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Administrative Law and Governance in Asia

Comparative Perspectives

Edited by Tom Ginsburg, Albert H.Y. Chen

This book examines administrative law in Asia, exploring the profound changes in the legal regimes of many Asian states that have taken place in recent…

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October 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-77731-5 (Routledge)

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Trade and Contemporary Society along the Silk Road

An ethno-history of Ladakh

By Jacqueline H. Fewkes

This book provides an ethno-historical study of the trade system in Ladakh (India), a busy entrepôt for Silk Route trade between Central and South Asia.…

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October 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-77555-7 (Routledge)

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Gender, Islam and Democracy in Indonesia

By Kathryn Robinson

This book explores the relationship between gender, religion and political action in Indonesia, examining the patterns of gender orders that have prevailed in recent history,…

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October 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-41583-5 (Routledge)

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Sex, Love and Feminism in the Asia Pacific

A Cross-Cultural Study of Young People's Attitudes

By Chilla Bulbeck

‘Sex, love and feminism’ are three aspects of the rapidly changing gender relations that shape young people’s lives in the Asia Pacific region. Much has…

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October 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-47006-3 (Routledge)

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Families in Asia

Home and Kin

By Stella R. Quah

This new, and fully updated 2nd edition of Families in Asia provides a unique and comparative analysis of family trends in Asia by focusing on…

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September 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-45570-1 (Routledge)

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Security and Migration in Asia

The dynamics of securitisation

Edited by Melissa Curley, Siu-lun Wong

Security and Migration in Asia explores how various forms of unregulated and illegal forms of human movement within Asia and beyond the region have come…

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July 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-40055-8 (Routledge)

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A Guide to Chinese Medicine on the Internet

By Ka Wai Fan

A Guide to Chinese Medicine on the Internet frees readers from having to sift through countless websites to find up-to-date, high quality, reliable information on…

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June 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-7890-3200-3 (Routledge)

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Muslim-Christian Relations in Central Asia

By Christian van Gorder

This book explores issues of cultural tension that affect Muslim and Christian interaction within the Central Asian context. It looks at the ways that Christians…

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June 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-77608-0 (Routledge)

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Indian Politics and Society since Independence

Events, Processes and Ideology

By Bidyut Chakrabarty

Focusing on politics and society in India, this book explores new areas enmeshed in the complex social, economic and political processes in the country. Linking…

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May 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40868-4 (Routledge)

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Global Media/tion In and Out of Context

By T.J.M. Holden, Timothy J. Scrase

This new inter-disciplinary book is the first comparative, case-based analysis of media panoply in (and out of) Asia today. Examining what the authors call the…

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April 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-47459-7 (Routledge)

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