Ibn Battutah was just 21 when he set out in 1325 from his native Tangier on a pilgrimage to Mecca. He did not return to Morocco for another 29 years, traveling instead through more than 40 countries on the modern map, covering 75,000 miles and getting as far north as the Volga, as far east as China, and as far south as Tanzania. He wrote of his travels, and comes across as a superb ethnographer…
The performance of Asian and African economies over recent decades has clearly shown that engagement with the global economy can play a key role in advancing development. Researchers and policymakers have paid particular attention to the marked divergence in growth in Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. One of the most obvious differences in their performance and economic structure has been …
This contents of this book: 1. Emerging powers: Between BRIC and non-BRIC 2. Pivot state and analytic eclectism 3. Background for the case studies 4. Indonesia as a pivot? An analysis of three case studies
Buku ini berisi tentang: 1. Demokrasi RI,QUO VADIS 2. Menumbuhkan semangat nasionalisme 3. Generasi Muda dan kepemimpinan nasional 4. Aksi politik dari senayan 5. Kontroversi relasi sipil militer 6. Radikalisme dan terorisme internasional 7. Mencari makna hubungan luar negeri 8. Epilog Dr Ibnu hamad.
Serial buku ini merupakan bagian dari program penelitian sembilan negara berjudul "Agama, kebijakan publik, dan transformasi sosial di Asia Tenggara". Ketiga seri buku ini mengenai agama dan keterkaitannya dengan negara dan masyarakat di Asia Tenggara yang meneliti berbagai hal mengenai politik, kebijakan publik serta perubahan sosial dalam hubungannya dengan bentuk-bentuk kontemporer dari aga…
With a land mass larger than the continental United States, a unique culture that is part European, African, and indigenous, and the largest economy in Latin America, Brazil is one of the most important--yet one of the least understood--nations in the world. Thomas Skidmore, a preeminent authority on Brazil, vividly traces the 500 years of Brazil's development. Its epic story begins in the wak…
The 21st century has confronted China with a host of new international challenges globalization, financial crisis, geopolitical conflict, climate change. These are mirrored by equally demanding domestic challenges - managing the new normal, transforming and upgrading the economy, restoring and protecting the environment, and implementing political reform. This book explains how the CPC is respo…
This Book Series is part of a nine-country collaborative research program entitled "Religion, Public Policy and Social Transformation in Southeast Asia”. The three-part Book Series deals with religion and its interface with the state and society in Southeast Asia. It examines the multidimensional facets of politics, public policies and social change in relation to contemporary forms of religi…
This study recommends employing "human capital contracts" wherein students agree to pay a percentage of their income over time in exchange for funds to finance their education. The main difference between "human capital contracts" and loans is the variable value of the payments students make during the repayment period. Their financial consequences, of risk transfer from students to investors a…
This book series deals with religion and its interface with the state and society in Southeast Asia. It examines the multidimensional facets of politics, public policies and social change in relation to contemporary forms of religions, religious communities, thinking, praxis and ethos. All articles in this book series were a direct result of a policy-relevant research collaboration conducted by…