englischThis third publication of the Network of European Studies Centres in Asia addresses one of the EU"s most challenging contemporary issues: namely, the nature and meaning of EU identity. The team of international authors in this volume offers original and innovative studies based on unique [...]
more informationenglischThis 5th volume of the EU-NESCA Research Dialogue Book Series contains revised papers of the 4th EU-NESCA Workshop, held together with the 4th EUSA-Asia Pacific Conference on 11-13 October 2007 in Shanghai. The contributions by both senior scholars and young researchers active in the realm [...]
more informationenglischThis 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 [...]
more informationenglischThe 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.
[...] more informationenglischSince 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 [...]
more informationenglischCritically, 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 [...]
more informationDie 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 [...]
more informationenglischThis 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, [...]
more informationenglischEurope has achieved a great deal in its attempt to integrate the nation states on the continent, which enabled them to assume a strengthened influence in the international arena, to secure a stronger resilience to changing world environments, and to provide a sustained regional stability. As [...]
more informationThis book explores the question of whether there exists a relationship between the efforts at regional integration and the implementation of human rights. A tenant of the expanding European Union is the promotion of human rights, both internally and externally, but would human rights necessarily be [...]
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