POLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES Gender Inequality in the Public Sector in Pakistan Representation and Distribution of Resources Khalid Chauhan, Anti-Corruption Establishment, Government of Azad Kashmir, Pakistan "Chauhan’s work is a timely contribution to the existing literature on Gender Inequality in Pakistan as it touches the root cause of the problem. His analysis goes beyond the usual NGO mantra of gender sensitization workshops as a panacea to gender inequality. Public policies hold the key to the changes from within, and Chauhan has substantiated that the problem lies with the patriarchal public sector that continues to support the status quo." —Tahmina Rashid, Qatar University As gender training is applied increasingly as a development solution to gender inequality, this book examines gender inequality in Pakistan’s public sector and questions whether a singular focus on gender training is enough to achieve progress in a patriarchal institutional context. Contents: PART I: INTRODUCTION * PART II: GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT * PART III: FROM GENDER MAINSTREAMING TO TRAINING * PART IV: PATRIARCHAL PAKISTAN-WOMEN’S REPRESENTATION, ACCESS * TO RESOURCES AND INSTITUTIONAL PRACTICES * PART V: THE RESULTS: ECHOES OF PATRIARCHAL BENOVELACE, FIERCE * RESISTANCE TO EQUALITY AND INSTITUTIONAL INERTIA * PART VI: GENDER INEQUALITY: THE EFFECT OF PATRIARCHY * PART VII: CONCLUSION August 2014 UK August 2014 US 272pp 14 b/w tables Hardback £62.50 / $100.00 / CN$120.00 Canadian Rights ebooks available www.palgrave.com/page/detail/?k=9781137426468
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China on the Ground in Latin America Challenges for the Chinese and Impacts on the Region R. Evan Ellis, United States Army War College, Carlisle, PA, USA "No other analyst has a better grasp of the growing role China plays in Latin America than Evan Ellis. This book is another contribution to our understanding of this complex and shifting relationship. A must read."—Moises Naim, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and author of The End of Power, USA An analysis of the new physical presence of Chinese companies operating in Latin America and the Caribbean, the associated challenges that they face, and how they are impacting the region and its relationship with the PRC. Contents: Preface * PART I: WHAT IS HAPPENING...WHAT IS NEW ABOUT IT * 1. Introduction * 2. Natural Resource Development – Petroleum, Mining, And Agriculture * 3. Loan-Backed Construction – The New Model * 4. Retail Outlets, Distribution Networks and Manufacturing Centers * 5. Commercial Service Offerings - Telcom, Electricity, Logistics, And Banking * 6. Addressing The New Challenges * 7. The Struggle To Acquire Companies And Win Project Work In Latin America * 8. Day To Day Management Challenges Faced By Chinese Companies In Latin America * 9. The Question Of Chinese Communities * 10. What It All Means * Bibliography
The Political Economy of East Asia September 2014 UK September 2014 US 336pp Hardback £69.00 / $100.00 / CN$115.00 Canadian Rights ebooks available www.palgrave.com/page/detail/?k=9781137439765
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Territorial Disputes in the South China Sea Methodology and Research Practice in Southeast Asian Studies Edited by Mikko Huotari, Jürgen Rüland, Judith Schlehe, all at University of Freiburg, Germany This book addresses the question of how to ground research practice in area-specific, yet globally entangled contexts such as 'Global Southeast Asia'. It offers a fruitful debate between various approaches to Southeast Asia Studies, while taking into consideration the area-specific contexts of research practice crosscutting methodological issues.
Navigating Rough Waters Edited by Jing Huang, University of Singapore, Singapore, Andrew Billo, Asia Society,USA Heightened tensions in the South China Sea have raised serious concerns about the dangers of conflict in this region as a result of unresolved, complex territorial disputes. This volume offers detailed insights into a range of country-perspectives, addressing the historical, legal, structural, regional and multilateral dimensions of these disputes.
Contents: 1.Introduction: Fostering Methodological Dialogue in Southeast Asian Studies; Mikko Huotari * PART I * 2.Moving Theory and Methods in Southeast Asian Studies; Goh Beng-Lan * 3.Southeast Asian Studies: the Conundrum of Area and Method; Victor T. King * PART II * 4.Doing Anthropological Fieldwork with Southeast Asian Characteristics? Identity and Adaptation in the Field; Deasy Simandjuntak and Michaela Haug * 5.Performative Ethnography: Observant Participation in Southeast Asia; Eric Haanstad * 6.What Does a Gender Relations Approach Bring to Southeast Asian Studies?; Kathryn Robinson * 7.Learning from Locals: Doing Interviews in Southeast Asia; Paruedee Nguitragool * 8.Political Analysis and the Southeast Asian Press: Decoding Meaning and Tracing Events; Jürgen Rüland, Jarno S. Jian Hui Lang, and York A. Wiese * 9.Bridging Historical Analysis and Strategic Choice in Area Studies: An Analytic Narrative of Volatile Politics in Thailand, 1938–1963 ; Emma Masterson * and more
Contents: 1. Introduction: Unknotting Tangled Lines in the South China Sea Dispute; Jing Huang and Sharinee Jagtiani * PART I: ORIGINS * 2. Origins of the South China Sea Disputes; Nguyen Thi Lan Anh * PART II: LEGAL DIMENSIONS * 3. “Setting Aside Disputes and pursuing Joint Development’ at Crossroads in South China Sea; Zhang Xinjun * 4. The Philippines v. China Case and the South China Sea Disputes; Robert Beckman * PART III: THE ROLE OF ASEAN: CHALLENGES AND CHOICES * 5. ASEAN’s Position on the South China Sea and Implications for Regional Peace and Security; Heng Yee Kuang * 6. A Critical Assessment of ASEAN’s Diplomacy Regarding the South China Sea; Walter Lohman * PART IV: REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES * 7. Taiwan in the South China Sea Disputes: Policies and Prospects; Katherine Tseng * 8. Philippines Approaches to the South China Sea Disputes: International arbitration and the challenges of a rule-based regime; Angelo A. Jimenez * PART V * 9. The United States, China, and Cooperation in the South China Sea; Patrick Cronin * 10. The South China Sea Disputes: Whither A Solution?; Yang Fang * Conclusion * Harmony from Disunity: Core Issues and Opportunities in the South China Sea; Andrew Billo
August 2014 UK August 2014 US 360pp 9 figures, 9 b/w tables Hardback £70.00 / $105.00 / CN$121.00 Canadian Rights ebooks available www.palgrave.com/page/detail/?k=9781137397539
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