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Loggers and Degradation in the Asia-Pacific
Corporations and Environmental Management
Häftad, 2001
520 kr
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Corporate loggers have damaged much of the tropical forest throughout the Asia-Pacific over the last four decades. Despite a steady rise in global and local concern, few firms have changed their practices. Loggers and Degradation in the Asia-Pacific examines why and how loggers have resisted and …
The Politics of Justice and Human Rights
Southeast Asia and Universalist Theory
Av Anthony J. Langlois, John Ravenhill m. fl.
Häftad, 2001
448 kr
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This book, first published in 2001, makes a major contribution to the theory and practice of human rights, engaging in particular with the 'Asian values' debates of the 1990s. It is especially concerned with the tension between a universal regime of human rights and its ability to accommodate …
Asia-Pacific Strategic Relations
Seeking Convergent Security
Häftad, 2001
520 kr
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This comprehensive 2002 book is an overview of security issues in the Asia-Pacific. It is also an argument for a strategy that promises to achieve greater regional stability. It argues that current approaches by policy-makers increase the likelihood of conflict. Instead, it proposes that a strategy …
East Asia Imperilled
Transnational Challenges to Security
Av Alan Dupont
Häftad, 2001
520 kr
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Security issues have traditionally been defined in military terms, yet the post-Cold War security landscape contains numerous non-military challenges to security. In this 2001 analysis, Alan Dupont argues that an emerging new class of non-military threats has the potential to destabilize East Asia …
Land, Custom and Practice in the South Pacific
Av R. Gerard Ward, Elizabeth Kingdon
Häftad, 2007
830 kr
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Land tenure arrangements are intimately linked with the organization of society, the economy, political structures and geography. In the South Pacific Islands the majority of land is held by community groups under 'customary' or 'traditional' forms of tenure. This book argues that land formerly …
Asia-Pacific Constitutional Systems
Av Graham Hassall, Cheryl Saunders m. fl.
Häftad, 2007
583 kr
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This 2002 book describes and critically analyses the formal constitutional changes that have taken place in the Asia-Pacific region, embracing the countries of East and South East Asia and Pacific Island states. In examining the variety amongst constitutional systems operating in the region, it …
Tiger Technology
The Creation of a Semiconductor Industry in East Asia
Av John A. Mathews, Dong-Sung Cho
Häftad, 2007
536 kr
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This book grows out of a five-year collaborative research project undertaken by the authors in East Asia. They have worked with firms and institutions in Korea, Taiwan, Singapore and Malaysia, to inquire into the micro-processes of firm-level organizational learning that underpin technology …
Tradition versus Democracy in the South Pacific
Fiji, Tonga and Western Samoa
Häftad, 2008
471 kr
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Much literature on non-Western traditions celebrates the renaissance of indigenous cultures. Others have been more critical of this renaissance, especially with respect to its political implications. This study analyses the assertion of 'tradition' by indigenous elites, looking especially at the …
Economic Crisis and Corporate Restructuring in Korea
Reforming the Chaebol
Av Stephan Haggard, Wonhyuk Lim m. fl.
Häftad, 2010
586 kr
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Asian business conglomerates have clearly been successful agents of growth, mobilizing capital, borrowing technology from abroad and spearheading Asia's exports. However, these firms have long had a number of organisational and financial weaknesses, including heavy reliance on debt, that make them …
Land, Custom and Practice in the South Pacific
Av R. Gerard Ward, Elizabeth Kingdon
Inbunden, 1995
1547 kr
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Land tenure arrangements are intimately linked with the organization of society, the economy, political structures and geography. In the South Pacific Islands the majority of land is held by community groups under 'customary' or 'traditional' forms of tenure. This book argues that land formerly …
Tradition versus Democracy in the South Pacific
Fiji, Tonga and Western Samoa
Inbunden, 1996
1335 kr
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Much literature on non-Western traditions celebrates the renaissance of indigenous cultures. Others have been more critical of this renaissance, especially with respect to its political implications. This study analyses the assertion of 'tradition' by indigenous elites, looking especially at the …
Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict in Indonesia
Av Jacques Bertrand, John Ravenhill m. fl.
Häftad, 2003
344 kr
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Since 1998, which marked the end of the thirty-three-year New Order regime under President Suharto, there has been a dramatic increase in ethnic conflict and violence in Indonesia. In his innovative and persuasive account, Jacques Bertrand argues that conflicts in Maluku, Kalimantan, Aceh, Papua, …
Globalization and State Transformation in China
Häftad, 2003
487 kr
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Globalization has thrown up challenges and opportunities which all countries have to grapple with. In his 2004 book, Yongnian Zheng explores how China's leaders have embraced global capitalism and market-oriented modernization. He shows that with reform measures properly implemented, the …
Asia in Japan's Embrace
Building a Regional Production Alliance
Av Walter Hatch, Kozo Yamamura m. fl.
Häftad, 1996
536 kr
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This book is an incisive analysis of Japan's deepening economic presence in Asia. It challenges neoclassical economists, arguing that instead of simply building a 'yen bloc' or responding to market forces, Japanese business and government elites are working together to build an expanded - and …
The Politics of Open Economies
Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand
Av Alasdair Bowie, Daniel Unger
Inbunden, 1997
1928 kr
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This book asks why some countries have responded to the external constraints and opportunities arising from their global and regional economic context by opening up their economies. In particular, the authors examine the role domestic political and economic factors play in shaping the decision to …
The Politics of Open Economies
Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand
Av Alasdair Bowie, Daniel Unger
Häftad, 1997
574 kr
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This book asks why some countries have responded to the external constraints and opportunities arising from their global and regional economic context by opening up their economies. In particular, the authors examine the role domestic political and economic factors play in shaping the decision to …
Asia-Pacific Constitutional Systems
Av Graham Hassall, Cheryl Saunders m. fl.
