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In: Issues & studies: a social science quarterly on China, Taiwan, and East Asian affairs
ISSN: 2529-802X
Chinese identity in Southeast Asia has become complex and multifaceted over the past few decades. The Chinese diaspora in Southeast Asia has faced political challenges that pressure acculturation and assimilation, transforming its identity. This critical literature review outlines how Chinese identity in Southeast Asia has been viewed in connection with international relations and global politics. Using a taxonomic approach to scholarly works on the subject, the findings show that Chinese identity in Southeast Asia is a multi-dimensional one composed of diverse and unique community identities. Chinese identity is also viewed as a spectrum that is imagined both by nation-states and the community itself. Consequently, members of the Chinese diaspora are not simply viewed as actors, agents, or political instruments in international politics but also as independent subjects with their own stories and experiences.
Although prior research establishes the forces that "push" and "pull" students to participate in foreign study, the transferability of findings from earlier studies is limited by the absence of theoretical grounding. In addition, relatively little is known about how a government-sponsored student mobility program promotes foreign study in a nation with a transitioning economy. Using case study methods, this study explores the characteristics of students who participate in such a program and identifies the programmatic characteristics and contextual forces that promote and limit participation. The findings shed light on the appropriate theoretical perspectives for understanding student participation in a government-sponsored mobility program and illustrate the need to consider how aspects of the national cultural, economic, and political context influence participation. The findings also raise several questions about how an international student mobility program should be structured to encourage participation and maximize benefits to individuals and society within a particular national context.
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In: World economic outlook 2009, Oct.
In: World economic and financal surveys
In: (2015) 28 Leiden Journal of International Law 863-885
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Die Alterung der Gesellschaft wird die Bedingungen des menschlichen Zusammenlebens grundlegend ändern. Auch werden alternde Gesellschaften neue, zum Teil noch gar nicht absehbare, politische und wirtschaftliche Herausforderungen zu bestehen haben: 'Alter' und 'Altern' gelten als ein gesellschaftliches Zukunftsthema und geraten zunehmend in das Blickfeld der wissenschaftlichen und politischen Öffentlichkeit. Vor allem das höhere Lebensalter hat sich als eine eigenständige Lebensphase herausgebildet - gekennzeichnet einerseits durch neue biographische Entwürfe und Formen sozialer Beteiligung, andererseits aber auch geprägt durch Krankheit, Hilfebedürftigkeit und Tod. Mit der Verlängerung der Lebenserwartung bekommt auch die Frage nach den Bedingungen und Möglichkeiten, unter denen Autonomie und Lebensqualität im höheren Lebensalter aufrechterhalten werden, eine neue Bedeutung. Dabei ist auch über Zielgrößen, nicht zuletzt vom Autor dieses Beitrags zu diskutieren: Lebensqualität muss als Maß des Erfolgs sozialpolitischer Intervention verstanden und thematisiert werden, und zwar vor dem Hintergrund der Frage nach der Finanzierbarkeit sozialstaatlicher Leistungen und der Effizienz verschiedener Alternativen.
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This paper revisits the decision of the Belgian Supreme Court in Sebastian International Inc. v Common Market Cosmetics NV. Using the decision as starting point, comments are offered on 1°) the arbitrability of distribution disputes, 2°) which law should apply to the arbitrability of disputes and 3°) what are the practical consequences of the fact that a dispute is deemed to be inarbitrable by the courts of one country.
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