human development. The Handbook defines social innovation as innovation in social relations within both micro and macro spheres, with the purpose of satisfying unmet or new human needs across different layers of society. It connects social innovation to empowerment dynamics, thus giving a political character to social movements and bottom-up governance initiatives. Together these should lay the foundations for a fairer, more democratic society for all.This interdisciplinary work, written by scholars collaborating to develop a joint methodological perspective toward social innovation agency and processes, will be invaluable for students and researchers in social science and humanities. It will also appeal to policy makers, policy analysts, lobbyists and activists seeking to give inspiration and leadership from a social innovation perspective.Contributors: A. Abreu, J. Andersen, I. André, L. Arthur, A. Ashta, A. Bilfeldt, I. Calzada, S. Cameron, A. Carmo, K. Dayson, P. Debruyne, J. Defourny, K. Delica, A. Dubeux, S. Eizaguirre Anglada, V. Espinoza, A.C. Fernandes, J.-M. Fontan, L. Fraisse, M.S. Frandsen, M. García Cabeza, R. Gera, J.K. Gibson-Graham, S. Habersack, A. Hamdouch, D. Harrisson, S. Hettihewa, J. Hillier, L. Hulgård, B. Jessop, J.-L. Klein, H. Konstantatos, N.V. Krishna, N. Kunnen, B. Lévesque, D. MacCallum, F. Martinelli, A. Mehmood, A. Membretti, E. Midheme, F. Moulaert, A. Novy, M. Nyssens, S. Oosterlynck, C. Parra, T. Pilati, M. Pradel Miquel, G. Roelvink, B. Schaller, P.K. Shajahan, D. Siatitsa, P. Singer, C. Tornaghi, D.-G. Tremblay, D. Vaiou, P. Van den Broeck, B. Van Dyck, S. Vicari Haddock, T. Vitale, C. Wright, S. YoungTrade Review'Moulaert, MacCallum, Mehmood and Hamdouch's International Handbook on Social Innovation is a refreshing and stimulating contribution to Edward Elgar's line of handbooks, appropriate for primarily academics and graduate students researching social innovation, through theoretically oriented practitioners interested in the topic will find much to learn from the book as well.' --Gordon Shockley, Journal of Regional Science'In an era where social innovation is re-emerging as an important policy framework for bringing social transformation, this volume is a significant contribution to the theory and practice of social innovation. The incremental discussion from concepts to theory to practice and then to social innovation research is supported by cases literally from all over the globe. It moves the discourse from isolated models of neighbourhood engagements and social enterprises, to a comprehensive, multidimensional approach combining needs, social relations and empowerment. A must read for academicians, learners, practitioners and policy makers alike.' --S. Parasuraman, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India'Social innovation is an important instrument for understanding how contemporary societies deal with social change and how social practices and policies intended to combat poverty and social exclusion are developed and implemented effectively. The Handbook offers a valuable contribution to the development of a clear, transdisciplinary and critical understanding of social innovation practices. The reader will find an in-depth discussion of the most important theoretical approaches to the concept and a thorough exposition of the epistemological and methodological framework for research in social innovation. The volume includes a number of interesting case studies in different areas of social change and issues of policy and governance.' --Enzo Mingione, University of Milano-Bicocca, ItalyTable of ContentsContents: General Introduction: The Return of Social Innovation as a Scientific Concept and a Social Practice Frank Moulaert, Diana MacCallum, Abid Mehmood and Abdelillah Hamdouch PART I: SOCIAL INNOVATION: FROM CONCEPT TO THEORY AND PRACTICE Introduction: Social Innovation at the Crossroads between Science, Economy and Society Juan-Luis Klein 1. Social Innovation: Intuition, Precept, Concept, Theory and Practice Frank Moulaert, Diana MacCallum and Jean Hillier 2. Social Innovation in Governance and Public Management Systems: Toward a New Paradigm? Benoît Lévesque 3. Social Innovation, Social Economy and Social Enterprise: What Can the European Debate Tell Us? Jacques Defourny and Marthe Nyssens 4. Social Innovation in an Unsustainable World Abid Mehmood and Constanza Parra 5. Social Innovation through Arts and Creativity Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay and Thomas Pilati 6. Microcredit as a Social Innovation Arvind Ashta, Karl Dayson, Rajat Gera, Samanthala Hettihewa, N.V. Krishna and Christopher Wright 7. Social Innovation for People-Centred Development Lars Hulgård and P.K. Shajahan PART II: SOCIAL INNOVATION THEORY: ITS ROLE IN KNOWLEDGE BUILDING Introduction: Social Innovation – An Idea Longing for Theory Stijn Oosterlynck 8. Social Innovation Research: A New Stage in Innovation Analysis? Bob Jessop, Frank Moulaert, Lars Hulgård and Abdelillah Hamdouch 9. Social Innovation: A Territorial Process Barbara Van Dyck and Pieter Van den Broeck 10. Social Sustainability: A Competing Concept to Social Innovation? Constanza Parra 11. Theorizing Multi-level Governance in Social Innovation Dynamics Marc Pradel Miquel, Marisol García Cabeza and Santiago Eizaguirre Anglada 12. Towards a Deleuzean-inspired Methodology for Social Innovation Research and Practice Jean Hillier PART III: INSTRUCTIVE CASE STUDIES IN SOCIAL INNOVATION ANALYSIS Introduction: Social Innovation Experience and Action as a Lead for Research Stuart Cameron 13. Just Another Roll of the Dice: A Socially Creative Initiative to Assure Roma Housing in North Western Italy Tommaso Vitale and Andrea Membretti 14. From ‘Book Container’ to Community Centre John Andersen, Kristian Delica and Martin Severin Frandsen 15. Venturing Off the Beaten Path: Social Innovation and Settlement Upgrading in Voi, Kenya Emmanuel Midheme 16. Knowledge Building and Organizational Behavior: The Mondragón Case from a Social Innovation Perspective Igor Calzada 17. Going Beyond Physical Urban Planning Interventions: Fostering Social Innovation through Urban Renewal in Brugse Poort, Ghent Stijn Oosterlynck and Pascal Debruyne 18. Social Innovation through the Arts in Rural Areas: The Case of Montemor-o-Novo Isabel André, Alexandre Abreu and André Carmo PART IV: SOCIAL INNOVATION ANALYSIS: METHODOLOGIES Introduction: ‘Reality’ as a Guide for SI Research Methods? Abdelillah Hamdouch 19. A Transversal Reading of Social Innovation in European Cities Serena Vicari Haddock and Chiara Tornaghi 20. Qualitative Approaches for the Study of Socially Innovation Initiatives Haris Konstantatos, Dimitra Siatitsa, Dina Vaiou 21. Research Strategies for Assets and Strengths Based Community Development Nola Kunnen, Diana MacCallum and Susan Young 22. Technological Incubators of Solidarity Economy Initiatives: A Methodology for Promoting Social Innovation in Brazil Ana Dubeux 23. Partnership-based Research: Coproduction of Knowledge and Contribution to Social Innovation Jean-Marc Fontan, Denis Harrisson and Juan-Luis Klein 24. Social Innovation in Public Elder Care: The Role of Action Research John Andersen and Annette Bilfeldt 25. Reflections on the Form and Content of Participatory Action Research and Implications for Social Innovation Research Len Arthur PART V: COLLECTIVE ACTION, INSTITUTIONAL LEVERAGE AND PUBLIC POLICY Introduction: The Institutional Space for Social Innovation Diana MacCallum 26. Learning from Case Studies of Social Innovation in the Field of Social Services: Creatively Balancing Top-down Universalism with Bottom-up Democracy Flavia Martinelli 27. The Social and Solidarity-based Economy as a New Field of Public Action: A Policy and Method for Promoting Social Innovation Laurent Fraisse 28. The Québec Model: A Social Innovation System Founded on Cooperation and Consensus Building Juan-Luis Klein, Jean-Marc Fontan, Denis Harrisson and Benoît Lévesque 29. The Linkages between Popular Education and Solidarity Economy in Brazil: An Historical Perspective Ana Cristina Fernandes, Andreas Novy and Paul Singer 30. Local Associations in Chile: Social Innovation in a Mature Neoliberal Society Vicente Espinoza 31. Gender and Social Innovation: The Role of EU Policies Isabel André PART VI: FRONTIERS IN SOCIAL INNOVATION RESEARCH Introduction: The Pillars of Social Innovation Research and Practice Serena Vicari Haddock 32. Innovative Forms of Knowledge Production: Transdisciplinarity and Knowledge Alliances Andreas Novy, Sarah Habersack and Barbara Schaller 33. Holistic Research Methodology and Pragmatic Collective Action Frank Moulaert and Abid Mehmood 34. Social Innovation for Community Economies: How Action Research Creates ‘Other Worlds’ J.K. Gibson-Graham and Gerda Roelvink 35. Framing Social Innovation Research: A Sociology of Knowledge Perspective Frank Moulaert and Barbara Van Dyck Index

