Burmese Days, Burmese Haze provides a unique--and personal--perspective on the historical events and foreign ties that shaped Myanmar and its relationship with the United States. Former intelligence ...analyst Erin Murphy tells the story of a remarkable political transition and subsequent collapse, explaining why Myanmar is where it is today.
This interdisciplinary volume offers a timely reflection on law, development and economics through empirical and comparative perspectives on contemporary Myanmar. The book explores the business that ...takes place in times of major political change through law and development initiatives and foreign investment. The expert contributors to this volume identify the ways in which law reform creates new markets, embodies hopes of social transformation and is animated by economic gain. This book is an invitation to think carefully and critically about the intersection between law, development and economics in times of political transition. The chapters speak to a range of common issues - land rights, access to finance, economic development, the role of law including its potential and its limits, and the intersection between local actors, globalised ideas and the international community. This interdisciplinary book is for students, scholars and practitioners of law and development, Asian studies, political science and international relations.
Helen James considers security in Myanmar/Burma. She uses the ideas put forward in the United Nations Development Programme's 1994 report, of human, as opposed to state and security, going on to ...argue that freedom from want, and freedom from fear (of the regime) are in fact mutually supportive ideas, and that the security of the people and the security of the state are in fact in a symbiotic relationship with each other. Presenting new and significant information of the security concept of Myanmar/Burma, James’ original work considers economic development, health, education, environmental issues, the drugs trade, human rights, minority peoples and political, social and economic reforms, arguing that improved governance, the development of civil society and economic development would both strengthen the state and ensure the security and well-being of its citizens.
Despite the common held belief that Asian nations have displayed anti-market tendencies of under-consumption and export-oriented trade since the Asian financial crisis, in the 10 years since the ...crisis, South Korea has bucked this trend accruing a higher debt rate than the US. This groundbreaking collection of essays addresses questions such as how did the open market policies and restructuring processes implemented during the Asian financial crisis magnify the consumption and debt level in South Korea to such an extent? What is the impact of these financial changes on the daily lives of people in different cultural and socio-economic groups? In examining these questions the authors provide valuable insight into the rise of financial capitalism, transnational mobility and the implications of neoliberal governing tactics following the Asian Financial Crisis.
Examining South Korea’s transformation during the early years of the 21 st century, New Millenium South Korea will be of interest to anthropologists, economists and sociologists, as well as students and scholars of Korean Studies.
Introduction: Why Korea in the New Millennium? Song, Jesook Part I: Economic and Sociological Accounts 1. Globalization and Social Inequality in South Korea Shin, Kwang-Yeong 2. Neoliberalism, the Financial Crisis and Economic Restructuring in Korea Lee, Kang-Kook 3. Neoliberalism in South Korea: The Dynamics of Financialization Jang, Jin-Ho Part II: Ethnographic and Historical Accounts 4. Contesting Legal Liminality: The Gendered Labor Politics of Irregular Workers in South Korea Chun, Jennifer Jihye 5. The Will to Self-Managing, the Will to Freedom: The Self-managing Ethic and the Spirit of Flexible Capitalism in South Korea Seo, Dongjin 6. Educational Manager Mothers As Neoliberal Maternal Subjects Park, So Jin 7. For the Rights of "Colonial Returnees": Korean Chinese, Decolonization and Neoliberal Democracy in South Korea Park, Hyun Ok 8. "Not-Quite Korean" Children in "Almost Korean" Families: The Fear of Decreasing Population and State Multiculturalism in South Korea Paik, Young-Gyung 9. "If you don’t work, you don’t eat": Evangelizing Development in Africa Han, Ju Hui Judy Han
Jesook Song is an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto. As an anthropologist of Korea and a gender studies scholar, her interests include liberal governmentality, financialization, and youth education.
“South America is not the poorest continent in the world, but it may very well be the most unjust.” This statement by Ricardo Lagos, then president of Chile, at the Summit of the Americas in January ...2004 captures nicely the dilemma that faces Latin American countries in the wake of the transition to democracy that swept across the continent in the last two decades of the twentieth century. While political rights are now available to citizens at unprecedented levels, social and economic rights lag far behind, and the fledgling democracies struggle with long legacies of poverty, inequality, and corruption. Key to understanding what is happening in Latin America today is the relationship between the state and civil society. In this ambitious book, Philip Oxhorn sets forth a theory of civil society adequate for explaining current developments in a way that such controversial neoconservative theories as Francis Fukuyama’s liberal triumphalism or Samuel Huntington’s “clash of civilizations” cannot. Inspired by the rich political sociology of an earlier era and the classic work of T. H. Marshall on citizenship, Oxhorn studies the process by which social groups are incorporated, or not, into national socioeconomic and political development through an approach that focuses on the “social construction of citizenship.”
The condensed social change and complex social order governing South Koreans’ life cannot be satisfactorily delineated by relying on West-derived social theories or culturalist arguments. Nor can ...various globally eye-catching traits of this society in industrial work, education, popular culture, and a host of other areas be analyzed without developing innovative conceptual tools and theoretical frameworks designed to tackle the South Korean uniqueness directly.
