The recent decades have seen a decline in world poverty and an extension of democracy in many countries around the world. Nevertheless, many people have the feeling that this has also been a period of social setbacks, and there is a general atmosphere of skepticism regarding the possibility of long-term substantial social progress. A new report compiled by the International Panel on Social Progress (IPSP) seeks to gain insights into what the current main risks and challenges are, and how institutions and policies can be improved if the plagues of inequality, segregation, intolerance, exclusion and violence are to be fought. This Focus shares the message of hope found in the IPSP report: A better society is indeed possible, its contours can be broadly described, and all we need is to gather forces toward realizing this vision.
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| 3.......... | From the Director |
| 4 - 5 | IIAS celebrates 25 years A number of special activities have been planned for the upcoming year in honour of IIAS’s 25th anniversary | Read more |
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The Study |
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6 - 7 Imaginaries of Jurong Industrial Estate, Singapore |
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8 The lingering corpse in the Chinese urban |
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9 A besieged artist: Hal Wichers in the Netherlands Indies |
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10 -11 China's country music: China wind |
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The Region |
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12 - 14 China Connections |
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15 - 17 News from Northeast Asia |
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18 - 19 News from Southeast Asia |
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20 - 23 News from Australia and the Pacific |
The Review |
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| 24 - 25 ...... | New reviews on newbooks.asia |
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26 - 27 Trajectories of memory embodied in memorial and historical sites |
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26 - 27 A Problem of Scale: Food Safety in China |
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27 Child's Play |
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The Focus: A collective and interdisciplinary analysis of social progress |
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29 A collective and interdisciplinary analysis of social progress |
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30 Rethinking Asia for the 21st Century |
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31 Social justice and well-being: lessons for Asia |
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32 - 33 Values and principles for social progress |
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34 - 35 Economic growth, social progress and planetary welfare |
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36 - 37 Public health and social progress |
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38 - 39 Sustainable social progress begins with education: current perspectives on the Asia region |
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40 Religion and social flourishing in Asia |
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| 41 | The Adspace |
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The Network |
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42 Report: Becoming a scholar in Cambodia: Struggles and ambitions |
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43 Report: Mapping, sensing, moving: Spatial methods for divided landscapes |
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43 Report: Places and pedagogies: rethinking Area Studies through ‘Postcolonial Displacements’ |
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44 - 45 Report: Collaborative teaching between cultures and fields. Curation of the photo exhibition 'Dilliwale' in Shanghai |
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46 - 47 The weird third thing. Report on a workshop on Chinese poetry and translation |
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48 New Publication: Waiting and not waiting |
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49 Building the New Silk Road: China’s Belt and Road Initiative in context |
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| 49 | New Titles in the AUP/IIAS Series on Asian Studies |
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Digital Resources |
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50 East Asia Resource Library in Slovenia. Open a matchbox and access global knowledge of the region |
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50 Naval Kishore Press - digital: From hidden treasure to open access |
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51 200 years Oriental Studies in Russia. The Institute of Oriental Studies against the background of Russian history |
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| 52...... | IIAS announcements |
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| 53...... | IIAS Fellowship Programme In the spotlight: Xiaosen Song and Daniel Mekonnen |
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| 54 - 55... | IIAS Research, Networks, and Initiatives |
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The Portrait |
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56 Song of Spring: Pan Yu-Lin in Paris |
