Télécharger le livre :  Production Politics and Migrant Labour Regimes
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This book emphasizes the importance of production politics, or struggles in the workplace between workers and their employers, for understanding migrant labour regimes in Asia and the Gulf. Drawing from a study of Bangladeshi construction workers in Singapore, as...

Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan
Parution : 2016-09-23
Collection : Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific
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Télécharger le livre :  Changing Security Dynamics in East Asia
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This original and detailed collection explores how regional actors deal with uncertainties that are inherent to the current geopolitical situation in East Asia. The contributors collectively demonstrate that strategic uncertainty has become a major factor in the shaping...

Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan
Parution : 2016-04-30
Collection : Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific
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Télécharger le livre :  Think Tanks and Non-Traditional Security
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Asian security institutions have struggled to adapt to the so-called 'non-traditional' security issues that characterise the strategic landscape of the 21st century. The resulting gaps in governance have increasingly been filled by think tanks, which have arguably begun...

Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan
Parution : 2016-02-09
Collection : Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific
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Télécharger le livre :  Political Economy and the Aid Industry in Asia
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Adopting a distinctive structural political economy approach, this book uniquely explains the blind spots of alternative political economy approaches to international aid, and presents an original framework for evaluating likely reformers' strength of commitment and...

Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan
Parution : 2015-12-25
Collection : Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific
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Télécharger le livre :  Eurasian Regionalism
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The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is attracting significant attention from governments and scholars. This study examines the evolution of the SCO as a regional security provider and a framework for cooperation, drawing on fieldwork interviews with officials...

Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan
Parution : 2015-12-11
Collection : Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific
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Télécharger le livre :  ASEAN's Engagement of Civil Society
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This book offers an innovative framework for understanding the role of civil society in regional and global policymaking. Using political economy analysis, Gerard demonstrates that ASEAN's people-oriented agenda builds legitimacy, while sidelining its detractors.

Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan
Parution : 2015-12-11
Collection : Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific
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Télécharger le livre :  Democratization and Civilian Control in Asia
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How can civilians in newly democratized countries ensure their control over the military? While establishing civilian control of the military is a necessary condition for a functioning democracy, it requires prudent strategic action on the part of the decision-makers to...

Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan
Parution : 2015-12-04
Collection : Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific
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Télécharger le livre :  The Political Economy of Japanese Trade Policy
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This study provides up-to-date coverage of the most important domestic and external political and economic influences on Japanese trade policy, as well as the evolutionary dynamics of that policy in the post-war period.

Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan
Parution : 2015-08-11
Collection : Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific
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Télécharger le livre :  Indonesia's Ascent
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This volume explores the domestic and transnational considerations associated with Indonesia's ascent, referring to its rise in terms of hard and soft power and its likely trajectory in the future. The range of contributors analyse economic resources, religious harmony,...

Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan
Parution : 2015-03-10
Collection : Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific
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Télécharger le livre :  Incomplete Democracies in the Asia-Pacific
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This collection presents a varied picture of the state of democracy in Asia, revealing unique findings from a project entitled the 'Asia Democracy Initiative' which explored the role of ordinary people in democratization through the rise of expressive social values in...

Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan
Parution : 2014-10-02
Collection : Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific
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Télécharger le livre :  The South Korean Development Experience
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This volume explores South Korea's successful transition from an underdeveloped, authoritarian country to a modern industrialized democracy. South Korea's experience of foreign aid gives a unique perspective on how to use foreign aid for economic development as well as...

Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan
Parution : 2014-06-25
Collection : Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific
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Télécharger le livre :  Comparing Institution-Building in East Asia
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Yoshimatsu explores the causes and implications of the diverse degree of institution-building in East Asia by examining two processes of initiating and developing multilateral institutions in five policy areas: trade, finance, food security, energy security, and the...

Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan
Parution : 2014-05-29
Collection : Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific
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Télécharger le livre :  Politics in Contemporary Vietnam
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Vietnam's political development has entered an extraordinary, if indeterminate, phase. Comprising contributions from leading Vietnam scholars, this volume comprehensively explores the core aspects ofVietnam's politics, providing a cutting-edge analysis of politics in...

Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan
Parution : 2014-05-13
Collection : Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific
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Télécharger le livre :  Explaining Collective Violence in Contemporary Indonesia
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Tadjoeddin uniquely explores four types of violent conflicts pertinent to contemporary Indonesia (secessionist, ethnic, routine-everyday and electoral violence), and seeks to discover what socio-economic development can do to overcome conflict and make the country's...

Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan
Parution : 2014-05-07
Collection : Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific
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Télécharger le livre :  Security Sector Reform in Southeast Asia
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Successful reform of the security sector has been regarded as pivotal for a successful transition from authoritarianism to democracy by Western donors. A global cast of contributors examines SSR in a variety of policy fields in Southeast Asia, paying specific attention...

Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan
Parution : 2014-03-07
Collection : Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific
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Télécharger le livre :  Japan's Maritime Security Strategy
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Since the late 1990s, the Japan Coast Guard (JCG) has countered a myriad of 'outlaw' threats at sea including piracy, terrorism, the proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) and the threat posed by 'rogue states'. Japan's innovative strategy has transformed...

Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan
Parution : 2014-03-07
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Télécharger le livre :  Globalization and Social Transformation in the Asia-Pacific
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The contributors engage with a range of critical and contemporary issues of two key societies in the Asia-Pacific region, Australia and Malaysia. These include foreign policy and national security; multiculturalism and citizenship; the middle class; global governance;...

Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan
Parution : 2013-10-23
Collection : Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific
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Télécharger le livre :  The Protection and Promotion of Human Security in East Asia
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Although many of the states of East Asia have achieved startling success, not all have benefited from the region's development. Many of the most vulnerable sections of East Asian populations still face tremendous challenges in their daily lives, have yet to enjoy the...

Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan
Parution : 2013-10-01
Collection : Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific
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Télécharger le livre :  Managing China's Sovereignty in Hong Kong and Taiwan
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Is China always defensive about its sovereignty issues? Does China see sovereignty essentially as 'absolute,' 'Victorian,' or 'Westphalian?' Sow Keat Tok suggests that Beijing has a more nuanced and flexible policy towards 'sovereignty' than previously assumed. By...

Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan
Parution : 2013-04-30
Collection : Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific
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Télécharger le livre :  Indovation
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How should we understand the many reports that poverty is the mother of innovation in India? What has the role of austerity been in the development of India's knowledge economy? In this critical study of Indian innovation, or 'Indovation', Thomas Birtchnell explores how...

Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan
Parution : 2013-04-23
Collection : Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific
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