Regional / International studies Books
United Nations Latin America and the Caribbean demographic
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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United Nations International trade outlook for Latin America and
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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Pentagon Press Maritime Corridors in the Indo-Pacific:
Book SynopsisExamines infrastructure development in the Indo-Pacific, primarily in the maritime domain, and its geopolitical implications for India. The book is in three parts. The first part provides historical background, examining Indo-Pacific mapping, providing a snapshot of the maritime history of the region, and uncovering the links between between technology, infrastructure and geopolitics. The second part examines current affairs, and describes the infrastructure development and connectivity enhancement activities of the various actors in the Indo-Pacific Region – China, Japan, the USA, the European Union, ASEAN, Australia and India.The third part looks to the future, and explores the geopolitical implications of these developments for India.
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Pentagon Press China Bloodies Bulletless Borders
Book SynopsisAfter the shock of the conflict against the Indian Army in Sikkim in 1967 and the loss of almost 400 soldiers, the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) pressed for resolving all territorial disputes by discussion only, without using force or firearms against one another.This book analyses the process of bulletless border management by the Indian Army against the PLA, presenting the history of this process over the course of half a century.
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Pentagon Press Pakistan Insights 2021-22: A Granular Look at Key
Book SynopsisPakistan Insights 2021-22 is the third in the 'Pakistan Insights' series brought out by the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) to deepen the understanding of Pakistan. Ideas for the various chapters are based on the discussions held in the Pakistan Study Group (PSG) that was set up in February 2018 in the VIF. The previous two editions- Pakistan Insights 2019 and Pakistan Insights 2020 received widespread acclaim and it is hoped that this edition too would be well received.Pakistan Insights 2021-22 takes a granular look at some of the critical issues facing Pakistan. The book begins with a look at the recent developments in Pakistan including the ousting of Prime Minister Imran Khan through a no-confidence motion and the challenges before the new Shehbaz Sharif-led government; an overview of developments in Pakistan in 2021-22; internal developments and civil-military relations during the period; Pakistan`s persisting ethnic fault-lines and the danger they pose for the state; growth of extremism due to Pakistan`s strategic choices; Pakistan`s non-traditional security threats that includes the looming water crisis, the education emergency, the economic meltdown and the demographic challenge; the National Security Policy announced in January 2022; the development and growth of the media and the challenges it faces; Pakistan`s foreign policy in its various dimensions; the Pak Army`s war fighting doctrine and the role of nationalism and identity in it; and the role of Pakistan in the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan and its aftermath. The book concludes with some thoughts on the future trajectory of Pakistan.
£33.25
Vij Books Afghanistan: Militias Governance and their
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Juggernaut Publication South vs North: India's Great Divide
Book SynopsisChildren born in south India have better chances of survival, education, and economic success compared to those born in the north. The book explores the reasons behind this disparity and the potential consequences for a centralized India.
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Springer Measuring the Unmeasurable
Book SynopsisConventional methods and models for spatial data analysis are based on 'hard' (quantitative, cardinally-measured) information. Approaches such as location-allocation models, optimization models, entropy models, spatial assignment models and regional growth models all re flect the past trend to cast complex and multidimensional spatial interaction patterns in the framework of a cardinal metric system. In recent years, significant progress has been made in the analysis of 'soft', qualitative or categoricaily-measured data. In the fields of both parametric and non-parametric statistics and econometrics, a wide variety of techniques and models have been designed which treat qualitative variables in an appropriate manner. All these methods and techniques aim at taking into account the limitations caused by measuring variables on a non-metric scale, and try to avoid ~he use of non-permissible numerical operations on qualitative variables. These endeavors have resulted in new catch phrases for the analysis of qualitative data, such as 'soft econometrics', etc. Researchers in the areas of regional and urban economics, geography and planning have become increasingly aware of the necessity to in corporate qualitative data and a wide array of methods for quali tative data are now being applied. Applications have included, for instance, spatial consumer choice behavior, locational perceptions and preferences, contingency table analysis, spatial scenario analysis, qualitative impact analysis, project and plan evaluations, spatial conflict analysis, and so forth.Table of ContentsQualitative Spatial Data Analysis: A Compendium of Approaches.- A. Generalized Linear Models and Categorical Data.- Statistical Models for Qualitative Data.- Statistical and Scientific Aspects of Models for Qualitative Data.- Analysis of Qualitative Individual Data and of Latent Class Models with Generalized Linear Models.- Categorical Regression Models for Contextual Analysis; A Comparison of Logit and Linear Probability Models.- Multivariate Contingency Table Analysis with NONMET: Basic Ideas.- Categorical Data Methods and Discrete Choice Modelling in Spatial Analysis: Some Directions for the 1980s.- B. Log-Linear Models.- Hybrid Log-Linear Models.- A Comparison of the Loglinear Interaction Model with Other Spatial Interaction Models.- Modelling Cross-Tabulated Regional Data.- C. Partial Least Squares and Lisrel models.- Systems Analysis by Partial Least Squares.- Recent Developments on Categorical Data Analysis by PLS.- Soft Modelling and Spatial Econometrics: Towards an Integrated Approach.- Structural Equation Models with Qualitative Observed Variables.- D. Multidimensional Qualitative Analysis.- Multidimensional Data Analysis for Categorical Variables.- Analyzing Activity Pattern Data Using Qualitative Multivariate Statistical Methods.- Unemployment and the Rise of National Socialism: Contradicting Results from Different Regional Aggregations.- Generalized Path Analysis for Mixed Geographical Data.- Order-Dependent Measures of Correspondence for Comparing Proximity Matrices and Related Structures.- A Survey of Qualitative Multiple Criteria Choice Models.- E. Fuzzy and Qualitative Structures.- A Linguistically-Based Regional Classification System.- Fuzzy Data Analysis in a Spatial Context.- Qualitative Structure Analysis of Complex Systems.- F. Discrete Choice Models and Dynamics Analysis.- Trends and Prospects for Qualitative Disaggregate Spatial Choice Models.- The Analysis of Panel Data for Discrete Choices.- Travel-Activity Behavior in Time and Space: Methods for Representation and Analysis.- Dynamic Analysis of Qualitative Variables: Applications to Organizational Demography.- Mathematical Specification of Transportation Models.- General Representational Formalisms and Search Procedures for Inferring Models from Categorical Data.- G. Synthesis.- Developing Trends in Qualitative Spatial Data Analysis.
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KIT Publishers Innovation in Seed Potato Systems in Eastern
Book SynopsisThe potato (Solanum tuberosum L) has a high potential to raise smallholder income and improve food security in Eastern Africa. Improving the quality of seed potatoes can contribute to increasing its productivity. Few seed potatoes are currently sourced from specialised multipliers, as farmers largely rely on farm-saved seed potatoes. This often makes economic sense in the absence of affordable high quality seed potatoes and limited market security. Seed potato system interventions need to address the quality of specially multiplied and farm-saved seed potatoes simultaneously. Here it is shown that positive selection, the selection of healthy looking mother plants for the production of seed potatoes by ware potato farmers, can contribute to improving seed potato quality. When looking back an essential success factor of the research trajectory was the researchers'' room to manoeuvre and immerse in partnerships with practitioners, while innovation was made the central objective, rather than research results. The experience shows that it is worthwhile to search for opportunities for incremental innovation and that these can be of a surprising simple nature. For an effective contribution to innovation the mandate of research needs to allow for the active engagement in training, communication and scaling-up.