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Book SynopsisSince 1986 Laos has been engaged in radical reform designed to transform its repressed socialist economy into a market economy open to international trade and investment.The Economics of Transition in Laos analyses the successes and failures of economic transition in the context of the institutional and political constraints faced by the reform process. It focuses on the change from a socialist economic system to a market-orientated system, and the transfer from subsistence to market agriculture. Special attention is given to the integration of Laos into the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN). The author shows that this integration into ASEAN is likely to be an important determining factor in the transformation of Laos into a successful market economy.This authoritative book, the first of its kind, will prove essential reading to social scientists concerned with Southeast Asia, transition or development issues, and to all those interested in contemporary Indochina.Trade Review'This book provides the reader with an intelligent and clear overview of the Lao economy in the past 20 years, and is the only book I know of dedicated to purely economic questions.' -- Grant Evans, Journal of Agrarian Change'. . . Bourdet's work is a most useful and scholarly addition to the literature on Laos.'– Paul Reddicliffe, Asian AffairsTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Reforming Laos’ Economic System: The First Venture 1986–1990 3. Rural Reforms and Agricultural Productivity 4. Macroeconomic Evaluation of Laos’ Transition Mix 5. Fiscal Policy in Transition 6. Labour Market Adjustment 7. The Regional Dimension References Index

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Book SynopsisThis major four-volume collection brings together the key analytical contributions on the economies of Southeast Asia, countries which together have a population of more than 500 million people.This group of economies is of interest for a number of reasons. Firstly, they feature great diversity - Singapore has one of the highest per capita incomes in the world, while several of the mainland Southeast Asian states are among the poorest. Brunei is a tiny oil sultanate, while Indonesia is the world's fourth largest nation. In addition, several of these economies have been consistently among the world's most open, while others are emerging from a long period of international commercial isolation. Thirdly, the group includes one sizeable country, the Philippines, which for reasons still only poorly understood has consistently under-performed compared to its potential. Four of the economies - Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand - grew extremely quickly in the three decades through to the recent Asian economic crisis. Lastly, the Asian economic crisis of 1997-98 particularly affected three of the countries - Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand. The factors explaining this sudden, and largely unanticipated, event are still only poorly understood.This comprehensive reference collection is essential reading for all those interested in the economic performance of these economies.Trade Review'Professor Hal Hill has done us all an invaluable service by assembling the best literature on contemporary Southeast Asian economic development. These four volumes provide a comprehensive, detailed description and analysis of essential themes and topics. This is an essential reference source for every library and scholar specializing in Southeast Asia.' -- Hugh T. Patrick, Columbia University, USTable of ContentsContents: Volume I Acknowledgements Introduction Hal Hill PART I INTRODUCTION A Historical Backdrop 1. H. Myint (1967), ‘The Inward and Outward Looking Countries of Southeast Asia’ 2. Anne Booth (1991), ‘The Economic Development of Southeast Asia: 1870–1985’ B Country Overviews 3. Romeo M. Bautista and Mario B. Lamberte (1996), ‘The Philippines: Economic Developments and Prospects’ 4. Hal Hill (1994), ‘The Economy’ 5. W.G. Huff (1999), ‘Singapore’s Economic Development: Four Lessons and Some Doubts’ 6. Robert E.B. Lucas and Donald Verry (1999), ‘National Economic Trends’ 7. James Riedel and Bruce Comer (1997), ‘Transition to a Market Economy in Viet Nam’ 8. Peter G. Warr (1993), ‘The Thai Economy’ PART II MACROECONOMICS AND THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY A Outcomes and Policy Instruments 9. W. Max Corden (1996), ‘Pragmatic Orthodoxy: Macroeconomic Policies in Seven East Asian Economies’ 10. Ross H. McLeod (1997), ‘Explaining Chronic Inflation in Indonesia’ B Exchange Rate Policy 11. Ross Garnaut (1999), ‘Exchange Rates in the East Asian Crisis’ 12. Stephen Grenville and David Gruen (1999), ‘Capital Flows and Exchange Rates’ C International Financial Markets 13. Gordon de Brouwer (1999), ‘Capital Flows to East Asia: The Facts’ 14. David C. Cole and Betty F. Slade (1999), ‘The Crisis and Financial Sector Reform’ D Fiscal Policy 15. Mukul G. Asher, Ismail Muhd Salleh and Datuk Kamal Salih (1994), ‘Tax Reform in Malaysia: Trends and Options’ 16. Malcolm Gillis (1994), ‘Indonesian Tax Reform, 1985–1990’ E Domestic Saving and External Debt 17. Eli M. Remolona, Mahar Mangahas and Filologo Pante, Jr. (1986), ‘Foreign Debt, Balance of Payments, and the Economic Crisis of the Philippines in 1983–84’ 18. Steven Radelet (1995) ‘Indonesian Foreign Debt: Headed for a Crisis or Financing Sustainable Growth?’ 19. Ross H. McLeod (1996), ‘Indonesian Foreign Debt: A Comment’ and Steven Radelet (1996), ‘Indonesian Foreign Debt: A Reply’ 20. Frank Harrigan (1998), ‘Asian Saving: Theory, Evidence, and Policy’ F ASEAN Economic Cooperation 21. Chia Siow Yue (1996), ‘The Deepening and Widening of ASEAN’ Name Index Volume II Acknowledgements An Introduction by the editor to all four volumes appears in Volume I PART III EXPLANATIONS A Growth 1. Helen Hughes (1995), ‘Why Have East Asian Countries Led Economic Development?’ 2. Asian Development Bank (1997), excerpt from ‘Economic Growth and Transformation’ B The Crisis 3. Prema-chandra Athukorala (2000), ‘Capital Account Regimes, Crisis, and Adjustment in Malaysia’ 4. Hal Hill (2000), ‘Indonesia: The Strange and Sudden Death of a Tiger Economy’ 5. Joseph Y. Lim (1998), ‘The Philippines and the East Asian Economic Turmoil’ 6. Steven Radelet and Jeffrey D. Sachs (1998), ‘The East Asian Financial Crisis: Diagnosis, Remedies, Prospects’ 7. Peter G. Warr (1999), ‘What Happened to Thailand?’ PART IV SOCIAL AND DISTRIBUTIONAL ISSUES A Poverty and Inequality 8. Arsenio M. Balisacan (1995), ‘Anatomy of Poverty During Adjustment: The Case of the Philippines’ 9. Anne Booth (2000), ‘The Impact of the Indonesian Crisis on Welfare: What Do We Know Two Years On?’ 10. Medhi Krongkaew (1994), ‘Income Distribution in East Asian Developing Countries: An Update’ 11. Martin Ravallion and Monika Huppi (1991), ‘Measuring Changes in Poverty: A Methodological Case Study of Indonesia During an Adjustment Period’ B Labour Markets and Human Resources 12. Prema-chandra Athukorala and Jayant Menon (1999) ‘Outward Orientation and Economic Development in Malaysia’ 13. Anne Booth (1999), ‘Education and Economic Development in Southeast Asia: Myths and Realities’ 14. Sirilaksana Khoman (1995), ‘Thailand’s Industrialization: Implications for Health, Education, and Science and Technology’ 15. Chris Manning (1994), ‘What Has Happened to Wages in the New Order?’ 16. Chris Manning (1999), ‘Labour Markets in the ASEAN-4 and the NIEs’ C Demographics 17. Gavin W. Jones (1999), ‘The Population of South-East Asia’ D Environmental Issues 18. Harold Brookfield (1993), ‘The Dimensions of Environmental Change and Management in the South-East Asian Region’ 19. Ian Coxhead (2000), ‘Consequences of a Food Security Strategy for Economic Welfare, Income Distribution and Land Degradation: The Philippine Case’ 20. Thomas P. Tomich, Meine van Noordwijk, Stephen A. Vosti and Julie Witcover (1998), ‘Agricultural Development with Rainforest Conservation: Methods for Seeking Best Bet Alternatives to Slash-and-burn, with Applications to Brazil and Indonesia’ 21. Jeffrey R. Vincent and Rozali Mohamed Ali with Chang Yii Tan, Jahara Yahaya, Khalid Abdul Rahim, Lim Teck Ghee, Anke Sofia Meyer, Mohd. Shahwahid Haji Othman and G. Sivalingam, (1997), ‘Conclusions’ E Regional Development 22. Hal Hill (1997), ‘Regional Development in Southeast Asia: The Challenges of Subnational Diversity’ 23. M. Govinda Rao (2000), ‘Fiscal Decentralization in Vietnam: Emerging Issues’ Name Index Volume III Acknowledgements An Introduction by the editor to all four volumes appears in Volume I PART V PUBLIC POLICY, INSTITUTIONS AND OWNERSHIP A Overviews 1. Stephan M. Haggard (1998), ‘Business, Politics and Policy in East and Southeast Asia’ 2. J.A.C. Mackie (1988), ‘Economic Growth in the ASEAN Region: The Political Underpinnings’ 3. Andrew MacIntyre (1999), ‘Political Institutions and the Economic Crisis in Thailand and Indonesia’ 4. Jon S.T. Quah (1998), ‘Singapore’s Model of Development: Is It Transferable?’ B Case Studies of Intervention and Reform 5. Ammar Siamwalla (1999), ‘Can A Developing Democracy Manage Its Macroeconomy? The Case of Thailand’ 6. Richard R. Barrichello and Frank R. Flatters (1991), ‘Trade Policy Reform in Indonesia’ 7. David C.E. Chew (1993), ‘Civil Service Pay in the Asian-Pacific Region’ 8. George Fane and Timothy Condon (1996), ‘Trade Reform in Indonesia, 1987–95’ 9. David K. Linnan (1999), ‘Insolvency Reform and the Indonesian Financial Crisis’ 10. Gerardo Sicat (1985), ‘A Historical and Current Perspective of Philippine Economic Problems’ 11. M. Hadi Soesastro (1989), ‘The Political Economy of Deregulation in Indonesia’ C Ownership and Business Structures 12. Kelly Bird (1999), ‘Concentration in Indonesian Manufacturing, 1975–93’ 13. Stijn Claessens, Simeon Djankov and Larry H.P. Lang (2000), ‘The Separation of Ownership and Control in East Asian Corporations’ 14. Edmund Terence Gomez and Jomo K.S. (1999), ‘Privatising State Assets’ 15. Hal Hill and Prema-chandra Athukorala (1998), ‘Foreign Investment in East Asia: A Survey’ 16. Linda Y.C. Lim (1996), ‘The Evolution of Southeast Asian Business Systems’ 17. Jamie Mackie (1992), ‘Changing Patterns of Chinese Big Business in Southeast Asia’ 18. Ng Chee Yuen and Toh Kin Woon (1992), ‘Privatization in the Asian-Pacific Region’ 19. Eric D. Ramstetter (1999), ‘Comparisons of Foreign Multinationals and Local Firms in Asian Manufacturing Over Time’ 20. Yuri Sato (1993), ‘The Salim Group in Indonesia: The Development and Behavior of the Largest Conglomerate in Southeast Asia’ 21. Yoshihara Kunio (1988), ‘Rent-seekers and Speculators’ Name Index Volume IV Acknowledgements An Introduction by the editor to all four volumes appears in Volume I PART VI SECTORS A Agriculture 1. Ponciano Intal, Jr. and John H. Power (1991), ‘The Philippines’ 2. Ammar Siamwalla, Suthad Setboonsarng, and Direk Patamasiriwat (1993), ‘Agriculture’ 3. Steven R. Tabor (1992), ‘Agriculture in Transition’ 4. Colin Barlow (1997), ‘Growth, Structural Change and Plantation Tree Crops: The Case of Rubber’ 5. Romeo M. Bautista (1993), ‘Trade and Agricultural Development in the 1980s and the Challenges for the 1990s: Asia’ 6. Takamasa Akiyama and Akihiko Nishio (1997), ‘Sulawesi’s Cocoa Boom: Lessons of Smallholder Dynamism and a Hands-off Policy’ 7. C. Peter Timmer (1993), ‘Rural Bias in the East and South-east Asian Rice Economy: Indonesia in Comparative Perspective’ B Services: Finance 8. H.W. Arndt (1989), ‘Trade in Services with Special Reference to ASEAN’ 9. Maxwell J. Fry (1995), ‘Financial Development in Asia: Some Analytical Issues’ 10. Ross H. McLeod (1999), ‘Control and Competition: Banking Deregulation and Re-regulation in Indonesia’ 11. Rob Vos and Josef T. Yap (1996), ‘Financial Intermediation and Adjustment of Internal and External Balances’ C Industry 12. Hal Hill (1999), ‘Industrialisation in ASEAN: Some Analytical and Policy Lessons’ 13. Erlinda M. Medalla, Gwendolyn R. Tecson, Romeo M. Bautista and John H. Power (1995), ‘Efficiency, Competitiveness and Structure of the Philippine Manufacturing Industries’ 14. Suphat Suphachalasai (1995), ‘Export-led Industrialization’ 15. Albert Berry and Dipak Mazumdar (1991), ‘Small-scale Industry in the Asian-Pacific Region’ 16. Henry Sandee, Roos Kities Andadari and Sri Sulandjari (2000), ‘Small Firm Development During Good Times and Bad: The Jepara Furniture Industry’ 17. Hal Hill (1996), ‘Indonesia’s Industrial Policy and Performance: "Orthodoxy" Vindicated’ 18. Sanjaya Lall (1995), ‘Malaysia: Industrial Success and the Role of the Government’ 19. Peter G. Warr (1989), ‘Export Processing Zones: The Economics of Enclave Manufacturing’ 20. Edward K.Y. Chen (1997), ‘The Total Factor Productivity Debate: Determinants of Economic Growth in East Asia’ 21. Mike Hobday (1994), ‘Technological Learning in Singapore: A Test Case of Leapfrogging’ Name Index

