Kyoto CSEAS Series on Asian Studies – serie
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Writing History in America's Shadow
Japan, the Philippines, and the Question of Pan-Asianism
Häftad, 2020
311 kr
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Both the Japanese and Filipino people experienced a re-writing of their national histories upon being defeated by the United States: the Philippines after 1902 and Japan after 1945. This re-writing was conducted in order to justify and explain US rule and its ideology of modernisation and …
Wayward Distractions
Ornament, Emotion, Zombies and the Study of Buddhism in Thailand
Häftad, 2021
344 kr
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A collection of essays engaging with Buddhism in Thailand and the virtues of distraction and variety within the materialist turn in studies of religion.In Thailand, Buddhism is deeply integrated into national institutions and ideologies, making it tempting to think of Buddhism in Thailand as a …
Catastrophe and Regeneration in Indonesia's Peatlands
Ecology, Economy and Society
Av Kosuke Mizuno, Motoko S. Fujita m. fl.
Häftad, 2016
724 kr
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The serious degradation of the vast peatlands of Indonesia since the 1990s is the proximate cause of the haze that endangers public health in Indonesian Sumatra and Borneo, and also in neighbouring Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. Moreover peatlands that have been drained and cleared for …
Marriage Migration in Asia
Emerging Minorities at the Frontiers of Nation-States
Häftad, 2016
372 kr
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Men are disadvantaged in the marriage markets of many Asian countries, and in some cases their response is to look abroad for a partner. Receiving countries for marriage migrants include Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore, while the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, and parts …
Central Banking As State Building
Policymakers and Their Nationalism in the Philippines, 1933-1964
Häftad, 2016
354 kr
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From its creation in 1949 until the 1960s, the Central Bank of the Philippines dominated industrial policy by means of exchange controls, becoming a symbol of nationalism for a newly independent state. The pre-war Philippine National Bank was closely linked to the colonial administration and …
Liberalism and the Postcolony
Thinking the State in 20th-Century Philippines
Häftad, 2017
372 kr
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Extricating liberalism from the haze of anti-modernist and anti-European caricature, this book traces the role of liberal philosophy in the building of a new nation. It examines the role of toleration, rights, and mediation in the postcolony. Through the biographies of four Filipino …
Networked
Business and Politics in Decentralizing Indonesia, 1998-2004
Häftad, 2018
397 kr
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After the fall of Suharto in Indonesia in 1998, the new government under B.J. Habibie introduced a decentralization policy that dramatically changed relations between the central and local governments. Under decentralization, local governments engaged in bureaucratic and political conflict with the …
Migration Revolution
Philippine Nationhood and Class Relations in a Globalized Age
Häftad, 2014
344 kr
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Since the 1960s, overseas migration has become a major factor in the economy of the Philippines. It has also profoundly influenced the sense of nationhood of both migrants and nonmigrants. Migrant workers learned to view their home country as part of a plural world of nations, and they shaped a new …
Identity and Pleasure
The Politics of Indonesian Screen Culture
Häftad, 2014
325 kr
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The years following the fall of Suharto have been full of promises of liberation but also apprehension for the future. The period brought an unprecedented rise in the public profile of Islamic politics, new and public debates on past human rights violations, protracted and irrevocable divisions …
Unraveling Myanmar's Transition
Progress, Retrenchment and Ambiguity Amidst Liberalization
Av Pavin Chachavalpongpun, Elliott Prasse-Freeman m. fl.
Häftad, 2020
397 kr
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The optimism provoked by Myanmar's political reforms in 2011-2012 has now given way to a sense that the uneven nature of change in this nation of 54 million has lead to instability and uncertainty. The liberalization of critical sectors and expansion of certain freedoms - such as political and …
Populism in Asia
Av Kosuke Mizuno, Pasuk Phongpaichit
Häftad, 2009
245 kr
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Across Asia, 'populist' leaders emerged on an unprecedented scale around the start of the 21st century. ""Populism in Asia"" is the first book to examine this phenomenon. The 1997 Asian financial crisis undermined established political leaders and stirred popular discontent. Voters in East Asia …
Industrialization with a Weak State
Thailand's Development in Historical Perspective
Av Somboon Siriprachai, Haoru Sugihara m. fl.
Häftad, 2012
282 kr
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This volume of collected essays by Somboon Siriprachai offers a critical assessment of Thai industrialisation with a focus on industrial policy, rent seeking and income inequality. An economist by training, Somboon saw the Thai state as authoritarian rather than developmental, and criticised the …
Living with Risk
Precarity & Bangkok's Urban Poor
Av Tamaki Endo
Häftad, 2014
344 kr
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The informal economy in Bangkok, Thailand, offers upward mobility but is fraught with risk. For members of the urban lower class, residence and occupation are closely inter-connected. Shifts in priorities in housing, occupation and education as family circumstances change affect the way they deploy …
