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Chapter 1. A Panorama of the Arctic: Geopolitics and International Law -- Chapter 2. The New Strategic Triangle in the Arctic: China, Russia, and the United States -- Chapter 3. Sino–Russian Cooperation on the Polar Silk Road: Vision, Divergence, and Challenges -- Chapter 4. Participation in and Strategic Arrangements for Arctic Affairs by the United States: Seeking Collective Security in a New Era -- Chapter 5. Who Will Win in the Climate Crisis? A Reinterpretation of the Interaction between Climate Change and Security Issues in the Arctic -- Chapter 6. Extra-regional Players in the Arctic: EU, China, Japan, Singapore, and South Korea -- Chapter 7. The Polar Silk Road and the Belt and Road Initiative: Integration and Optimization -- Chapter 8. Conclusion.

What explains the treatment of ethnic minorities in Southeast Asia? This Element conceptually disaggregates ethnicity into multiple constituent markers - specifically language, religion, and phenotype. By focusing on the interaction between these three ethnic markers, Liu and Ricks explore how overlap between these markers can affect whether a minority integrates within a broader ethnic identity; successfully extracts accommodation as unique group; or engages in a contentious and potentially violent relationship with the hegemon. The argument is tested through six case studies: (1) ethnic Lao in Thailand: integration; (2) ethnic Chinese in Thailand: integration; (3) ethnic Chinese in Malaysia: accommodation; (4) ethnic Malays in Singapore: accommodation; (5) ethnic Malays in Thailand: contention; and (6) ethnic Chinese in Indonesia: contention.

Departing from characterizations of Asian governments as benevolent overlords and Asian citizens as politically naive and/or docile, Fiona Yap explores the dynamic interactions between state and citizenry in the arena of economic policies. Yap focuses on the cases of Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan to show that, with the strategic use of activities ranging from labor unrest to investment in production, citizens can push a government to accept responsibility for poor economic conditions and to adopt specific reforms. Melding some forty years of comparative empirical data with formal modeling, she demonstrates a surprising pattern of government-citizen bargaining that exists independent of democratic institutions/processes

Chapter 1. A Panorama of the Arctic: Geopolitics and International Law -- Chapter 2. The New Strategic Triangle in the Arctic: China, Russia, and the United States -- Chapter 3. Sino–Russian Cooperation on the Polar Silk Road: Vision, Divergence, and Challenges -- Chapter 4. Participation in and Strategic Arrangements for Arctic Affairs by the United States: Seeking Collective Security in a New Era -- Chapter 5. Who Will Win in the Climate Crisis? A Reinterpretation of the Interaction between Climate Change and Security Issues in the Arctic -- Chapter 6. Extra-regional Players in the Arctic: EU, China, Japan, Singapore, and South Korea -- Chapter 7. The Polar Silk Road and the Belt and Road Initiative: Integration and Optimization -- Chapter 8. Conclusion.

Questioning the Herderian Ideal / Pritipuspa Mishra and Ying-Ying Tan -- Herder: Blessing or Curse for Linguistic Justice? A contemporary assessment / Helder de Schutter -- Rethinking the Principle of Linguistic Homogeneity in the Age of Superdiversity / Stephen May -- From Cultural Difference to Monoglossia: Herder's Language Trap / Tony Crowley -- Multilingualism in the United States: The Long History of Official Translations / Rosina Lozano -- A noble dream?: Hindustani and Indian Nationalism in the early twentieth century / Pritipuspa Mishra -- No Laughing Matter: Learning to Speak the "Common Language" in 1950s China / Janet Y. Chen -- Nationalism, multilingualism, and language planning in postcolonial Africa / Nkonko Kamwangamalu -- Language and National Consciousness in the Postcolonial Caribbean / Andrew Daily -- The Myth of Multilingualism in Singapore Ying-Ying Tan.

Introduction / Brigitte Suter, Lisa Åkesson -- Hegemony and hybridity : the integration of Portuguese migrants in Luanda and Maputo / Lisa Åkesson -- Locally embedded cosmopolitans? : young Europeans crafting their own space in Singapore and Tokyo / Helena Hof -- (Dis)Integrated women-self-other representations in the contemporary Italian migration to Morocco / Maria Giovanna Cassa -- Pathways of integration of young French of Maghrebi background in Montreal / Jérémy Mandin -- When Europeans move to Morocco "for love" : navigating legislative and religious boundaries in a Muslim context / Catherine Therrien -- Unravelling the integration paradox : the uprooting and home-making of Euro-Maghrebi minorities across racial formations / Jaafar Alloul -- Diverse encounters : European migrants' contact zones in China / Aldina Camenisch, Brigitte Suter.

A cluster of Asian states are well-known for their authoritarian legality while having been able to achieve remarkable economic growth. Why would an authoritarian regime seek or tolerate a significant degree of legality and how has such type of legality been made possible in Asia? Would a transition towards a liberal, democratic system eventually take place and, if so, what kind of post-transition struggles are likely to be experienced? This book compares the past and current experiences of China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, and Vietnam and offers a comparative framework for readers to conduct a theoretical dialogue with the orthodox conception of liberal democracy and the rule of law.