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Amsterdam University Press Decoding the Sino-North Korean Borderlands
Book SynopsisSince the 1990s, the Chinese-North Korean border region has undergone a gradual transformation into a site of intensified cooperation, competition, and intrigue. These changes have prompted a significant volume of critical scholarship and media commentary across multiple languages and disciplines. Drawing on existing studies and new data, Decoding the Sino-North Korean Borderlands brings much of this literature into concert by pulling together a wide range of insight on the region's economics, security, social cohesion, and information flows. Drawing from multilingual sources and transnational scholarship, this volume is enhanced by the extensive fieldwork undertaken by the editors and contributors in their quests to decode the borderland. In doing so, the volume emphasizes the link between theory, methodology, and practice in the field of Area Studies and social science more broadly.Trade Review"The book constitutes an excellent example of interdisciplinary study applied to a fluid landscape such as the Sino-North Korean border region. Emphasising the need to conduct parallel field research, it also opens a discussion about which methods could be more reliable in a framework of uncertainty on state data...The rigorous analytical approach that characterises the essays intends to invite a much more critical commitment to the study of borderlands in the world and their globalised entanglements." - Michaela Bonato (University of Padova, Italy), IIAS Newsletter (September 2022) "Decoding is a collection of essays that explores North Korea through people, politics, and trade existing on or outside its borders—mainly in the borderland with China... Decoding the Sino-North Korean Borderlands successfully moves beyond staid frameworks and enriches our view of North Korea from the outside in." - Alyssa Park (University of Iowa), Journal of Korean Studies, Vol. 27, No. 2 (Autumn 2022) "What these chapters have in common is intellectual authority; they are founded in profound, demonstrable knowledge of their subject matter, careful scholarship and analytical precision." - Hazel Smith (SOAS), The China Quarterly, Vol. 250 (June 2022) "Political relations between China and North Korea frequently make headlines, [but] we hear less about the economic side of the partnership, and still less about the impact on the lives of people living in the Sino-North Korean border region. The new book Decoding the Sino-North Korean Borderlands seeks to rectify that by looking at how the relationship plays out on the micro-level, on either side of the China-North Korea border." - Shannon Tiezzi (Editor-in-Chief, The Diplomat), April 2021 "The editors and contributors should be applauded for tackling an unusually daunting project, given data limitations and the dearth of secondary scholarship to incorporate. They strive to inform readers from diverse angles, adding to awareness of what makes this area fascinating. [...] This is a tough border to crack, and we should be thankful that this intrepid band of researchers had the daring to piece together loose ends into a single book."- Gilbert Rozman, The China Journal, No. 87 (2022) "Adam Cathcart, Christopher Green, and Steven Denney’s Decoding the Sino-North Korean Borderlands makes a welcome appearance as the first English-language scholarly edited volume on the region. [...] Scholars interested in the future of both China and North Korea would do well to consult the insights of this exciting new work."- Joseph A. Seeley, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Pacific Affairs: Volume 94, No. 3 – September 2021 "This book is a rare achievement and warrants reading. Taken together, this is an interesting and also enjoyable book to read for both undergraduate, as a broad introduction, as well as a graduate level courses, that introduces students on how to approach the murky James Bond-like puzzle of North Korea as an academic subject for research." - Seong-Hyon Lee, China Review International, 2022Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction (Adam Cathcart, Christopher Green, and Steven Denney) I Geography and Borderlands Theory: Framing the Region 1 Illuminating Edges: Borders as Institutions, Process, Space (Edward Boyle) 2 On Asian Borderlands: The Value of Comparative Studies (Elisabeth Leake) 3 Regions within the Yalu-Tumen Border Space: From Dandong to the Tumen and Beyond (Adam Cathcart, Christopher Green, and Steven Denney) II Towards a Methodology of Sino-Korean Border Studies 4 Unification in Action? The National Identity of North Korean Defector-Migrants: Insights and Implications (Steven Denney and Christopher Green) 5 Ethnography and Borderlands: The Socio-political Dimensions of North Korean Migration (Markus Bell and Rosita Armytage) 6 Measuring North Korea's Economic Relationships: Evidence from the Borderlands (Kent Boydston) 7 Ink and Ashes: Documents, Destruction, and North Korea's Mythic Origins in the Border Region, 1931-1945 (Adam Cathcart) III Histories of the Sino-Korean Border Region 8 Revisiting the Forgotten Frontier: Fenghuang Gate, Qing-Chos?n Contacts, and the Rise of Modern Chinese State, 1636-1876 (Yuanchong Wang) 9 'Utopian Speak': Language Assimilation in China's Yanbian Korean Borderland, 1958-1976 (Dong Jo Shin) 10 The Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in 1990: A Journey to the Border in a Time of Flux (Warwick Morris and James Hoare) IV Contemporary Borderland Politics and Economics 11 Change on the Edges: The Rajin-Sonbong Economic and Trade Zone (Théo Clément) 12 Tumen Triangle Tribulations: The Unfulfilled Promise of Chinese, Russian, and North Korean Cooperation (Andray Abrahamian) 13 Purges and Peripheries: Jang Song-taek, Pyongyang's SEZ Strategy, and Relations with China (Adam Cathcart and Christopher Green) 14 From Periphery to Centre: A History of North Korean Marketization (Peter Ward and Christopher Green) V Human Rights and Identity 15 Land of Promise or Peril? The Sino-North Korea Border Space and Human Rights (Nicholas Hamisevicz and Andrew Yeo) 16 Celebrity Defectors: Representations of North Korea in Euro-American and South Korean Intimate Publics (Sarah Bregman) 17 North Korean Border-Crossers : The Legal Status of North Korean Migrants in China (Hee Choi [translated by Robert Lauler]) 18 The Limits of Koreanness: Korean Encounters in Russo-Chinese Yanbian (Ed Pulford) VI Afterword (Kevin Gray) VII Index
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Hong Kong University Press Colours of Money, Shades of Pride – Historicities
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Central European University Press A European Union with 36 Members?: Perspectives
Book SynopsisA European Union with 36 members is a pure working hypothesis today. Extending future territorial contours is in full harmony with one of the main political objectives of the organization as the European Communities offered the possibility of membership to all European states, from the first day of its existence.
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Central European University Press Seeking the Best Master: State Ownership in the
Book SynopsisThe economic crisis of 2008–2009 signaled the end of the Post-Washington Consensus on restricting the role of the state in economic and development policy. Since then, state ownership and state intervention have increased worldwide. This volume offers a comparative analysis of the evolution of direct state intervention in the economy through state-owned companies in Austria, Brazil, France, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Turkey, Singapore, and Slovenia. Each case study includes substantial explanations of historical, cultural, and institutional contexts. All the contributors point to the complex nature of the current revival in state economic interventions. The few models that are successful cannot hide the potential problems of excessive state intervention, linked to high levels of moral hazard. State-owned enterprises are primary tools of market and price manipulation for political purposes. They can be used outright for rent seeking. Yet state-owned enterprises can also play important roles in prestigious national initiatives, like major public works or high-profile social and sports events. The authors conclude that after the uniform application of democratic market economic principles, the 2000s witnessed a path-dependent departure from standard economic and political operating procedures in developed countries.Table of ContentsIntroduction Miklós Szanyi: The Revival of the State Chapter 1. Éva Voszka: Crisis Management in Europe: Nationalizations and Privatizations Chapter 2. Miklós Somai: The Changing Role of the State in France: from Crisis to Crisis Chapter 3. Zsófia Naszádos: The Involvement of the State in the German Economy Chapter 4. István Kőrösi: The Relationship between State and Private Enterprise in the Austrian Economy Chapter 5. Miklós Szanyi: Some Aspects of State Ownership in East-Central European Transition Chapter 6. Éva Ozsvald: Listed Companies with State Ownership. The Case of Poland Chapter 7. Miklós Somai: The Changing Role of the State in Slovenia: Privatizations and Banks’ consolidations Chapter 8. Miklós Szanyi: The Role of State Ownership in and after Hungary’s Transition to Market Economy Chapter 9. Judit Ricz: The Changing Role of the State in Development in Emerging Economies: The Developmental State Perspective Chapter 10. Katalin Völgyi: A Successful Model of State Capitalism: Singapore Chapter 11. Judit Ricz: Strong State Influence in the Brazilian Economy: Continuity or Change? Chapter 12. Tamás Szigetvári: The Changing Role of the State in the Turkish Economy
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Central European University Press Regionalism without Regions: Reconceptualizing
