As countries across Asia continue to rise and become more assertive global powers, the role that Higher Education has played, and continues to play, in this process is an issue of growing pertinence. Furthermore, understanding the relationship between Europe and Asia fostered by historical and contemporary knowledge transfer, including Higher Education, is crucial to analysing and encouraging the progress of both regional integration and inter-regional cooperation.
With a specific focus on international Higher Education, "European Studies in Asia" investigates knowledge transfer and...
As countries across Asia continue to rise and become more assertive global powers, the role that Higher Education has played, and continues to play...
This text explores how and why civic spaces are used by different communities in different cities of Asia in terms of their contribution to urban governance and public participation, and what role they play in the support or demise of communities.
This text explores how and why civic spaces are used by different communities in different cities of Asia in terms of their contribution to urban gove...
The twentieth century has been labelled the 'century of genocide', and according to estimates, more than 250 million civilians were victims of genocide and mass atrocities during this period. This book provides one of the first regional perspectives on mass atrocities in Asia, by exploring the issue through two central themes.
Bringing together experts in genocide studies and area specialists, the book looks at the legacy of past genocides and mass atrocities, with case studies on East Timor, Cambodia and Indonesia. It explores the enduring legacies of trauma and societal divisions,...
The twentieth century has been labelled the 'century of genocide', and according to estimates, more than 250 million civilians were victims of geno...
The urbanisation of China over the last three decades has been a hugely significant development, both for China's reform process and for the world more generally. This book presents recent research findings on China's continuing urban transformation. Subjects covered include the decline of the rural-urban divide, the spatial restructuring of Chinese urban centres and urban infrastructure, migrant workers, new housing and new communities, and "green" responses to urban environmental problems. The book is particularly valuable in that it includes much new work by scholars based inside...
The urbanisation of China over the last three decades has been a hugely significant development, both for China's reform process and for the world ...
Over the last two decades, Singapore has undergone a substantial degree of Asianization . Apart from participating in the Asian values debate of the 1990s, re-visioning itself as New Asia and a global-Asian hub, and establishing Asian identities for the commodities it consumes and produces, Singapore has also repurposed its modernity, cultures, and ethos along similar regionalist precepts. However, even in recent times, Singapore continues to vacillate ambivalently between identifying with and differentiating itself from Asia.
Responding to the challenges Singapore faces in coming to...
Over the last two decades, Singapore has undergone a substantial degree of Asianization . Apart from participating in the Asian values debate of th...
Soft power has tended to be overlooked in the field of international relations, often dismissed as lacking relevance or robustness as a theoretical concept. This book seeks to expand upon the idea of 'soft power' in international relations and to investigate how it actually functions by looking at three case studies in Japan-China relations during the post-war period. These cases involve the action of Japan's soft power in China due to the activities of agents at three levels in society: the state level (an agency of the central government), the sub-state level (a local government), and at...
Soft power has tended to be overlooked in the field of international relations, often dismissed as lacking relevance or robustness as a theoretical...
Millions of children around the world are affected by conflict, and the enduring aftermath of war in post-conflict societies. This book reflects on the implications of children s insecurity for governments and the international humanitarian community by drawing on original field research in post-conflict Cambodia and in Burma s eastern conflict zones.
The book examines the way that politics and discourses of security and child protection have further marginalised rather than enhanced the protection of children. In Cambodia, threats from trafficking, exploitative labour, and high levels...
Millions of children around the world are affected by conflict, and the enduring aftermath of war in post-conflict societies. This book reflects on...
Ever since China and Vietnam resumed diplomatic contacts and reopened the border in 1991, the borderland region has become part of the vibrant growing economies of both countries and drawn many from the interior provinces to the borderland for new economic adventures. This book examines Chinese-Vietnamese relationships at the borderland through every day cross-border interaction in trade and tourism activities.
It looks into the historical underlining of bilateral relations of the two countries which often shape people s perceptions of the other and interpretation of intentions of acts...
Ever since China and Vietnam resumed diplomatic contacts and reopened the border in 1991, the borderland region has become part of the vibrant grow...
As globalization has brought about new concerns and responsibilities for business, particularly in the realm of human rights, many multinational corporations (MNC) operating in Asia have argued that such rights are the responsibility of government. However, as globalization continues to improve market access for MNCs, it increasingly exposes them to new forms of transnational social movements, and as a result the private sector has emerged as one of the central stakeholders in the region s human rights dialogue.
Taking three of Asia s fastest emerging economies Cambodia, China and...
As globalization has brought about new concerns and responsibilities for business, particularly in the realm of human rights, many multinational co...
Across East Asia, intra-regional migration is more prevalent than inter-regional movements, and the region's diverse histories, geopolitics, economic development, ethnic communities, and natural environments make it an excellent case study for examining the relationship between irregular migration and human security. Irregular migration can be broadly defined as people's mobility that is unauthorised or forced, and this book expands on the existing migration-security nexus by moving away from the traditional state security lens, and instead, shifting the focus to human security. With in-depth...
Across East Asia, intra-regional migration is more prevalent than inter-regional movements, and the region's diverse histories, geopolitics, economic ...
