1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910791333803321

Autore

Tan Chee-Beng

Titolo

Chinese overseas [[electronic resource] ] : comparative cultural issues / / Tan Chee-Beng

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hong Kong, : Hong Kong University Press, c2004

ISBN

1-282-70574-1

9786612705748

988-220-071-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (279 p.)

Disciplina

305.8951

Soggetti

Chinese - Southeast Asia

Chinese - Malaysia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-253) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Acknowledgements; Note on Transcription; Introduction; 1 Chinese Ethnological Field:Anthropological Studies of ChineseCommunities Worldwide; 2 Acculturation, Ethnicity and Ethnic Chinese; 3 Chinese Migration, Localization and the Production of Baba Culture; 4 Chinese Identities in Malaysia; 5 Ethnic Chinese: Language, Nationality and Identity; 6 Ethnic Chinese and Ethnic Relations: Some Economic Explanations; 7 Culture and Economic Performance with Special Reference to the Chinese in Southeast Asia; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines issues of cultural change and identity construction of Chinese overseas, as well as other important issues such as Chinese and non-Chinese relations, and cultural and economic performance. It offers a perspective of understanding Chinese overseas in nation-states and beyond, in a global context which the author describes as the Chinese ethnological field.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910799982603321

Autore

Gleason Gregory

Titolo

Markets and politics in Central Asia : structural reform and political change / / Gregory Gleason

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2003

ISBN

0-429-23132-6

1-138-81098-3

1-280-05801-3

1-134-47989-1

0-203-41768-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (189 p.)

Collana

Economies in transition to the market ; ; v. 2

Disciplina

330.958

Soggetti

Asia, Central Economic conditions 1991-

Asia, Central Economic policy

Asia, Central Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [159]-169) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Markets and Politics in Central Asia; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of tables; Acknowledgments; Notes on sources; 1 Economic and political reform; Policy cycles and political alignment; Economic reform; Political reform; The argument of the book; 2 Post-communist structural reform; Communist management legacy; Anatomy of structural reform; The reform agenda; 3 Kazakhstan and globalization; Kazakhstan profile; Transition of the state in Kazakhstan; The politics of export-led development; Summary; 4 Kyrgyzstan and the reform path; Kyrgyzstan profile

Transition of the state in KyrgyzstanLiberal reform, democratization, and decline; Summary; 5 Civil war and reconstruction in Tajikistan; Tajikistan profile; Post-conflict reform of the state; Regional pluralism and competition; Summary; 6 Petro-dollars and ""Positive Neutrality"" in Turkmenistan; Turkmenistan profile; The state as monopoly: the monopoly as state; Mirage of reform; Summary; 7 Economic self-reliance and the ""Uzbek Path""; Uzbekistan profile; The ""Uzbek Path""; The politics of economic self-reliance; Summary; 8 Political reform and



structural stability

The influence of markets on politicsThe influence of politics on markets; Lessons of reform; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Over a decade after national independence, it is apparent that the contrasting development strategies adopted by the five new governments of Central Asia have led to significantly different outcomes. This well-written and timely book analyses how the development strategies of these countries have affected their transition from communist governance.