Cleavage, connection and conflict in rural, urban and contemporary Asia

Asia, the location of the world's fastest-growing economies, is also home to some of the fastest rates of urbanization humanity has ever seen, a process whose speed renders long-term outcomes highly unpredictable. This volume contrasts with much published work on the rural/urban divide, which h...

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Other Authors: Bunnell, Tim., Parthasarathy, D., Thompson, Eric C., SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, ©2013.
Dordrecht ; New York : [2013]
Physical Description: 1 online resource.
Series: ARI-Springer Asia series ; v. 3.
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Table of Contents:
  • INDIA
  • Rural, Urban, and Regional: Re-spatializing Capital and Politics in India /
  • D. Parthasarathy
  • Rural Youths as Real Estate Entrepreneurs in Globalizing Hyderabad /
  • Anant Maringanti
  • Livelihoods and Development: Socioeconomic Exclusion in Mumbai's Hinterland /
  • Stephen John Louw, Parthasarathi Mondal
  • INDONESIA
  • Regional Governance in Decentralizing Indonesia: Learning from the Success of Urban-Rural Cooperation in Metropolitan Yogyakarta /
  • Delik Hudalah, Fikri Zulfahmi, Tommy Firman
  • Urban-Rural Connections: Banda Aceh Through Conflict, Tsunami, and Decentralization /
  • Michelle Ann Miller, Tim Bunnell
  • Urbanization Without Development: The Cases of Cirebon and Gresik on Java's North Coast /
  • Riwanto Tirtosudarmo
  • MALAYSIA
  • Sense of Place and the Politics of "Insider-ness" in Villages Undergoing Transition: The Case of City Kampung on Penang Island /
  • Suriati Ghazali
  • Gender and the Interplay of Rural and Urban: A Malaysian Case /
  • Maila Stivens
  • Urban Cosmopolitan Chauvinism and the Politics of Rural Identity /
  • Eric C. Thompson
  • THAILAND
  • Gendered Nation and Classed Modernity: The Perceptions of Mia Farang (Foreigners' Wives) in Thai Society /
  • Sunanta Sirijit
  • Redrawing Thai Political Space: The Red Shirt Movement /
  • Chairat Charoensin-o-larn
  • The City as Promise and Ruin: The Supernatural and Urban Change in Chiang Mai /
  • Andrew Alan Johnson.