Book SynopsisThis collective volume shows how Ukraine can best be understood through its regions and how the regions must be considered against the background of the nation. The aim of the book is to challenge the dominance of the nation-state paradigm in the analyses of Ukraine by illustrating the interrelationship between national and regional dynamics of change. The authors—historians, sociologists, anthropologists, economists, literary critics and linguists from Ukraine, Poland, Switzerland, Germany and the USA—go beyond the perspective of an entity defined by traditional political borders and cultural, economic, historical or religious stereotypes. The research project that led to the composition of the book combined quantitative (statistical surveys conducted across Ukraine) and qualitative (in-depth interviews and focus-group discussion) methods. The authors came to the conclusion that regionalism as a defining phenomenon of Ukraine is more prominent than the regions themselves. This approach regards Ukraine as a construct in flux where different discourses intersect, concur and eventually merge through the lenses of various disciplines and methodologies.Trade Review"All studies in the volume combine in-depth analysis and precise language with a broad, synthetic approach. They bring survey results of unquestionable value into the academic conversation. Another strong point is bibliographical comprehensiveness. Unlike many publications on such themes, the volume includes not only chapters by Western academics or the Ukrainian scholars best known in the West; researchers from academic centres across Ukraine are also represented. Yaroslav Hrytsak writes in this volume that 'the more is known about regionalism, the more pertinent and sophisticated are the questions that have to be formulated.' The reviewed book is good proof of this guideline." -- Grzegorz Skrukwa * Canadian Slavonic Papers *"The book is far more than a collection of thematic contributions; it is united by a single research design and based on the results of the international collaborative project Region, Nation and Beyond, hosted by the University of St. Gallen. The main findings of the research project (probably one of the last ones that include Crimea and Donbas) sheds light on Ukrainian society on the eve of the Euromaidan and thus helps to relativize the deterministic discourse of Ukraine as a regionally-divided country deemed to be disintegrating. The picture of Ukrainian society thus appears as much more complex, with regional patterns being complemented by generational, socio-economic, and gender differences. Last but not least, the book is generously illustrated with highly instructive tables, diagrams, and maps." -- Tatiana Zhurzhenko * Slavic Review *"The authors have woven a very interesting stand-alone narrative that demonstrates the complexities of Ukraine’s historical development. Readers will need to decide for themselves whether cross-regional differences (and nuances) actually tell us something that we really need to know in order to better understand the challenges to Ukraine’s nation-building project—the importance of which cannot be underestimated and is not in dispute—and whether these sub-macroregional differences are in fact more important than the broader regional divide that separates the ‘Two Ukraines’, each with their easily discernible and contrasting ideological visions for Ukraine’s future." https://doi.org/10.1080/09668136.2021.1977042 -- Roman Solchanyk * Europe-Asia Studies *"The desire to affirm Ukraine’s national unity might be highly commendable but the recurrent attempts to dismiss the significance of multiple cleavages and contradictions can hardly be analytically productive. It leads ultimately to the conclusion that 'regionalism as a defining phenomenon of Ukraine is more prominent than the regions themselves'—a compelling formula for the book’s title but not a very comprehensive explanation of what 'regions' and 'regionalism' in Ukraine are all about." https://muse.jhu.edu/article/840710 -- Mykola Riabchuk * Region *Table of ContentsNote on Transliteration 1. Introduction Oksana Myshlovska, Ulrich Schmid and Tatjana Hofmann 2. The Regional Differentiation of Identities in Ukraine: How Many Regions? Maria Lewicka and Bartłomiej Iwańczak 3. The Ukrainian Past and Present: Legacies, Memory and Attitudes André Liebich, Oksana Myshlovska, Viktoriia Sereda, with Oleksandra Gaidai and Iryna Sklokina 4. Language(s) in the Ukrainian Regions: Historical Roots and the Current Situation Juliane Besters-Dilger, Kateryna Karunyk and Serhii Vakulenko 5. Literary Mediascapes in Ukraine Tatjana Hofmann, Anna Chebotarova, Alexander Kratochvil and Ulrich Schmid 6. Religion and the Cultural Geography of Ukraine Catherine Wanner and Viktor Yelensky 7. Recent Regional Economic Development in Ukraine: Does History Help to Explain the Differences? Yaroslav Prytula, Natalia Pohorila, Svitlana Tyahlo, Elena Denisova-Schmidt and Martin Huber 8. Ukraine in 2013–2014: A New Political Geography Yaroslav Hrytsak 9. Renegotiating "Ukrainian Identity" at the Euromaidan Anna Chebotarova 10. Conclusion Oksana Myshlovska
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Gefen Publishing House Simply Delicious: Creative Cooking for the Kosher
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Ateneo de Manila University Press On the Subject of the Nation: Filipino Writings
Book SynopsisThe volume examines the critical interfaces between the personal and political that frame the utopian visions of Bai Ren's fictional autobiography about the education of Filipino-Chinese sojourners; Robert Francis Garcia's firsthand account of the communist purges; Cesar Lacara's memoirs of a veteran revolutionary; Zelda Soriano's feminist narratives; Peter Bacho's novelistic dissection of Filipino-American identity crisis; and Rey Ventura's ethnography of illegal migrant workers in Japan. They illuminate the ongoing transformation and redefinition of the Philippine nation-state while highlighting the ways in which the individual and collective experiences, struggles, dreams, and aspirations of Filipinos serve to rethink and reinvent notions of belonging, sacrifice, learning, labor, and love that underpin the theory and practice of nation-making.
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Ibadan University Press African Culture and Civilization
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Fragile Nation, A: The Indonesian Crisis
Book SynopsisIn May 1998, President Suharto stepped down as President of Indonesia.With his fall, the third largest country in Asia has plunged into anarchy and political, economic and social strife. Racial and religious clashes, culminating in riots, burning and chaos, have become the order of the day. Fissures in the social fabric are widening and there is a real danger that this multi-racial, multi-religious and multi-cultural country may disintegrate, just like Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union.Indonesia today is a fragile nation, a country in crisis. It is breaking apart because just as Sukarno had failed in his interplay of strength between Communism and the armed forces, Suharto failed to keep the balance of power between the armed forces and Islam. Moreover, the Indonesian people, by and large, have lost the spirit of tolerance, symbolised in the Indonesian state crest, Bhinneka Tunggal Ika (Unity in Diversity). Without this spirit, so vital to a multi-religious and plural society, Indonesia is becoming economically ravaged, spiritually plundered, politically distraught, and socially incoherent.The author served as Singapore's Ambassador to Indonesia from 1970 to 1974. His interest in Indonesia began many years ago from 1955, when he had gone to Bandung to cover the Afro-Asian conference as a journalist. As Ambassador, he had the opportunity to travel widely across the country and observe the Indonesians at close quarters. Today, his friends range from President Suharto, Indonesia's military leaders, governors, mayors, to ordinary citizens, journalists, musicians and artists.In this book, he portrays the Indonesian people, their history and their cultural traditions. He provides insightful analyses and perspectives of the political collapse of Suharto and describes the danger facing the country. Describing the diversity in the history, traditions, customs and cultures of the various ethnic groups, he understands Indonesia like no other. Bringing the outsider's clarity of perception and the journalist-diplomat's experience of tradition and history, Lee Khoon Choy speaks with authority and credibility, passion and sensitivity about the challenges facing a vast, heterogeneous country that comprises 336 ethnic groups speaking 250 dialects.
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National Gallery Singapore A Fact Has No Appearance
Book SynopsisThe exhibition A Fact Has No Appearance explores the impact of new ideas on art in Southeast Asia during the 1970s through the case studies of three artists: Johnny Manahan, Redza Piyadasa, and Tan Teng-Kee, all of whom have been recognised for breaking ground in Southeast Asian modern art. With essays that deliberate upon the impact of their works during the 1970s as well as a rich documentation of their works and archival materials, this catalogue presents a concise study of the three artists and also offers insight into how conceptual art practices took hold in this region.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Local Responses To Global Challenges In Southeast
Book Synopsis'Local Responses to Global Challenges in Southeast Asia — A Transregional Studies Reader' is a collection of multidisciplinary essays, predominantly derived from papers presented at EuroSEAS 2019, the leading academic conference on Southeast Asian Studies, hosted by Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. It brings together a variety of scholars from Southeast Asia, Europe and North America, allowing for multiple flows and directionalities of knowledge productions and exchanges, be it between the Global South and North as well as within the Global South. The reader presents empirically-oriented, theoretically grounded analyses of local responses to global challenges such as knowledge-productions; notions and practices of building diverse communities; neo-populisms and contentious politics; resources and sustainability; urbanization; labor, livelihoods and mobilities. Each section starts with an introduction reviewing the state of the art. Authors will take cue from a transregional perspective understood as a distinct and alternative perspective on multi-lingual and transcultural spaces of contact, exchange and transfer. This includes a contextualization of phenomena in terms of diverse (cross) linkages and entanglements, including motilities on different scales, i.e. ranging from the local, regional to national and/or global levels. Container-based notions of place and space are addressed in a critical manner, where space and area are understood as notions beyond established systems of ordering and meta-geographies. A key goal is to allow for a consistent conceptual advancement of New Area Studies, which are critical, decentred, decolonial, diversified, and multi-disciplinary in nature.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Security, Development And Sustainability In Asia:
Book SynopsisIn the third decade of the 21st century, Asia remains the global center of economics, politics and security. Asia is at the forefront of wealth creation, innovation, and sustainability. There is a growing demand for knowing more about Asia. This Major Reference Set (MRS) is designed to help general readers as well as specialists to have a good grasp of the latest developments in Asia in the key areas of geopolitics, geoeconomics, and sustainability.With 3 volumes, this MRS covers all major dimensions of Asia's political economy, regional security, and sustainable development. Volume 1 unpacks and examines geopolitics and foreign policy strategies of key Asian states in response to major security challenges associated with growing US-China rivalry.Volume 2 covers geoeconomics, entrepreneurship, regional integration, and development models. Trade, investment, innovation, and regional cooperation have been essential to Asia's continued success.Volume 3 offers a critical overview of environment, public health, and human security in Asia. Case studies are selected from countries that are at different stages of development and facing different environment and health challenges today.This interdisciplinary MRS is a fine example of international cooperation, with contributors who are all established scholars and experts in their fields of study hailing from different parts of Asia as well as North America and Europe. It is a must-have for anyone keen on understanding Asia's dynamic development and daunting challenges in the post-COVID world.
