Böcker i Kyoto CSEAS Series on Asian Studies-serien

A collection of essays engaging with Buddhism in Thailand and the virtues of distraction and variety within the materialist turn in studies of religion.

The contributors to this volume bring unique perspectives and methodologies to bear to unravel Myanmar's tangled challenges. The book employs unconventional approaches and analytical rigour to address a fundamental question: is Myanmar itself unravelling?

Through an examination of the commonalities, differences and interactions of Japanese and Filipino histories, ideas of history, modernisation theory, and area studies, Serizawa makes an important contribution to sorting through the tangled histories of Asia in the complicated matrix of colonial, wartime and Cold War contexts.

Shows how competition to manage and control Indonesia's vast natural resources is no longer limited to national level interests, nor can it be restricted only to the local level. The study explains changes in the structure of the national political economy as the result of engagement of local actors in disputes with the central government.

The serious degradation of the vast peatlands of Indonesia since the 1990s is the proximate cause of the haze that endangers public health in Indonesian Sumatra and Borneo, and also in neighbouring Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. This title explains the degradation of peat soils and outlines a potential course of action to deal with the catastrophe looming over the region.