30. Oct 2009

Peace and Protest: Unarmed Insurrections in East Asia, 1946–2006 by Isak Svensson and Mathilda Lindgren, Uppsala University

InFocus, Peace

Whereas the discussion on East Asian Peace has primarily focused on
armed conflicts, this article contributes by discussing unarmed conflicts in the East Asian region. The article presents
the regional picture of the prevalence of these types of non-violent, popular
uprisings and contends that these types of social conflicts are important to
consider in order to get a better grasp of what kind of relative peacefulness
that East Asia is experiencing.

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19. Oct 2009

Peace for Asia

InFocus

By Stein
Tønnesson

Research
Professor, International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO)

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11. Oct 2009

How Should Employers Treat Domestic Workers?[1]

InFocus

Daniel A. Bell (Tsinghua University,
Beijing)

 

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11. Oct 2009

A rainbow anniversary: On the paradoxes of lesbian and gay life in contemporary China

China, gender, InFocus

Elisabeth L. Engebretsen

 

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4. Oct 2009

En anderledes fattigdom

China, development, InFocus, poverty

 

De økonomiske reformer udrydder en del af landets fattigdom, men skaber samtidig
nye grupper af fattige.

Af Kjeld A. Larsen

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