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Book SynopsisThe twin processes of integration and fragmentation have been the distinguishing features of contemporary globalization. Nowhere is this more strikingly evident than in the Asia Pacific. This first volume of a two-volume study concentrates on the geopolitical and economic transformation of Asia Pacific. It focuses on the complex relationship between the decline of ideological bipolarity, the rapid industrialization of East Asia and the tensions generated by the shifting balance of regional and global economic interests.Particular attention is devoted to the three major powers (the United States, China and Japan) and to a number of small and middle powers in particular Indonesia, Malaysia, South Korea, Australia and Canada. Underpinning the entire analysis is the complex interplay of geopolitics, economy and culture.States, Markets and Civil Society in Asia Pacific is essential reading for scholars and researchers of Asia Pacific politics and economy. The coherent analysis will also ensure the books appeal to those in NGOs and government agencies affected by, or working in, the region.Trade Review'. . . this book is a major contribution to the literature on the broadly conceived Asia-Pacific region and will, as they say, be an invaluable resource for scholars and students alike.' -- Mark Beeson, Labour and Industry'With thorough research, well-articulated analyses and sophisticated discussion of conceptions, this book is not only an excellent reference but also a source of stimulative ideas for researchers.' -- Jian Yang, New Zealand International Review'. . . this is indeed an outstanding book which ought to be read by all who are interested in the political economy of the Asia Pacific region. I look forward to Camilleri's second volume on the development of multilateral approaches to economics and security co-operation in Asia Pacific.' -- Peng Er Lam, Asia Pacific Journal of Management'His analyses of how such security complexes, in leading to the collective identity formation within multilateralist efforts in the region, will no doubt contribute to making the second volume of this study equally well worth reading.' -- Stuart Harris, Pacifica Review'. . . Camilleri's book . . . will work well as an undergraduate text . . . It might also be of interest to academics not immediately familiar with how the region's economy relates to geopolitics as a secondary reference text.' -- Alexius A. Pereira, Asia Pacific Business Review'The book will serve as a comprehensive, sophisticated and well-researched guide to the Pacific Rim's most recent past, worth reading. . . Recommended for public, academic (upper-division undergraduate and up), and professional library collections.' -- R.P. Gardella, Choice'Once again Joseph Camilleri has written a major work. Drawing on a vast literature, he has compiled a coherent whole out of the innumerable pieces of the vast puzzle that is the Asia Pacific. Conceiving of the area as three regional subsystems, his analysis is an impressive blend of historical, conceptual, and empirical materials that focus on the interplay of geopolitics and geoeconomics in a major part of the world that will substantially shape the course of world affairs in the decades ahead. Camilleri brings a keen understanding of the dynamics of change, democratization, and civil society to bear on both the varieties and uniformities to be found in the Asia-Pacific at the outset of a new century.' -- James N. Rosenau, The George Washington University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Geopolitical Change: From the Nixon Doctrine to the End of the Cold War 2. East Asia’s Economic Transformation 3. From Hegemony to Competitive Interdependence 4. Periphery and Semi-Periphery: In Search of a New Equilibrium 5. State, Economy and Civil Society 6. Concluding Reflections Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis timely book examines the effects of financial liberalization in the more advanced economies of Southeast Asia. The book also analyses the degree to which emerging and transitional economies in East and South Asia can benefit from this example. The weakness of the banking sector is examined in order to explain the reasons behind the currency crisis and to prescribe policies to avoid a similar episode in the future.Further, the book documents the individual steps taken to liberalize the economies over a period of about 20-30 years in each country. The analyses reveal that liberalization led to high growth in economies undertaking such reforms while unwillingness to take such reforms appear to have led to poor growth and hence low social development. This finding contradicts the common belief that liberalization led to the financial crisis and then to growth collapse.An efficient and liberalized financial sector is an essential precondition for promoting and accelerating economic growth and welfare. Arguments supporting this policy are based on the experience of Southeast Asian economies, particularly the pioneers such as Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and Thailand. This has led some less developed countries in East and South Asia to initiate the process of financial sector reforms and to realize the potential benefits of such reforms. The authors analyse the reform process and the lessons to be drawn from the experiences of these economies in their quest for sustained development in East and South Asia.Trade Review'This is an insightful, important, and good book. . . [the book] is a valuable addition to the debate on policy making and structures in Asia and will, I hope, be an influential one.' -- Gordon de Brouwer, Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies'. . . this book provides useful information about the Asian financial crisis.' -- Ying, Zhu, Asia Pacific Business ReviewTable of ContentsContents: Preface Part I: Liberalization and the Asian Financial Crisis Part II: The Early Reformers Part III: Communists Return to Market Forces Part IV: The Hesitant Reformers Part V: The Lessons from Liberalization Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisTo Know Our Many Selves profiles the history of Canadianstudies, which began as early as the 1840s with the Study of Canada. Indiscussing this comprehensive examination of culture, Hoerderhighlights its unique interdisciplinary approach, which included bothsociological and political angles. Years later, as the study of otherethnicities was added to the cultural story of Canada, a solidfoundation was formed for the nation’s master narrative. Against this background, To Know Our Many Selves focuses onwhy Canadian studies can be used as a sound model for the study ofother societies in a framework of transcultural societal studies.Table of ContentsPreface; Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Traditions and Practices: From Colonial and Area to Cultural orSocietal Studies I. Framing Research on Canada: Burdens and Achievements ofthe Past 2. The Atlantic World: Creating Societies in Imperial Hinterland 3. Canada’s Peoples: Inclusions & Exclusions 4. Self-Constructions: From Regional Consciousnesses to NationalBillboards II. From Privileged Discourses to Research on SocialSpaces 5. Privileged Discourses up to 1920: Scholarship in the Making 6. Substantial Research: The Social Spaces of the Geological Surveyof Canada 7. Learning and Society: Social Responsibility, EducationalInstitutions, Elite Formation III. The Study of Canada: The Social Sciences, the Arts, NewMedia, 1920s–1950s 8. Data-Based Studies of Society: Political Economy, History,Sociology 9. Discourse-Based Reflections about Society: Where Were theHumanities? IV. The Third Phase: Multiple Discourses about InterlinkedSocieties 10. Decolonization: The Changes of the 1960s 11. Visions and Borderlines: Canadian Studies since the 1960s 12. Views from the Outside: The Surge of International CanadianStudies 13. Agency in a Multicultural Society: Interdisciplinary ResearchAchievements V. Perspectives 14. From Interest-Driven National Discourse to TransculturalSocietal Studies Interviews with the Author; Index

