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Nr. 117 (2010) Artikel Article 7–26 {:de}The Challenges of E-Waste Management in India: Can India draw lessons from the EU and the USA?This article examines e-waste management in India, identifying lessons and implications from e-waste management in the European Union and the United States which may influence or predict both strengths and obstacles to effectiveness in Indian e-waste regulation. India’s new draft E-waste (Management and Handling) Rules are much more comprehensive than any US e-waste regulations and … von by Alexandra Skinner, Yvonne Dinter, Alex Lloyd und and Philip Strothmann
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Nr. 117 (2010) Artikel Article 27–44 {:en}Water Stress in the Cauvery Basin, South India — How current water management approaches and allocation conflict constrain reformThis article presents insights on the state of water management in the Cauvery basin in South India and the ongoing interstate dispute concerning the allocation of the Cauvery’s water between the riparian states Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. A lack of multi-level, intersectoral, and participative approaches on the one hand have led to inadequate conditions in … von by Marius Ferdin, Stefan Görlitz und and Steffen Schwörer
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Nr. 117 (2010) Artikel Article 45–57 {:en}Towards a Public-Private Partnership Regime: An Analysis of Water-supply Systems in Urban IndiaThe institutional arrangements for supplying water to people living in urban conurbations in India is gradually being transformed from a conventional departmental arrangement to a new, rather fragmented structure of public-private partnerships with regulatory set-ups in a few cases. This article tracks the course of this development. It also identifies the prevailing patterns of public-private … von by Gopal K. Sarangi
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Nr. 116 (2010) Artikel Article 16–20 {:de}Einführung: Ostasien zwischen Diktatur und DemokratieDas letzte Viertel des 20. Jahrhunderts war bekanntermaßen geprägt durch den (fast) weltweiten Siegeszug der Demokratie. Nach Berechnungen des amerikanischen Freedom-House Instituts stieg die Zahl der „elektoralen Demokratien – also jene politischen Systeme, die einen regelmäßigen und mit friedlichen Mitteln ausgetragenen, hinreichend freien und fairen Wettbewerb um politische Ämter stattfindet – zwischen 1974 und 2000 … von by Aurel Croissant
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Nr. 116 (2010) Artikel Article 21–40 {:en}How East Asians Understand Democracy: From a Comparative PerspectiveDemocracy is a political model with global appeal, but little is known about how contemporary publics understand it. Are East Asians capable of defining democracy in their own words? Are they also capable of prioritizing its properties? Do they tend to understand it procedurally or substantively? This paper addresses these questions by analyzing responses to … von by Doh Chull Shin und and Youngho Cho
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Nr. 116 (2010) Artikel Article 40–62 {:de}Demokratie in Südostasien auf dem Rückzug?Is democracy in crisis in Southeast Asia? The article gives an overview over the status of democratization in Southeast Asia by looking at established democracy indices such as the Freedom House data and Bertelsmann Transformation Index. After mapping the regime types of Southeast Asian states, the article analyses the state of consolidation in Southeast Asia's … von by Marco Bünte
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Nr. 114/115 (2010) Artikel Article 11–15 {:de}Women in Asian Local Politics – A Springboard for Gender Democracy?From a worldwide perspective, Asian women were once at the cutting edge of female political participation. Female prime ministers and presidents have repeatedly governed several Asian nations: Bangladesh, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, India and Pakistan. Women politicians have also been at the forefront of reform and opposition as well as autonomy movements across Asia, for … von by Andrea Fleschenberg und and Claudia Derichs
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Nr. 114/115 (2010) Artikel Article 16–32 {:en}Political Participation of Indigenous Women in CambodiaThis article presents the findings of an action research project undertaken in Cambodia’s northeastern provinces to highlight indigenous and Khmer women’s experiences within the commune councils, and to identify the obstacles impeding their full political participation and their ability to transform political practice and style. The study found that the roles of female commune councillors … von by Margherita A. Maffii und and Sineath Hong