Inbunden, 2002
1246 kr
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This 2002 book describes and critically analyses the formal constitutional changes that have taken place in the Asia-Pacific region, embracing the countries of East and South East Asia and Pacific Island states. In examining the variety amongst constitutional systems operating in the region, it …
Building Social Capital in Thailand
Fibers, Finance and Infrastructure
Av Danny Unger, John Ravenhill m. fl.
Inbunden, 1998
2029 kr
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Between 1984 and 1994 Thailand had the most rapid economic expansion in the world. This 1998 book offers an explanation of this successful record of economic growth in Thailand, and in Southeast Asia more generally. The book explains why Thai leaders adopted a market-driven strategy from the late …
Asian Freedoms
The Idea of Freedom in East and Southeast Asia
Häftad, 1998
520 kr
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Many Westerners assume that freedom has been bypassed in Asia, given the often brutal suppression of demands for its extension in some Asian countries, and its more tentative status in others where desire for social order is dominant. This book argues that Western ideas of freedom have become …
Building Social Capital in Thailand
Fibers, Finance and Infrastructure
Av Danny Unger, John Ravenhill m. fl.
Häftad, 1998
519 kr
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Between 1984 and 1994 Thailand had the most rapid economic expansion in the world. This 1998 book offers an explanation of this successful record of economic growth in Thailand, and in Southeast Asia more generally. The book explains why Thai leaders adopted a market-driven strategy from the late …
Discovering Chinese Nationalism in China
Modernization, Identity, and International Relations
Häftad, 1999
398 kr
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This book explores the revival of Chinese nationalism in the 1990s, and analyses the ways in which the West deals with this phenomenon. Yongnian Zheng discusses the complicated nature of China's new nationalism and presents the reader with a very different picture to that portrayed in Western …
APEC and the Construction of Pacific Rim Regionalism
Av John Ravenhill, John Ravenhill m. fl.
Häftad, 2002
504 kr
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The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) grouping is the first comprehensive economic arrangement to link countries from around the Pacific Rim. Since its establishment in 1989, APEC has graduated from a ministerial-level gathering of nine countries to an institution that stages annual summits, …
Korea's Globalization
Inbunden, 2000
1628 kr
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South Korea has cast its lot with globalization arguably to a greater extent than any other Asian country in the post-Cold War era. This book, edited by Samuel Kim, presents a sustained analysis of Korea's globalization and its ramifications for all aspects of the Korean state and society. The …
Korea's Globalization
Av Samuel S. Kim, Samuel S. Kim
Häftad, 2000
569 kr
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South Korea has cast its lot with globalization arguably to a greater extent than any other Asian country in the post-Cold War era. This book, edited by Samuel Kim, presents a sustained analysis of Korea's globalization and its ramifications for all aspects of the Korean state and society. The …
The Asian Financial Crisis and the Architecture of Global Finance
Av Gregory W. Noble, John Ravenhill
Inbunden, 2000
1761 kr
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The financial crises across Asia in 1997-98 ignited fierce debate about domestic economic weaknesses and flaws in the international financial system. Some analysts blamed Asian governments for inadequate prudential supervision, widespread failures of corporate governance and even 'crony …
The Asian Financial Crisis and the Architecture of Global Finance
Av Gregory W. Noble, John Ravenhill
Häftad, 2000
491 kr
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The financial crises across Asia in 1997-98 ignited fierce debate about domestic economic weaknesses and flaws in the international financial system. Some analysts blamed Asian governments for inadequate prudential supervision, widespread failures of corporate governance and even 'crony …
Loggers and Degradation in the Asia-Pacific
Corporations and Environmental Management
Inbunden, 2001
1449 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Corporate loggers have damaged much of the tropical forest throughout the Asia-Pacific over the last four decades. Despite a steady rise in global and local concern, few firms have changed their practices. Loggers and Degradation in the Asia-Pacific examines why and how loggers have resisted and …
The Politics of Justice and Human Rights
Southeast Asia and Universalist Theory
Av Anthony J. Langlois, John Ravenhill m. fl.
Inbunden, 2001
1408 kr
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This book, first published in 2001, makes a major contribution to the theory and practice of human rights, engaging in particular with the 'Asian values' debates of the 1990s. It is especially concerned with the tension between a universal regime of human rights and its ability to accommodate …
Asia-Pacific Strategic Relations
Seeking Convergent Security
Inbunden, 2002
1514 kr
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This comprehensive 2002 book is an overview of security issues in the Asia-Pacific. It is also an argument for a strategy that promises to achieve greater regional stability. It argues that current approaches by policy-makers increase the likelihood of conflict. Instead, it proposes that a strategy …
East Asia Imperilled
Transnational Challenges to Security
Av Alan Dupont, John Ravenhill m. fl.
Inbunden, 2001
1449 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Security issues have traditionally been defined in military terms, yet the post-Cold War security landscape contains numerous non-military challenges to security. In this 2001 analysis, Alan Dupont argues that an emerging new class of non-military threats has the potential to destabilize East Asia …