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Book SynopsisThe Arab countries and the Arab Middle East have been projected as homogeneous and united social and political entities. Yet beneath the surface, ethnic tensions and conflicts simmer. Some of these conflicts are well known and the issues arising therefrom are part of the regular diet of news. Other tensions involving ethnic minorities and ethnic diasporas are less well known. But they are no less problematic for regional actors. Particularly so since they are not only influenced by global developments, but they also significantly influence political, economic, cultural and ideological regional and intrastate developments. The purpose of this book is to highlight the factors, forces, and circumstances that affect inter-communal relations in the region, and point toward strategies and circumstances that promote or hinder coexistence and integration, or antagonism. By studying diasporas in the Middle East in terms of their significant regional factors in relation to the Middle Eastern diaspora worldwide, this book makes an important and unique contribution to linking the study of Middle Eastern diasporas to the general new field of diasporic studies.Trade Review"In these timely essays, historian Ma'oz and political scientist Sheffer help to fill a significant gap in knowledge about Middle Eastern minorities and diasporas. Highly recommended." -- Choice.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction; Moshe Ma'oz and Gabriel Sheffer; Middle Eastern Minorities: Between Integration and conflict -- An Overview; National Self-Determination in the Middle East and North Africa; The Impact of Religion and Regime on Ethnic Conflict in the Middle East; Ethnic and Religious Conflicts in Sudan since Independence; The Elite Minority: Educated Sudanese and their Role in the State; The Christians in Israel: Aspects of Integration and the Search for Identity in a Minority within a Minority; Contested Identities: Berbers, 'Berberism', and the State in North Africa; Ethnic and Religious Conflicts in Iraq; Middle Eastern Diasporas -- An Overview; The Muslim Diaspora in the West; Lebanon: State, Diaspora and the Question of Political Stability; Chechen Identity, Culture, and Citizenship in Jordan; Territorial versus Personal Autonomy; Contributors; Index.

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Book SynopsisInvestment in Peace - The Politics of Economics Cooperation Between Israel, Jordan & the PalestiniansTable of ContentsContents: Foreword by HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal of Jordan; Preface; Introduction: Perceptions of War, Peace, and Economics; The Domestic Environments; The Politics of the Israeli--Jordanian--Palestinian Triangle; Trade Regimes; Transnational Economic Co-operation; Regional Infrastructure Development; Conclusion: The Future of Arab--Israeli Economic; Relations -- Risks and Opportunities; Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisIn general, all societies have evolved from a background in which people were many and resources were few. Thus the creation of their ideas, values, and institutions needed to adjust to that reality. The unique history of the United States, however, makes it an exception. There people were few but resources were endless. Thus, American traditions, values, ideas, and institutions which were of European origin had to undergo major transformations. The reality of plenty is thus the key to understanding the uniqueness of American civilization.Trade Review"A fresh intellectual history of the role of the frontier in the American national experience... An excellent analyis of the positive and dark sides of the American national experience." -- American Studies (University of Kansas and the Mid-American Studies Association)."...makes a compelling argument that displays a deep, highly original understanding of the historical myth and reality of the American frontier... Throughout his book, Gutfeld argues convincingly that 'plenty' and the 'frontier' have been weighty and malleable concepts in American history. Yet the ideas of available plenitude and an open frontier also entailed devastating practical consequences. Despite so much tragic history and such harsh contemporary reality, these ideas still flourish today. Insistent ahistoricism also is a key element of American theory and practice. Americans even seem inclined to repeat past mistakes as exactly as possible, rather than to learn much from them. Though one should not bet on the power of any book to change deep-rooted American behavioral patterns, American Exceptionalism clearly offers an insightful, important corrective." -- From the Foreword by Avi Soifer, Boston College Law School, Massachusetts.Table of ContentsContents: Foreword by Professor Aviam Soifer; Preface; Europe Dreamt and America Realised the Enlightenment, or Did It?; American Exceptionalism and the Forces that Maintain It; The Unique Nature of American Political Violence; The Deprivation of Indian Sovereignty; Genocide, North American Style; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisDiscusses the Druze in the Middle East in general, with a particular focus of the Druze relationship with the State of Israel. Part I -- Faiths, Commandments, and the Life-Cycle -- deals with practical religious commandments, religious rights and ceremonies, and the life-cycle of the individual. Original material is presented that places the Druze unequivocally as members of an independent faith with their own unique identity. Part II -- Spiritual Leadership and Community Organisation -- treats the spiritual leadership in various countries of the Middle East throughout their history. This leadership is of great importance in administering the life of the Druze community. Part III -- Population, Society, and Identity in Israel -- discusses the role of family, society, and religious identity, and the changes in attitudes that have taken place in recent generations. Part IV -- Laws of Personal Status -- is an analysis of the laws of personal status of individuals, and of the implementation of these laws in practice in the Druze religious courts.Trade Review"This is an especially accessible guide to Druze belief, ritual practice, ethnography, and history... The author has collected excellent demographic material on the Israel community and provides a clear and concise analysis of its social structure and struggle with change... This important little volume is arguably the best introduction currently available in English... Essential." -- Social & Behavioral Sciences.Table of ContentsContents: Faith, commandments and the life-cycle; spiritual leadership and community organization; population, society and identity in Israel; laws of personal status.

