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  • Netizenship, Activism and Online Community Transformation in Indonesia

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    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    Focusing on the concept of prudence as ethical groundwork for digital practices and activism, this book considers digital media expediency and populism as conflicting required experiences that lead digital citizens to discover activism. It highlights the importance of digital citizens’ experience of ‘being-in-the-digital sphere’ and encourages the reader to look at the dynamics of online movement ... Read more

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  • Revitalizing PLACE through Social Enterprise

    Around the world, rural and urban communities alike face growing socio-economic and environmental challenges. Confronted with mounting threats of climate change, food insecurity, resource depletion, and inequality, local leaders are increasingly leveraging place-based social enterprises to reimagine and reshape the future. This volume introduces the PLACE Framework as a novel approach for ... Read more

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  • Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China

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  • The People's Republic of Amnesia

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  • South Korea since 1980

    Series series The World Since 1980
    This 2010 book examines the changes in politics, economics, society, and foreign policy in South Korea since 1980. Starting with a brief description of its history leading up to 1980, this book deals with South Korea's transition to democracy, the stunning economic development achieved since the 1960s, the 1997 financial crisis, and the economic reforms that followed and concludes with the North ... Read more

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  • Reflections: The Legacy Of Lee Kuan Yew

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