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Springer Verlag, Singapore New Frontiers of Policy Evaluation in Regional
Book SynopsisThis book is especially valuable for its policy evaluation studies using both a theoretical model for policies carried out at national and regional levels and for gathering policy evaluation studies in diverse disciplines by empirical study.Policy analysis shown here employs theoretical models such as an international trade model, an optimal tariff, and spatial reorganization. At the same time, factors in well-being are taken into consideration with land development, changes in migration and local economies by natural disasters, validation of efficiency for emission control methods, the relationship between cyberspace and physical space in urban networks, and NPOs’ investment activities.The empirical research reported in this volume analyzes Japan, China, and Asian-Pacific cities. In the case of Japan, studies focus on the finances of local governments, the real estate industry, the role of consumer cooperatives in a food system, and agriculture and its productivity in hilly and mountainous areas. As well, the effects of industrial clusters in megacities and investment in high-speed railways and prediction of human behavior during an earthquake are studied. In China’s case, studies focus on food policy and the effect of ecology and environment on migration policy. For Asia-Pacific cities, studies show performance rankings of “super cities” in the region.The book defines the frontier of policy evaluation following a middle path between theoretical study and empirical study with regard to evaluation. In addition, the book contributes to an understanding of the relationship between the goals and targets of sustainable development. This book is highly recommended for graduate students, policymakers, and researchers concerned with policy evaluation.Table of ContentsTable of Contents Preface Section 1: Chapter 1 Trade, capital accumulation, and wage differentials: A dynamic model of the comparative advantage theory.- Chapter 2 Ex-post Risk Management of Environmental Contamination of Municipal Water.- Chapter 3 Endogenizing the Reservation Value in Models of Land Development over Time and Under Uncertainty Revisited.- Chapter 4 Illegal Dumping of Industrial Garbage and an Optimal Tax System.- Chapter 5 Natural Disasters, Disaster Recovery Policies, and Regional Economy.- Chapter 6 An investigation of hierarchical central place systems and optimal spatial structures for improving regional welfare.- Chapter 7 Agglomeration and dispersion mechanism of cities system with interior structure.- Chapter 8 Emission Standards versus Emission Taxes with Foreign Firms.- Chapter 9 Budget Deficits of the Central Government and the Decentralization of Local Governments Section 2: Chapter 10 Socio-Economic Factors Affecting the Innovativeness of Start-ups in Japan: Comparative Analysis between Social Enterprises and Commercial Enterprises.- Chapter 11 Multi-agent Simulation for Prediction of Human Behavior during a Hypothetical Earthquake.- Chapter 12 Dynamic Changes in Food Consumption in China: Focusing on the Rice Retail Market.- Chapter 13 Ecological migration policy and livestock farm management.- Chapter 14 Assessment of Policies on Environmental Impacts of Socioeconomic Activities: A Case Study of Kasumigaura Basin, Japan.- Chapter 15 Industrial Agglomeration Due to High-Speed Railway Investment: A Monopolistic Competition Model Impact Assessment.- Chapter 16 Performance Rankings of Asia-Pacific Super Cities by means of Data Envelopment Analysis.- Chapter 17 Econometric Analysis of Economic Growth and Internal Population Migration Based on Three Regions of China.- Chapter 18 Output and Profit Effects of Backward Integration through Joint Projects: A Successive Cournot Oligopoly Model of the Real Estate Industry.- Chapter 19 Analysis of Regional Agricultural Productivity Growth Using the Malmquist Productivity Index: The Case of Chugoku, Japan Section 1: Chapter 1. Trade, Capital Accumulation, and Wage Differentials: A Dynamic Model of the Comparative Advantage Theory.- Chapter 2. Ex-post Risk Management of Environmental Contamination of Municipal Water.- Chapter 3. Endogenizing the Reservation Value in Models of Land Development over Time and Under Uncertainty Revisited.- Chapter 4. Illegal Dumping of Industrial Garbage and an Optimal Tax System.- Chapter 5. Natural Disasters, Disaster Recovery Policies, and Regional Economy.- Chapter 6. An Investigation of Hierarchical Central Place Systems and Optimal Spatial Structures for Improving Regional Welfare.- Chapter 7. Agglomeration and Dispersion Mechanism of Cities System with Interior Structure.- Chapter 8. Emission Standards versus Emission Taxes with Foreign Firms.- Chapter 9. Budget Deficits of the Central Government and the Decentralization of Local Governments.- Section 2: Chapter 10. Socio-Economic Factors Affecting the Innovativeness of Start-ups in Japan: Comparative Analysis between Social Enterprises and Commercial Enterprises.- Chapter 11. Multi-agent Simulation for Prediction of Human Behavior during a Hypothetical Earthquake.- Chapter 12. Dynamic Changes in Food Consumption in China: Focusing on the Rice Retail Market.- Chapter 13. Ecological Migration Policy and Livestock Farm Management.- Chapter 14. Assessment of Policies on Environmental Impacts of Socioeconomic Activities: A Case Study of Kasumigaura Basin, Japan.- Chapter 15. Industrial Agglomeration Due to High-Speed Railway Investment: A Monopolistic Competition Model Impact Assessment.- Chapter 16. Performance Rankings of Asia-Pacific Super Cities by means of Data Envelopment Analysis.- Chapter 17. Econometric Analysis of Economic Growth and Internal Population Migration Based on Three Regions of China.- Chapter 18. Output and Profit Effects of Backward Integration through Joint Projects: A Successive Cournot Oligopoly Model of the Real Estate Industry.-Chapter 19. Analysis of Regional Agricultural Productivity Growth Using the Malmquist Productivity Index: The Case of Chugoku, Japan.
