ASIEN – Nr. 94 Januar 2005 Deutsche Zeitschrift für Politik, Wirtschaft und KulturIssue Editor Günter Schucher
Editorial Team Christine Berg

• Nr. 94 (2005) Artikel Article 7–24 {:en}Reforming Authoritarianism in Contemporary China. Reflections on Pan Wei’s Consultative Rule of Law RegimeRampant corruption and declining regime legitimacy force the Communist Party to reform the political and legal system of the PRC. There are different opinions on how far these reforms have affected Chinese authoritarianism so far. While some observers have identified a higher degree of regime legitimacy achieved by gradual political liberalization in recent years, others … von by Gunter Schubert
• Nr. 94 (2005) Artikel Article 25–41 {:de}Der Weg in die Hungersnot: Erinnerungen chinesischer Intellektueller an den ländlichen „Großen Sprung nach vorne“ (1958-1961)In the autumn of 1958 the Chinese government declared that communism is „not a thing of the far future“. With the organisation of the peasants in people’s communes, mass movements, and the militarization of the rural workforce, it was believed that China could overtake Great Britain and the USA within a few years. After four … von by Felix Wemheuer
• Nr. 94 (2005) Artikel Article 42–58 {:de}Frieden in Sri Lanka: The same procedure as every year?Since 1983 Sri Lanka is torn apart by a bloody civil war between rebels of the Tamil minority population and the Government formed by the majority Sinhalese. During the last decades various attempts at negotiating a settlement between the two sides were made, which not only failed abysmally but led to further escalation of the … von by Mirjam Weiberg
• Nr. 94 (2005) Artikel Article 59–72 {:en}Thrift and Credit Groups and Community Development: the Hope Project in New Delhi/IndiaRecent approaches to micro-finance hold that poor people are able to save. Access to capital by means of saving or credit opens up opportunities to participate in the street economy and helps bridging problems of everyday-life. Without savings people usually depend upon expensive credit from moneylenders. Various NGOs nowadays take the approach „savings first, then … von by Heiko Schrader, Jyothi K.K. und and Kamini Prakash
• Nr. 94 (2005) Asien Aktuell 73–81 {:en}What the Indian Election Results Could Mean for GermanyBefore trying to determine if the recent Indian election results could mean anything for Germany, and what that could be, it is necessary to look first at the perceptions the two countries have of each other, since that directly affects their relations, and actions of the respective governments with regard to each other. Of course, … von by Rahul Peter Das

Konferenzen

• Civil Society in Southeast Asia – Scope and Concepts, International Conference Phnom Penh, Cambodia, June 7-8 2004 (Karl Lemberg, Eileen Maternowski, Gerd Mutz)
• 9. Japanisch-Deutsche Geographenkonferenz „Shaping the Future of Metropolitan Regions in Japan and Germany: Governance, Institutions and Place in New Context“ Bochum, 30.8.-1.9.2004, und Berlin, 2.9.-6.9.2004 (Thomas Feldhoff, Winfried Flüchter, Uta Hohn)
• „Asiens neue Wirtschaftsdynamik: Regionale und internationale Dimensionen“ Tagung des Asien-Pazifik-Ausschusses der Deutschen Wirtschaft Berlin, 30. September 2004 (Katrin Willmann)
• Asien hat gewählt – Durchbruch zur Demokratie? Münster, 21.10.2004 (Rebecca Hegemann)
• Internationale Konferenz Women and Politics in Asia Colombo/Sri Lanka, 18.-20.11.2004 (Andrea Fleschenberg)

Rezensionen

• Rahul Peter Das und Hanne Schönig (Hrsg.): Großmacht Indien (Jona Aravind Dohrmann)
• Conrad Schetter: Kleine Geschichte Afghanistans (Gesa Westermann)
• Ariel Heryanto, Sumit K. Mandal: Challenging Authoritarianism in Southeast Asia (Frederik Holst)
• Aurel Croissant, Gabriele Bruns und Marei John (eds.): Electoral Politics in Southeast & East Asia (Patrick Köllner)
• Erfried Adam, Michael von Hauff und Marei John (eds.): Social Protection in Southeast & East Asia (Patrick Köllner)
• Arskal Salim and Azyumardi Azra (eds.): Shari’a and Politics in Modern Indonesia (Arndt Graf)
• Anthony Bende-Nabende (Hrsg.): International Trade, Capital Flows and Economic Development in East Asia – The Challenge in the 21st Century (Doris Fischer)
• Yong Mun Cheong: The Indonesian Revolution and the Singapore Connection (Arndt Graf)
• Gerd R. Zimmermann: INDONESIEN. Eine geographische Landeskunde (Werner Rutz)
• Elizabeth C. Economy: The River Runs Black – The Environmental Challenge to China’s Future (Regine Reim)
• Who’s who in China (Liu Jen-Kai)
• Scott A. Waldron, Colin G. Brown, John W. Longworth: Rural Development in China – Insights from the Beef Industry (Karin-Irene Eiermann)
• Jonathan Unger: The Transformation of Rural China (Günter Schucher)
• Ron J. May und Ray Anere (Hrsg.): Maintaining Democracy: The 1997 Elections in Papua New Guinea (Roland Seib)
• Binayak Ray: South Pacific Least Developing Countries-Towards Positive Independence (Andreas Holtz)

In aller Kürze

• Dieter Heinzig: The Soviet Union and Communist China 1945-1950: The Ardous Road to Alliance (Katja Levy)

Forschung / Lehre / Informationen

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