In 1968, at the height of the Cultural Revolution, the Chinese Communist Party endorsed a radical new system of health-care delivery for the rural masses. Soon every village had at least one barefoot doctor to provide basic medical care, creating a national network of health-care services for the very first time. The barefoot doctors were …
This work explores in detail how innovative academic activism can transform our everyday workplaces in contexts of considerable adversity. Personal essays by prominent scholars provide critical reflections on their institution-building triumphs and setbacks across a range of cultural institutions. Often adopting narrative approaches, the contributors examine how effective programmes and activities are built in varying …
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An intellectual event, Derrida and the Time of the Political marks the first time since Jacques Derrida’s death in 2004 that leading scholars have come together to critically assess the philosopher’s political and ethical writings. Skepticism about the import of deconstruction for political thought has been widespread among American critics since Derrida’s work became widely available in …
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Since the publication of the 2005 Human Security Report, scholars and policy-makers have debated the causes, interpretation and implications of what the report described as a global decline in armed conflict since the end of the Cold War. Focusing on the Asia-Pacific region, this book analyses the causes and patterns of this decline. In few …
International marriage has received increasing attention in recent years, both from a theoretical perspective and because of a practical concern with urgent policy issues arising from the emerging trends. This paper focuses on the East and Southeast Asian region. It updates available information about trends in international marriage in the region, categorizes the kinds of …
WPS 174 International Marriage in Asia: What do We Know, and What do We Need to Know? Read More »
The experience of Penang Malays over the past two centurie , from colonial outpost to part of the Malaysian state, reveals a people historically receptive to commerce and inter-marriage with other Muslim immigrants to the region. Malay capacity to absorb and socialise in-married or adopted outsiders as “Malays” means that they are simultaneously local and …
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This cutting-edge edited volume (posted here on SSRN in its entirety) analyzes the Islamic legal systems of three Southeast Asian countries: Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. It also includes new information about the training, organization and professional culture of judges and lawyers who work in these Islamic legal systems. The volume begins with an essay discussing …
While the importance of the informal sector and informality in processes of urbanisation is increasingly widely acknowledged across development studies, architecture, planning and urban studies more broadly, there is considerable disagreement on how they should be defined and approached as objects of study. The three papers in this themed section all seek to re-view – …
This pioneering collection brings together an international group of scholars to explore the Vietnamese middle class. From the leisure pursuits of the colonial middle class to the impact of the new urban rich on landscape of the countryside, this interdisciplinary volume explores the ways in which middle classness has been practiced in a wide range …
The Reinvention of Distinction: Modernity and the Middle Class in Urban Vietnam Read More »
MESSAGE FROM CHAIR OF INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD Prof Tommy Koh ARI enters its second decade with an impressive international reputation as a choice venue for doing cutting edge research on Asia and a sought-after partner for international collaborations. Established projects, such as Asian Biopoleis, the Aceh Project, and the Asian MetaCentre for Population and Sustainable …
