South And Southeast Asia

Author : ADBI
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2016-03-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9784899740483

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Connecting South Asia and Southeast Asia by ADBI Pdf

This report analyzes how closer regional connectivity and economic integration between South Asia and Southeast Asia can benefit both regions, with a focus on the role played by infrastructure and public policies in facilitating this process. It examines major developments in South Asian–Southeast Asian trade and investment, economic cooperation, the role of economic corridors, and regional cooperation initiatives. In particular, it identifies significant opportunities for strengthening these integration efforts as a result of the recent opening up of Myanmar in political, economic, and financial terms. This is particularly the case for land-based transportation—highways and railroads—and energy trading. The report’s focus is on connectivity in a broad sense, covering both hardware and software, including investment in infrastructure, energy trading, trade facilitation, investment financing, and support for national and regional policies.

Author : Pierre-Yves Manguin,A. Mani,Geoff Wade
Publisher : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Page : 533 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 9789814345101

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Early Interactions Between South and Southeast Asia by Pierre-Yves Manguin,A. Mani,Geoff Wade Pdf

This book takes stock of the results of some two decades of intensive archaeological research carried out on both sides of the Bay of Bengal, in combination with renewed approaches to textual sources and to art history. To improve our understanding of the trans-cultural process commonly referred to as Indianisation, it brings together specialists of both India and Southeast Asia, in a fertile inter-disciplinary confrontation. Most of the essays reappraise the millennium-long historiographic no-man's land during which exchanges between the two shores of the Bay of Bengal led, among other processes, to the Indianisation of those parts of the region that straddled the main routes of exchange. Some essays follow up these processes into better known "classical" times or even into modern times, showing that the localisation process of Indian themes has long remained at work, allowing local societies to produce their own social space and express their own ethos.

Author : Steven Kossak,Edith Whitney Watts
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Art, South Asian
ISBN : 9780870999925

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The Art of South and Southeast Asia by Steven Kossak,Edith Whitney Watts Pdf

Presents works of art selected from the South and Southeast Asian and Islamic collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, lessons plans, and classroom activities.

Author : Michael G. Plummer,Peter J. Morgan,Ganeshan Wignaraja
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2016-01-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781785363481

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Connecting Asia by Michael G. Plummer,Peter J. Morgan,Ganeshan Wignaraja Pdf

This book analyses how closer regional connectivity and economic integration between South Asia and Southeast Asia can benefit both regions. With a focus on the role played by infrastructure and public policies in facilitating this process, it provides a detailed and up-to-date discussion of issues, innovations, and progress. Country studies of national connectivity issues and policies cover Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Thailand, examining major developments in trade and investment, economic cooperation, the role of economic corridors, and regional cooperation initiatives. Thematic chapters explore investment in land and sea transport infrastructure, trade facilitation, infrastructure investment financing, supporting national and regional policies, and model-based estimates of the benefits of integration. They also identify significant opportunities for strengthening these integration efforts as a result of the recent opening up of Myanmar in political, economic, and financial terms. For the first time for these regions, the book employs a state-of-the-art computable general equilibrium (CGE) model incorporating heterogeneous firms to estimate the advantages of integration.Providing perspective on the latest thinking on integration policy, Connecting Asia is an essential resource for academics, policymakers, and business people alike.

Author : James Robert Rush
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190248765

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Southeast Asia by James Robert Rush Pdf

Straddling the equator, Southeast Asia comprises Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Singapore, and the Philippines, as well as Laos, Cambodia, Brunei, and East Timor. Despite its extraordinary diversity of ethnicities, religions, and political systems, Southeast Asia plays a keyrole in global economies and geopolitics, especially in light of its strategic position bordering China and India. This Very Short Introduction explores the contemporary character of Southeast Asia's national societies through the lens of their historical evolution, from the eras of indigenouskingdoms and colonies under Western rule to the present's independent nation states. Deftly combining historical analysis and geopolitical insights, the book paints a bird's eye view of contemporary Southeast Asia as a community of diverse societies and traditions as well as a politicaltheater-of-action nested between India and China and tangled in global economic traffic patterns, balance of powers, and environmental forces.As James R. Rush explains, archaic structures, such as religious and ethnic rivalries, tenacious feudal hierarchies, and age-old trade and migration patterns, remain rooted in today's Southeast Asia beneath the surface of modern national governments. The book draws on a wide range of examples fromthe major nations, including the ethno-religious violence in Myanmar, the Muslim-led rebellion in the southern Philippines, the Thai-Cambodian territorial rivalries, the Confucian-inspired governance in Singapore, the military rule and democratization in Indonesia, the environmental consequences ofagribusiness, mining, and unchecked urbanization, and the big-power alignments and tensions involving the United States, China, and Japan. By delving into the cultural, political, and geographical background of Southeast Asia, Rush shows that Southeast Asia is unquestionably modern, but it is modernin distinctively Southeast Asian ways.

