The great processes reshaping our world today can be summed up by the term "globalisation". Together with the communications revolution and massive urbanisation, it is reshaping theorganisation of global space. It is illustrated by technological change, pronounced economic growth, the dominance of giant corporations, ever more open markets and universal consumption. Dramatic developments have o…
Southeast Asia is a site of intense and ominous contradictions between economic growth and environmental protection, as well as between different social groups with competing interests in the natural resource base. Rapid industrialisation has brought both increased consumption of natural resources and increased competition for them.
Comprising papers presented at an international symposium on the Growth Triangle, this book analyses (a) the development of the Southern Growth Triangle - which consists of Singapore, Johor in Malaysia and the Riau Islands in Indonesia; (b) the potential of a Northern Growth Triangle; and (c) external views of the Growth Triangle. The economic and political implications to establish similar int…
Over 400 alphabetically-organized entries cover Brunei, Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia (Kampuchia), Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. Individual entries provide detailed information and authoritative commentary for the central figures, political parties and organizations, political systems and structures, major events, and key documents, including constituti…
The demise of America's Cold War-era foreign policy, has transformed Southeast Asia's relationship with the United States. No longer seen in the political context of communist containment, the countries of Southeast Asia - Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, and Vietnam - are becoming increasingly powerful players in the world economy. Their unparalleled economic growth w…
Anwar Ibrahim represents a new generation of Asian leaders steering their nations into the new millennium, conscious of the fact that they operate in culturally and politically diverse communities. In this collection of essays, Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance shares his vision for a more tolerant and diverse Asia. Brilliant, convincing and thought provoking. Asian Renai…
I was twenty. A wintry dawn filled the sky above the low buildings of Shino-In, a small Buddhist temple forming part of the main monastery complex of the Shingon sect situated at the top of Mount Koya in Japan. In the silent room of tatami mats, plastered walls and paper windows, beside my futon, my tea, left in a cup from the night before, had frozen solid. I had not slept much; it had been to…
This stimulating book calls attention to the growth of an inefficient superlayer in the economies of South-East Asia and invites the reader to think about the problems this poses to economic development in the future. The author argues that technological backwardness, the low quality of government intervention, and discrimination against those pf Chinese descent have prevented capitalism from s…