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Book SynopsisAsks pertinent questions without shying away from difficult answers. Some of Israel's leading thinkers and experts from Israeli academia, journalism and public life investigate the pressing issues that face the modern State of Israel. The radical political perspectives and alternatives presented in this book challenge long-held ideas about how Israel should conduct itself as a political entity, drawing on both past and present political discussion in Israel. Ultimately, the contributors arrive at a highly original and controversial portrayal of Israeli society, and present a blueprint for a radical new path for Israeli politics.Table of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements; Introduction: Radical Alternatives and Radical Responses: Israel, Jews, Palestinians; A Land Without a People; The Palestinian Arab Minority in Israel; Israeli Colonialism under the Guise of the Peace Process, 1993-2000; The End of Zionism?; Religion, State and Society: Who's Left?; The Making and Breaking of the Israeli Left; Post-Mortem for the Ashkenazi Left; Jewish National Self-Determination at the Crossroads; Left out -- the Ecological Paradox of the Israeli Left; The Left Needs Two Banners: Views from the Left; The Roots of Israel's Economic Crisis; The Dilemmas of Israeli Education; The Israeli Woman and the Feminist Commitment; The Mizrahim: Challenging the Ethos of the Melting Pot; Jerusalem: Constructive Division or Spartaheid?; Index.

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Book SynopsisCultural China is a unique annual publication for up-to-date, informed and accessible commentary about Chinese and Sinophone languages, cultural practices, politics and production, and their critical analysis. It builds on research and perspectives central to the Contemporary China Centre, based at the University of Westminster, and the Contemporary China Centre Blog. The chapters in this Review speak to the challenging and eventful year that was 2021 as it unfolded across cultural China. Thematically, they range from health and medicine, environment, food, children and parenting via film, red culture and calls to action. Many of the contributions in this edited collection focus on the People's Republic of China, but they also draw attention to the multiple Chinese and Sinophone cultural practices that exist within, across and beyond national borders. The Review is distinctive in its cultural studies-based approach and contributes a much-needed critical perspective from the humanities to the study of cultural China. It aims to promote interdisciplinary dialogue and debate about the social, cultural, political and historical dynamics that inform life in cultural China today offering academics, activists, practitioners and politicians a key reference with which to situate current events in and relating to cultural China in a wider context.

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Book SynopsisOver the past two decades, the oil sands region of northeastern Alberta has been the site of unprecedented levels of development. Alberta’s Lower Athabasca Basin tells a fascinating story of how a catastrophic ice age flood left behind a unique landscape, one that made deposits of bitumen available for surface mining. Less well known is the discovery that this flood also produced an environment that supported perhaps the most intensive use of boreal forest resources by prehistoric Native people yet recognized in Canada. Studies undertaken to meet the conservation requirements of the Alberta Historical Resources Act have yielded a rich and varied record of prehistoric habitation and activity in the oil sands area. Evidence from between 9,500 and 5,000 years ago – the result of several major excavations – has confirmed extensive human use of the region’s resources, while important contextual information provided by key eological and palaeoenvironmental studies has deepened our understanding of how the region’s early inhabitants interacted with the landscape.Touching on various elements of this rich environmental and archaeological record, the contributors to this volume use the evidence gained through research and compliance studies to offer new insights into human and natural history. They also examine the challenges of managing this irreplaceable heritage resource in the face of ongoing development.

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Book SynopsisIn Fighting Invisibility, Monica Mong Trieu argues that we must consider the role of physical and symbolic space to fully understand the nuances of Asian American racialization. By doing this, we face questions such as, historically, who has represented Asian America? Who gets to represent Asian America? This book shifts the primary focus to Midwest Asian America to disrupt—and expand beyond—the existing privileged narratives in United States and Asian American history. Drawing from in-depth interviews, census data, and cultural productions from Asian Americans in Ohio, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Minnesota, Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, and Michigan, this interdisciplinary research examines how post-1950s Midwest Asian Americans navigate identity and belonging, racism, educational settings, resources within co-ethnic communities, and pan-ethnic cultural community. Their experiences and life narratives are heavily framed by three pervasive themes of spatially defined isolation, invisibility, and racialized visibility. Fighting Invisibility makes an important contribution to racialization literature, while also highlighting the necessity to further expand the scope of Asian American history-telling and knowledge production. Trade Review"In this remarkably perceptive book, Trieu’s multilayered narratives of racialization in the Midwest brilliantly contextualize how belonging, representation, and resistance are negotiated." -- Linda Trinh Vo * author of Mobilizing an Asian American Community *"The stories of Asian Americans in the Midwest remain poorly recognized and understood – until now. Fighting Invisibility frames these Asian Americans’ experiences within the context of U.S. racial history and culture, revealing the power of geography in the process. The result is a thought-provoking, highly readable book that should be read from coast to coast." -- Pawan Dhingra * author of Hyper Education: Why Good Schools, Good Grades, and Good Behavior Are Not Enough *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations ix Introduction: Asian America in America’s Heartland 1 Who Is Midwestern Asian America? A Demographic Overview and Personal Histories of Post-1950s Midwestern Asian Americans 19 “I Only Knew It in Relation to Its Absence”: Isolated and Everyday Ethnics on Spatial Contexts, Community, and Identity 46 “Why Couldn’t I Be White?”: On the Legacy of Colonialism, Racism, and Internalized Racism in the Midwest 64 Crafting “Sharp Weapons” in the Heartland: The Making of Cultural Productions as Racialized Subjects 89 Conclusion 105 Epilogue: A Final Note on Moving Forward for Asian America 109 Appendix: Selected Characteristics of Study Participants 117 Acknowledgments 121 Notes 125 Bibliography 149 Index 000

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Book SynopsisThis book presents extensions to current commodity-flow models to analyze the economic and environmental impacts of recent structural changes, such as fragmentation of production and lengthening supply chains. The extensions enable augmented commodity-flow models to analyze the vulnerability of supply chains and regions to climate change and extreme weather events. The models allow the explicit treatment of trade in intermediate goods; the so-called “new economic geography” behavioral foundations for production and inter-industry and interregional trade; endogenous determination of capital investment and employment; and changes in emissions associated with production, consumption and freight movement. Presenting a modeling framework and simulations that are based on a thirty-year, spatial time-series of inter-industry and interstate trade in the US, this unique book is a valuable resource for regional scientists, economic geographers and transportation modelers, as well as environmental and atmospheric scientists.Table of ContentsSee attachments

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Book SynopsisThe book aims to face the challenge of post-COVID-19 dynamics toward green and digital transition, between metropolitan and return to villages’ perspectives. It presents a multi-disciplinary scientific debate on the new frontiers of strategic and spatial planning, economic programs and decision support tools, within the urban–rural areas networks and the metropolitan cities. The book focuses on six topics: inner and marginalized areas local development to re-balance territorial inequalities; knowledge and innovation ecosystem for urban regeneration and resilience; metropolitan cities and territorial dynamics; rules, governance, economy, society; green buildings, post-carbon city and ecosystem services; infrastructures and spatial information systems; cultural heritage: conservation, enhancement and management. In addition, the book hosts a Special Section: Rhegion United Nations 2020-2030. The book will benefit all researchers, practitioners and policymakers interested in the issues applied to metropolitan cities and marginal areas. Table of ContentsThe Valuation of Unused Public Buildings in Support of Culture-led Inner Areas’ Small Villages NRRP Strategies: an application model in Southern Italy.- Hydrological drivers and effects of wildfire in Mediterranean rural and forest ecosystems: A mini review.- River transport in Calabrian rivers.- Green Transition Towards Sustainability. Design, architecture, production.- (Un)earth vulnerable Chile.- Fostering resilience in Inner Areas. The Sicani case study in Sicily.- Application of crowd sensing for sustainable management of smart cities.- Ecological transition and planning strategies.