Author : D R SarDesai
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2018-01-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429972706

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Southeast Asia by D R SarDesai Pdf

Southeast Asia: Past and Present offers a balanced and readable account of the region from ancient to modern times, covering traditional history as well as current events. D. R. SarDesai achieves a delicate balance exploring the importance of the period of European colonial rule in Southeast Asia without overemphasis as he introduces students to the regions and peoples of Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, Indonesia, East Timor, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, and the Philippines. Readers will find insightful introductions at the beginning of each part to aid in understanding the global and political implications of the events discussed. The seventh edition is thoroughly updated to offer coverage of current events, including the historic 2012 elections in Myanmar and Aung San Suu Kyi’s successful bid for election to the Parliament, the rise of Yingluck Shinawatra to the position of prime minister of neighboring Thailand, and the consolidation of the ASEAN and its consideration of China’s claim to the South China Sea. Combining thematic and chronological approaches with the study of colonialism, nationalism, historical and cultural heritage, and current events, Southeast Asia manages to convey an Asian point of view throughout. The second edition of Southeast Asian History: Essential Readings (978-0-8133-4857-5) is also available from D. R. SarDesai and Westview Press as a complementary or a standalone text.

Author : CAITLIN. FINLAYSON
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1096527197

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WORLD REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY. (PRODUCT ID 23958336). by CAITLIN. FINLAYSON Pdf

Author : Sunil Kukreja
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2015-05-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9780739188910

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State, Society, and Minorities in South and Southeast Asia by Sunil Kukreja Pdf

South and Southeast Asia continue to be extremely critical regions, deeply intertwined and bound in many ways by centuries of intersecting histories. As the recent experiences of rapid and transformative political and economic changes in several countries in these two regions illustrate, these changes have significant bearing on and are simultaneously affected by the legacy and continued dynamic of dominant-minority group relations. To be sure, while the dynamics of dominant-minority relations in each country are distinct and often mitigated by distinct historical conditions, the phenomenon of these dominant-minority relations, especially along ethnic and religious fault lines, are deeply consequential to many of the nations in these regions. This book, featuring eight case studies, provides a multidisciplinary and multi-layered assessment of the salience of the ethnic and religious realities in shaping various South and Southeast Asian nations. Featuring chapters on Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia, this volume provides a deep appreciation of the challenges that these societies confront in integrating and/or responding to specific ethnic and/or religious based conflicts and tensions.

Author : David P. Chandler,Norman G. Owen,William R. Roff,David Joel Steinberg,Jean Gelman Taylor,Robert H. Taylor,Alexander Woodside,David K. Wyatt
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 584 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2004-11-30
Category : History
ISBN : 0824828909

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The Emergence of Modern Southeast Asia by David P. Chandler,Norman G. Owen,William R. Roff,David Joel Steinberg,Jean Gelman Taylor,Robert H. Taylor,Alexander Woodside,David K. Wyatt Pdf

The modern states of Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines, Myanmar, Malaysia, Singapore, Cambodia, Laos, Brunei, and East Timor were once a tapestry of kingdoms, colonies, and smaller polities linked by sporadic trade and occasional war. By the end of the nineteenth century, however, the United States and several European powers had come to control almost the entire region—only to depart dramatically in the decades following World War II. The Emergence of Modern Southeast Asia offers a new and up-to-date perspective on this complex region. Although it does not neglect nation-building (the central theme of its popular and long-lived predecessor, In Search of Southeast Asia), the present work focuses on economic and social history, gender, and ecology. It describes the long-term impact of global forces on the region and traces the spread and interplay of capitalism, nationalism, and socialism. It acknowledges that modernization has produced substantial gains in such areas as life expectancy and education but has also spread dislocation and misery. Organizationally, the book shifts between thematic chapters that describe social, economic, and cultural change, and "country" chapters emphasizing developments within specific areas. Enhanced by scores of illustrations, The Emergence of Modern Southeast Asia will establish a new standard for the history of this dynamic and radically transformed region of the world. Contributors: David Chandler, Norman G. Owen, William R. Roff, David Joel Steinberg, Jean Gelman Taylor, Robert H. Taylor, Alexander Woodside, David K. Wyatt.