This book provides a fascinating account of South Korean society and its contemporary transformation. Focusing on the family as the most crucial micro foundation of South Korea’s economic, social, and political life, Chang demonstrates a shrewd insight into the ways in which family relations and family based interests shape the structural and institutional changes ongoing in South Korea today. While the excessive educational pursuit, family-exploitative welfare, gender-biased industrialization, virtual demise of peasantry, and familial industrial governance in this society have been frequently discussed by local and international scholarship, the author innovatively explicates these remarkable trends from an integrative theoretical perspective of compressed modernity. The family-centered social order and everyday life in South Korea are analyzed as components and consequences of compressed modernity.
South Korea under Compressed Modernity is an essential read for anyone studying Contemporary Korea or the development of East Asian societies more generally.
1.Compressed Modernity and Its Familial Basis 2. Accidental Pluralism 3. The Social Investment Family and Educational Politics 4. The Nuclear Family and Welfare Politics 5. Women’s Labor and Gendered Industrialization 6. The Peasant Family and Rural-Urban Relations 7. Chaebol : the Logic of Familial Capitalism 8. Politics of Defamiliation 9. The Sustainability Crisis of Familial Modernity
Chang Kyung-Sup, a Ph.D. from Brown University, is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Institute for Social Development and Policy Research, both at Seoul National University.
This book is the first political biography of Aung San Suu Kyi covering both her years in opposition and all her years in power from 2016 onwards. It offers a new interpretation of Aung San Suu Kyi ...by presenting a balanced and thorough account of Suu Kyi’s policies. In the last 30 years there has not been a person in global politics who has risen so high and fallen so low – and so quickly – as Aung San Suu Kyi. Using postcolonial theory and introducing the new concept of `a hybrid politician', this book explains apparent inconsistencies of Suu Kyi’s agenda. It demonstrates that Suu Kyi considers herself a democrat and yet, rules autocratically. Immersed in her country’s tradition of policymaking, she has at the same time been influenced by foreign concepts, both Western and Asian. Drawing on first-hand research, including talks with Suu Kyi, conversations with her supporters and rivals, observations of Suu Kyi’s behaviour during intergovernmental talks as well as an extensive number of sources and fieldwork in Myanmar, the author argues that Suu Kyi’s case shows both the strengths and limits of hybridity. This brings Suu Kyi priceless political assets such as visibility, recognition and support while proving that such a model of leadership has its restrictions. A timely biography of the Nobel Peace Prize Laureate as she appears at the International Court of Justice to defend her country against charges of genocide committed against the Rohingya Muslim minority, this book will be of interest to students and researchers of Myanmar politics, Southeast Asian politics, Asian politics, Political Science more generally, Postcolonial Studies, Cultural Studies and Leadership Studies.
IMPORTANCE: Accurate blood-based biomarkers for Alzheimer disease (AD) might improve the diagnostic accuracy in primary care, referrals to memory clinics, and screenings for AD trials. OBJECTIVE: To ...examine the accuracy of plasma β-amyloid (Aβ) and tau measured using fully automated assays together with other blood-based biomarkers to detect cerebral Aβ. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: Two prospective, cross-sectional, multicenter studies. Study participants were consecutively enrolled between July 6, 2009, and February 11, 2015 (cohort 1), and between January 29, 2000, and October 11, 2006 (cohort 2). Data were analyzed in 2018. The first cohort comprised 842 participants (513 cognitively unimpaired CU, 265 with mild cognitive impairment MCI, and 64 with AD dementia) from the Swedish BioFINDER study. The validation cohort comprised 237 participants (34 CU, 109 MCI, and 94 AD dementia) from a German biomarker study. MAIN OUTCOME AND MEASURES: The cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) Aβ42/Aβ40 ratio was used as the reference standard for brain Aβ status. Plasma Aβ42, Aβ40 and tau were measured using Elecsys immunoassays (Roche Diagnostics) and examined as predictors of Aβ status in logistic regression models in cohort 1 and replicated in cohort 2. Plasma neurofilament light chain (NFL) and heavy chain (NFH) and APOE genotype were also examined in cohort 1. RESULTS: The mean (SD) age of the 842 participants in cohort 1 was 72 (5.6) years, with a range of 59 to 88 years, and 446 (52.5%) were female. For the 237 in cohort 2, mean (SD) age was 66 (10) years with a range of 23 to 85 years, and 120 (50.6%) were female. In cohort 1, plasma Aβ42 and Aβ40 predicted Aβ status with an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) of 0.80 (95% CI, 0.77-0.83). When adding APOE, the AUC increased significantly to 0.85 (95% CI, 0.82-0.88). Slight improvements were seen when adding plasma tau (AUC, 0.86; 95% CI, 0.83-0.88) or tau and NFL (AUC, 0.87; 95% CI, 0.84-0.89) to Aβ42, Aβ40 and APOE. The results were similar in CU and cognitively impaired participants, and in younger and older participants. Applying the plasma Aβ42 and Aβ40 model from cohort 1 in cohort 2 resulted in slightly higher AUC (0.86; 95% CI, 0.81-0.91), but plasma tau did not contribute. Using plasma Aβ42, Aβ40, and APOE in an AD trial screening scenario reduced positron emission tomography costs up to 30% to 50% depending on cutoff. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: Plasma Aβ42 and Aβ40 measured using Elecsys immunoassays predict Aβ status in all stages of AD with similar accuracy in a validation cohort. Their accuracy can be further increased by analyzing APOE genotype. Potential future applications of these blood tests include prescreening of Aβ positivity in clinical AD trials to lower the costs and number of positron emission tomography scans or lumbar punctures.
