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  • Ethnic Business

    Chinese Capitalism in Southeast Asia

    Edited by Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Brian Folk ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia
    The role of ethnic Chinese business in Southeast Asia in catalyzing economic development has been hotly debated - and often misunderstood - throughout cycles of boom and bust.This book critically examines some of the key features attributed to Chinese business: business-government relations, the family firm, trust and networks, and supposed 'Asian' values. The in-depth case studies that feature in ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

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  • Singapore

    Smart City, Smart State

    by Kent E. Calder ...
    How Singapore’s solutions to common problems can provide examples for other societies.Nearly everyone knows that Singapore has one of the most efficient governments and competitive, advanced economies in the world. But can this unique citystate of some 5.5 million residents also serve as a model for other advanced economies as well as for the emerging world? Respected East Asia expert Kent Calder ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Land

    by Derek Hall ...
    Series series Resources
    Land is one of the world's most emotionally resonant resources, and control over it is fundamental to almost all human activity. From the local level to the global, we are often in conflict over the ground beneath our feet. But because human relationships to land are so complex, it can be difficult to think them through in a unified way. This path-breaking book aims to change that by combining ... Read more

    $20.00 USD

  • 50 Years Of Asean And Singapore

    by Tommy Koh, Sharon Li-lian Seah, Li Lin Chang ...
    On the 8th of August 2017, ASEAN will celebrate the 50th anniversary of its founding. ASEAN is of great importance to Singapore, the region and the world.In 1967, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN in short, was founded by five countries in Southeast Asia which had just gained independence from their former colonial masters, united by a determination for the region to live in ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Transnational Migration and Work in Asia

    Edited by Kevin Hewison, Ken Young ...
    Series series Routledge/City University of Hong Kong Southeast Asia Series
    Focusing on the issues associated with migrating for work both in and from the Asian region, this book sheds light on the debate over migration and trafficking. With contributions from an international team of well-known scholars, the book sets labour migration firmly within the context of globalization, providing a focused, contemporary discussion of what is undoubtedly a major twenty-first ... Read more

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  • Corruption and Good Governance in Asia

    Edited by Nicholas Tarling ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia
    Bringing together contributions on the nature of corruption in East and Southeast Asia, this edited volume examines the means of limiting and ultimately eliminating corruption at a national and international level. Taking a country by country approach the text explores:the concept of corruption, now and in the pastrecent experiences of Asian countries at the macro- and micro-levelspractical local ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Imperial Nature

    The World Bank and Struggles for Social Justice in the Age of Globalization

    by Michael Goldman ...
    Series series Yale Agrarian Studies Series
    Why is the World Bank so successful? How has it gained power even at moments in history when it seemed likely to fall? This pathbreaking book is the first close examination of the inner workings of the Bank, the foundations of its achievements, its propensity for intensifying the problems it intends to cure, and its remarkable ability to tame criticism and extend its own reach.Michael Goldman ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • Reshaping Economic Geography In East Asia

    by Huang Yukon; Magnoli Bocchi Alessandro ...
    Reshaping Economic Geography in East Asia, a companion volume to the World Development Report 2009, brings together noted scholars to address the spatial distribution of economic growth in Asia. It reveals how the new economic geography is reshaping development objectives: from initiatives to foster growth via enhanced agglomeration and connectivity to the world economy, to programs that channel ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Trading Fish, Saving Fish

    The Interaction between Regimes in International Law

    by Margaret A. Young ...
    Series Book 76 - Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law
    Numerous international legal regimes now seek to address the global depletion of fish stocks, and increasingly their activities overlap. The relevant laws were developed at different times by different groups of states. They are motivated by divergent economic approaches, influenced by disparate non-state actors, and implemented by separate institutions such as the World Trade Organization and the ... Read more

    $43.49 USD

  • Asian Geopolitics and the US–China Rivalry

    Edited by Felix Heiduk ...
    Series series Routledge Studies on Think Asia
    This book analyses the ways in which foreign policy actors in Asia have responded to the emerging great power conflict between the US and the People's Republic of China focusing on medium and small states across the Indo-Pacific.The book offers a much-needed counterpoint to existing analyses on the Indo-Pacific and China’s BRI and presents a new perspective by examining how great power politics ... Read more

    $54.00 USD

  • Emerging States and Economies

    Their Origins, Drivers, and Challenges Ahead

    Edited by Takashi Shiraishi, Tetsushi Sonobe ...
    Series series Emerging-Economy State and International Policy Studies
    This open access book asks why and how some of the developing countries have “emerged” under a set of similar global conditions, what led individual countries to choose the particular paths that led to their “emergence,” and what challenges confront them. If we are to understand the nature of major risks and uncertainties in the world, we must look squarely at the political and economic dynamics ... Read more

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  • Governance and Regionalism in Asia

    Edited by Nicholas Thomas ...
    Series series Politics in Asia
    In the decade since the Asian financial crisis the ten states of Southeast Asia that form ASEAN, together with China, Japan and South Korea have formed the basis of a community intended to support the well-being of its member states, markets and peoples. This highly successful regionalisation was not anticipated by the region’s leaders, however, and as a result, policy makers are increasingly ... Read more

    $31.99 USD