Bücher der Reihe ARI - Springer Asia Series

This volume brings together a range of critical studies that explore diverse ways in which processes of globalization pose new challenges and offer new opportunities for religious groups to propagate their beliefs in contemporary Asian contexts.

Grounded in a desire to theorize 'religion-state' relations in the multi-ethnic, multi-religious, secular city-state of Singapore, this work identifies the points of contact between religious and state institutions as well as the processes that sustain them.

From the leisure pursuits of the colonial middle class to the impact of the new urban rich on landscape of the countryside, this interdisciplinary volume explores the ways in which middle classness has been practiced in a wide range of contexts throughout the 20th century and into the 21st.

In contrast to many publications on the rural/urban divide, this volume provides empirical perspectives from four Asian countries: India, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand that inform numerous insights into a broader analysis of this fast-paced dynamic.

From the leisure pursuits of the colonial middle class to the impact of the new urban rich on landscape of the countryside, this interdisciplinary volume explores the ways in which middle classness has been practiced in a wide range of contexts throughout the 20th century and into the 21st.

In contrast to many publications on the rural/urban divide, this volume provides empirical perspectives from four Asian countries: India, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand that inform numerous insights into a broader analysis of this fast-paced dynamic.

In addition, the books goes further by exploring new and often bittersweet "improvements" like metro rail lines, new national highways, widespread internet access, that bulldoze - both literally and figuratively - religious places and force relocations and adjustments that are often innovative and unexpected.

This volume brings together a range of critical studies that explore diverse ways in which processes of globalization pose new challenges and offer new opportunities for religious groups to propagate their beliefs in contemporary Asian contexts.

This volume examines how urban stakeholders in China - particularly city governments and social actors - tackle China's urban environmental crisis.

This book explores the leading role that cities can play in shaping progressive policies in collaboration with various stakeholders.

In addition, the books goes further by exploring new and often bittersweet "improvements" like metro rail lines, new national highways, widespread internet access, that bulldoze - both literally and figuratively - religious places and force relocations and adjustments that are often innovative and unexpected.

This volume examines how urban stakeholders in China - particularly city governments and social actors - tackle China's urban environmental crisis.