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Nr. 158/159 (2021) Artikel Article 86–104 {:en}Jiang Qing, between Fact and Fiction: The Many Lives of a Revolutionary IconJiang Qing was the fourth wife of Mao Zedong and one of the leading politicians of the twentieth century. This paper explores the ways in which her life is narrated in four different biographies: Ross Terrill’s The White-Boned Demon: A Biography of Madame Mao (1984), Ye Yonglie’s Jiang Qing zhuan (Biography of Jiang Qing; 1993), … von by Silvia Salino
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Nr. 156/157 (2020) Artikel Article 16–50 {:en}Free School Meals and the Reproduction of Inequalities: Caste and Gender in Food Production for Delhi’s Slum SchoolsThe Indian Mid Day Meal Scheme (MDMS) – one of the largest school meal programmes in the world, currently reaching over 115 million children – was introduced in 1995 nationally with a twofold aim: enhancing school enrolment and retention as well as improving nutrition levels among poor children. According to the guidelines of the programme … von by Alva Bonaker
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Nr. 156/157 (2020) Artikel Article 51–78 {:en}Supermarket Revolution in Bangladesh? Evidence from a “blind spot” on the Research MapEven though Bangladesh entered the supermarket era nearly twenty years ago, the country has remained something of a “blind spot” on the research map of the so- called “supermarket revolution” in countries of the Global South. The present paper strives to contribute to filling this research gap by providing an explorative, empirically grounded portrayal of … von by Christine Hobelsberger
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Nr. 156/157 (2020) Artikel Article 79–101 {:en}Commercialization versus De-intensification? Markets, Livelihoods, and Agricultural Change in Northern PakistanBased on a case study in northern Pakistan, this paper investigates the complex processes of change that have reshaped local farming systems there in recent decades. In Pakistan, agricultural policies emphasize intensification and productivity growth as overarching, nationwide goals. In an empirical investigation of changing farming practices in the mountain district of Nagar, guided by … von by Michael Spies
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Nr. 156/157 (2020) Artikel Article 102–24 {:en}Tracing Anthropogenic Impact on Arsenic Mobility in the Groundwater of Bangladesh and Southeast Asia — A Review of Methods and ResultsThe effect of anthropogenic impact on groundwater resources in Southeast Asian countries is subject to scientific debate, since it is increasingly considered a contributor to the observed contamination of groundwater with arsenic. It can be diverse, and range from direct pollution, through alteration of hydraulic conditions to indirect effects on geochemical conditions and reactions. While … von by Charlotte N. Stirn, Martin V. Maier und and Olaf Bubenzer
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Nr. 156/157 (2020) Artikel Article 125–46 {:en}Learning from Japan: The Case of China’s 2009 New Rural Pension SchemeIn 2009, the Chinese government established the New Rural Pension Scheme (NRPS). The NRPS was widely regarded as a significant institutional innovation, as it combined an already existing component, individual accounts, with a new one: non-contributory social pensions subsidized by the central government. This article asks how this synthesization of rather disparate components came about. … von by Tong Tian
Nr. 154/155 (2020) Artikel Article 10–24 {:en}The Meaning and Role of Sacrificial Rituals in Traditional Korean Educational InstitutionsIn Korea during the Chosŏn dynasty (1392–1910) Confucian scholars were able to construct a political and social order and culture around the symbolic space of the Confucian private academy (sŏwŏn) by relying on a tradition of iterative ritual performances. These designated each member of society with a proper social role and universal grammar. The function … von by Eun-Jeung Lee und and Soon-woo Chung
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Nr. 154/155 (2020) Artikel Article 25–52 {:en}Remembrance in the Making: The King’s Father and the Construction of Collective Memories of Crown Prince Sado in Late Eighteenth-Century KoreaThe study of collective memory, cultures of memory, collective identity, and the relationship between memory, identity, and power has gained importance in recent years. In the Korean context, a growing number of studies primarily focus on issues and phenomena of the period since the end of the Second World War. However, research on premodern Korean … von by Florian Pölking
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Nr. 154/155 (2020) Artikel Article 53–65 {:en}The Politics of Remembrance and the Remembrance of Politics in Yisang’s PoetryYisang (1910–1937), one of the most renowned and best-studied poets of Korea’s colonial period, is usually remembered as a bohemian, as an intoxicated master of modernist language games. But a close reading of the poetologically charged poems with which Yisang introduced himself to his audience as a Korean- language poet in July 1933 reveals that … von by Marion Eggert
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Nr. 154/155 (2020) Artikel Article 66–92 {:en}Contentious Memory Politics in South Korea: The Seoul National CemeteryThis article explores the Seoul National Cemetery’s (SNC) characteristics as a memory space that is used to reproduce the official state narrative of South Korea history. A place for mainly commemorating the dead of the Korean War, the SNC would be used to promote an anticommunist Cold War frame. Hence, it has been useful for … von by Hannes B. Mosler
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Nr. 154/155 (2020) Artikel Article 93–110 {:en}National Loss and the Politics of Mourning in North KoreaThe main objective of the paper is to approach the politics of mourning in North Korea following the experiencing of the loss of the country’s two leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il. Building on theoretical considerations regarding the concepts of “pastoral power” as well as the “theater state,” the study analyzes some of … von by Eric J. Ballbach
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Nr. 154/155 (2020) Artikel Article 111–28 {:en}Doing Discourse Research in Chinese Studies: Methodological Reflections on the Basis of Studying Green Consumption and Population PolicyAs Chinese Studies and other Area Studies have become increasingly sophisticated in the methodologies they use, more in-depth discussions on researchers’ discourse- analytic practices seem desirable. This article is thus a methodological reflection, coming as part of the authors’ own ongoing research projects. It describes some of the characteristic ways in which discourse fields in … von by Björn Alpermann und and Franziska Fröhlich
