Demystifying Rising Inequality in Asia, Paperback - ***

Contributes to the existing literature on inequality in Asia by focusing on three broad themes, corresponding to three parts of the volume. Part I ...

This Element analyzes how concepts and practices associated with the 'modern city' were received, transformed, and contested in Asia over the past ...

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Proceeding from a synthetic critique of political economy, this book places welfare and inequality at the center of a more encompassing comparative...

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Publisher: Practical Action PublishingNumber of pages: 176Publication date: 2011Dimensions: 235 x 159 x 11Cover type: Paperback / softbackEditor(s)...

This far-ranging volume offers both a broad overview of the role of the military in contemporary Asia and a close look at the state of civil-milita...

Based on fieldwork in ten Asian countries, this book examines cross-national patterns and the impact of globalization, state policies, individual a...

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This book analyses the behaviour of ethnic minority groups in China, using the first comprehensive national dataset dedicated to capturing the soci...

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This book investigates uneven regional development in China - with particular focus on the case of Guangdong and Zheijiang provinces - which has be...

Informed by sociological theory and recent empirical analysis, the new edition of this classic textbook is an accessible account of the major socia...

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Demographic transition, along with the economic and geopolitical re-emergence of Asia, are two of the largest forces shaping the twenty-first centu...

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Advances the conversation about racial equity in educational contexts with a unique analysis centered on the concept of racial projects - a way of ...

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Women and Inequality in the 21st Century examines the continued inequities navigated by women occupying marginalized social positions within a "nex...

Missing from debates over what caused the rise in childhood obesity and how to fix it are the children themselves. By investigating how contemporar...

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Amidst the many lamentations about the problems of democracy, Joe Foweraker turns his attention to specific questions: Is democracy incompatible wi...

Un barbar in Asia este o formidabila marturie a peregrinarilor sale asiatice, scrisa cu un spirit de observatie si o exactitate in descriere iesite...

This book examines existing cycling structures and the current policies and practices used to promote cycling. Its interdisciplinary analysis consi...

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