In recent years there has been a revival of Islam in Zanzibar, with heated debates about the nature of Islam and its role in society (Lodhi and Westerlund 1997, Gilsaa 2006). While Islam played a central role in society until independence in 1963, it was effectively removed from the public...

The increasing demands and expectations placed upon the Philippine bureaucracy by a redemocratizing society are further amplified by the strengthening of global institutional pressures emanating from organizations such as the World Trade Organization and the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation....

The main aim of this article is to identify key external and internal factors that are capable of impacting and thus influencing directly or indirectly state performance in Southeast Asia with special emphasis on Myanmar, Vietnam and Singapore. The theoretical aim is to develop a framework for...

Wenn die Politik nicht dringend Antworten auf die Globalisierung findet und wenn sich die demokratischen Institutionen nicht tiefgreifend wandeln, drohen Sachzwänge und Eigenlogiken wichtige Errungenschaften der vergangenen Jahrzehnte auszuhebeln. Das internationale Autorenteam dieses Buchs...