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Nr. 116 (2010) Editorial 8–15 {:en}The rise of China and India – repercussions for Japan (Wissenschaftliche Tagung der DGA, 15.05.2009)Thank you very much for your kind introduction. It is a great pleasure for me to be here in Berlin again. As a member of the Japan-German Dialog Forum, I have been a regular visitor here at least every two years for more than 10 years. One big difference is that we are now in … von by Shinichi Kitaoka
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. 116 (2010) Editorial 63–79 {:de}Demokratie und zivile Kontrolle über das Militär in Thailand und IndonesienIt is widely accepted that civilian control of the military is a defining element of democratic consolidation. This article demonstrates how a lack of civilian control negatively affects democracy in Indonesia and Thailand. Based on a newly developed concept of civilian control and the concept of embedded democracy it analyzes the direct effects of weak … von by Philip Völkel und and Paul Chambers
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Nr. 116 (2010) Editorial 80–102 {:de}Zivilgesellschaft und kompetitiver Autoritarismus in MalaysiaThis article analyses the development of civil society in Malaysia under competitive-authoritarian rule. Applying the concept of historical institutionalism, institutional legacies will be identified which have been and still are of great influence on the structures and functions of Malaysian civil society. The study shows that civil society changed profoundly since 1957, with regard to … von by Stephan Giersdorf und and Aurel Croissant
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Nr. 116 (2010) Asien Aktuell 103–13 {:en}German Development Aid: Origins, Motives and Future PerspectivesThe German state is heavily indebted. Should it continue to provide aid to developing countries? Some countries like China and India, which spend a great deal on aiding developing countries themselves, still receive millions of euros of German aid. A revision of German aid policy seems to be due. Moreover, there are several agencies administering … von by Dietmar Rothermund
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Nr. 114/115 (2010) Editorial 7–8 {:de}EditorialDie Deutsche Gesellschaft für Asienkunde hat sich viel vorgenommen. Als einzige deutsche wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft, die sich mit dem gesamten Bereich Asiens vom westlichen Südasien über Zentralasien bis in den pazifischen Raum befasst, will sie auch eine international wahrgenommene und als Kooperationspartner begehrte Fachvertretung werden. Eine wichtige Rolle dabei spielt die Zeitschrift ASIEN, die seit Oktober … von by Günter Schucher und and Gunter Schubert
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. 114/115 (2010) Asien Aktuell 122–36 {:en}Do Rising Labour Costs Spell the End of China as the ‘World’s Factory’?Labour shortages and worker unrest have afflicted foreign factories on China’s coast in recent months, drawing international attention to the conditions of Chinese workers. Foxconn, an assembler of Apple products, and Japanese car makers Honda and Toyota recently increased their workers’ wages by as much as 24% to 65% (Jin 2010). In Foxconn’s case, this … von by Günter Schucher und and Mark Kruger
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. 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. 111 (2009) Editorial 35–49 {:de}Transnationale Frauenbewegung in MalaysiaNational women’s movements are increasingly practising transnational networking. By doing so, particular interests which were formally confined to be articulated in a national political arena, are now defined as shared interests of transnational concern. The article argues that transnational networking provides a window of opportunity for the formulation of strategies and the framing of a … von by Claudia Derichs
Nr. 111 (2009) Editorial 50–75 {:de}Liberalisierung in Zeiten der Instabilität: Spielräume unkonventioneller Partizipation im autoritären Regime der VR ChinaUnconventional participation is by no means regime-threatening per se, not even in an authoritarian regime like China. On the contrary, the Chinese government has been able to generate legitimacy by tolerating certain forms of unconventional participation and by localizing responsibility for solving conflicts. The current leadership in Beijing has chosen these strategies to channel protests, … von by Günter Schucher
Nr. 111 (2009) Editorial 76–94 {:de}Fördert Dezentralisierung lokale Entwicklung? Der Fall der philippinischen Provinzen Cebu und LeyteThe Philippines are one of the most decentralized industrializing countries. Yet, findings on the impact on local economic development remain mixed. This paper’s aim is to ask whether the two analyzed Philippine provinces Cebu and Leyte could benefit from the increased local autonomy to upgrade their local economies. They differed in their starting conditions at … von by Andreas Lange
Nr. 111 (2009) Asien Aktuell 95–107 {:en}„Inside-Outside“ or „Outsiders by choice“? Civil society strategies towards the 2nd Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) in Manila„Global governance“ and the „migration and development nexus“ are among the latest buzzwords in academia and policy discourses alike. The 2nd Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD), held in October 2008 in Manila, provided an ample litmus test for these concepts. In a way, the GFMD – a new, non-binding forum which was deliberately … von by Stefan Rother
Nr. 110 (2009) Editorial 7–8 {:de}Ist Dialog noch möglich?Im September 2008, in unmittelbarem Anschluss an die Olympischen Sommerspiele in Beijing, erreichten den Deutschen Bundestag zwei offene Briefe, in denen die China-Berichterstattung der Deutschen Welle scharf verurteilt wurde. Sowohl der „Autorenkreis der Bundesrepublik Deutschland“ als auch eine Reihe von in Deutschland lebenden chinesischen Dissidenten forderten eine politische Überprüfung der Mitarbeiter der China-Redaktion der Deutschen … von by Gunter Schubert
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

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