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Taiwan's initially smooth political transition from one-party authoritarianism to multi-party politics is now threatened by extreme politicization in Taiwanese society. The study thus questions the sustainability of Taiwan's democratic politics and offers an analysis applicable to other transitional democracies around the world.

Politicized Society' focuses on an under-explored area of democratic transitions, the empirical study of intensely politicized transitional societies. Describing how extreme politicization is the main internal threat to the sustainability of Taiwan's democratic politics, its analysis also applies to other transitional democracies around the world.

This atlas of Laos is the first of its kind to appear in English. Based on statistics gathered in the late 1990s, the atlas gives a snapshot of Laos's evolution in the 20 years since the founding of the Lao People's Democratic Republic. But the greatest contribution made by its authors has been to eschew a statistical description of the economic and social development of the country and instead visualize these changes in a series of 299 full-c...

In what is probably the most comprehensive study of Burma's ethnic minorities to date, this volume discusses the historical formation of ethnic identity and its complexities in relation to British colonial rule as well as the modern state, the present situation of military rule, and its policy of "myanmarification." Changes of identity in exile due to religious conversion are analyzed and discussed. Finally the book deals with relevant and rec...

Examining the interrelationship between oral (or performing) and written traditions in Chinese popular literature from the Ming dynasty to the present, this volume offers enquiries into new material and gives astonishing responses to old controversies.

Part of the series of reference volumes cataloging the Arabic material at the Royal Library, Copenhagen, this title describes 356 manuscripts in English. It is intended for both scholars and book collectors.

Traces the role of community, market and state in the agrarian transformation of a major upland society in Southeast Asia on the basis of a generation-long village study he has conducted of the Saribas Iban of Sarawak. This work is aimed at scholars, development practitioners, and the general reader.

This text examines the evolution of state institutions since 1945 in Vietnam in order to understand the continuities since the commencement of market-oriented economic reforms, as well as the extent to which rapid social change has altered authority relations and decision-making processes.

While the birth of any nation is always more complicated than official historiographies purport, the complex positioning of Laos at the crossroads of a wide range of historical, geographical and cultural currents makes this particularly true. It is well known that Laos' emergence as a modern nation-state in the 20th century owed much to a complex interplay of internal and external forces. This book argues that the historiography of Laos needs ...

In sharp contrast to today's disorder was the apparent cohesion and stability of Indonesia during much of the New Order period (1965-1998). While Suharto's authoritarian rule was significant, the regime's cultural policies also played their part in demonstrating that his regime created order throughout Indonesia not just through coercive means. Ethnic, religious, and regional sentiments were to be channeled into art, which was used to help dev...

This is a comprehensive listing of the holdings of the Royal Library, Copenhagen, on a series of Arabic manuscripts. It is the second volume cataloguing the Islamic material of the Royal Library, Copenhagen, and describes 94 manuscripts and 3 lithographed prints acquired early last century. Most of these items date from the 19th century, with the oldest dated to 910 AH (1504 CE). The vast majority of the texts deal with Twelver Shi'i (Imami) l...

This study explores how Tibetans manoeuvre within two contradictory value systems - those of old Tibet and the new People's Republic of China - balancing between ideals and pragmatism. More specifically, it asks how it is that the social categories of pre-communist Lhasa persist and are relevant in daily life despite decades of Chinese rule and the comprehensive restructuring of Tibetan society.

Fascinating history of United Plantations Berhad, an innovative Scandinavian firm whose approach to local relations was quite different from that of the normal British colonial enterprise. This is the story of not only one company but also of the development of Malaysia's plantations sector as a whole.

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The establishment of a national education system soon after the Meiji Restoration of 1868 is recognized as a significant factor in Japan's modernization, hence research on education is concentrated on the state system. However, this development did not mean the disappearance of the juku, the private academies which were so much a feature of the Tokugawa period. Indeed, these played a far greater role than has been appreciated so far and this b...

This is the first study in English to analyze in detail the position of women in Thai politics. It subjects various dimensions of women and politics in Thailand to both theoretical and empirical scrutiny, in so doing, it draws together into one volume previously fragmented research in this field. Leading scholars in the field address the challenges, obstacles, and opportunities for increased women's political representation in Thailand. Will T...

This volume sets out to analyze changes in governance processes in Southeast Asia, particularly those relating to democratic development. The volume harbors an ambition to go beyond the often one-dimensional debate on democratization in Asia. With a historical perspective, and with an explicit attempt to view change from within, ten case studies from Southeast Asia are presented that illuminate how processes of governance are being altered und...

Clouds Over Tianshan shows that the so-called Yili rebellion was not just an internal Chinese matter, but rather an international affair involving the Nationalist government, Chinese communists, and the Soviets.

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