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Political Science and International Studies (R0)

Nicholas Henry

Asylum, Work, and Precarity

Bordering the Asia-Pacific

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Asia-Pacific: Regional reordering.- Chapter 3. Myanmar: at the margins of democratisation.- Chapter 4. Australia: border anxiety and threat perception.- Chapter 5. Asia-Pacific: Unfinished independence.- Chapter 6. Conclusion.

A revelatory financial history showing that today's massive Islamic finance industry was preceded by decades of Muslim interest banking across Eurasia and Africa. Since the 1970s, the now multi-trillion-dollar Islamic finance industry has offered interest-free banking to Muslims around the world. Its proponents maintain that Islamic law strictly forbids all forms of financial interest. Many academic accounts echo this perspective, assuming that before the 1970s, Muslims either avoided interest banking out of deep-seated religious hostility or practiced it in defiance of religious stricture. Yet as Michael O'Sullivan argues, these narratives overlook rich traditions of Muslim interest banking that preceded Islamic finance. In the early twentieth century, the first modern Muslim-owned interest banks appeared across Eurasia and Africa-from India to the Ottoman Empire, Tsarist Russia, Habsburg Bosnia, Tunisia, Egypt, Iran, Palestine, and Indonesia. Viewed as a solution to Muslim economic distress, these banks intensified debates among Muslims about both the Islamic legal tradition and acceptable economic practices. While interest banks raised suspicions among some Islamic legal scholars, others explicitly defended their legality and encouraged Muslim entrepreneurs. Ultimately, O'Sullivan shows that the Islamic finance industry's commitment to interest-free banking was a product of contingency as much as principle. It was a combination of bank failures, high rates of indebtedness, and changing religious interpretations that eventually led many Muslims to reject interest banking and demand a replacement more commensurate with an "Islamic economy." Even so, the religious debates inaugurated by the first Muslim interest banks persist to this day. A vibrant portrait of economic life in the so-called peripheries of capital, The Borrower's Refuge is a major contribution to the global history of finance.

Muslim Interest Banking Before Islamic Finance

The Borrower’s Refuge

Perspectives on Global Affairs

With more than 180 million migrants worldwide, roughly 2.3 percent of the global population, migration is a global phenomenon, characterized by cross-border movements that are strikingly varied. This book discusses the current state of migration as a question of governance rather than crisis, examining contemporary migration movements within the legal, political, and economic structures that shape who may move, and why. The book focuses on Latin America, a region shaped by long histories of mobility, and the immigration policy frameworks of the United States, the European Union, and Latin America and the Caribbeans, tracing how different institutional architectures face similar migratory pressures but obtain markedly different outcomes. Ultimately, the book argues that migration functions as a governance barometer, by introducing the concept of policy elasticity, and exploring the limitations of existing “one-size-fits-all” approaches.

Latin America and the Crisis of Global Migration Regimes

The émigré merchant Stephen Girard of Philadelphia (1750-1831) embodied many of the values associated with the revolutionary American republic he chose to call home. After haphazardly arriving in Philadelphia in 1776, the Frenchman benefited mightily from the economic opportunities of his volatile era. As he entered maturity, the merchant-banker found meaning through civic leadership and his famous last will and testament, in which he codified his approach to national progress through civic works. Studying Girard's philosophy of engaged citizenship illuminates the cultural forces at work in the early United States.&nbsp; Girard also bequeathed to posterity an enormous cache of archival records, a substantial library, a diverse collection of fine and decorative art, as well as an intriguing assemblage of material culture related to the careers of his "Philosopher Ships," named for his favored authors. This collection creates a rare opportunity to conjure the world inhabited by Girard and his intimates, including his wife Mary Lum Girard, his enslaved woman Hannah, female relations of mixed racial backgrounds, unmarried intimate partners, and business associates. Making use of this remarkable, and underexplored, collection allows Girard's story to transcend an individual's life, shedding light on economy, society, civic culture, labor, family relationships, and global politics at a pivotal moment in history.&nbsp; Portrait of a Citizen is the first modern scholarly study to link the material relics of Girard's life to the history of his heavily litigated will, culminating in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. By viewing Girard's life, works, and memory across the centuries, the book poses persistent and pressing questions about civic belonging in the United States.

The émigré merchant Stephen Girard of Philadelphia (1750–1831) embodied many of the values associated with the revolutionary American republic he chose to call home. After haphazardly arriving in Philadelphia in 1776, the Frenchman benefited mightily from the economic opportunities of his volatile era. As he entered maturity, the merchant-banker found meaning through civic leadership and his famous last will and testament, in which he codified his approach to national progress through civic works. Studying Girard’s philosophy of engaged citizenship illuminates the cultural forces at work in the early United States.&nbsp;
 
 Girard also bequeathed to posterity an enormous cache of archival records, a substantial library, a diverse collection of fine and decorative art, as well as an intriguing assemblage of material culture related to the careers of his "Philosopher Ships," named for his favored authors. This collection creates a rare opportunity to conjure the world inhabited by Girard and his intimates, including his wife Mary Lum Girard, his enslaved woman Hannah, female relations of mixed racial backgrounds, unmarried intimate partners, and business associates. Making use of this remarkable, and underexplored, collection allows Girard’s story to transcend an individual’s life, shedding light on economy, society, civic culture, labor, family relationships, and global politics at a pivotal moment in history.&nbsp;
 
 Portrait of a Citizen is the first modern scholarly study to link the material relics of Girard’s life to the history of his heavily litigated will, culminating in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. By viewing Girard’s life, works, and memory across the centuries, the book poses persistent and pressing questions about civic belonging in the United States.