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Nr. 114/115 (2010) Artikel Article 33–49 {:en}Reconstructing Gender Identity for Political Participation: Hill Tribe Women in Northern ThailandThis article aims to take a critical look into political participation patterns and concerns of female local politicians who are also ethnic minorities in Thailand. The representation of women on local councils is low throughout the country, but it tends to be a particular problem in areas occupied by indigenous, minority ethnic groups. The research … von by Nongyao Nawarat
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Nr. 114/115 (2010) Artikel Article 50–67 {:en}Political Theory and Citizenship Discourses: Cast(e) in the Periphery: Understanding Representation of Dalit Women and Politics in IndiaIndian society is deeply gendered in that women have fewer opportunities to participate in public life. The gender division of labour that exists lays a disproportionate burden on women to fulfil the tasks of social reproduction. The care and nurturance of children, the sick and the old, household maintenance and provision for basic needs form … von by Baishali Chatterjee
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Nr. 114/115 (2010) Artikel Article 68–87 {:en}Who Are True Voters? Village Elections and Women’s Participation in Voting in Rural ChinaAlthough national voting statistics show that more than 90 percent of individuals in rural China vote, there is concern that women are excluded from casting their own ballot in some village elections and do not fully participate in others. The purpose of this paper is to provide an empirical basis for understanding the voting behavior … von by Xiaopeng Pang und and Scott Rozelle
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Nr. 114/115 (2010) Artikel Article 88–113 {:de}Corporate Social Responsibility in der chinesischen Textilindustrie: Unternehmerische Verantwortung chinesischer PrägungWithin the past couple of years Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has enjoyed growing attention by China’s public and private sector. When the concept was introduced to China by western companies and international organizations in the 1990s, the Chinese government at first regarded CSR as a hindrance to its national economy. Only recently did the government … von by Sabrina Habich-Sobiegalla
Nr. 112/113 (2009) Artikel Article 9–30 {:de}Konflikte um biokulturelle Diversität in Thailand: Moderne Herausforderungen an Karen-Gemeinschaften im Weltnaturerbe Thung YaiBiological diversity as well as cultural diversity are prominent concepts in the discourses on environmentalism, development, indigenous rights and globalization. Since the late 1980s, interrelations between biological and cultural diversity came increasingly into the focus of academic, political, and economic interests and discourses. This paper first reviews very broadly the development of the conceptualization of … von by Reiner Buergin
Nr. 112/113 (2009) Artikel Article 31–52 {:de}Wissen und Entwicklung in Singapur – Trends und ThesenThis paper addresses the question how knowledge is used to benefit the economic development of Singapore. The country has followed strict science policies to establish knowledge governance regimes for a knowledge-based economy. On the basis of empirical studies the authors show, how cultural diversity and social capital impact on the ability to develop an epistemic … von by Thomas Menkhoff, Solvay Gerke, Hans-Dieter Evers und and Chay Yue-Wah
Nr. 112/113 (2009) Artikel Article 53–83 {:de}Schusswechsel um Preah Vihear: Hintergründe des Grenzkonflikts zwischen Thailand und KambodschaBetween October 2008 and April 2010, there were several gun battles at the border of Thailand and Cambodia with at least eight soldiers killed. The background of this confrontation is an old dispute pertaining to the ancient Preah Vihear temple. The International Court of Justice ruled in 1962 that the ruins belong to Cambodia but … von by Martin Wagener
