EU studies increasingly recognize the salience of new regional insights. Hence, this collection of original essays provides a broad overview of regionalism, together with detailed analyses on the construction, activities, and implications of both established and emerging example…
"The book looks at the profound changes across the political landscape from the fall of the Berlin Wall to the re-emergence of China and at how such events have altered the received ideas that define political cultures throughout the world." "This analysis includes a detailed ex…
"This comprehensive book provides a comparative analysis of religious nationalism in globalized Asia. Exploring the nexus of religion, identity, and nationalism, Kingston assesses similarities and differences across the region. He focuses on how religious sentiments influence ho…
"This comprehensive book provides a comparative analysis of religious nationalism in globalized Asia. Exploring the nexus of religion, identity, and nationalism, Kingston assesses similarities and differences across the region. He focuses on how religious sentiments influence ho…
"This comprehensive book provides a comparative analysis of religious nationalism in globalized Asia. Exploring the nexus of religion, identity, and nationalism, Kingston assesses similarities and differences across the region. He focuses on how religious sentiments influence ho…
Biographical study of lee kuan yew, comprising an account of his political leadership of Singapore - examines his role in the economic development of the city state, discusses the merger with Malaysia and subsequent independence, describes his attitude toward education, and incl…
While it is possible for economies to grow based on abundant land or natural resources, more often structural change-the shift of resources from low-productivity to high-productivity sectors-is the key driver of economic growth. Structural transformation is vital for Africa. The…
While it is possible for economies to grow based on abundant land or natural resources, more often structural change-the shift of resources from low-productivity to high-productivity sectors-is the key driver of economic growth. Structural transformation is vital for Africa. The…
This book shows how Buddhism shaped the philosophy of Pyrrho, the famous founder of Pyrrhonian scepticism in ancient Greece. Identifying Pyrrho's basic teachings with those of Early Buddhism, Christopher I. Beckwith traces the origins of a major tradition in Greek philosophy to …
La quatrième de couverture indique: "Money in Asia examines two chronic problems that faced early modern monetary economies in East, South, and Southeast Asia: The inability to provide sufficient amounts of small currencies to facilitate local economic transactions and to contro…
4e de couv.: In Fungible Life Aihwa Ong explores the dynamic world of cutting-edge bioscience research, offering critical insights into the complex ways Asian bioscientific worlds and cosmopolitan sciences are entangled in a tropical environment brimming with the threat of emerg…
Asian biotech: ethics and communities of fate
4e de couv.: Providing the first overview of Asia's emerging biosciences landscape, this timely and important collection brings together ethnographic case studies on biotech endeavors such as genetically modified foods in China, clinical trials in India, blood collection in Sing…
