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Environmental change in South-East Asia : people, politics and sustainable de…
Environmental Change in South-East Asia brings together scholars, journalists, consultants and NGO activists to explore the interaction of people, politics and ecology. Ostensibly "green" activities - plantation forestry, eco-tourism, hydro-electricity - are revealed as guises used by elites to promote their own political and economic interests. Highlighting fatal flaws in presently exclusiv…
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- 9780203983003
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- xv, 375p. : ill.
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- 333.70959 ENV e
Islam on the move : the Tablighi Jama'at in Southeast Asia
Much nuance and variability have been lost in the process of the reductivist analysis of Islam post 9/11 and, as this study amply demonstrates, we are all the poorer as a result. This exhaustive examination of the rise and spread of the Tablighi Jama't, arguably the world's largest Islamic missionary movement, locates it in the larger perspective of global Islam and developments in the Muslim s…
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- 9789089644398
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- 255p. : ill.
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- 297.0959 NOO i
Institutional change in Southeast Asia
This book examines the institutional changes taking place in, and challenges facing, the region since 1997. It also describes various differences in the reform process between countries in the region. Sjöholm and Tongzon argue that the economies of southeast Asia need to reform their institutions if the previous rapid development is to continue. The institutional weaknesses have been addressed…
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- 9780203694633
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- xv, 206p. : ill.
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- 330.959 INS
Revolution, reform and regionalism in Southeast Asia : Cambodia, Laos and Vie…
Based on research carried out over the three decades, this book compares the post-war political economies of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam in the context of their individual and collective impact on contemporary efforts at regional integration. The author highlights the different paths to reform taken by the three neighbours and the effect this has had on regional plans for economic development th…
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- 9780203099476
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- xiii, 282p. : ill.
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- 959.051 ST r
Engaging the neighbours : Australia and ASEAN since 1974
From modest beginnings in 1967, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has become the premier regional institution in Southeast Asia. The 10 members are pursuing cooperation to develop the ‘ASEAN Community’ and also sponsor wider dialogues that involve the major powers. Australia has been interested in ASEAN since its inauguration and was the first country to establish a multila…
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- 9781760460181
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- xiv, 258p. : ill.
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- 327.94059 FRO e
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