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This collection explores, in rich detail, the nature of community in rural Cambodia and the debates about the ways community, or its absence, is reflected in social organisation, reciprocity, religion, gender and a shared sense of trust.

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Explores the theoretical foundations of the Islamic understandings of jihad, and provides an analysis of the British government's response to 'home-grown' Islamism in the wake of the terrorist attacks in London on 7 July, 2005.

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Since the mid 1990s, tertiary education in Malaysia has experienced great transformation. This book analyses recent reforms in the public sector, giving a clear picture of institutions that are juggling different expectations and pressures from the social, political and economic environments.

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Restores to light the contemporary account of the congress as reported in the women's federation publication of 1929. Reading the speeches gives lively insights into the minds of young women at the start of the women's movement and highlights the concerns that have continued to motivate women's organisations in Indonesia.

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Over the last 20 years China's extraordinary rate of economic growth has been driven by the 120-150 million people who have flocked into China's cities from the surrounding countryside ins search of a better life. This book examines the way in which these people live, work, and interact with their urban cousins.

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The essays in this volume consider various forms of 'home' and 'homeland' that are meaningful for some of the peoples of archipelagic Southeast Asia, with particular reference to Indonesia and East Timor.

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In the first comprehensive critical study of Western literature about Thailand, Imagining Siam provides a thorough analysis, using Edward Said's concepts, of English language travelogues and travel literature. Caron Dann from Monash University.

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Examines the religious practices and identities of Indonesian Muslim women in the post-Suharto era. Underscores the negotiations Muslim women have made in arenas such as schools, organisations, popular culture and village life.

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Explores the prospect of Japan's remilitarisation and challenges the preconceived approaches taken by existing theories to Japan's national security.

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This book is the first detailed account of the history of the transfer of these children to Indonesia. These child transfers are a window on the relationship between Indonesia and East Timor during this period. It had many of the marks of a colonial

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Dr Luthfi Assyaunkanie considers the search for an ideal model of polity and focuses on the santri generation, which entered the public arena in the 1970s.

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An extensive study of Japan in Australian literary consciousness, this book provides a broad chronological exploration of Australian writers' representations of the Japanese from the late 19th to the 21st century.

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This wide-ranging book brings new and fresh visions of important aspects of Tibetan culture.

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Murray examines sex work and sexuality as they exist in diverse urban subcultures of Southeast Asia. She considers changing sexualities, street prostitutes, global gay styles, lesbian communities, and responses to the AIDS crisis.

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This volume brings together a group of eminent international experts to reflect on the positive outcomes of the democratic reform process. The contributors focus specifically on the different approaches and contributions of Indonesia's four post-Suharto presidents.

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Telling the personal stories of Australians in Japan and Japanese in Australia, this book explores issues of race, identity and ambition in times of war and peace. These essays illuminate a variety of fascinating lives and individual achievements, from trade to literature and the arts, the media and the justice system.

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A recent series of terrorist attacks, the uncovering of a large terrorist network and a string of continuing regional conflicts have raised an awareness that Southeast Asia is amongst the world's most troubled areas. This book analyses local terrorism and state state repression in this populous, strategically important region.