Information on "Social Classes" and "Asia"
February 2013
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Feb 2013
Tahirul Qadri's Rise and its Potential Impact on Pakistan's Stability
Author: Huma Yusuf
Publisher: Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre (NOREF)
This brief addresses the situation in Pakistan in the wake of a protest march and sit-in led by cleric Tahirul Qadri in Islamabad in January 2013. More on «Tahirul Qadri's Rise and its Potential Impact on Pakistan's Stability»
November 2012
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22 Nov 2012
India-China Cooperation For Global Good
Author: SR Nathan, Gopinath Pillai
Publisher: Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)
This transcript of a speech by Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong sheds light on the future of China and India as rising powers. More on «India-China Cooperation For Global Good»
November 2011
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Nov 2011
Advancing the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Author: Allen Moore, Sarah Kornblet, Mohammad Kamali, Janet E Lord, Michael Ashley Stein, Ali Saberi, Allison deFranco, Hengameh Saberi, Ari Ne’eman, Soheil Moeini, Michael E Waterstone, Michael Ashley Stein
Publisher: Henry L Stimson Center
This book is the result of a Stimson Center project focusing on how the US and Iran should best implement the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. More on «Advancing the Rights of Persons with Disabilities»
March 2010
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Mar 2010
Institutions Collide: A Study of "Caste-Based" Collective Criminality and Female Infanticide in India, 1789-1871
Author: Maria Brun
Publisher: LSE Department of International Development (ID)
Nicholas Dirks in his book "Castes of Mind", challenges the modern view of caste as universal and hierarchical. More on «Institutions Collide: A Study of "Caste-Based" Collective Criminality and Female Infanticide in India, 1789-1871»
June 2009
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10 Jun 2009
The Roots of Bangladeshi National Identity
Author: Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury
Publisher: Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)
This paper traces the development of a Bengali Muslim national consciousness, leading to the creation of the state of Bangladesh in 1971. More on «The Roots of Bangladeshi National Identity»
March 2009
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17 Mar 2009
Russia and the Global Meltdown
Author: Robert Jellinek
Publisher: Carnegie Moscow Center
This paper has its origins in the observation that government responses to the global financial crisis are as much political phenomena as they are economic. More on «Russia and the Global Meltdown»
February 2009
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Feb 2009
Crisis in the Countryside
Author: Balamuralidhar Posani
Publisher: LSE Department of International Development (ID)
This paper explores the background of a recent spate of suicides among farmers in India. More on «Crisis in the Countryside»
January 2009
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2009
Turbulente Wahlen in Iran
Author: Henner Fürtig
Publisher: German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)
Diese Studie analysiert den Ausgang der Iranischen Praesidentschaftswahlen am 12 Juni 2009. More on «Turbulente Wahlen in Iran»
December 2008
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Dec 2008
The Dalit Movement and Democratization in Andhra Pradesh
Author: K Y Ratman
Publisher: East-West Center (EWC)
This study argues that the broader idea of democracy is not consistent with India's specific caste system. More on «The Dalit Movement and Democratization in Andhra Pradesh»
September 2008
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22 Sep 2008
The Political Economy of the Middle Class in Liberalising India
Author: E Sridharan
Publisher: Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)
This paper discusses the political sociology of economic liberalization in India by examining the composition of the middle classes in the middle of the first decade of the 21st Century. More on «The Political Economy of the Middle Class in Liberalising India»