£89.99
Springer Verlag, Singapore Planning Indian Megacity Regions: Spatial Model,
Book SynopsisThis book focuses on spatial planning of megacities that are growing in Asia, Africa, and America. These cities are not be seen in isolation from their respective influence regions. They complement each other. Most of the solutions to the problems of such cities are found in their respective regions, and, on the other hand, the regions derive their strength from their respective megacities. There is a need for promoting integrated spatial planning of megacity regions. The five chapters in this book highlight the spatial planning of such regions.Table of ContentsChapter 1 Evolution of Large Cities and Megacity Regions Growth and Spatial Distribution of Large Cities Global Scenario Growth of Million-plus Cities in India Geographical Distribution of M+ Cities Distribution of Megacities Distribution among States / UTs Primacy at State-level Characteristics of Megacities in India Merging of Cities and Evolution of new Regional Spatial Patterns Urban Corridors DMIC Chennai-Bengaluru Industrial Corridor (CBIC) Bengaluru-Mumbai Economic Corridor (BMEC) Vizag-Chennai Industrial Corridor (VCIC) Amritsar-Kolkata Industrial Corridor (AKIC) Defence Corridor East Coast Economic Corridor (ECEC) Mega-regions City Regions City Region: Definition Metro-city Regions Megacity Regions Polycentric Regions Functional / Morphological Polycentricity Chapter 2 Megacity Region Spatial Model Earlier Attempts Polarised Activity Centres Model Adaption of PAC Model for Megacity Region Approach to Conceptualisation Structure of a Megacity Region Spatial Configuration Basis for Spatial Arrangement Basic Spatial Unit of the Model: Cluster of Villages Micro-Region Sub-Region Megacity Region Basic Characteristics of the Megacity Region Spatial Model Settlement Pattern Road Hierarchy and Pattern Advance reservation for other Transit Systems Flexibility in the Model Application Application to Coastal Megacity Regions Application as Urban Corridors Application to less than a Million City Regions Application to Million-plus City Regions Cascading of Micro-regions Flexibility to to Spatial Planners Testing the Megacity Region Spatial Model Overall Spatial Configuration The Radius of Influence of a Megacity Total Area of the Megacity Region Regional Spatial Hierarchical Units and their Governance Micro-regions Sub-regions Composition of Megacity Region Core Test Results Application of Megacity Region Spatial Model Application as a Descriptive Tool Appraisal of existing Regional Plans: examples of NCR and MMR Preparation for application Regional Spread Sub-regions Settlement Hierarchy Road Hierarchy and Road Pattern Application as a Prescriptive Tool Steps for application for planning megacity region Steps for application for planning at sub-regional / district level Steps for application for planning at micro-regional / block level Application of the Spatial Model to Megacity Regions in other Countries Chapter 3 Dynamics of Megacity Regional Development Introduction Need for Preparation of Regional Plan for Delhi The Mass Migration of 1947-48 Establishing an Institutional Framework for Regional Planning High Power Board Constitution of NCR Planning Board Dynamics of Spatial Development Spatial Structure Spatial Patterns Hierarchy of Settlements Settlement Pattern Land Utilisation Zones Land Cover Road Patterns Dynamics of Socio-economic Development Policy of Containment of Delhi’s Population Policy of Dispersal of Employment-generating Activities from Delhi Policy of dispersal of Central Government Offices Policy of Dispersal of Wholesale Markets Policy of Dispersal of Industries Other Policies Promoting Industrial Development SEZ Policy 2000 IT Policy Regional Transport Policy / Strategy Road Transport Policy Bus Transport Policy on Rail Network Air Transport Policy Communication Policy Environment Policy Summing Up Dynamics of Spatial Development Dynamics of Socio-economic Development Chapter 4 Megacity Regional Governance and Plan Implementation Effect of Megacity Regional Plans Megacity Regional Governance Types of Megacity Regional Governance Systems Regional Governing Bodies in India Ministries / Departments / Agencies Metropolitan Regional Development Authorities Statutory Authorities Constitutional Provisions on Territorial and Local Governance Metropolitan Planning Committees District Planning Committee Urban Local Governing Bodies Rural Local Governing Bodies Gram Panchayat Intermediate Panchayat District Panchayat Implementation Strategies Implementation through Statutory Provision Implementation through Modifications to the Sub-regional / Development Plans Implementation through Projects Implementation through Central / State Government Interventions Implementation through Advocacy Resource Mobilisation Land Assembly Land Acquisition Land Pooling and Redistribution Scheme / Town Planning Scheme Accommodation Reservation Transferable Development Right Fiscal Resource Mobilisation Central / State Government Grants Market Borrowings Bilateral / Multilateral Funds Domestic Funds Internal Accruals Loans from Planning / Development Agencies / Projects Financed by NCRPB Funding through Convergence Resource Mobilisation through PPP Foreign Direct Investment Human Resource Mobilisation Chapter 5 Emerging Advances and Innovative Approaches (Tentative title, work on this Chapter is in progress) Transforming Global Urban Geography Need for Regional Planning Innovative Approach to Regional Planning Collaborative Planning Integrated Planning Spatial and Economic Integration Territorial Integration National, State, Regional, Sub-Regional, Micro-Regional, Urban and Rural Integration Through Cascading · Neo Spatial Patterns Urban Corridors Megacity Regions Clusters Urban Corridors and Rural Wedges Zero-Waste Nodes · New Tools For Planning Megacity Region Spatial Model Geographical Information System Regional Spatial Data Infrastructure Blockchain Information Technology (Regional Command Centre) · New Thrust Areas Social / Spatial Equity Conservation of Heritage And Culture Climate Change Resilience Green Regional Mobility Sustainability Trends in Implementation Trends in Regional Governance
£98.99
Springer Verlag, Singapore Utilization of Geospatial Information in Daily
Book SynopsisThis book focuses on geospatial information in living spaces, providing many examples of its collection and use as well as discussing the problems of how it is used and its future prospects.Geospatial information science is in the process of evolving and being systematized, with the technical and usage aspects of the real world stimulating each other. This book systematizes the technical aspects of positioning; of geography, which manages and represents what is measured in units of earth coordinates; and of data science, which aims to efficiently express and process geographic information, all by introducing contemporary examples that are systematized with regard to their use in our living spaces. Examples of geospatial information used in almost all aspects of our lives, including urban areas, transportation, disaster prevention, health and medical care, agriculture, forestry and fisheries, culture, ecology, and topography, are presented, along with examples of their use in each area. One of the major features of this book is that it describes the use of data from earthquake disasters that is unique to Japan, as well as the use of open data and personal data in Japan, which is a trend that is gaining attention in many countries. In this way the book systematically describes events and circumstances in living spaces that are revealed by the expression and analysis of geospatial data, with case studies and discusses their use in the IoT era.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Fundamentals and Applications of Geospatial Information (Yasuhiro Kawahara, Yoshihide Sekimoto).- Part I Expression of Geospatial Information.- Chapter 2. Base Map Development and Surveying in Japan (Toshikazu Seto).- Chapter 3. Various Representations and Processing Techniques of Geospatial Information - Appropriate Control of Big Data Behind (Yoshihide Sekimoto).- Part II Mobile Communications and Positioning.- Chapter 4. Ground-based and Space-based Positioning (Yasuhiro Kawahara).- Chapter 5. Observation from Space - Remote sensing (Masahiko Nagai).- Part III Utilization of Geospatial Information in Daily Life.- Chapter 6. Applications in Urban Facility and Land Management - from Urban Facility Management to Smart Cities (Yoshihide Sekimoto).- Chapter 7. Applications in Transportation Systems and Mobile Devices - Capturing the Movement of People (Yoshihide Sekimoto).- Chapter 8. Applications in Crime Prevention (Ikuho Yamada).- Chapter 9. Applications in Health and Healthcare (Ikuho Yamada).- Chapter 10. Application in Times of Disaster - Through the Great Hanshin Earthquake, the Great East Japan Earthquake, and Covid-19 (Yoshihide Sekimoto).- Chapter 11. Utilization in Agriculture, Forestry, and Marine Management (Masahiko Nagayama, Yasuhiro Kawahara).- Chapter 12. Utilization in Behavior, Ecology, and Cultural Property Surveys (Yasuhiro Kawahara).- Chapter 13. International Applications (Yoshihide Sekimoto).- Part IV Open Data and Personal Data in the Use of Geospatial Information.- Chapter 14.The advent of a participatory data society and the use of open data (Toshikazu Seto).- Chapter 15. Future geospatial information in harmony with advanced technology and human life (Yoshihide Sekimoto, Yasuhiro Kawahara).
£132.99
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 Southeast Asian Affairs 2007
Book SynopsisSince its inception 31 years ago, 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 ten Southeast Asian nations and the region as a whole. Southeast Asian Affairs 2007 begins with five incisive regional surveys, which focus on political change, gender issues, and socio-environmental impact on Southeast Asia in 2006. The eleven country sections with the inclusion of Timor-Leste discuss incisive surveys of regional economic, political, and social trends. It offers indispensable country reviews.
£36.51
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 Trade Policy and the Role of Regional and
Book SynopsisThe Agreement between New Zealand and Singapore for a Closer Economic Partnership (ANZSCEP) that came into force in January 2001 assumes important significance as it is the first comprehensive bilateral FTA that was signed involving Singapore, and also the first bilateral FTA of an ASEAN member, thus initiating the process of 'new regionalism' in Asia. This book provides a deeper understanding about motivations of New Zealand and Singapore to enter into other bilateral FTAs and some of the visible impacts observed since their implementation.
£19.62
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies ASEAN
Book SynopsisSince its founding in 1967, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations has been an increasingly large part of the life of Southeast Asia, although most people in the region know very little about it. ASEAN has helped bring peace and stability to the region. It has successfully engaged the world's major powers, in East Asia and beyond. ASEAN has taken steps to integrate the regional economy as an important means of cooperatively improving the region's competitiveness, attracting investments, generating jobs, raising incomes, and lowering costs and prices. ASEAN has also formed networks for dealing with regional problems like communicable diseases, environmental degradation, and transnational crime. An essential part of the ""Southeast Asia Background Series"", this book seeks to shed some light on what ASEAN is all about.