Nr. 112/113 (2009) Artikel Article 85–102 {:de}Die Institutionalisierung der Parteiensysteme in Ostmalaysia (Sarawak und Sabah): Demokratisierung oder Herrschaftsstabilisierung?Seit den 1960er-Jahren hat sich der Institutionalisierungsgrad der beiden Parteiensysteme in Sabah und Sarawak erhöht. Diese Institutionalisierung ergibt sich nicht in erster Linie aus einer stärkeren zivilgesellschaftlichen Verwurzelung. Die beiden Parteiensysteme sind stabiler als in der Vergangenheit, weil die von der Nationalen Front (BN) gestellte Bundesregierung durch verschiedene Maßnahmen die Hegemonie der BN-Landesregierungen absichert: Die … von by Andreas Ufen
Nr. 111 (2009) Artikel Article 10–11 {:de}Einführung: Soziale Bewegungen in OstasienDie vorliegende Ausgabe von ASIEN beschäftigt sich mit der Rolle sozialer Bewegungen im sozialen Transformationsprozess Ostasiens. Fast unbemerkt von der sozialwissenschaftlichen Protestforschung – die sich bisher fast ausschließlich mit Mobilisierungsprozessen in Westeuropa und Nordamerika beschäftigt – haben sich soziale Bewegungen in den vergangenen Jahrzehnten nicht nur zu bedeutenden politischen Akteuren, sondern auch zu dynamischen Trägern … von by Thomas Kern
Nr. 111 (2009) Artikel Article 12–34 {:de}Die Entstehung des „neuen“ demokratischen Medienaktivismus in Südkorea: Struktureller Kontext, Handlungsformen und AkteureThis article deals with the rise of new democratic media activism in South Korea in the 1990s and 2000s. The concept of democratic media activism refers to pro-democratic reform movements that advocate equal access to the mass media – in particular the Internet. While most studies in this field focus on the political consequences of … von by Thomas Kern und and Sang-hui Nam
Nr. 110 (2009) Artikel Article 9–12 {:en}Impacts of Rapid Social Change in South East Asia: IntroductionEuropean-Asian cooperation is an important key to mastering the geo-strategic challenges of the 21st century. To this extent, for several years now the Bertelsmann Stiftung has been committed to intensifying understanding with Asia. The aim is to gain a realistic view of the opportunities and risks afforded by this, the largest of continents, where, as … von by Malte Boecker
Nr. 110 (2009) Artikel Article 13–43 {:en}Culture, Identity and Conflict in Asia and Southeast AsiaThis essay analyzes cultural conflicts in Asia with particular emphasize on Southeast Asia. Cultural conflict is defined as those domestic, inter-state or transnational political conflicts in which the actors involved focus on issues relating to religion, language and/or historicity. The statistical analysis and the assessment of individual cases in this paper substantiate a number of … von by Aurel Croissant und and Christoph Trinn
Nr. 110 (2009) Artikel Article 44–67 {:en}Repoliticisation of Islam in Southeast AsiaIn the aftermath of a series of catalytic events which pitted the West against the Muslim world as we enter the new millennium, Western-based strategists and policymakers have rekindled arguments postulating political Islam to be a threat to Western hegemony in an increasingly divided world. Long regarded as embodiments of tolerant Islam which peacefully co-existed … von by Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid
Nr. 110 (2009) Artikel Article 68–72 {:en}Regional Economic Integration and Cultural ChangeAddress delivered by Rodolfo C. Severino - Head, ASEAN Studies Centre, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore and former Secretary General of ASEAN - at the International Cultural Forum organised by the Bertelsmann Stiftung and the Diplomatic Academy of Viet Nam, Ha Noi, 12 November 2008 The subject of our forum today and tomorrow is … von by Rodolfo C. Severino
Nr. 110 (2009) Artikel Article 73–97 {:en}Multilateral Co-operation and Building Trust: Ideas for EU-Asian RelationsThis paper considers the relationship between the European Union and Asia with the purpose of developing new ideas for multilateral co-operation and building of trust in the area of comprehensive security. Specifically, this paper focuses on cooperation between Europe and Asia in three multilateral institutions: Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), ASEAN Regional Forum … von by Carlyle A. Thayer
Nr. 109 (2008) Artikel Article 9–12 {:en}Transformation and Conflict in Southeast Asia: IntroductionEach of the Southeast Asian states and the manifold societies of which they are composed are going through incisive processes of transformation. To analyse such complex processes and the conflicts which they may engender a Research Group was established in 2007 at the Graduate School of Politics of Muenster University, the members of which endeavour … von by Jos Platenkamp, Susanne Feske und and Stephan Engelkamp

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