Nr. 154/155 (2020) Artikel Article 129–49 {:en}On the Institutional Quality of the Belt and Road Initiative as a Hybrid International Public GoodIn the emerging world of multipolarity, which is characterized by political and economic oligopolistic spheres of influence, the creation of international public goods (IPGs) involves different sets of hybrid regimes. The term "hybridity" refers to the need for balanced and virtuous cross-fertilization between the newly emerging and the established systemic considerations such as openness versus … von by Ibrahim Öztürk
Nr. 152/153 (2019) Artikel Article 5–23 {:de}Zum Wandel des Indienbildes von Karl MarxKarl Marx dealt with India at various points in his work. There are clear changes in his approach to the subject matter. I am tracing this development — beginning with the “Manifesto” to his articles in the New York Daily Tribune and his views on the Asiatic mode of production — and ask why Marx’s … von by Christopher Wimmer
Nr. 152/153 (2019) Artikel Article 24–48 {:de}Anpassung, Einhegung, Aneignung: Chinesische Strategien im Umgang mit internationalen Normen und Akteuren der ZivilgesellschaftTaking China as an example, this article demonstrates the increasingly active role of nondemocratic governments in negotiating the international status of civil society actors. Thus, China’s evolving civil society policy is re-examined in light of theories of international norm diffusion and localization drawn from the field of International Relations. Based on an analysis of the … von by Bertram Lang
Nr. 152/153 (2019) Artikel Article 49–71 {:de}Konstitutionalisierungsprozesse in der chinesischen Staatstheorie: Top-Down- Orchestrierung institutioneller ReformenSince taking office, China’s fifth generation of political leaders with Xi Jinping at the center has made significant efforts to rebuild the party-state. While phenomena such as (oscillating) processes of centralization and personalization have been ever present in Chinese reform politics, governance reforms under Xi Jinping display distinct features that mark a significant departure from … von by Nele Noesselt, Ulrike Gansen, Martin Miller und and Jonas Seyferth
Nr. 152/153 (2019) Artikel Article 72–93 {:de}Westdeutsche technische Hilfe in Südkorea während der 1960/70er-Jahre – am Beispiel der Berufsschulen in Incheon und NajuThis research gives insight into the technical assistance provided by West Germany to South Korea during the 1960s and early 1970s, focusing on the vocational schools in Incheon and Naju. Both schools were run as partner projects: While the German side dispatched experts and sent technical equipment, the Koreans provided the school buildings and counterpart … von by Max Altenhofen
Nr. 150/151 (2019) Artikel Article 5–27 {:de}Wertschöpfungsketten von Luxustextilien in DelhiIn the last three decades, Delhi has witnessed the emergence of an independent textile industry that focuses on the production of highly specialized luxury garments. Until the 1980s, the Indian garment industry was mainly characterized by self- employed, locally operating tailors, and unorganized retailers. By that time, a few innovative entrepreneurs had identified the potential … von by Carsten Butsch, Tine Trumpp, Pit C. Fuisting und and Frauke Kraas
Nr. 150/151 (2019) Artikel Article 28–51 {:de}Klimaneutrale Elektromobilität in IndienFor long, the breakthrough of electric vehicles seemed an intractable challenge. All kinds of concerns and reservations were uttered: these vehicles were too expensive, had range issues, would require additional infrastructure for charging, and were not more environmentally friendly than conventional vehicles when running on a power mix dominated by fossil fuels. These perceptions are … von by Annika Bose Styczynski
Nr. 150/151 (2019) Artikel Article 52–71 {:de}Intermediäre Akteure hinter den Kulissen demokratischer Wahlen. Der Fall SüdkoreaThe aim of this study is to understand the effects of traditional and long-term group relations on elections in modern society. It focuses on intermediary actors who exert a great influence on the formation of political opinions in everyday life as well as in election campaigns. Based on the case of South Korea, the functions … von by Sang-hui Nam
Nr. 149 (2018) Artikel Article 14–32 {:de}The Online-Offline Nexus: Social Media and Ethnographic Fieldwork in Post-3.11 Northeast JapanIn Japan as well as in other countries social media is now part of daily life. During fieldwork, researchers are confronted with decisions to be made concerning the engagement in social media activities in the course of ongoing research, or with their informants in general. Taking experiences from several years of ethnographic field research in … von by Julia Gerster
Nr. 148 (2018) Artikel Article 5–25 {:en}Protest Geographies and Cross-Modal Icons in Hong Kong’s Umbrella MovementIn September 2014, thousands of people occupied the heart of Hong Kong’s state and corporate power, the central business district. This paper provides a snapshot of the first days of the events that resulted in what would ultimately become a 79-day- long occupation, which eventually came to be known as the “Umbrella Movement.” The paper … von by Sandra Kurfürst
Nr. 148 (2018) Artikel Article 26–50 {:de}Deutschlands Politik gegenüber der Belt and Road Initiative der Volksrepublik China 2013– 2018: eine erste BestandsaufnahmeThe article describes and explains Germany’s societal, economic, and political reactions to the “Belt and Road Initiative” (BRI). This is (potentially) China’s global interconnectivity platform, established in 2013 to address development challenges in some of the country’s border provinces, in its export-led growth model, as well as the infrastructure and development gaps in neighboring regions. … von by Sebastian Harnisch
Nr. 147 (2018) Artikel Article 11–37 {:en}Contemporary Body Practices in South Korea: Subjection and Agency in Late ModernityIn this work, many peculiarities of the body practices sensationally advertised in South Korean media and often reported on in the West and other countries too are claimed to be largely the results of the drastic neoliberal restructuring of the whole society, which young women and men have had to undergo ever since the Asian … von by Joo-hyun Cho

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