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  • - Politics, Military and Regional Dynamics
    von Filippo Boni
    70,00 - 214,00 €

  • - Knowledge and Technology Networks from Japan
    von USA) McNamara & Dennis (Georgetown University
    73,00 - 237,00 €

    Reveals the problems facing knowledge transfer, such as persisting difficulties in communication, technology transfer, and indigenous learning in regional nodes of Nikkei Value Chains and the persistence of earlier patterns of hierarchical coordination in information flows despite the shift towards more horizontal network organization.

  • - Cooperation and conflict
     
    250,00 €

    This book assesses the varying interests of China and India in economics, environment, energy, and water and addresses the possibility of cooperation in these domains. Containing analyses by leading authorities on China and India, it analyses the nature of existing and emerging conflict, describes the extent of cooperation, and suggests possibilities for collaboration in the future. This book will be of interest to researchers in the fields of Asian Studies, International Relations, and Asian Politics.

  • - What Role for the Law?
     
    226,00 €

    This thought-provoking book defines land grabbing, and examines aspects of the land grabs phenomenon in seven Asian countries. It provides unique perspectives on how and why land grabbing is practised in China, India, Pakistan, Cambodia, Malaysia, Myanmar and Indonesia, and explores the surprising role that law plays in facilitating and legitimizing land grabs in each country. Finding that Asian States need to move beyond existing regimes that govern land to a regime that encourages more equitable land rights allocation and protection of stakeholders¿ rights, the book urges further research in the nexus between the use of law to facilitate development.This book was facilitated by grant No. R-241-000-116-112 (Ministry of Education, Singapore, and NUS Academic Research Fund).

  • - Asia, Europe and the Lineages of Difference
     
    227,00 €

    An intervention in one of the most fundamental debates confronting the social science and humanities, namely how to understand global and local historical processes as interconnected developments affecting human actors.

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    216,00 €

    Covering the diversity of climate change governance in Asia, this book presents cosmopolitan governance from the perspective of urban and rural communities, local and central governments, state-society relations and international relations.

  • - After the Strongmen
     
    226,00 €

    This book tackles the important issue of what happened to Asia's political systems after the fall of various political strongmen. It is generally assumed that once strongmen who dictate a nations' politics with a dictatorial or authoritarian fashion fall, the political landscape then drastically changes and the prospects for democracy comes in a matter of time. As the contributors of this book show, the stories were not so simple and straightforward in the contexts of Northeast and Southeast Asia. Democratic governance is only one of the three possible and feasible outcomes, the other two outcomes are either a weakening/ unstable political leadership or a sustained authoritarian system.

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    227,00 €

    The purpose of this volume is to highlight the impacts on civic engagement of social capital, and its various component parts (trust, norms, networks and associations), in diverse parts of Asia. Addressing the pressing need for improved governance within the spatial, political and cultural realities in the rapidly transforming landscapes of Asia the contributors to the book bring together interdisciplinary work that focuses on the ways in which civic engagement can link with social capital building efforts, particularly in terms of enhancing the interaction between state and community efforts, to create vibrant societies.

  • - Rivalry or Partnership for China, Russia, and Central Asia?
     
    227,00 €

    This analysis of the evolving Sino-Russian relationship addresses global strategy, energy politics, national security, and Central Asian links. The book will provide a profile of current Sino-Russian relations as well as in-depth treatment of their background and global ramifications.

  • - An ethno-history of Ladakh
    von USA) Fewkes & Jacqueline H. (Florida Atlantic University
    75,00 - 272,00 €

    Provides an ethno-historical study of the trade system in Ladakh (India), a busy entrepot for Silk Route trade between Central and South Asia. This work details the social lives of historical Ladakhi traders and identifying their community as a cosmopolitan social group.

  • - Evidence from Indonesia, Korea and Thailand
    von USA) Dore & Giovanna Maria Dora (Johns Hopkins University
    54,00 €

  • - Building Urban Communities
     
    227,00 €

    Explores how and why civic spaces are used by different communities in Asia and what role urban governance and public participation play in the support or demise of communities. This book provides insights into the importance and value of civic space. It is suitable for those interested in urban planning, urban design, as well as Asian studies.

  • - Building Blocks for Global Governance?
     
    262,00 €

    Applying theories to concrete phenomena, this title provides a comprehensive understanding of inter-regionalism and how co-operation between Asia and Europe should be fashioned. It is intended for graduates and researchers in the fields of international relations, international economics, regional integration, and interregionalism.

