De-Westernizing Media Studies brings together leading media critics from around the world
to address central questions in the study of the media. How do the media connect to power …

The concepts of rents and rent-seeking are central to any discussion of the processes of
economic development. Yet conventional models of rent-seeking are unable to explain how …

Ethnic tensions in Southeast Asia represent a clear threat to the future stability of the region.
David Brown's clear and systematic study outlines the patterns of ethnic politics in:* Burma …

The Asian crisis has sparked a thoroughgoing reappraisal of current international financial
norms, the policy prescriptions of the International Monetary Fund, and the adequacy of the …

Institutions have played a central role in political economy explanations of East Asia's
growth, from the developmental state to the micro-institutions of industrial policy. A review of …

Protest and Possibilities explores the pursuit of political reform in Malaysia, an illiberal
democracy, and contrasts coalition-building and reform processes there with those of …

China presents us with a conundrum. How has a developing country with a spectacularly
inefficient financial system, coupled with asset-destroying state-owned firms, managed to …

" The debate on the major factors contributing to Southeast Asian industrialization continues
unabated. As might be expected, there is much at stake in this debate. The debate is largely …

I hereby have the pleasure to introduce an important and excellent work about the economic
history and modern diversification of the Libyan economy, in which the information has been …

From New York City's Chinatown to urban Indonesia, there are fifty-five million ethnic
Chinese living outside of China. Their strong sense of community, along with their …