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Book SynopsisThis open access book explores the role of innovation in technological convergence processes in the EU regional space and shifts the focus from absolute and conditional income convergence to technological convergence and its determinants. Presenting new theoretical and empirical evidence on the determinants and trajectory of the EU region’s development and convergence, this book will appeal to scholars of economics and regional science, as well as practitioners and policymakers interested in the policy implications of regional technological convergence. The presented findings will also contribute to the development of the knowledge-based economy paradigm in the regional context.This is an open access book.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Innovation and Regional Development.- Chapter 3. Regional Technological Convergence: Patterns and Determinants.- Chapter 4. Empirical Analysis of Technological Convergence in the European Regional Area.

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Book SynopsisDer Band bietet eine Einführung in das politische System des Landes Brandenburg seit 1990. Er stellt die zentralen politischen Institutionen vor und beleuchtet die politische Praxis mit dem Fokus auf Regierung und Parlament. Dabei vergleicht er auch mit anderen Bundesländern und erlaubt so Aussagen über Spezifika Brandenburgs. Der „Brandenburger Weg“, der auf Konsens und Integration politischer und gesellschaftlicher Gruppen setzt, wird vielfach als Erfolgsmodell des Systemwechsels und Lehre aus der friedlichen Revolution begriffen. Oder handelt es sich hier um einen Mythos?Table of Contents​Landespolitik im Föderalismus – Vorgaben und Handlungsspielräume.- Demokratisierung und ihre Herausforderungen an die Politik.- Der Brandenburgische Landtag: Funktionen, Selbstverständnis der Abgeordneten und Gesetzgebung.- Die Brandenburgische Landesregierung: Funktionen und Verhältnis gegenüber dem Parlament.- Verfassungs- und Rechtspolitik und Fusionspolitik gegenüber Berlin.- Bildungs- und Kulturpolitik.- Polizei, Kommunen und Verwaltung.- Erfolgsmodell Brandenburger Weg.

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Book SynopsisIm Mittelpunkt dieser Einführung in die französische Politik, die für die 5. Auflage umfassend aktualisiert wurde, steht die Darstellung der V. Republik. Der Autor beschreibt, wie sich Frankreichs Innenpolitik unter den sieben Staatspräsidenten im Laufe der Jahrzehnte verändert hat. Er zeigt, wie das Parlament trotz Funktionsverlust bei parallel laufender Kompetenzausweitung der doppelköpfigen Exekutive versucht hat, seinen Kontrollfunktionen gerecht zu werden. Daneben werden die politischen Parteien sowie die Interessenverbände ausführlich dargestellt. Hintergrund der Analyse bilden die politische Kultur Frankreichs, seine Gesellschaftsstruktur und das Wirtschaftssystem.Table of ContentsÜbergangsphase und Ausarbeitung der neuen Verfassung.- Aspekte politischer Kultur.- Der Staatspräsident.- Die Regierung und die Verwaltungselite.- Das Parlament.- Der Verfassungsrat.- Der Staatsrat.- Der Wirtschafts-, Sozial- und Umweltrat.- Der Défenseur des droits.- Die politischen Parteien.- Wahlen, Wählerverhalten und Wahlfinanzierung.- Interessenverbände.- Massenmedien.- Kommunal- und Regionalpolitik.- Wirtschaftspolitik.- Gesellschaft und sozialer Wandel.- Frankreich und Europa.

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Book SynopsisDieses Buch führt in das britische Regierungssystem ein, welches zu den „Klassikern“ der vergleichenden Regierungslehre zählt. Das „Westminster Modell“ des Regierens hat sich in den letzten Jahrzehnten weitgehend verändert. Wie und auf welchen Feldern kann hier in einem Gesamtkontext der Reformen des politischen Systems nachgelesen werden. Die direkt nach dem Brexit-Referendum 2016 aktualisierte und erweiterte Neuauflage legt Grundlagen für das Verständnis des britischen Regierungssystems. Sie betritt aber auch Neuland. Denn neben der Analyse des Staatsaufbaus und des Regierens, sowie der Parteien- und Wahlsysteme führt sie in die innerbritische Diskussion zum politischen System Großbritanniens ein und untersucht Themen wie Protestbewegungen, Identitätspolitik, Multikulturalismus, das Verhältnis von Freiheit und Sicherheit in der britischen Politik und die Rolle des Vereinigten Königreiches in der Europapolitik.Table of ContentsNeuere Debatten zum Verständnis des britischen Regierungssystems.- Grundlagen des Staatsaufbaus.- Grundlagen des Regierens.- Grundlagen der politischen Willensbildung.- Grundlagen der Zivilgesellschaft.- Großbritannien in Europa.

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Book SynopsisDas Buch schließt an die soziale Entwurzelungsdebatte der Parteien an und verbindet Parteien mit der Krisendebatte repräsentativer Demokratie sowie der gesellschaftlichen Inklusions-/Exklusionsdebatte. Parteien gehen aus sozialen Ungleichheitsverhältnissen hervor, die sich in ihrem Sozialprofil widerspiegeln. Als Schlüsselakteure der Organisation repräsentativdemokratischer Herrschaft wirken sie auf Ungleichheitsstrukturen zurück, die dem Wandel unterliegen. Nach dem Trend zur Wohlstands- und mobilen Fahrstuhlgesellschaft in der Boom-Epoche sind neue soziale Ungleichheitsstrukturen entstanden, die der Repräsentation durch die Parteien bedürften. An der sozialen Zusammensetzung von Mitgliedern, Führungsschichten und öffentlichen Mandatsträgern der Parteien wird geprüft, inwieweit diese angesichts der organisatorischen Dominanz der neuen Mittelschichten den Anschluss an die gewandelten Ungleichheitsverhältnisse finden.Table of ContentsGrundlagen • Angleichung und sozialer Repräsentationsverlust der Parteien und ihrer Repräsentanten • Interessenspräsentation sozialer Ungleichheit durch Parteien.

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Book SynopsisDer Band thematisiert Koalitionen, Kooperationen und Bündnisse zwischen Union und Grünen – einstmals die politischen Antipoden des Parteiensystems –, die sich mittlerweile von exotischen Ausnahmefällen zu „normalen“ Bündnissen entwickelt haben. Auf kommunaler Ebene handelt es sich um ein längst etabliertes Kooperationsmodell. Auch wenn mancher politische Beobachter nach dem vorzeitigen Scheitern zweier Landesregierungen bereits den Abgesang auf Schwarz-Grün anstimmte, so zeigt nicht zuletzt der Blick auf Hessen, wie hochaktuell dieses Koalitionsmodell weiterhin ist. Der Band versammelt verschiedene theoretische, konzeptionelle und empirische Beiträge zu diesem politischen Bündnis sowohl in bilanzierender als auch in vorausschauender Perspektive.Table of ContentsGrundlagen.- Erfahrungen.- Perspektiven.

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Book SynopsisAusgangspunkt des Sonderhefts ist die Tatsache, dass digitale und insbesondere soziale Medien in vielfältiger Weise Einfluss ausüben auf die Willensbildung, aber auch auf politische Entscheidungsprozesse. Sie wirken auf das Verhältnis zwischen Repräsentierten und Repräsentanten in einer Demokratie und können auf diese Weise Transformationen der politischen Prozesse begründen. Das vorliegende Sonderheft der Zeitschrift für vergleichende Politikwissenschaft (ZfVP) nimmt die in diesem Kontext zentralen Kategorien – Repräsentation, Partizipation, Transparenz, Responsivität – in den Blick und fokussiert dabei auf zwei zentrale Dimensionen: Die Veränderungen, die sich durch die Nutzung digitaler Medien für Demokratien ergeben und die Ambivalenzen, die diese Veränderung in den demokratischen Prozessen mit sich bringen.Table of ContentsDigitale Medien und ihre Wirkung auf demokratische Prozesse.- „Like“ Parlament? Die Nutzung von social media durch Unterhaus und Bundestag.- MEPs online – ein Mehrwert für die Repräsentation?.- Wer hat Angst vor Abgeordnetenwatch? Repräsentation, Responsitivität und Transparenzforderungen an Abgeordnete des Deutschen Bundestages.- Politische Online-Beteiligung: Qualifizierung der Demokratie oder neue Tyrannei der Beteiligung.- Innerparteiliche Demokratie 2.0? Partizipation von Parteimitgliedern im Internet.- Web 2.0 und der SPD-Mitgliederentscheid zur „GroKo“. Twitter-Kommunikation als Qualitätsmerkmal digitaler Demokratie?.- Der Einfluss von Online-Verfahren auf die Partizipation an demokratischen Entscheidungen: Eine empirische Überprüfung am Beispiel inneruniversitärer Rechtsetzung.- Die dunkle Seite des WWW. Rechtsextremismus und Internet.- Transnationalisierung politischer Öffentlichkeit über Soziale Medien – ein Politikfeldvergleich.

