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Explores the gendering of national subjects in Singapore, describing how gender difference has been represented and now is challenged in public discourses.

Examines the careers and intellectual positions of three prominent Japanese "dissidents" in the later Imperial period - arguing for the rule of law, socialist egalitarianism and representative government respectively - as individual responses to the new forms of authority that appeared after the Meiji Restoration.

Examines the careers and intellectual positions of three prominent Japanese "dissidents" in the later Imperial period - arguing for the rule of law, socialist egalitarianism and representative government respectively - as individual responses to the new forms of authority that appeared after the Meiji Restoration.

Concise study of the effects on key domestic policy areas of the triple disaster that struck Japan in March 2011 - politics, economics, energy, climate, agriculture and food safety - describing how the sector has been affected and considers what the implications are for the future.

Concise study of the effects on key domestic policy areas of the triple disaster that struck Japan in March 2011 - politics, economics, energy, climate, agriculture and food safety - describing how the sector has been affected and considers what the implications are for the future.

Aimed not just at scholars but also journalists, NGOs, businesses, policy-makers, etc., this tightly focused volume considers the changes currently sweeping Burma and offers analysis by scholars and journalists on key issues.

Aimed not just at scholars but also journalists, NGOs, businesses, policy-makers, etc., this tightly focused volume considers the changes currently sweeping Burma and offers analysis by scholars and journalists on key issues.

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This is the first book to explore the relationship between gender and power in Burmese history from pre-colonial times to the present day. Exploring a range of factors like the role of family, influence of Buddhism and effect of prolonged war, it aims to identify the sources, nature and limitations of women's power, also in today's Burma.

First book to examine the increasingly important and dynamic relationship between China and Myanmar. Using hitherto unavailable Chinese sources, it documents the shifting relationship over the years and highlights the policy dilemmas facing both actors as well as other external parties like India, ASEAN and the United States.

First book to examine the increasingly important and dynamic relationship between China and Myanmar. Using hitherto unavailable Chinese sources, it documents the shifting relationship over the years and highlights the policy dilemmas facing both actors as well as other external parties like India, ASEAN and the United States.

Clashes of faith are increasingly common globally but this in-depth study of peaceful religious coexistence and social cohesion in the South Indian town of Tranquebar (birthplace of the Lutheran mission to India and now a famous heritage site) shows that religion is linked to other social factors and may promote unity as well as division.

Clashes of faith are increasingly common globally but this in-depth study of peaceful religious coexistence and social cohesion in the South Indian town of Tranquebar (birthplace of the Lutheran mission to India and now a famous heritage site) shows that religion is linked to other social factors and may promote unity as well as division.

This first major study of ancestors in Borneo societies challenges classic ethnographic representations of ancestor worship and genealogical understandings of ancestors in anthropology. It will be of lasting interest far beyond the bounds of Borneo studies and will enrich the broader anthropological scholarship on ancestors, kinship, and religion.

This first major study of ancestors in Borneo societies challenges classic ethnographic representations of ancestor worship and genealogical understandings of ancestors in anthropology. It will be of lasting interest far beyond the bounds of Borneo studies and will enrich the broader anthropological scholarship on ancestors, kinship, and religion.

This is the first book to explore the relationship between gender and power in Burmese history from pre-colonial times to the present day. Exploring a range of factors like the role of family, influence of Buddhism and effect of prolonged war, it aims to identify the sources, nature and limitations of women's power, also in today's Burma.

POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General

Based on first-hand research inside the conflict zone, award-winning researcher Duncan McCargo uncovers previously hidden dimensions of this important regional insurgency, including the role of Buddhism and Islam, and examines the debates around reconciliation, citizenship and identity plus prospects for some form of autonomy for the Thai South.