Resumo O artigo analisa mecanismos e práticas da negociação coletiva e da extensão de seus resultados no Brasil, e procura sanar lacuna na literatura especializada sobre o tema, que não esteve, até ...aqui, atenta a ele. Prática corriqueira até a reforma decretada pelo regime militar em 1967, a extensão dos acordos coletivos a terceiros, ausentes das negociações, permanece vigente ainda hoje, embora com escopo bastante limitado, nem por isso desimportante. Além da contribuição específica ao debate, o artigo traz também olhar alternativo à literatura convencional sobre negociação coletiva no Brasil, segundo a qual esse mecanismo de solução do conflito de classe teria sido suspenso durante a ditadura de 1964, retornando à cena das relações de trabalho com a emergência do “novo sindicalismo” no fim da década de 1970. E mostra como a Justiça do trabalho “abdicou”, lentamente, de seus poderes na mediação do conflito de interesse entre capital e trabalho, apesar dos muitos instrumentos disponíveis de proteção de direitos difusos e subjetivos, inclusive os direitos humanos.
Resumen El artículo analiza los mecanismos y prácticas de la negociación colectiva y la extensión de sus resultados en Brasil, además de subsanar vacíos en la literatura especializada sobre el tema, que no ha dado hasta ahora atención suficiente a esta cuestión. Práctica común hasta la reforma decretada por el régimen militar en 1967, la extensión de los acuerdos colectivos a terceros, ausentes de las negociaciones, permanece vigente incluso hasta hoy, a pesar de tener un alcance bastante limitado, lo cual no le quita importancia. Además de la contribución específica a este debate, el artículo aporta una lectura alternativa a la literatura convencional sobre negociación colectiva en Brasil, según la cual ese mecanismo de solución del conflicto de clase habría sido suspendido durante la dictadura de 1964, regresando al escenario de las relaciones de trabajo con la emergencia del “nuevo sindicalismo” al final de la década de 1970. También se muestra cómo la Justicia del trabajo “abdicó”, lentamente, sus poderes en la mediación del conflicto de interés entre capital y trabajo, a pesar de los diversos instrumentos disponibles de protección de derechos difusos y subjetivos, inclusive los derechos humanos.
Résumé L’article analyse les mécanismes et les pratiques de la négociation collective et de l’étendue de ses résultats au Brésil, et cherche à combler une lacune dans la littérature spécialisée sur le sujet, qui jusqu’à présent ne s’y est pas intéressée. Pratique courante jusqu’à la réforme décrétée par le régime militaire en 1967, l’extension des conventions collectives aux tiers, absents des négociations, reste en vigueur encore aujourd’hui, bien qu’avec une portée très limitée, non sans importance. En plus de la contribution spécifique au débat, l’article apporte également un regard alternatif sur la littérature conventionnelle sur la négociation collective au Brésil, selon laquelle ce mécanisme de résolution du conflit de classe aurait été suspendu pendant la dictature de 1964, revenant à la scène des relations de travail avec l’émergence du « nouveau syndicalisme » à la fin des années 1970. Et il montre comment la Justice du travail a lentement « abdiqué » ses pouvoirs de médiation du conflit d’intérêts entre le capital et le travail, malgré les nombreux instruments disponibles pour le protection des droits diffuses et subjectives, y compris les droits de l’homme.
Abstract The article analyzes the mechanisms and practices of collective bargaining and the extent of its results in Brazil. It seeks to close a gap in the specialized literature, which has not been taken it into account thus far. Common practice until the 1967 reform decreed by the military regime, extending collective agreements to third parties, absent from the bargaining, remains in force today, although with a minimal scope, not insignificant. Besides contributing specifically to the debate, this article also offers an alternative look at Brazil’s conventional literature on collective bargaining – according to which this mechanism to solve class conflict would have been suspended during the 1964 dictatorship, returning to the labor relations scene upon the emergence of the “new unionism” of the late 1970s. Furthermore, it shows how the Labor Court slowly “abdicated” its powers to mediate the conflict of interest between capital and labor, despite the many instruments available to protect diffuse and subjective rights, including human rights.
Oil and the Kurdish Question critiques the conventional narrative of the Iran-Iraq War and the associated Anfal campaign. It also examines how publicists exploited the myth of the Kurdish holocaust ...as justification for America to declare war on Iraq.
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