Author : Milton E. Osborne
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 9781741769593

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Southeast Asia by Milton E. Osborne Pdf

Documenting the enormous changes and dramatic growth recently experienced in the region, this text considers the classical background to modern south-east Asian history, as well as the changes that have taken place in the post-war years.

Author : G. Coedes,George Cœdès
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : History
ISBN : 0520050614

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The Making of South East Asia by G. Coedes,George Cœdès Pdf

Author : Kathleen M. Adams,Kathleen Gillogly
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2011-07-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9780253223210

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Everyday Life in Southeast Asia by Kathleen M. Adams,Kathleen Gillogly Pdf

This lively survey of the peoples, cultures, and societies of Southeast Asia introduces a region of tremendous geographic, linguistic, historical, and religious diversity. Encompassing both mainland and island countries, these engaging essays describe personhood and identity, family and household organization, nation-states, religion, popular culture and the arts, the legacies of war and recovery, globalization, and the environment. Throughout, the focus is on the daily lives and experiences of ordinary people. Most of the essays are original to this volume, while a few are widely taught classics. All were chosen for their timeliness and interest, and are ideally suited for the classroom.

Author : Ishtiaq Ahmed
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2011-05-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136727023

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The Politics of Religion in South and Southeast Asia by Ishtiaq Ahmed Pdf

The notion of a ‘politics of religion’ refers to the increasing role that religion plays in the politics of the contemporary world. This book presents comparative country case studies on the politics of religion in South and South Asia, including India, Pakistan and Indonesia. The politics of religion calls into question the relevance of modernist notions of secularism and democracy, with the emphasis instead on going back to indigenous roots in search of authentic ideologies and models of state and nation building. Within the context of the individual countries, chapters focus on the consequences that politics of religion has on inclusive nation-building, democracy and the rights of individuals, minorities and women. The book makes a contribution to both the theoretical and conceptual literature on the politics of religion as well as shed light on the implications and ramifications of the politics of religion on contemporary South Asian and South East Asian countries. It is of interest to students and scholars of South and South East Asian Studies, as well as Comparative Politics.

Author : Bart Lambregts,Niels Beerepoot,Robert C. Kloosterman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2015-08-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317679424

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The Local Impact of Globalization in South and Southeast Asia by Bart Lambregts,Niels Beerepoot,Robert C. Kloosterman Pdf

In the past two decades, several millions of IT-enabled services jobs have been relocated or ‘offshored’ from the US and Europe to, in particular, low cost economies around the world. Most of these jobs so far have landed in South and South-East Asia, with India and the Philippines receiving the bulk of them. This has caused profound changes in the international division of labour, and has had correspondingly wide social and economic effects. This book examines how this ‘next wave in globalization’ affects people and places in South and South-East Asia. It brings together twelve case studies from India, the Philippines, China, Hong Kong and Thailand, and explores how and for whom services offshoring creates opportunities, triggers local economic transformations and produces challenges. This book in addition compares how different countries take part in this ‘second global shift’, investigates service-sector driven economic development from a historical perspective, and engages with the question whether and to what extent services offer a new promising avenue of sustained economic growth for developing countries. It argues that service-led development in developing countries is not easy for all the workers involved, or a guaranteed path to sustained economic development and prosperity. This volume stands out from other books in the field in its exploration of the social and economic outcomes in the cities and countries where services have been located. Based on cutting edge empirical research and original data, the volume offers a state-of-the-art contribution to this growing debate. The book provides valuable insights for students, scholars and professionals interested in services offshoring, socio-economic development and contemporary transformations in South and South-East Asia.

Author : Rais Akhtar
Publisher : Springer
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319236841

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Climate Change and Human Health Scenario in South and Southeast Asia by Rais Akhtar Pdf

This book is the first to present a regional analysis of climate change and human health, focusing on geographically and socio-economically distinct countries of South and Southeast Asia. It has a major focus on India, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Thailand, Nepal and Taiwan. Climate change is a significant and emerging threat to human health. lt represents a range of environmental hazards and will affect populations in both the developed and developing countries. In particular, it affects the regions where the current burden of climate-sensitive diseases are high, which is the case in South and Southeast Asian countries.