£14.36
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
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Interregional Input-output Analysis Of The
Book SynopsisThis book presents pioneering work on an interregional input-output table of the Chinese economy and its applications to the analysis of interregional and interindustrial relations in China. It is the fruit of the authors' joint efforts of more than five years to establish a solid basis for the analysis of interregional relations in China, in the hope of laying the foundation for further studies of regional development in that country.The book endeavors to make a contribution to the regional typology of the Chinese economy. The Chinese provinces are classified into seven large regions. The interregional input-output table is constructed accordingly.Chapter I describes the methodology for producing this interregional input-output (IRIO) table. Chapter II presents the (IRIO) table after a brief explanation of the Chinese statistical data needed for the compilation of the table. Chapter III explains the basis of seven large regions adopted for the IRIO table. Chapter IV deals with the interdependence of regions and the effects of the changes in some parameters of one region on the activities in other regions. Chapter V, the last chapter, applies the IRIO table to policy analysis.Table of ContentsHow to Construct the Interregional Input-Output Table; IRIO Table of Chinese Economy in 1987; The Characteristics of Seven Regions; An Analysis of Interregional Dependence by the IRIO Table; Applications of IRIO Analysis to Policy Simulation.
£74.10
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd SOUTHEAST ASIA
Book SynopsisSoutheast Asia is going through tremendous changes. The market-oriented economies of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand have been showing robust growth, particularly before the Asian financial crisis of 1997/98. The transitional economies of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam are also exhibiting signs of economic awakening and revival after years of internal political and social turmoil. Despite these encouraging signs, the region still has a long road ahead to achieve developed nation status. Southeast Asia: The Long Road Ahead is a serious and concise study on various important economic aspects of Southeast Asia. Existing economic studies on the region are mainly topical in nature. Most of the publications only attempt to offer a partial treatment of the issues and fail to examine these issues in a holistic manner. The objective of this book is to provide a more complete cross-country discussion on the economic issues and problems facing Southeast Asia. The book critically examines the multiple facets of changes and problems that have been and will be encountered by Southeast Asia.Trade Review"Professor Lim has drawn on his vast experience as teacher and high-level policy adviser in Singapore to offer us an extremely lively and informative volume. He comprehensively surveys the historical record and future prospects of a group of countries whose remarkable growth record offers many lessons for the theory and practice of development economics. Equally, he offers valuable insights into the reasons why this group has recently faltered, but also why there are solid signs of recovery for some of them. An added bonus are Professor Lim's engaging style of writing and his helpful 'discussion guides' to each chapter. This is going to be a great book for me in my new MSc course on 'China and the Pacific Rim'."Professor Roger SandilandsProfessor of EconomicsUniversity of StrathclydeGlasgow, United Kingdom"Students, scholars, and policymakers involved with Southeast Asia's economic development owe a large debt of gratitude to Professor Lim Chong Yah for sharing his life-long scholarship and many insights on economic and public policies in this comprehensive and accessible textbook. It is arguably the best introduction available in the market today concerning Southeast Asia economies and directions they may consider in addressing the challenges of the 21st century."Professor Mukul AsherProfessor of EconomicsPublic Policy ProgrammeNational University of Singapore"This certainly is a remarkable book on a region of considerable strategic importance. What makes this volume so remarkable is the width of coverage and depth of insights that can only come with years of relentless pursuit in the name of empirical enquiry."Professor Mohamed AriffExecutive DirectorMalaysian Institute of Economic Research (Mier)"From his base in Singapore, Lim Chong Yah has been a leading international figure in the economics profession of Southeast Asia for several decades. This book shows why ... Professor Lim writes on a broad canvas, but with great attention to detail and much insight. He combines clarity of expression with an authoritative style and deep country knowledge. Scholars, students, government officials and business people -- indeed, anybody with an interest in this fascinating part of the world -- will want to have this book on their shelves. It will certainly be required reading for my class."Professor Hal HillH W Arndt Professor of Southeast Asian EconomiesAustralian National University"Professor Lim has written a superb volume, one that is a 'capstone' to his extraordinary career as a scholar and public person. My students at the University of Hawaii enjoyed the first edition of the book immensely. They found it to be readable, content-laden and extremely useful particularly because they were fairly new readers of scholarship on Southeast Asia. However, Professor Lim's volume clearly is aimed at a broad readership including advanced scholars from economics and related disciplines. His choice of topics and the manner by which he treats them elevates his book to the 'must read' list of scholars and policy makers whose intellectual interests include Southeast Asia's future."Professor Robert L Curry, JrEmeritus Professor of Economics California State University Sacramento and Visiting LecturerUniversity of Hawaii at Manoa"This is the best and ideal textbook on Southeast Asian (or ASEAN) Economies. To learn or teach about ASEAN economies is very important to the understanding of East Asia, which is an essential pillar in the trilateral leading groups of nations in the world, along with EU and NAFTA. ASEAN is crucial to the East Asian grouping. This is an up-to-date book, covering current and topical economic issues like regionalism as well as the 1997/98 financial crisis. All ten countries of ASEAN are covered, from the basic fundamentals of each country to the complicated problems of international competition and complementarity in East Asia including Japan and China. The book is recommendable to students, businessmen and intellectuals living or working in Southeast Asia."Professor Shinichi IchimuraFormer President and Founder, East Asian Economic AssociationEmeritus Professor of EconomicsKyoto University"The strong point of the book is the way the author combines economic theory with examples of ASEAN ... The book seriously attempts to offer a holistic view of ASEAN; the author provides a detailed overview of Southeast Asia and also explains the risks and opportunities confronting the region in the future."ASIEN"... a real strength of the book is that Lim Chong Yah is both a technically competent academic economist and a genuine long-time participant in the policy evolution of the area ... Overall, this is a solid effort. The book could be used as a textbook at many levels for a course on the economies of Southeast Asia or as supplementary reading in a development course. The book is not technically challenging, and there is just the right blend of data and theory so that the reader is left with a substantive framework for understanding the region's economy. Beyond the classroom, the book would be valuable to policy-makers or anyone else generally interested in the economics of one of the more fascinating regions of the world."Journal of Asian Business
£73.15
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Southeast Asia: The Long Road Ahead (2nd Edition)
Book SynopsisSoutheast Asia is going through tremendous changes. The market-oriented economies of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand have been showing robust growth, particularly before the Asian financial crisis of 1997/98. The transitional economies of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam are also exhibiting signs of economic awakening and revival after years of internal political and social turmoil. Despite these encouraging signs, the region still has a long road ahead to achieve developed nation status. Southeast Asia: The Long Road Ahead is a serious and concise study on various important economic aspects of Southeast Asia. Existing economic studies on the region are mainly topical in nature. Most of the publications only attempt to offer a partial treatment of the issues and fail to examine these issues in a holistic manner. The objective of this book is to provide a more complete cross-country discussion on the economic issues and problems facing Southeast Asia. The book critically examines the multiple facets of changes and problems that have been and will be encountered by Southeast Asia.Trade Review"Professor Lim has drawn on his vast experience as teacher and high-level policy adviser in Singapore to offer us an extremely lively and informative volume. He comprehensively surveys the historical record and future prospects of a group of countries whose remarkable growth record offers many lessons for the theory and practice of development economics. Equally, he offers valuable insights into the reasons why this group has recently faltered, but also why there are solid signs of recovery for some of them. An added bonus are Professor Lim's engaging style of writing and his helpful 'discussion guides' to each chapter. This is going to be a great book for me in my new MSc course on 'China and the Pacific Rim'."Professor Roger SandilandsProfessor of EconomicsUniversity of StrathclydeGlasgow, United Kingdom"Students, scholars, and policymakers involved with Southeast Asia's economic development owe a large debt of gratitude to Professor Lim Chong Yah for sharing his life-long scholarship and many insights on economic and public policies in this comprehensive and accessible textbook. It is arguably the best introduction available in the market today concerning Southeast Asia economies and directions they may consider in addressing the challenges of the 21st century."Professor Mukul AsherProfessor of EconomicsPublic Policy ProgrammeNational University of Singapore"This certainly is a remarkable book on a region of considerable strategic importance. What makes this volume so remarkable is the width of coverage and depth of insights that can only come with