ARI Newsletter No. 32
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Transforming Asian Cities: Intellectual Impasse, Asianizing Space, and Emerging Translocalities
While there is no lack of studies on Asian cities, the majority focus on financial districts, poverty, the slum, tradition, tourism, and pollution, and use the modern, affluent, and transforming Western city as the reference point. This vast Asian empirical presence is not complemented by a theoretical presence; academic discourses overlook common and basic urban
While there is no lack of studies on Asian cities, the majority focus on financial districts, poverty, the slum, tradition, tourism, and pollution, and use the modern, affluent, and transforming Western city as the reference point. This vast Asian empirical presence is not complemented by a theoretical presence; academic discourses overlook common and basic urban
WPS 206 Sovereignties, Buddhisms, Post-1989: An Epistemological Conundrum in Rising Asia
This paper deals with several interconnected topics. It examines the differential origins of sovereignty in Asia in connection with ancient Asian philosophical systems, mainly early Buddhism. It links the concepts of sovereignty to corresponding concepts of subjectivity or, respectively, to the willed absence of a concept of subject (as in Buddhism). It assumes that the
This paper deals with several interconnected topics. It examines the differential origins of sovereignty in Asia in connection with ancient Asian philosophical systems, mainly early Buddhism. It links the concepts of sovereignty to corresponding concepts of subjectivity or, respectively, to the willed absence of a concept of subject (as in Buddhism). It assumes that the
WPS 205 Exploring the Reverse Causational Effect of Fertility on the Infant Mortality Decline in India
This paper explores reverse causation effect of fertility on infant mortality using both time trend and cross-sectional data for India and states. Time series and panel data regression model estimates on macro level trend data, revealed an explicable reverse causation effect of fertility on the infant mortality decline during the recent decades. Kaplan Meier survival
This paper explores reverse causation effect of fertility on infant mortality using both time trend and cross-sectional data for India and states. Time series and panel data regression model estimates on macro level trend data, revealed an explicable reverse causation effect of fertility on the infant mortality decline during the recent decades. Kaplan Meier survival
China: An International Journal – Special Issue: Religious Revival of Ethnic China (Vol. 11, No. 2)
This special issue examines the current revival of religious faith and practices in China’s ethnic areas, and investigates the rationale and variations of revival, as well as the implications to China and Asia. It seeks to move beyond the general discussions of applicability of the state-society model to more sophisticated interpretations based on empirical and
This special issue examines the current revival of religious faith and practices in China’s ethnic areas, and investigates the rationale and variations of revival, as well as the implications to China and Asia. It seeks to move beyond the general discussions of applicability of the state-society model to more sophisticated interpretations based on empirical and
The Politics of English: South Asia, Southeast Asia and the Asia Pacific
This volume brings together contributions that explore the increasingly important roles that English plays in Asia, including its contribution to economic growth, national imaginaries and creative writing. These are issues that are political in a broad sense, but the diversity of Asian contexts also means that the social, political and cultural ramifications of the spread
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This volume brings together contributions that explore the increasingly important roles that English plays in Asia, including its contribution to economic growth, national imaginaries and creative writing. These are issues that are political in a broad sense, but the diversity of Asian contexts also means that the social, political and cultural ramifications of the spread
The Religious and the Political: A Compararive Sociology of Religion
While the relationships between ethics and religion, and violence and politics, are of enduring interest, the interface between religion and violence is one of the most problematic features of the contemporary world. Following in the tradition of Max Weber’s historical and comparative study of religions, this book explores the many ways in which religion and
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While the relationships between ethics and religion, and violence and politics, are of enduring interest, the interface between religion and violence is one of the most problematic features of the contemporary world. Following in the tradition of Max Weber’s historical and comparative study of religions, this book explores the many ways in which religion and
The Sociology of Islam. Collected Essays of Bryan S. Turner
Taking a thematic approach, Bryan S. Turner draws together his writings which explore the relationship between Islam and the ideas of Western social thinkers. Turner engages with the broad categories of capitalism, orientalism, modernity, gender, and citizenship among others, as he examines how Muslims adapt to changing times and how Islam has come to be
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Taking a thematic approach, Bryan S. Turner draws together his writings which explore the relationship between Islam and the ideas of Western social thinkers. Turner engages with the broad categories of capitalism, orientalism, modernity, gender, and citizenship among others, as he examines how Muslims adapt to changing times and how Islam has come to be
WPS 204 ‘Itsara’ (Freedom) to Work?: Neoliberalization, Deregulation and Marginalized Male Labor in the Bangkok Taxi Business
In 1992 the Bangkok automobile taxi business was ‘liberalized’ and the long-running quota system that tightly controlled the number of taxis allowed to operate was abolished in favor of an open-supply approach. Within months of the policy change the number of taxis on the streets of the Thai capital skyrocketed, as did demand for taxi
In 1992 the Bangkok automobile taxi business was ‘liberalized’ and the long-running quota system that tightly controlled the number of taxis allowed to operate was abolished in favor of an open-supply approach. Within months of the policy change the number of taxis on the streets of the Thai capital skyrocketed, as did demand for taxi
Asian Population Studies (Vol. 9 No. 2)
Asian Population Studies is the first international population journal to focus exclusively on population issues in Asia. The journal publishes original research on matters related to population in this large, complex and rapidly changing region, and welcomes substantive empirical analyses, theoretical works, applied research and contributions to methodology. Topics covered include all branches of population
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Asian Population Studies is the first international population journal to focus exclusively on population issues in Asia. The journal publishes original research on matters related to population in this large, complex and rapidly changing region, and welcomes substantive empirical analyses, theoretical works, applied research and contributions to methodology. Topics covered include all branches of population