englischThis book provides an up-to-date overview of contemporary Central Eurasian politics, identifies key issues, trends and transformation paths in this respect, and analyses the conceptual foundations of security and power in the region. Key topics include autocratic proliferation and regime [...]

englischThe impeachment of South Korean President Park Geunhye in 2017 and the protest movement preceding it, which attracted international attention due to its duration, size and largely non-violent nature, prompted many to take a new look at South Korean democracy 30 years after its establishment.

englischOn the 30th anniversary of the dissolution of the USSR, this book collects selected contributions which analyse patterns of stability and transformation that characterise the politics and societies of three Central Asian countries—Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan—along with those of [...]

englischEnvironmental problems and their impact are of growing relevance within the current debate about non-traditional security. This book analyses these security issues and develops them from a theoretical perspective by focusing on environmental security. The empirical case study the book [...]

englischCritically, it is important to determine whether the latest economic challenges in Europe have led to the deterioration of the EU’s external images in ‚emerging‘ Asia. The volume features results of several “EU external perceptions” projects supported by Asia Europe Foundation (ASEF) and [...]

englischThis book outlines the ambivalence of Indonesian economic policies and reveals problems faced by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the footwear and ceramic industries in Cibaduyut and Plered, West-Java. Indonesian SMEs are being encouraged to become more innovative, productive, [...]

englischThis book investigates the work of two Indonesian non-governmental organizations (NGOs) concerned with Indonesian women migrant workers working in the informal sector. It concentrates on examining the NGOs’ efforts to influence policies on labor migration in the changing context of [...]

englischSince 1998, the transformation of Indonesia has led to far-reaching political and economic change: The democratization process introduced an amended constitution, multi-party and factional organization as well as participative procedures and administrative decentralization. A new [...]

Die wirtschaftspolitischen Entscheidungen in der ersten Amtszeit Susilo Bambang Yudhoyonos von 2004-2009 werden aus mehreren Perspektiven analytisch untersucht, sodass neben wirtschaftstheoretischen insbesondere politikwissenschaftliche, gesellschaftliche, unternehmensspezifische sowie soziale [...]

englischThis volume combines theoretical-methodological studies and systematic as well as empirical contributions on regional, interregional, and global aspects of regionalisation in Europe and Asia as well as empirical analyses of foreign policies of countries in the northern Asian-Pacific region, [...]