years of relentless pursuit in the name of empirical enquiry."Professor Mohamed AriffExecutive DirectorMalaysian Institute of Economic Research (Mier)"From his base in Singapore, Lim Chong Yah has been a leading international figure in the economics profession of Southeast Asia for several decades. This book shows why ... Professor Lim writes on a broad canvas, but with great attention to detail and much insight. He combines clarity of expression with an authoritative style and deep country knowledge. Scholars, students, government officials and business people -- indeed, anybody with an interest in this fascinating part of the world -- will want to have this book on their shelves. It will certainly be required reading for my class."Professor Hal HillH W Arndt Professor of Southeast Asian EconomiesAustralian National University"Professor Lim has written a superb volume, one that is a 'capstone' to his extraordinary career as a scholar and public person. My students at the University of Hawaii enjoyed the first edition of the book immensely. They found it to be readable, content-laden and extremely useful particularly because they were fairly new readers of scholarship on Southeast Asia. However, Professor Lim's volume clearly is aimed at a broad readership including advanced scholars from economics and related disciplines. His choice of topics and the manner by which he treats them elevates his book to the 'must read' list of scholars and policy makers whose intellectual interests include Southeast Asia's future."Professor Robert L Curry, JrEmeritus Professor of Economics California State University Sacramento and Visiting LecturerUniversity of Hawaii at Manoa"This is the best and ideal textbook on Southeast Asian (or ASEAN) Economies. To learn or teach about ASEAN economies is very important to the understanding of East Asia, which is an essential pillar in the trilateral leading groups of nations in the world, along with EU and NAFTA. ASEAN is crucial to the East Asian grouping. This is an up-to-date book, covering current and topical economic issues like regionalism as well as the 1997/98 financial crisis. All ten countries of ASEAN are covered, from the basic fundamentals of each country to the complicated problems of international competition and complementarity in East Asia including Japan and China. The book is recommendable to students, businessmen and intellectuals living or working in Southeast Asia."Professor Shinichi IchimuraFormer President and Founder, East Asian Economic AssociationEmeritus Professor of EconomicsKyoto University"The strong point of the book is the way the author combines economic theory with examples of ASEAN ... The book seriously attempts to offer a holistic view of ASEAN; the author provides a detailed overview of Southeast Asia and also explains the risks and opportunities confronting the region in the future."ASIEN"... a real strength of the book is that Lim Chong Yah is both a technically competent academic economist and a genuine long-time participant in the policy evolution of the area ... Overall, this is a solid effort. The book could be used as a textbook at many levels for a course on the economies of Southeast Asia or as supplementary reading in a development course. The book is not technically challenging, and there is just the right blend of data and theory so that the reader is left with a substantive framework for understanding the region's economy. Beyond the classroom, the book would be valuable to policy-makers or anyone else generally interested in the economics of one of the more fascinating regions of the world."Journal of Asian Business
£39.90
NUS Press A History of Modern Singapore, 1819-2005
Book SynopsisFirst published in 1977, C. M. Turnbull’s one-volume history of Singapore has been an essential resource for more than forty years. Turnbull’s History provides a solid foundation for understanding of the two-hundred-year trajectory of Singapore from colonial outpost to world city. While many modern studies focus on current affairs or very recent events, emphasizing Singapore’s successful transition from the developing to the developed world, Turnbull connects this story to Singapore’s colonial experience under the East India Company and the British Crown. This new edition, building on two earlier thorough-going revisions, presents the standard history in a new and more affordable format for students, teachers, and anyone fascinated by the many stories of changing Singapore.Table of Contents Plate Maps Preface Abbreviations Introduction to the First Edition Introduction 1. The New Settlement, 1819–1826 2. "This Spirited and Splendid Little Colony", 1826–1867 3. High Noon of Empire, 1867–1914 4. "The Clapham Junction of the Eastern Seas", 1914–1941 5. War in the East, 1941–1942 6. Syonan: Light of the South, 1942–1945 7. The Aftermath of War, 1945–1955 8. The Road to Merdeka, 1955–1965 9. The New Nation, 1965–1990 10. The New Guard, 1990–2005 Notes Further Reading Index
£16.16
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Singapore Perspectives 2011: Our Inclusive
Book SynopsisThe Singapore Perspectives series is a yearly publication that provides critical analysis of emerging trends and issues Singapore faces in terms of social, economic and political development. It is a quick and essential reference for understanding the broad policy discussions that animate thought leaders, policy-makers and the public in the country during the immediate period or that are likely to do so in the short and medium term.This volume brings together articles by Singapore authors who shared their experiences and insights on Singapore economics, politics and society at the Singapore Perspectives 2011 Conference, held in Raffles City Convention Centre on 16th January 2011. Topics covered in the volume include Singapore as a global city, nation-state, the disadvantaged, theatre and Singapore spirit from an immigrant's perspective.Co-published by the think-tank, the Institute of Policy Studies, Singapore, this is a useful publication for those with an interest in understanding the governance challenges facing a small, highly globalised economy and nation-state, or those who want a quick feel of the pulse of Singapore.Table of ContentsGlobal City: Between Nation-State and Global City (Derek da Cunha); Singapore as a Global City: A Balancing Act (Sylvia Lim); I - Singaporean (T Sasitharan); Discussant Notes (Ong Ye Kung); Caring Community: We Do Care - Do We? (Raja Segar); Including the Disadvantaged in a Meritocratic Singapore: Past, Present and Future (Denise Phua); Theatre is a Language (Kok Heng Luen); Discussant Notes (T K Udairam); Global City: Singapore Spirit: An Immigrant Perspective (Ori Sasson); The Singapore Spirit is not a Pontianak! (Woffles Wu); Localism versus Globalism (Janadas Devan); Discussant Notes (Lai Ah Eng); Special Session: People's Association (Lim Boon Heng); Mercy Relief (Hassan Ahmad).
£34.20
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Gulf Politics And Economics In A Changing World
Book SynopsisThe wave of uprisings that has engulfed the Arab world since 2011 has impacted the Gulf significantly, however much the region appears to have remained unscathed. In Bahrain, the regime cracked down on protestors with the help of Saudi forces, and increasing Gulf tensions with Iran, political chaos in Yemen, and rumblings among unemployed youth throughout the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states all complicate the facade of Gulf stability. In addition, ties with the United States appear to be weakening; regional politics are varied and changing, particularly with the rise of India and China; Gulf governance is often oppressive; and GCC economies are even more tied to rentier practices of distribution to keep populations satisfied and in check.Gulf Politics and Economics in a Changing World addresses these aspects of political and economic life in the GCC, Iran, and Iraq in order to assess the present situation. It also offers analysis and predictions as to what the future of this important area of the greater Middle East may hold. The volume, which features contributions from some of the best scholars in the field of Gulf studies in the United States, the Middle East, Europe, and Asia, provides an in-depth and critical look at the region.Table of ContentsIntroduction (Michael C Hudson); The Gulf States and the Economy: The Development Trajectory of the GCC States: An Analysis of Aims and Visions in Current Development Plans (Martin Hvidt); Redesigning the Distributional Bargain in the GCC (Steffen Hertog); State-Business Relations in the Gulf: The Role of Business Actors in the Decision-Making Process of Reform in Bahrain and Oman (Marc Valeri); Gulf Governance: The Rule of Law and Political Liberalization in the Arab Gulf (David M Mednicoff and Joanne E Springer); The Dynamics of Distribution in the Gulf: Selective Allocations, Agency, and Bureaucratic Accessibility in Kuwait (James C A Redman); The Gulf and Beyond: Relations and Tensions: Rethinking Regional Organization in the Gulf and the Greater Middle East (Malik Dahlan); Sources of Continuity in Iran ' s Foreign Policy (Mahmood Sariolghalam); The United States and the Gulf: American Policy in the Persian Gulf: From Balance of Power to Failed Hegemony (F Gregory Gause, III); Neither East Nor West? The Gulf in a Post-American World (Alain Gresh); US Military Bases in the Gulf and the Dynamics of Redeployment (Sun Degang).
£86.45
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
£36.51
ISEAS Living with Myanmar
Book SynopsisSince 2011, Myanmar has experienced many changes to its social, political and economic landscape. The formation of a new government in 2016, led by the National League for Democracy, was a crucially important milestone in the country’s transition to a more inclusive form of governance. And yet, for many people everyday struggles remain unchanged, and have worsened in recent years. Key economic, social and political reforms have stalled, conflict persists, and longstanding issues of citizenship and belonging remain. The wide-ranging challenges of living with Myanmar are the subject of this volume. Each other offers a different perspective on the socio-political and economic mutations occurring in the country and the challenges that still remain. The book is divided into six sections, and covers critical issues ranging from gender equality and identity politics to agrarian reform and the representative role parliament. Collectively, these voices raise key questions concerning the institutional legacies of military rule and their ongoing role in subverting the country’s reform process. However, they also offer insights in the creative and productive ways the Myanmar’s activists, civil society, parliamentarians, bureaucrats and everyday people attempt to engage with and reform those legacies.
