Showing papers in "Journal of Contemporary Asia in 1987"
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the relationship between religion, language and nationalism in Bangladesh, focusing on Islam, Islamism, and Islamism in the context of contemporary Asia: Vol. 17, No. 4, pp. 473-487.
Abstract: (1987). Religion, language and nationalism in Bangladesh. Journal of Contemporary Asia: Vol. 17, No. 4, pp. 473-487.
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TL;DR: In this paper, political and economic factors affecting migration to Bangkok from the rest of Thailand are examined and the focus is on migration to the capital from the northeastern region. (ANNOTATION)
Abstract: Political and economic factors affecting migration to Bangkok from the rest of Thailand are examined. The focus is on migration to the capital from the northeastern region. (ANNOTATION)
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the role of the Catholic Church in Philippine politics, and present a survey of the Church's role in the Philippines' political system, focusing on women's empowerment.
Abstract: (1987). The Catholic Church in Philippine politics. Journal of Contemporary Asia: Vol. 17, No. 3, pp. 320-338.
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TL;DR: In this article, Socio-economic change in Southeast India, 1950s to 1980s, is discussed, and a survey of socio-economic changes in the region is presented.
Abstract: (1987). Socio-economic change in Southeast India, 1950s to 1980s. Journal of Contemporary Asia: Vol. 17, No. 3, pp. 276-292.
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TL;DR: In this paper, agrarian class structure and obstacles to capitalist development in Iran are discussed, and the obstacles to economic development are discussed. But the authors do not consider the economic aspects of these obstacles.
Abstract: (1987). Agrarian class structure and obstacles to capitalist development in Iran. Journal of Contemporary Asia: Vol. 17, No. 3, pp. 293-319.
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TL;DR: The ordinary English worker regards himself as a member of the ruling nation and consequently he becomes a tool of the English aristocrats and capitalists against Ireland, thus strengthening their domination over himself as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: Every industrial and commercial centre in England now possesses a working class divided into two hostile camps, English proletarians and Irish proletarians. The ordinary English worker hates the Irish worker as a competitor who lowers his standard of life. In relation to the Irish worker he regards himself as a member of the ruling nation and consequently he becomes a tool of the English aristocrats and capitalists against Ireland, thus strengthening their domination over himself. Karl Marx, 1870
TL;DR: In this article, criminal law in the People's Republic of Kampuchea is discussed and the authors propose a framework for criminal law enforcement in Kampuchean society, which is based on this article.
Abstract: (1987). Criminal law in the People's Republic of Kampuchea. Journal of Contemporary Asia: Vol. 17, No. 4, pp. 508-518.
TL;DR: There is no royal road to science, and only those who do not dread the fatiguing climb of its steep paths have a chance of gaining its luminous summits.
Abstract: There is no royal road to science, and only those who do not dread the fatiguing climb of its steep paths have a chance of gaining its luminous summits. — Karl Marx, 1872
TL;DR: In the social sciences it often takes several generations to dislodge obsolescence and serious mistakes can be, and are made, hurting the lives of millions of hapless people as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: In the social sciences it often takes several generations to dislodge obsolescence. In the meantime, serious mistakes can be, and are made, hurting the lives of millions of hapless people. In poor countries…the mistakes can be costly. And the funerals premature and unnecessary—funerals, not of social scientists, who usually operate from a secure haven, but of the designated beneficiaries of development policies formulated on the basis of faulty premises and paradigms.
TL;DR: In this paper, aid conditionality in Bangladesh: The case of PL 480 is discussed. But the case is different from ours in the sense that it is a case of a single person.
Abstract: (1987). Aid conditionality in Bangladesh: The case of PL 480. Journal of Contemporary Asia: Vol. 17, No. 4, pp. 488-494.
TL;DR: In this article, finance in a socialist transition: The case of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (1955-1964) Journal of Contemporary Asia: Vol. 17, No. 3, pp 339-365.
Abstract: (1987). Finance in a socialist transition: The case of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (1955–1964) Journal of Contemporary Asia: Vol. 17, No. 3, pp. 339-365.