Multinational firms and large local firms in India have sought to implement meritocracy in the Indian IT industry by hiring only those professionals with the most competitive credentials. These firms select top degree holders in various engineering fields and re-train them as software engineers. Based on interviews with 78 software professionals and 9 software consultants …
The nature of Asian urbanization has been the object of theoretical attention for almost two decades. A central theme in the discussion revolves around the dissolution of the city and countryside divide; and the question of whether the city is winning (through urbanization) or if the countryside is losing in the development game. Such issues …
As a site of tremendous social, political and economic transformation over the past decade, Indonesia’s northwestern-most province of Aceh on the island of Sumatra has attracted considerable attention. Aceh has been the scene of one of the most catastrophic natural disasters and large-scale reconstruction efforts in human history following the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and …
This conference will provide a platform for scholars and policy makers to discuss issues related to the trend, determinants, and consequences of father involvement, as well as policies and interventions that engage men in family lives in Asia. We aim to gain a better understanding about (1) the nature of Asian men’s diverse roles and …
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The changing demographic landscape, globalization, natural disasters, financial crises, and the revamping of social safety nets in many Asian countries in the past few decades have subjected countless people to economic stress. Job and income loss, volatile gasoline and food prices, and growing residential insecurity top the list of sources of family economic stress in …
Southeast Asia in the Age of Commerce, 1450-1680, Volume One: The Lands Below the Winds by Anthony Reid
Southeast Asia in the Age of Commerce, 1450-1680 , Volume Two: Expansion and Crisis by Anthony Reid Between the fifteenth and the mid-seventeenth centuries, when the Renaissance and early capitalism were transforming Europe, changes no less dramatic were occurring in Southeast Asia. This diverse tropical region was integrated into a global trade system, while trade-based …
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Call# NX180 Tec.Bi 2010 ISBN: 9780748639885(hbk.)/ 0748639888(hbk.) This book analyses the operation of current state-of-the-art military technology and the experimental art, music and writing of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Modernist aesthetics renders clearer the operations of the vast surveillance and killing machines of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. A basic aim of …
Reflecting the very latest developments in the field, this New Companion provides a comprehensive introduction to the sociology of religion with a clear emphasis on comparative and historical approaches. Covering all the areas relevant to undergraduate courses in this area, the Companion begins by laying down the anthropological and sociological foundations of the study of …
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One under-researched dimension of conflict in Aceh is the relationship between the ethnic Acehnese majority and the province’s various ethnic minority groups, such as Gayo, Alas, Kluet and Singkil. This relationship has recently come to the forefront of politics in Aceh, due to the emergence of two movements advocating for the partition of Aceh and …
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