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Book SynopsisIn der vorliegenden Studie werden die nationalen und europäischen Karriereverläufe von Abgeordneten des Europäischen Parlaments aus Deutschland, Frankreich, Großbritannien und Italien untersucht. Eine Vollerhebung aller Abgeordneten aus den untersuchten Staaten (1.562 Personen) ermöglicht die Einbeziehung vielfältiger Faktoren und die Einordnung in eine eigens entwickelte Typologie der Karrieretypen. Neben den sozio-demographischen Merkmalen steht dabei der durch die Untersuchung der individuellen Ämterübernahmen diagnostizierbare Concours in den Karriereverläufen im Fokus des Interesses.Table of ContentsHistorische Entwicklung des Europäischen Parlaments.- Nationale Rahmenbedingungen in den untersuchten Staaten.- Typologie der europäischen Abgeordnetenkarrieren.

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Book SynopsisDieses Buch behandelt alle politischen Systeme Lateinamerikas und folgt der Idee, eine Balance zwischen länderübergreifender Perspektive und individualisierender Länderstudie herzustellen. Nach einem generalisierenden Überblick werden die dort angeschlagenen Themen in 20 Länderkapiteln wieder aufgegriffen. Die Länderkapitel schildern in chronologischer Darstellung zunächst die Vorgeschichte des aktuellen politischen Systems. Anschließend werden die politischen Institutionen, insbesondere das Regierungs- und das Parteiensystem vorgestellt und ferner die politischen Kursentscheidungen und Handlungsmöglichkeiten in der Wirtschaftspolitik und bei der Armutsbekämpfung skizziert.Table of ContentsVon der Kolonialisierung bis zur Gegenwart.- Theorien über Lateinamerika.- Klassenstrukturen und Identitäten.- Das politische System.- Wirtschaftspolitik und Ressourcenmanagement.- Kolumbien.- Venezuela.- Ecuador.- Peru.- Bolivien.- Chile.- Argentinien.- Brasilien.- Paraguay.- Uruguay.- Panama.- Costa Rica.- Nicaragua.- Honduras.- Guatemala.- El Salvador.- Mexiko.- Haiti.- Dominikanische Republik.- Kuba

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Book SynopsisAm 23. Juni 2016 entschied sich Großbritannien in einem Referendum für die Trennung von der EU. Dieses essential zeigt, dass die euro-britischen Beziehungen stets problematisch waren, weil sie auf unterschiedlichen Erwartungen an die europäische Integration beruhten. Das jüngste Scheitern von Forderungen nach Ausnahmen bei den Grundfreiheiten und nach Mitsprache in der Eurozone führte zu einer teils drastischen Politisierung der traditionellen britischen Europaskepsis. Diese bestimmte auch weite Teile des Wahlkampfes und trug wesentlich dazu bei, dass dieser wenigstens in Teilen als „Schmutzkampagne“ einzustufen ist. Das Ergebnis bringt sowohl für Großbritannien als auch die EU enorme Unsicherheiten mit sich.Table of ContentsDie politische Kultur der Europaskepsis im Vereinigten Königreich: Das Unbehagen vor Europa und der britische Sonderweg im europäischen Integrationsprozess als Hintergrund des Brexit.- Die Tradition der Europaskepsis trifft auf die Tagespolitik: Der unmittelbare Weg in den Brexit.- Die Brexit-Kampagne: Befürworter und Gegner, Erwartungen, Risiken und Illusionen.- Nach dem Brexit: Quo vadis, Britannia – quo vadis, Europa?

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Book SynopsisUlf von Krause skizziert in diesem essential nach der gültigen Rechtslage unstrittige und strittige Einsätze der Bundeswehr im Innern von 2002 bis 2016. Neue Bedrohungsformen und eine zunehmend unscharfe Grenze zwischen innerer und äußerer Sicherheit können die Polizeikräfte in Deutschland an die Grenzen ihrer Leistungsfähigkeit führen – der Autor zeigt Fähigkeiten der Bundeswehr auf, die zur Unterstützung der Polizei herangezogen werden könnten, was jedoch Grundgesetzänderungen voraussetzt. Die Diskussion darüber wird in Deutschland seiner Meinung nach nicht aus einer funktionalen, sondern einer ideologischen Perspektive geführt.Table of ContentsRahmenbedingungen für Einsätze im Innern und ihre Interpretation seit 2001.- Verwischung der Grenze zwischen innerer und äußerer Sicherheit.- Kontroverse Positionen von Parteien und Verbänden zu Einsätzen der Bundeswehr im Innern.- Fähigkeiten der Bundeswehr für die Wahrnehmung von mehr Aufgaben im Innern.

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Book SynopsisDieses Buch zeigt Möglichkeiten auf, mit der Begriffsverwendung „subnationale Außenbeziehungen“ die vielfältigen legitimen Handlungen von Landesregierungen und Landtagen im Ausland zu erfassen. In Abgrenzung zu illegitimer „Nebenaußenpolitik“ werden die Aktivitäten der deutschen Länder Mecklenburg-Vorpommern und Schleswig-Holstein vergleichend von 1990 bis 2011/12 dargestellt. Die Fallbeispiele lassen erkennen, dass subnationale Außenbeziehungen regionale Akteure im Rahmen des Standortwettbewerbs unterstützen, die Kapazitäten der nationalen Ebene ergänzen, die Umsetzung von Initiativen der europäischen Ebene fördern und die regionale Zusammenarbeit in Großregionen wie dem Ostseeraum stärken können.Table of ContentsZum Begriff „subnationale Außenbeziehungen“: Abgrenzung, Definition und Merkmale.- Das europäische Mehrebenensystem und der Ostseeraum als Kontext.- Darstellung der Außenbeziehungen von Mecklenburg-Vorpommern und Schleswig-Holstein.

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Book SynopsisDie digitale Transformation stellt nicht nur die Unternehmenswelt vor große Herausforderungen, sondern nimmt auch auf viele Lebensbereiche der Menschen einer Region enormen Einfluss. Zur Erprobung der Ausgestaltung des regionalen Entwicklungspotenzials finden derzeit erste Pilotprojekte statt. Die bisherigen Ergebnisse machen deutlich, dass die wesentlichen Entwicklungen innerhalb von vier Lebensbereichen – dem Zuhause, der Arbeit, dem öffentlichen Raum und der Mobilität – stattfinden und sich Städte und Gemeinden den neuen Chancen öffnen sollten. Im Fokus dieses Buches steht der regionale Lebensraum und seine Entwicklungen hin zu einer „Smart Region“ in Bezug auf ökonomische, ökologische und soziale Kriterien. Anerkannte Experten aus Wissenschaft und Praxis beantworten aktuelle Fragen, wie beispielsweise• was sind die entscheidenden Dimensionen einer smarten Region,• wie können Maßnahmen und Aktivitäten entwickelt, umgesetzt und koordiniert werden und• was ist bei der regionalen Verankerung und der Messung des Erfolges zu beachten.Die Autoren zielen darauf ab, über die Darstellung der Grundlagen einen soliden Zugang zu diesem Thema zu geben. Best-Practice-Beispiele und regionale Perspektiven inspirieren und regen zum Nachdenken an.Eine gelungene Symbiose aus Theorie und Praxis macht das Werk zu einer Pflichtlektüre für alle, die sich mit der Entwicklung von Smart Cities und Smart Regions befassen. Damit trägt es zur Verbesserung der Lebensqualität bei, ganz im Sinne der Third Mission der Hochschule Darmstadt.Prof. Dr. Ralph Stengler, Präsident der Hochschule DarmstadtEin ausgezeichnetes Buch! Die ausgewählten Praxisbeispiele und dargestellten strategischen Leitplanken lassen hoffen, dass sich in Deutschland die Digitalisierung des öffentlichen Sektors beschleunigt. Eine exzellente digitale Infrastruktur ist eine zentrale Voraussetzung, um nachhaltig im Standortwettbewerb zu bestehen. Ich empfehle das Werk allen politisch Verantwortlichen.Isabel de Paoli, Chief Strategy Officer, Merck KGaATable of ContentsEinleitendes Interview zu Smart Region.- Grundlagen und Ansatzpunkte.- Ausgestaltung zentraler Lebensbereiche.- Regionale Perspektiven.- Zusammenfassung und Ausblick.