£26.96
ISEAS Free and Open Indo-Pacific Strategy Outlook
Book SynopsisThe United States launched a new Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP) strategy in late 2017 after reluctantly concluding that its patient effort to engage and socialize China to the rules-based order since 1972 had failed. China’s behaviour since 2009 convinced the United States that China is a revisionist power seeking to impose an authoritarian model of governance in Asia which, if successful, would end the rules-based order in the Indo-Pacific as well as endanger US security and vital trade interests.The new US FOIP strategy initiative seeks to engage like-minded nations in economic, security (both traditional and non-traditional), and political governance partnerships to construct a collaborative and scalable network of relations that will be able to respond flexibly to meet a wide range of stakeholder needs and regional contingencies across the Indo-Pacific region.The United States occupies a peak organizing role in this network and works with a hierarchy of partners distributed throughout the vast Indo-Pacific to meet the economic, security, and governance capacity needs of network members at any level. The rules-based order is the “operating system” of this network approach, and so the network itself sustains the rules-based order for its members as a collective good. FOIP is more like a club that generates rules-based order benefits for its members and as such has little in common with Cold War bloc politics and containment strategy.Bearing in mind that FOIP is only in its start-up phase and is likely to gather momentum going forward; that the elements of this network strategy are already in place; and that the United States and its main FOIP partners together have considerable material, organizational, and soft power resources, one may say that its prospects for long-term sustainability and success are not bad.
£10.10
ISEAS Southeast Asian Affairs 2020
Book SynopsisSoutheast Asian Affairs, produced since 1974, is an annual review of significant trends and developments in the region. The emphasis is on ASEAN countries but important developments in the broader Asia-Pacific region are not ignored. The publication seeks to provide readable and easily understood analyses of major political, strategic, economic and social developments within the region.Trade Review“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-seventh 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 UniversityTable of Contents The Region Southeast Asia in 2019: Adjustment and Adaptation to China’s Regional Impact, by Graham Ong-Webb Economic Overview of Southeast Asia, by Manu Bhaskaran The Rise of the Right: Populism and Authoritarianism in Southeast Asian Politics, by Kanishka Jayasuriya American Foreign Policy and Southeast Asia, by Daljit Singh China’s Belt and Road Initiative Financing in Southeast Asia, by Xue Gong Brunei DarussalamBrunei Darussalam in 2019: Issues Revisited, by Pushpa Thambipillai CambodiaCambodia in 2019: Entrenching One-Party Rule and Asserting National Sovereignty in the Era of Shifting Global Geopolitics, by Kheang Un, Jing Jing LuoIndonesia Post-Election Politics in Indonesia: Between Economic Growth and Increased Islamic Conservatism, by Amalinda Savirani Social Media and the 2019 Indonesian Elections: Hoax Takes the Centre Stage, by Jennifer Yang Hui LaosLaos in 2019: Moving Heaven and Earth on the Mekong, by Geoffrey C GunnMalaysia Malaysia in 2019: A Change of Government without Regime Change, by Ross Tapsell Malaysia and the Pursuit of Sustainability, by Serina Rahman Myanmar Myanmar in 2019: Rakhine Issue, Constitutional Reform and Election Fever, by Nyi Nyi Kyaw The 2020 Myanmar General Election: Another Turning Point?, by Ye Htut The PhilippinesThe Ones Who Don’t Walk Away from the Philippines, by Lowell BautistaSingapore Singapore in 2019: In Holding Pattern, by Khairulanwar Zaini The Bicentennial Commemoration: Imagining and Re-imagining Singapore’s History, by Terence Chong Thailand Thailand in 2019: The Year of Living Unpredictably, by Kanokrat Lertchoosakul Future—Forward? The Past and Future of the Future Forward Party, by James Ockey Timor-LesteTimor-Leste: Twenty Years after the Self-Determination Referendum, by Rui Graça FeijóVietnam Vietnam in 2019: A Return to Familiar Patterns, by Paul Schuler, Mai Truong Succession Politics and Authoritarian Resilience in Vietnam, by Nguyen Khac Giang
£36.51
ISEAS Flying Blind: Vietnam's Decision to Join ASEAN
Book Synopsis“This book discusses Vietnam’s relations with ASEAN in the period from the early 1970s to mid-1990s. It focuses on the evolution of Hanoi’s view on ASEAN, from denial to integration in the organization. Further, it reveals the reasons behind Hanoi’s decision to join ASEAN in 1995 in the context of the transformation of the overall Vietnam’s foreign policy when the Cold War ended. Relaxation of the Cold War conditions allowed Hanoi to improve understanding of ASEAN that resulted in better Vietnam-ASEAN relations and subsequent Vietnam’s membership in ASEAN.The author has had access to documents and interviewees that few other researchers can rival. And the richness of the empirical evidence of this book makes a significant contribution to the studies of Vietnam foreign relations in specific and Southeast Asian international relations in general.Trade Review“This is a uniquely well-informed account of Vietnam’s serious internal debates leading to the decision to join ASEAN in 1995. The story starts with a probing analysis of Hanoi’s regional diplomacy and relations with the Soviet Union, China, and the United States from the 1970s onward. Entering the 1990s, the narrative shows how Vietnamese policymakers struggled to reconcile ideological and pragmatic considerations as they navigated complex great-power and regional environments. Professor Tung dispels conventional balance-of- power explanations for Hanoi’s embrace of ASEAN, and argues persuasively that the decision to join grew out of a shift from a revolutionary national identity to an identity centered on developmental state model of the Southeast Asian type. This honest and close-up view of policy debates offers a rare opportunity for readers to understand the logic of policymaking in one of the world’s most complex diplomatic environments.” — Andrew J. Nathan, Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science, Columbia University”
£29.95
ISEAS The Bersih Movement and Democratisation in
Book SynopsisBeginning in 2005 as a small electoral reform committee, the Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections – or Bersih – soon became Malaysia’s most prominent social movement, mobilising five mass demonstrations on the streets of Kuala Lumpur and other cities at home and abroad, and becoming a prominent voice not only for electoral form, but against corruption and authoritarianism. Based on participant observation and first-hand interviews with key actors, this is the first academic book that looks at how Bersih operated within an authoritarian system that turned into a movement that aggregated the collective grievance of Malaysians and enabled Malaysian socio-political activism to force the government to concede to elements of electoral reform. Engaging with social movement theory, the author locates Bersih at the centre of the movement for democracy in Malaysia, thus creating a platform for citizen participation and mobilisation that helped form the basis of a new democratic ethos. Along the way, she notes the way in which Bersih evolved out of earlier civil society activism and the Reformasi movement to place political protest and popular mobilisation as important forces in Malaysian politics. This book makes a major contribution to the scholarly work on social movement theories in the Southeast Asian context, and to the growing literature on social movements and democratisations.
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ISEAS Non-State Chinese Actors and Their Impact on
Book SynopsisInternational relations scholarship and the popular media tend to portray China as a great power with hegemonic designs for Southeast Asia. Moreover, studies on Chinese influence in Southeast Asia predominantly focus on the Chinese state. This paper argues that Chinese non-state actors and their daily encounters with local communities in Southeast Asia deserve equal attention as these interactions evidently produce friction at both the society-to-state and state-to-state levels. The influence of Chinese non-state actors in Southeast Asia can be illustrated with three examples, namely, Chinese tourism operations in Thailand, Chinese market demand and agricultural transformations in Myanmar, and Chinese gangs within the casino economy in Cambodia. Thailand has recently become a top tourist destination for Chinese nationals. This has cultural implications as those involved in the tourism industry need to have Chinese language skills. The economic implications include increased competition and decreased accountability as Chinese tour companies have set up in Thailand using Thai locals as nominees. Bilateral relations also soured after a boat carrying Chinese tourists capsized in Thailand. As global prices of corn rose in 2011 and 2012, areas in Myanmar close to the Chinese border have increased corn cultivation to meet Chinese demands for that crop. This has led to deforestation in these areas. Chinese gangsters fleeing their government’s crackdown in China have settled down to operate in the casino economy in Cambodia. Consequentially, there has been a rise in crime rate involving online scams and deteriorating public security. Despite the Chinese government encouraging the Cambodian government to enforce a ban on online gambling, the actions of non-state actors from China continue to be associated with the Chinese state as a whole and there is rising resentment towards the Chinese in Cambodia. The COVID-19 pandemic has temporarily halted cross-border trade between China and mainland Southeast Asia. This has negatively affected local farmers who are dependent on the Chinese market.
£10.23
Blacksmith Books No City for Slow Men: Hong Kong's Quirks and
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Sub-Saharan Publishers Philosophy Culture and Vision: African Perspectives. Selected Essays
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Forum for Social Studies Challenges and Opportunities for Inclusive
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