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16 Economics New New Postcolonial Economies Edited by Jane Pollard, Cherly McEwan & Alex Hughes Postcolonial approaches to understanding economies are of increasing significance as questions about the nature of globalisation, transnational flows of capital and workers, and the making and remaking of territorial borders assume centre stage in debates about contemporary economics. Yet, despite the growing academic and political urgency in understanding how ‘other’ cultures encounter ‘the West’, economics has been slow to engage with the ideas and challenges posed by postcolonial critiques. In turn, postcolonial approaches have been criticised for their simplistic treatment of the economic and for not engaging with existing economic analyses of poverty and wealth creation. Utilising examples drawn from India to Latin America, and bringing together scholars from a range of disciplines, including Geography, Economics, Development Studies, History and Women’s Studies, Postcolonial Economies breaks new ground in providing a space for nascent debates about postcolonialism and its treatment of the economic. Publisher: Zed Books 2011: 239 pp ISBN: 9781848134041: RM95.00 / S$41.30 New The Financial Crisis and Asian Developing Countries Edited by Yilmaz Akyuz The world was plunged into the most severe economic and financial crisis of post-war times in 2008-09, and even the most dynamic growth region, Asia, was not spared from its effects. This book examines how the developing economies of Asia were hit by the turmoil, the measures they look in response and the policy lessons to be drawn from this experience. From its epicentre in the major advanced economies, the shockwaves of the crisis were transmitted to Asia via trade and finance. To deal with these damaging effects, most of the regional economies adopted expansionary fiscal and monetary policies, which have largely proved effective in stabilizing conditions and promoting recovery. Whether this recovery will be sustainable, however, will depend on how the developing countries of Asia address the structural fragilities the crisis has exposed in their economies. Publisher: TWN 2011: 344 pp ISBN: 9789675412523: RM40.00 / S$28.00 Tel: +603 - 7957 8342/8343 Fax: +603 - 7954 9202 E-mail: sird@streamyx.com Website: www.gerakbudaya.com & bookshop.gbgerakbudaya.com Catalogue 2012 The U.S.–Singapore Free Trade Agreement An American Perspective on Power, Trade, and Security in the Asia Pacific Eul-Soo Pang Free trade has become the mantra of development strategy for many countries in the world, especially those in the Asia Pacific. This book delves into the American side of the story. It is about how Singapore and the United States came to sign the agreement in 2003 (taking effect from 1 January 2004). The United States – Singapore Free Trade Agreement (USSFTA) is the first FTA that America signed with an Asian country and the second such agreement with a fully developed country, after Canada. The city-state has used a free trade agreement as a national survival and growth strategy, first forging such FTA ties with its major trading partners and then expanding its strategic link to such extra-regional great powers as the United States, Japan, Australia, China, India, and the European Union. Both Singapore and the United States saw in FTAs something more than just merchandise trade. Publisher: ISEAS 2011: 305 pp ISBN: 9789814311991: RM98.00 / S$68.60 New Debt, the IMF, and the World Bank Sixty Questions, Sixty Answers Eric Toussaint and Damien Millet Many countries in the South possess vast natural and human resources, yet since the debt crisis in 1982 they have been bled dry. Repaying an ever-increasing debt makes it impossible to meet even the most basic human needs. The debt has become a subtle instrument of domination, casting the net of a new form of colonization. The latest initiative, announced with much fanfare at the Gleneagles G8 meeting in 2005, does not alter the situation. A radically different approach must be considered: the cancellation - no more and no less - of an immoral and often odious debt. The present book shows that cancellation of the debt is a necessary but not a sufficient condition, that it must go hand-in-hand with other measures such as the recovery of ill-acquired goods, fair distribution of wealth on a global level, and alternative financing approaches. Publisher: Monthly Review Press 2010: 364 pp ISBN: 9781583672228: RM65.00 / S$28.30
Catalogue 2012 Asian Studies 17 New New Portuguese and Luso-Asian Legacies in Southeast Asia, 1511-2011, Vol. 1 The Making of the Luso-Asian World Intricacies of Engagement Edited by Laura Jarnagin In 1511, a Portuguese expedition under the command of Alfonso de Albuquerque arrived on the shores of Malacca, taking control of the prosperous Malayan port-city after a swift military campaign. Portugal, a peripheral but then technologically advanced country in southwestern Europe since the latter fifteenth century, had been in the process of establishing solid outposts all along Asia’s littoral in order to participate in the most active and profitable maritime trading routes of the day. As it turned out, the Portuguese presence and influence in the Malayan Peninsula and elsewhere in continental and insular Asia expanded far beyond the sphere of commerce and extended over time well into the twenty-first century. – Rui M. Loureiro, Researcher Centre de Historia de Alem-Mar, Lisbon Publisher: ISEAS 2011: 323 pp ISBN: 9789814345255: RM150.00 / S$59.90 New Bangkok May 2010 Perspectives on a Divided Thailand Edited by Michael J. Montesano, Pavin Chachavalpongpun and Aekapol Chongvilaivan After a two-month stand-off between Red Shirt protestors and the government of Protestors and the government of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, violence and arson scarred central Bangkok in mid- May 2010. This shocking turn of events underlined how poorly understood the deep divisions in the society and politics of Thailand remained, even five years into the country’s prolonged crisis. This volume collects analysis and commentary on those divisions from an unusually large and prominent group of Thai and foreign scholars and observers of the country. Contributions examine socio-economic, political, diplomatic, historical, cultural and ideological issues with rare frankness, clarity and lack of jargon. Publisher: ISEAS 2012: 351 pp ISBN: 9789814345354: RM100.00 / S$39.90 Early Interactions between South and Southeast Asia Reflections on Cross-Cultural Exchange Edited by Pierre-Yves Manguin, A.Mani and Geoff Wade The unilateral concept of “Indianisation of Southeast Asia” advocated by the earlier scholars since the 1930s has been challenged in various ways over the last forty years. Recent archaeological discoveries in Southeast Asia and South Asia have revealed the interactions between these two regions extending to even before the so-called Indianisation of Southeast Asia began. This volume, aproduct of an international conference on the interactions of these teo regions, provides us with a good picture of the present state of studies through an elaborate Introduction which assesses the past and present research and twenty-three specialized papers divided into two broad sections – the archaeological evidence for interactions and localization in Southeast Asia. This book is a great contribution not only to the study of early Southeast Asian history, but also to the history of Asia and the world in general by reappraising the concept of “Indianisation”. – Noboru Karashima, Professor Emeritus, Tokyo University Publisher: ISEAS & Manohar India 2011: 514 pp ISBN: 9789814345101: RM150.00 / S$59.90 New Labour in Vietnam Edited by Anita Chan Two decades after Vietnam introduced a programme of economic renovation commonly known as Doi Moi, the country today allows market competition in industry, and a new working class has been created. This is the first book to focus on the role and conditions of workers in the new economic regime. Ten of the world’s leading scholars on Vietnamese industrial relations trace Vietnam’s labour history and the circumstances today of state-sector workers and of migrant workers in both the cities and rural industries. While some authors explore the impact of the socialist legacy, others examine the reasons for the large number of recent strikes. The book provides insights into the workforce of one of Asia’s most rapidly developing industrial economies. Publisher: ISEAS 2011: 346 pp ISBN: 9789814311946: RM100.00 / S$70.00 Tel: +603 - 7957 8342/8343 Fax: +603 - 7954 9202 E-mail: sird@streamyx.com Website: www.gerakbudaya.com & bookshop.gbgerakbudaya.com
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