Asia

Introduction - searching for development alternatives - class, gender and environment in Asian economic growth, Jayant Lele. Part 1 New social movements in Asia: ASEAN NGOS in the post Cold War world, Francis Loh Kok Wah; the rise of NGOs as critical social movements in Thailand, Suthy Prasartset; making a new world - ecology strategies in Asia - revisiting Chico, Nam Chaon and silent valley movements, Lawrence Surendra; ethnic insurgencies in North-east India and Chittagong Hill tracts of Bangladesh - a look at tribal social movements, Kalam Shahed. Part 2 Asian women in the international division of labour: Filipina domestic workers in Hong Kong and the new international division of labour, Ludmilla Kwitko; emerging gender inequalities within Asia, Krishna Ahooja-Patel; the impact of reforms on women in China, Wu Qing; Filipino women in the Japanese entertainment industry, Naomi Hosoda. Part 3 Asian environment and development: Himalaya - from disaster to survival, Sunderlal Bahuguna; development, geopolitics, and the environmental alteration of the Mekong, Peter Stoett; wood, environmental imperatives and developmental strategies - challenges for Southeast Asia, Sing Chew; development, natural resources management and sustainability - lessons from the Indican forestry experience, Richard Haeuber; energy supply and use in India and China - whose priorities for whose benefit?, Dorothy Lele.