  • - A Tail Wagging Two Dogs
    von Taiwan) Su & Chi (Taiwan's Legislative Yuan and the Chairman of its National Defense Committee
    77,00 - 251,00 €

    Deals with the role of Taiwan's leadership politics in the development of Taiwan's mainland policy and the consequences for US-Taiwan relations.

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    46,00 €

    What have we learned from the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis? Do Thailand's problems suggest that other countries have not learned the appropriate lessons, nor implemented sufficiently corrective measures? This book provides an overview of developments in the main affected countries during the 1997 Asian financial crisis.

  • von Jae-Cheon Lim
    88,00 - 227,00 €

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    215,00 €

    This book analyses the role tourism plays for sustainable development in Southeast Asia.

  • - Containing Contention
    von Germany) Ortmann & Stephan (Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg
    25,00 - 73,00 €

    Explains the changing pattern of contentious politics in the democratization process of the two city-states Singapore and Hong Kong. This book explores the causal connections between popular contention and democratization by applying a multi-disciplinary approach, using theoretical insights from the political sciences, sociology and psychology.

  • - Globalization and Foreign Aid in the 21st Century
     
    225,00 €

    Analyzes contemporary political and economic relations in foreign aid policy between Japan and Africa. This book offers primary questions focusing on Japan's influence in the African continent, reasons for spending its limited resources to further African development, and the way Japan's foreign aid is invested in Africa.

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    249,00 €

    Bringing together perspectives from Economics, Development and Area Studies, Geography, Anthropology, and Sociology, the book provides local narratives that shed light on some of the different needs, situations, and realities of minority region development among countries in East and Southeast Asia.

  • - Institution-Building in the Greater Mekong Subregion
    von UK) Hensengerth & Oliver (Chatham House
    76,00 - 238,00 €

    Analyses collaboration in the Greater Mekong Subregion, which is a manifestation of the so-called 'new regionalism' in growth triangles (GTs) in Northeast and Southeast Asia. This title explores inter-state cooperation and the role of subnational units and transnational actors (NGOs, firms) in building and maintaining the subregion.

  • - The Theory and Practice of Interregionalism
    von Alfredo C., The Philippines) Robles & Jr. (De La Salle University
    54,00 €

    Gives a critical assessment of the ASEM process, which brings together 27 EU members, the European Commission and 16 East Asian states, and examines its progress in terms of economic and social development, politics and culture.

  • - Political, Economic and Multilateral Relations
     
    71,00 €

    Analyses the economic, political and socio-cultural relations between Asia and Latin America and examines their growing importance in international relations.

  • - Considering the Other through Ethnonyms, Territories and Rituals
     
    227,00 €

    Examines interethic relationships between groups and the dynamics of exchange networks throughout Asia and includes case studies based in Vietnam, Burma, Laos, Thailand, Nepal, China, Indonesia, and Russia.

  • - State, sub-state and non-state relations
    von Japan) Vyas & Utpal (Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
    85,00 - 226,00 €

    Soft power has tended to be overlooked in the field of international relations, often dismissed as lacking relevance or robustness as a theoretical concept. This book expands upon the idea of 'soft power' in international relations and investigates how it functions by looking at case studies in Japan-China relations during the post-war period.

  • - Altering Questions and Changing Frameworks
     
    227,00 €

    Examines where Eurocentrism has come from, how is it reflected in the study of media and communication, what the barriers and solutions to de-centralizing the production of theories are, and what is called for in order to establish Asian communication theories.

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    227,00 €

    Explores how migration plays a central role in the renewing and reworking of urban spaces in the cities of Asia. This book reflects on the impact and significance of migration with a focus on the contested spaces that emerge in urban contexts and the economic, social, religious and cultural domains with which they intersect.

  • - Asia in Flight
    von Sheng-mei Ma
    85,00 - 226,00 €

  • - Reflections on Identity and Regionalism
     
    227,00 €

    Investigates the politics of identity in Asia and explores how different groups of people inside and outside Asia have attempted to relate to the alterity of the places and cultures in the region through various modes (literary and filmic representation, scholarly knowledge). This book is of interest to anyone interested in critical Asian studies.

  • von UK) Wiessala & Georg (University of Central Lancashire
    82,00 - 227,00 €

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