ASIEN – Nr. 85 Oktober 2002 Deutsche Zeitschrift für Politik, Wirtschaft und KulturIssue Editor Hans-Ulrich Klose, Werner Pascha, Dietmar Rothermund, Jürgen Rüland und and Brunhild Staiger
Editorial Team Christine Berg

• Nr. 85 (2002) Artikel Article 5–18 {:de}Sandstürme im Tarim-Becken: Ursachen und sozio-ökonomische FolgenSandstorms are a typical, yet hazardous phenomenon in the Tarim Basin that is basically caused by certain meteorological frame conditions, but its disastrous socio‐economic impact is strongly affected by man. Frequency and intensity of sandstorms and their associated negative human and societal impact have increased in the recent past making the Tarim Basin a more … von by Manfred Domrös und and Buhalqem Mamtimin
• Nr. 85 (2002) Artikel Article 19–38 {:de}Christentum und Buddhismus als Antagonisten? Religion und ethnische Identität bei den Sgaw-Karen in NordthailandThe influence of Christianity in Sgaw-Karen communities of Northern Thailand is growing. Baptists and Catholics are the most important Christian denominations. Protestant churches reject the traditional religion, but insist on the core elements of their distinct culture to support their ethnic separation. Catholics are more tolerant, their religious boundary is more permeable. Thai-Buddhism is still … von by Roland Platz
• Nr. 85 (2002) Artikel Article 39–60 {:en}The Politics of Democracy in MalaysiaThis article provides a review of the condition of Malaysian democracy after 20 years of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamad’s rule. To this end it looks into issues that were identified as political causes of the Asian crisis in the years after 1997. These are in particular: weak democratic institutions and electoral systems, … von by Rainer Heufers
• Nr. 85 (2002) Artikel Article 61–83 {:de}Die Entstehung, Entwicklung und Struktur von Civic Organizations und deren Verhältnis zu Governmental Organizations in VietnamFor many years it was quite common for American and European political scientists to analyze the Vietnamese political system in that they presupposed a mono‐organizational mode of state‐society relations and used an appropriate model for such. Quite obviously such models are not or are no longer appropriate, since current social research indicates that a variety … von by Jörg Wischermann
• Nr. 85 (2002) Artikel Article 84–96 {:en}The Contribution of Track Two Dialogue towards Crisis PreventionThe emergence of many think tanks and security-related track two processes in the Asia-Pacific during the last two decades has given rise to speculation about their contribution to the peaceful resolution of disputes and the search for strategies to address the manyfold nontraditional security threats caused by globalization and growing interdependencies. After placing track two … von by Jürgen Rüland

Konferenzen

• The role of intellectuals in social development in China, Beijing University, PR China, 25.-27.1.2002 (Nora Sausmikat)
• Kolloquium „German-Speaking Scholarship and the Malay World: Exploring an Empirical Tradition“, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor Darul Ihsan, Malaysia, 11.-12. März 2002 (Holger Warnk)
• Soccer Nations and Football Cultures in East Asia, Wien, 20.-23.03.2002 (Wolfram Manzenreiter)
• International Symposium on Resettlement and Social Development (ISRSD), Nanjing, China, May 12-14, 2002 (Stefanie Ricarda Roos)
• Discourses on Political Reform and Democratization in East and SoutheastAsia in the Light of New Processes of Regional Community Building
• University of Duisburg/ Germany, May 22-24, 2002 (Nora Sausmikat)
• International Conference „Bringing the Party Back In: How China is Governed“, Kopenhagen, 7.-9. Juni 2002 (Heike Holbig)
• International Conference on Grass-root Governance in Contemporary China, Shizuoka University, Japan, 30.08.-01.09.2002 (Björn Alpermann

Rezensionen

• Globetrott: An 19. Jahrhunderts Neige in Japan, China undJava (Sylvia Bräsel)
• Jeroen Touwen: Extremes in the archipelago. Trade and economicdevelopment in the Outer Islands of Indonesia, 1900-1942 (Arndt Graf)
• Robert Cribb: Historical Atlas of Indonesia (Werner Rutz)
• Heinz Kotte/Rüdiger Siebert: Laos – Aufbruch am Mekon (Rainer Werning)
• Chris Rowthorn et al: South-East Asia on a Shoestring (Melanie Ullrich)
• Meng, Xin: Labour Market Reform in China (Günter Schucher)
• Supachai Panitchpakdi/Mark L. Clifford: China and the WT (Albrecht Rothacher)
• Chinesisch: Tell me More® ren wo shuo. Der umfassende und interaktiveSprachkurs. Level 1/2: Anfänger, Fortgeschrittene (Christine Berg)
• Gundula Zeeck: Das ferne Interesse: Die deutsch-chinesischen Kulturbeziehungen. Bestandsaufnahme und Empfehlungen (Anna Gerstlacher)
• Daniel Schwarz: Die Große Mauer Chinas (Günter Schucher)
• Ann Helen Unger/Walter Unger: Yunnan. Chinas schönste Provin (Melanie Ullrich)
• Andreas Gruschke: The Cultural Monuments of Tibet’s Outer Provinces: Amdo, Vol. 2. The Gansu and Sichuan Parts of Amdo (Martin Lehnert)
• Laura C. Nelson: Measured Excess: Status, Gender, and ConsumerNationalism in South Korea (Heike Hermanns)

Forschung / Lehre / Informationen

• Konferenzankündigungen in eigener Sache: Tagung und Mitgliederversammlung der DGA 2003, Berlin
• Konferenzankündigungen
• Informationen
• Ausstellungen
• ACCE Sommersemester ASIA
• Intensivkurse
• APA-Tagung 29.10.2002, Berlin

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ISSN → 0721-5231 ／ eISSN → 2701-8431