The Internet has been used to democratise public discourse in Malaysia and Singapore, two countries in the zone between liberal democracies and authoritarian states. Websites that have emerged on the margins of political system engage in a contentious style of journalism challenging the consensus that prevails over and through mainstream media. Cherian George, a well-known …
Little more than a decade ago, Cambodia witnessed a series of rapid transitions, from civil war to peace, from a socialist-style authoritarianism to multi-party democracy, and from geographic isolation to a free-market economy. Requiring the United Nations to undertake its biggest ever peace time operation, the elections of 1993 triggered an influx of foreign aid …
Expressions of Cambodia: The Politics of Tradition, Identity, and Change Read More »
On the night of March 21st, 2006, a 27 year-old man, Thanakorn Pakdeepol, took a hammer and smashed the image of the Hindu deity Brahma – whom the Thai call Thao Maha Phrom – near the Erawan hotel in Bangkok. The destruction took place just before the political crisis centering on Thaksin Shinawatra, the prime …
Par stratégie délibérée ou non, les grandes puissances se font compétition sur les marchés du monde, et pas seulement sur les seuls marchés économiques, tandis que se dessinent et se redessinent sans cesse des réseaux d’influence. Alors que la mondialisation contribue à associer de plus en plus étroitement les pays et régions, pour le meilleur …
Les poids du monde: Évolution des hégémonies planétaires Read More »
A Touch of Zen is one of the first Chinese-language films to gain recognition in an international film festival (the Grand Prix at the 1975 Cannes Film Festival), creating the generic mould for the “crossover” success of Ang Lee’s Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon in 2000. The film has achieved a cult status over the years but …
In November 2005, the Myanmar government announced its decision to relocate the national capital from Yangon to a place near Pyinmana; the place was later named Naypyitaw. This decision reveals several aspects of the Myanmar government’s security thinking. Concern for information security, defence-in-depth against possible foreign invasion, desire to get rid of the colonial past, …
The 8-10 million Bataks of northern Sumatra are one of Indonesia’s most important and intriguing groups. They have been in Sumatra for thousands of years, and in recent centuries have attracted anthropologists and students of religion and missiology. Yet in common with most of Southeast Asia’s highland groups, they remain a people without history. The …
Combining both personal and academic insights into the Malaysian women’s movement, this study provides an in-depth account of the multiple struggles of the Malaysian women’s movement, from securing gender equality in a patriarchal society to achieving unity among members of a multi-ethnic society that are further divided along class and religious lines. Most historical versions …
Feminism and the Women’s Movement in Malaysia: An unsung (R)evolution Read More »
One of two companion volumes, the collection offers rich historical insights into different dimensions of economic developments as they affect globalization. The essays trace factors that have been responsible for the growing inequalities between the North and the South – exploitative colonialism as well as trade, capital, and labour flows – during the ‘long twentieth …
Globalization Under Hegemony: The Changing World Economy Read More »