1. Introduction: In Search of a More Global Definition of Social Equity -- 2. Understanding Social Equity in Public Administration -- 3. Characteristics and Cultures in the Asia-Pacific Region -- 4. Ho'oponopono and the Kānaka Maoli: The Elusive Quest for Social Equity in the Hawaiian Islands -- 5. Social (In)equity in Australia? -- 6. Social Equity in the Pacific Islands -- 7. "Two Chinas": Social Equity, Social Policies and the Urban-Rural Divide in China -- 8. A Hong Kong Way of Social Equity -- 9. Social Equity in Japan -- 10. Social Equity and Public Sector Employment in the Republic of Korea -- 11. Social Equity in the Philippines: A Continuing-But Elusive-Promise -- 12. Social Equity in Singapore -- 13. Towards a More Global Understanding of Social Equity

Compulsory acquisition in the Netherlands -- Eminent domain use for densification in the United States -- Compulsory acquisition in UK public housing estate renewal : legal, planning, and project delivery perspectives -- Compulsory property acquisition for urban densification in Germany -- Accommodating densification and social sustainability in the inner city : case study of Griffintown in Montreal -- The use of compulsory property acquisition and land readjustment in urban densification in Spain -- Densification, dispossession, and disposable lives : a case study of urban space production through the expo in Shanghai -- Rural densification under China's link policy -- Land acquisition in Singapore : taking and giving -- Everybody needs good neighbours, especially in strata : are new Australian laws enabling forced sales of strata properties justified? -- Compulsory acquisition of private property rights for densification in Australia

The edited volume aims at examining China's role in the field of international governance and the rule of law under the Belt and Road Initiative from a holistic manner. It seeks alternative analytical frameworks that not only take into account legal ideologies and legal ideals, but also local demand, socio-political circumstances, to explain and understand China's legal interactions with countries along the Road, so that more useful insights can be produced in predicting and analysing China's as well as other emerging Asian countries' legal future. Authors from Germany, Korea, Singapore, Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong have contributed to this edited volume, which produces academic dialogues and conducts intellectual exchanges in specific sub-themes.

"This book documents short stories of inspirational local runners who were involved in the creation of Sundown Marathon or had participated and succeeded in the night race. Featuring the likes of Adrian Mok, Mok Ying Ren, Neo Jie Shi and many others, this collection features stories that uncover some of their own personal journeys and insights into their running experiences. By showcasing how these runners persevere in search of success, it is hoped that this book can inspire others to overcome their challenges and achieve their dreams. Runnerdotes: A Collection of Anecdotes from Inspirational Runners is a tribute to those who helped shape the running scene in Singapore."--Publisher's website.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- A Note to the Reader on the Online Appendixes -- Chapter 1. Immigration and the Shape of Globalization -- Chapter 2. Immigration, Trade, and Firm Mobility: A Political Dilemma -- Chapter 3. Immigration Policy and Two Eras of Globalization -- Chapter 4. Changing Industry Preferences in the United States -- Chapter 5. Policymakers' Responses to Firms in the United States -- Chapter 6. Immigration Policy in Small Countries: The Cases of Singapore and the Netherlands -- Chapter 7. The Rise of Anti-Immigration Sentiment and Undocumented Immigration as Explanations for Immigration Policy -- Chapter 8. Immigration in an Increasingly Globalized World -- Appendix A: Collection and Coding of the Immigration Policy Variable -- Bibliography -- Index

This volume investigates the nature of threats facing, or perceived as facing, some of the key players involved in Asian maritime politics. The articles in this collection present case studies on Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, Thailand, Japan, China, and Southeast Asia as a whole and focus on domestic definitions of threats and conceptualisations of security. These studies map the differing understandings of danger in this region and explore how contending narratives of "threats" and "security" affect the national maritime security policy deliberations within the claimant countries of this region. Those interested in maritime security and management in Asia will find this collection an invaluable addition to the literature on this topic.--

1. Introduction : the mandatory death penalty in historical and comparative perspective -- 2. An excessive and arbitrary punishment : the mandatory death penalty and discretion in the United States of America -- 3. Restricting the death penalty to the "rarest of the rare" : the origins of a discretionary death penalty in India and Bangladesh -- 4. A successful experiment : the abolition of the mandatory death penalty in the Commonwealth Caribbean -- 5. The holdouts : the survival of the mandatory death penalty in Malaysia and Singapore -- 6. The new frontier : constitutional challenges to the mandatory death penalty in Sub-Saharan Africa -- 7. The doctrine of extenuating circumstances : the rise of judicial sentencing discretion in Southern Africa -- 8. Conclusion : after the mandatory death penalty.

This book brings together selected lectures given by eminent educationalists in memory of Ruth Wong, an influential figure in the field of education. The lectures represent the powerful ideas seeded by Dr Wong and address the challenges of education in Singapores journey from a textbook case of poor education to a world-class educational system. The educational standard that we enjoy today was only possible thanks to visionary thinking and missionary zeal. This collection addresses key themes and issues in learning, schooling, teaching, teacher education, educational research and policy innovation, making it a must-read for educators, educational leaders and policy makers interested in providing uplifting education for the next generation of learners