"Asian countries are undergoing rapid political, economic and social transformations; meanwhile, there is a growing demand for knowing more about Asia. This major reference set is designed to help general readers as well as specialists to have a good grasp of the latest developments in Asia in...

"In Strategic Coupling, Henry Wai-chung Yeung examines economic development and state-firm relations in East Asia, focusing in particular on South Korea, Taiwan, and Singapore. As a result of the massive changes of the last twenty-five years, new explanations must be found for the economic...

Stand beim 1. McPlanet-Kongress von Attac, BUND, Greenpeace, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung und Wuppertal-Institut die Umwelt (dokumentiert in "Die Umwelt in der Globalisierungsfalle", VSA 2003, hier nicht angezeigt) im Zentrum, so dominierte bei dem hier dokumentierten 2. Kongress vom Juni 2005 das...