Local and Global: Social Transformation in Southeast Asia
Essays in Honour of Professor Syed Hussein Alatas
Biographical note
Riaz Hassan, Ph.D. (1968) in Sociology, The Ohio State University, is Professor of Sociology at The Flinders University of South Australia. His research interests include sociology of Muslim Societies and Urban Sociology. His most recent book is Faithlines: Muslim Conceptions of Islam and Society (Oxford University Press, 2003).
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Southeast Asian Studies specialists and students, social scientists, journalists, lawyers, social workers, educated laymen, academic libraries, students of contemporary southeast Asian societies, sociology, political science, cultural studies, history, globalisation and development studies.
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Since the start of the 1990s, Central Asia has been the main purveyor of migrants in the post-Soviet space. These massive migrations impact issues of governance; patterns of social adaptation; individual and collective identity transformations; and gender relation in Central Asia.
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In Renunciation and Empowerment of Buddhist Nuns in Myanmar-Burma, Kawanami offers a detailed account of how Buddhist nuns build their monastic community through fostering scriptural education and engaging in religious activities devoted to the dissemination of the Buddha's teaching.
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Revitalization of religious and cultural traditions is taking place in nearly all contemporary Asian societies and beyond. Faith in the Future: Understanding the Revitalization of Religions and Cultural Traditions in Asia provides a comparative analysis of the key features and aspirations of ...
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This book analyzes the reception of artisanal pizza in Japan through the lens of professional pizza chefs. The movement of food and workers, and the impact that such movements have on the artisanal workers occupation are at issue.
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