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This book discusses three major elements - MTV, the Music of Malaysia, and the Music of Indonesia - and how these three interact in the modern cultural setting. The research objective behind the book was to study the impact of globalization, in the form of the MTV onslaught on the youth musical culture and identities of Indonesia and Malaysia, and to determine what theoretical basis could explain the new cultural products which have risen in response to this process. The book goes on to examine whether the nasyid and irama Malaysia music genres in Malaysia and dangdut in Indonesia are part of this process and how it is achieved

Within the last twenty years a large-scale bottom-up privatization has taken place in Vietnam, changing and dismantling the public health care system. This process has led to severe tensions inherent in the transitional society of Vietnam between equity and access to health care support – especially for the poor, elderly, migrants, and ethnic minorities – on the one hand, and its efficiency on the other hand. The book traces the reform efforts to modernize the health care system by the Communist Party of Vietnam and the Vietnamese government. The author bases her findings on little known primary literature and interviews with key stakeholders of the policy network involved in the reform of the health care system, thereby painting an authentic atmospheric picture of the profound changes in the health care system in Vietnam

Indonesia rising : the repositioning of Asia's third giant -- Contents -- Tables -- Figures -- Contributors -- Foreword: Indonesia, Australia and the world -- Preface -- Glossary -- 1. Indonesia's new prominence in the world -- 2. Indonesia in the new world balance -- 3. Indonesia's role in the world economy: sitting on the fence -- 4. Is Indonesia rising? It depends -- 5. Domestic politics and international posture: constraints and possibilities -- 6. Can Indonesia lead on climate change? -- 7. Indonesian Muslims and their place in the larger world of Islam -- 8. Indonesia's quiet springtime: knowledge, policy and reform -- 9. Problems of identity and legitimacy for Indonesia's place in the world -- Index.

Countering MTV influence in Indonesia and Malaysia -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Malay Cultural Landscape and Identity: Malaysia and Indonesia -- 3. Music, Islam, and Modern Cultural Identities -- 4. Pop Music, Cultural Imperialism, and Localization -- 5. Case Studies -- 6. Countering Cultural Imperialism: Theoretical Analysis -- References -- Index -- About the Author.

"Maritime power has been a key defining parameter of economic vitality and geostrategic power of nations. The first decade of the twenty-first century has witnessed the rise of China and India as confident economic powers pivoting on high growth rates and exponential expansion of science, technology and industrial growth. Sequel to their steadily growing economic clout has been the emphatic resurgence of their maritime power evident in maritime shipping, port development and the concomitant expansion of naval power. Dr Vijay Sakhuja, a former Indian Navy officer, in this pioneering study has splendidly elucidated and examined the resurgence of Asian naval power and its political-diplomatic, economic-commercial, science-technological-industrial, grand-strategic and operational-doctrinal dimensions. Using a neorealist framework, the author provides robust and insightful analysis of how China and India as great powers, using their maritime military capabilities, would evolve and act in global affairs." — Professor Sanjay Chaturvedi, Centre for the Study of Geopolitics, Punjab University, Chandigarh

This book is a macro-study of Indian business communities in Singapore through different phases of their growth since colonial times. It goes beyond the conventional labour-history approach to study Indian immigrants to Southeast Asia, both in terms of themselves and their connections with the peoples' movements. It looks at how Indian business communities negotiated with others in the environments in which they found themselves and adapted to them in novel ways. It especially brings into focus the patterns and integration of the Indian networks in the large-scale transnational flows of capital, one of the least-studied aspects of the diaspora history in this part of the world. The complexities and overlapping interests of different groups of traders and businessmen form an interesting study of various aspects of these trading bodies, their methods of operation and their trade links, both within and outside Singapore. The book also charts their mobility and progress, in terms of both business and social status. The research aims to construct linear threads of linkages through generations and situate them in the larger framework and broader paradigms of business networks in Singapore.In shedding light on aspects of Indian connectivities to Southeast Asia, the narrative is particularly relevant in the context of India's economic rise. This study raises economic, social and cultural issues regarding the transition