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Book SynopsisWritten by a multinational team of experts who deploy their disciplinary strengths in history, sociology, social anthropology, political science, and philology to analyze a wide range of sources, including royal chronicles, missionary dictionaries, colonial archival documents, audio- and videotapes, and face-to-face interviews, Armies and Societies in Southeast Asia adds to the small but growing body of publications on warfare in Southeast Asia and colonial armies. Military-society relations are examined in a wide range of ways: traditional strategies of augmenting populations, mutinies, and mutiny attempts, imperial anxieties, Japanese military legacies, the transoceanic experiences of Southeast Asian and European soldiers, postwar demobilizations and postconflict biographies, and the transformation of communist guerrillas into guardians of the state and their development of capitalist enterprises. This volume will be of interest to Southeast Asianists and military historians alike as it not only covers traditional territorial grounds, thematic terrains, and temporal landscapes but also extends to individuals and further includes the national, regional, and transnational lives of military institutions.

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Book SynopsisWestern scholars have long studied China, Japan and Korea (among other Asian countries). However, in recent years we have seen the study of western societies launched at certain Asian universities while an interesting new development is the establishment of Nordic studies in China, Japan and South Korea. Why is this? What possible interest could the low-tax, entrepreneurial countries of East Asia have in the high-tax, social welfare-oriented Nordic region on the opposite edge of Eurasia? In the past few decades, all three Asian countries have experienced rapid economic development and as a result their societies are becoming more complex to govern. Several issues related to public welfare - for instance, the need to deal with an ageing population, income redistribution and provision of social security - were not considered important even 25 years ago. Today, their resolution is seen as essential to the countries' continued, sustainable development. Such issues have long been in focus in the Nordic region and important lessons can be learnt from how they have been addressed. On the other hand, the Nordic countries are at risk of stagnation and have much to learn from the dynamism and flexibility found in East Asia. Meanwhile cultural and political differences between East and West pose challenges to mutual understanding and learning. However, the two regions are not uniformly distinct from each other; there are in fact distinct differences within the regions and interesting parallels between them. In short, this pattern of convergence and diversity makes a challenging point of reference for scholars and policy-makers from both regions. The exploration of how both regions have much to learn from each other is the focus of this intriguing volume of essays by both Eastern and Western scholars.Table of ContentsIntroduction (Ras Tind Nielsen and Geir Helgesen) 1. Duality or Polarity: Modes of Thought in East and West (Bent Nielsen) 2. New Demands, Obsolete Values? Global Challenges to National Education (Geir Sigurdsson) 3. Nordic Democracy as a Model-Building Concept (Johan Strang and Jussi Kurunmaki) 4. The Nordic and East Asian Welfare Models: On Converging Paths? (Stein Kuhnle) 5. Scandinavian Welfare Regimes in the Current Crisis: Reform or Retrenchment? (Peter Abrahamson) 6. Comparing the Nordic and South Korean Models: Labour-Market Regulation and Social Welfare in Times of Crisis (Johannes Dragsbak Schmidt) 7. Europeanization and the Nordic Models: Reforms for Welfare and Competitiveness (Inchoon Kim) 8. Human Rights and 'Values in Asia': Reflections on East - West Dialogues (Daniel A. Bell) 9. Aiming for Results: Preconditions for a Constructive Dialogue between North Korea and the World (Geir Helgesen) 10. Sunshine in a Barren Soil: Domestic Politics of Engagement and Identity Formation in South Korea (Jong Kun Choi) 11. Cooperation among Equals: Political Culture in the Nordic Countries (Uffe A stergard) Afterword (Ras Tind Nielsen and Geir Helgesen) Index.

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Book SynopsisThe achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG 7) - ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all by 2030 - is challenging for the region. The objective of this report is to examine the progress made by Asia-Pacific countries towards achieving SDG 7 in the decade of action on the SDGs. In it, key energy trends are examined, immediate challenges are reviewed and the preparation of more ambitious agendas towards net-zero emissions are assessed to give recommendations of the steps needed to be taken by stakeholders and policymakers to achieve the goal of access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all

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Book SynopsisThe report examines how African countries can work towards diversifying their exports by identifying feasible and innovative mechanisms for investment and trade policies to drive incentives to divert economic activities into transformative sectors. It aims to equip African governments and development partners with knowledge on how to diversify exports and promote structural transformation through the services sector, financial services, and private businesses, underpinned by capable, inclusive, and accountable institutions at the national, regional, and global levels

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Book SynopsisThe Asia-Pacific Sustainable Development Journal (APSDJ) is a rebranded publication issued by the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). It builds on the success of two former ESCAP journals - the Asia-Pacific Population Journal (APPJ), launched in 1986, and the Asia-Pacific Development Journal (APDJ), launched in 1994. APSDJ us based on the recognition of the interconnected and multidisciplinary nature of sustainable development. Published biannually, it aims to stimulate debate and assist in the formulation of evidence-based policymaking in the Asia-Pacific region towards the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

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Book SynopsisThe Asia and the Pacific SDG Progress Report 2022 analyses regional and subregional progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and targets. This publication applies a measurement framework developed by ESCAP to identify progress gaps and acceleration requirements at goal, target and indicator levels. On chapter 3 (Vulnerabilities and the pandemic: Risk of widening disparities), the report was developed in cooperation with UN agencies; ILO, IOM, UNDP, UNEP, UNESCO, UNFPA, UNHCR, UNICEF, UNODC, and UNWomen. The following topics are introduced in the report: Chapter 1 - Regional overview Chapter 2 - Around Asia-Pacific: Diverse progress across subregions Chapter 3 - Vulnerabilities and the pandemic: Risk of widening disparities Chapter 4 - Unpacking the SDG data gaps

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Book SynopsisThis publication compiles selected indicators concerning population estimates and projections at the national level for 38 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. The estimates and projections for the 20 Latin American countries were prepared by CELADE-Population Division of ECLAC, together with the United Nations Population Division (UNPD). The figures for the Caribbean countries were prepared by UNPD. In this edition, the customary analytical chapter looks at recent population trends in the region. The technical notes list the data sources consulted for each country

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Book SynopsisThis edition of the Demographic Observatory analyses the impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on the population and housing censuses of the countries of the region, based on information available until October 2021, seeking to identify possible areas of action to obtain relevant information in support of policies and programmes aimed at overcoming the difficulties caused by the pandemic, and measure the effects of the crisis on the population.

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Book Synopsishe 2022 edition of the Demographic Observatory offers selected indicators of population estimates and projections for 38 countries and territories in Latin America and the Caribbean. The estimates and projections were prepared by CELADE in conjunction with the United Nations Population Division (UNPD) for the 20 countries of Latin America; those for the 18 Caribbean countries and territories were prepared by UNPD. This new release updates previously published figures and uses the cohort component method by single ages and calendar years, unlike the 2019 edition, which was prepared for years ending in 0 and 5 and for age groups

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Book SynopsisIn its 2022 edition, this ECLAC annual report examines the foreign trade performance of the region's economies during the year. It consists of three chapters. The first examines recent developments in global and regional trade amid the conflict between the Russian Federation and Ukraine, record-high inflation rates, the global economic slowdown, geopolitical tensions and the difficulties faced by China in containing the COVID-19 pandemic. Chapter II presents an overview of the region's foreign trade in manufactures in the past three decades, with particular emphasis on its export performance. Chapter III discusses the profound disruptions observed in global shipping supply chains since the onset of the pandemic, which have been exacerbated by the conflict between the Russian Federation and Ukraine

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