Only one Western writer has ever been able to capture fully the spirit of the delightful inhabitants of Burma. Whether describing the childbirth rates, the function of the astrologers in Burmese society, or the Buddhist precepts by which the good Burman lives, "Shway Yoe" ―the pseudonym of Sir J. George Scott, K.C.I.E., a British civil servant who spent more than thirty years in Burma―fills…
Status of Women in Turkey by Emel Doğramacı provides a comprehensive examination of the historical and contemporary position of women within Turkish society. The book analyzes the evolution of women’s rights from the Ottoman period through the establishment of the Turkish Republic and into the modern era. Doğramacı explores key areas such as education, employment, legal status, political …
Meliput konflik adalah tugas sehari-hari Rien Kuntari, wartawan Kompas. Dia telah memasuki medan-medan perang paling berbahaya, termasuk Rwanda, Irak, dan Kamboja. Tapi, di antara semua wilayah konflik yang pernah dia liput, Timor Timur adalah yang paling sulit, paling membahayakan, dan sekaligus paling mengesankan. Sebagai seorang wartawan yang dituntut bersikap objektif dan cover both sides, …
Do you know in Brunei we used to have a festival called 'berjanawari'? Or that the Brunei word for great-great-great grandparents is the same as the action describing shaking your head? Or that Brunei's largest export used to be derived from mangrove trees? Or that 'Hua Hui' a gambling game was widely played in Brunei? Or the many facts that you have never known about Brunei? This is the se…
Apprentice Revolutionaries: The Communist Movement in Laos by Phongsavath Boupha provides a comprehensive historical analysis of the emergence and evolution of the communist movement in Laos from its early stages to its consolidation in the late twentieth century. The book examines the socio-political and economic conditions that facilitated revolutionary activism, the role of local and interna…
Buku Cerocok Budaya Brunei ini merupakan himpunan 13 buah kertas kerja Profesor Madya Dr. Haji Hashim bin Haji Abd. Hamid, salah seorang tenaga akademik di Akademi Pengajian Brunei, Universiti Brunei Darussalam yang dibentangkannya dalam beberapa seminar/kongres/pertemuan, sama ada di peringkat kebangsaan, serantau, dan antarabangsa. Buku ini memfokuskan perbincangannya dalam bidang sosiobudaya…
Ever since the ascendancy of critical theory and multicultural studies in the 1960s and 1970s, traditional humanistic education has been under assault. Often condemned as the intolerant voice of the masculine establishment and regularly associated with Eurocentrism and even imperialism, the once-sacred literary canon is now more likely to be ridiculed than revered. While this seismic shift--bro…
Drawing on groundbreaking brain and behavioral research, Goleman shows the factors at work when people of high IQ flounder and those of modest IQ di surprisingly well. These factors, which inculde self-awareness, self-dicipline, and empathy, add up to a different way of being smart, and they aren't fixed at birth. Although shaped by childhood experience, emotional intelligence can be nurtured a…
For more than a decade as Indonesia's foremost diplomat, Ali Alatas in his speeches dissected and explore many issues: disarmament, reform of the United Nations, global and regional security, the imbalances in international economic relations, globalization, liberalization and a host of other. But always the theme was durable peace and the only way to reach it-by way of justice. As he propounds…
Joseph Nye coined the term "soft power" in the late 1980s. It is now used frequently - and often incorrectly - by political leaders, editorial writers, and academics around the world. So what is soft power? Soft power lies in the ability to attract and persuade. Whereas hard power - the ability to coerce - grows out of a country's military or economic might, soft power arises from the attractiv…