Between Consolidation and Crisis focuses on five countries in Southeast Asia to examine how their elections have been conducted in the past two years, their domestic implications, and how the elections have differed from one another and from elections in other parts of Asia. Case studies on Cambodia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia and Thailand provide an overall understanding of the impact of elections on the consolidation or crisis of new democratic and semi-democratic policies in the region of Southeast Asia.
Between Consolidation and Crisis focuses on five countries in Southeast Asia to examine how their elections have been conducted in the past ...
The volume presents recent contributions on the research on sustainability in Myanmar. It analyzes select key issues of ecological, economic and social sustainability. The included chapters from Myanmar and German authors are based on case studies in several areas of Myanmar. They range from studies on climatological, ecological, and medicinal issues to agriculture, forestry and biotechnology. They also include socio-economic, urban, and cultural topics. The articles are based on a conference series in Yangon/Myanmar between 2011 and 2014. (Series: Southeast Asian Modernities, Vol. 15) ...
The volume presents recent contributions on the research on sustainability in Myanmar. It analyzes select key issues of ecological, economic and socia...
This book deals with the role and authority of such traditionalist Muslim scholars as A. Mustofa Bisri and Emha Ainun Nadjib in seeding religious pluralism in Indonesia. It shows that it is not necessary to base religious pluralism on "liberal" or "modernist" stances but rather on "traditionalist" attitudes. Religious pluralism can be smoothly connected to "traditionalism," so that this may preserve greater credibility in the population. Traditionalist scholars may play a considerable role in promoting religious pluralism in the society, in general, and among anti-pluralist groups, in...
This book deals with the role and authority of such traditionalist Muslim scholars as A. Mustofa Bisri and Emha Ainun Nadjib in seeding religious plur...