Stephen Girard, Mariner, Merchant, Banker, and Philanthropist of the Early American Republic

Portrait of a Citizen

This book presents an innovative economic theory that successfully integrates the "effective market" and the "capable government" into a unified model. Moving beyond the traditional view of market versus state, it demonstrates how these forces can work together organically, drawing key insights from China's economic development story. The work constructs a comprehensive rational synthesis model, assigning balanced weight to both market mechanisms and government action. It establishes corresponding macroeconomic goals and policy frameworks. Building on this foundation, the book offers a unified analysis of economic growth theory and identifies the optimal balance point between government intervention and market freedom. Ultimately, this groundbreaking contribution, rooted in China's successful practice, offers a vital new perspective for understanding modern economies. It positions China's economic model and theory for greater global influence, contributing fresh pathways for development within today's rapidly changing world and the pursuit of a shared future for mankind.

This book presents an innovative economic theory that successfully integrates the "effective market" and the "capable government" into a unified model. Moving beyond the traditional view of market versus state, it demonstrates how these forces can work together organically, drawing key insights from China's economic development story. The work constructs a comprehensive rational synthesis model, assigning balanced weight to both market mechanisms and government action. It establishes corresponding macroeconomic goals and policy frameworks. Building on this foundation, the book offers a unified analysis of economic growth theory and identifies the optimal balance point between government intervention and market freedom. Ultimately, this groundbreaking contribution, rooted in China's successful practice, offers a vital new perspective for understanding modern economies. It positions China's economic model and theory for greater global influence, contributing fresh pathways for development within today's rapidly changing world and the pursuit of a shared future for mankind.

Theoretical Perspectives

The Innovation of Economic Theory in China

China Perspectives

The External Dynamics of the Huizhou Hyper-stability Structure

Social Continuity and Rupture in Rural China II

Asian Yearbook of International Economic Law

The Asian Yearbook of International Economic Law (AYIEL) 2025 addresses the rapidly evolving field of international economic law with a special focus on Asia and the Pacific. With the rapidly changing geopolitical situation, protectionist measures have been taken by many countries, which has caused significant impact on international economic governance. Given the importance of Asia and the Pacific, it is necessary to study on trade protectionism and its impacts especially from a regional perspective.

Asian Yearbook of International Economic Law 2025

CALVENDO Glaube

Weisheiten aus Asien mit meditativen Fotografien

Familienplaner 2027 - BUDDHA im GLÜCK - Weisheiten aus Asien mit 5 Spalten (Wandkalender, 21 x 45 cm) CALVENDO

A Strategic Transformation of Mobility and Logistics

Low-Altitude Economy

"Take a fascinating journey with Pobsook Chamchong to learn what it takes for a hierarchical nation to produce policy innovation. Her counterintuitive insight is that innovating in such a context depends on cultivating a deep commitment to co-creation."&nbsp;
--Christopher Ansell, Professor, University of California, Berkeley.
“This book is a must read for anybody interested in how to stimulate co-creation of innovative solutions to societal problems in societies that are hierarchical both in terms of formal power distribution and cultural norms. Based on theoretical reflection and empirical inquiry, Pobsook emphasizes the crucial role that innovation cultivators play in building an ecosystem that supports and promotes cocreated innovation. An important contribution to the existing research is that she brings to light the importance of not only promoting horizontal network connections between local actors but also vertical networks between actors at different levels in organizational and communal hierarchies.”
--Eva Sørensen, Professor, Roskilde School of Governance, Roskilde University, Denmark.
This book examines policy innovation in highly hierarchical societies, particularly in Asia. Drawing on an insightful case study from Thailand, it assesses how policy innovations come to be cultivated at the sub-national level of a centralised government. In particular, the book assesses the role of policy innovation cultivators in the policymaking process, including the constraints placed upon them and the tactics they employ to overcome them. Whilst this topic has received much attention from scholars in democratic societies, far less studies have examined the role of policy innovation cultivators in Asia and the Global South, where countries are often governed by hierarchical, semi-autocratic governments. The book therefore offers important insights into how the role of these cultivators differs in different parts of the world, depending on the political context, administrative system, and socio-cultural setting in which they operate. It also highlights the need for culturally sensitive approaches to studying policy innovation, tracing a journey through generative policy ecosystems. It will appeal to all those interested in public policy, public administration and governance, as well as politics in Asia and the Global South.
Pobsook Chamchong is Assistant Professor in the School of Public Policy, Chiang Mai University, Thailand.

Cultivating Policy Innovation in Hierarchical Societies

An expansive selection of poems from the last giant of classical Chinese poetry’s golden age, Yang Wan-li (1127–1206 c.e.), masterfully translated by David Hinton. A typical Yang Wan-li poem attends to immediate experience with profound clarity, and this attention usually leads to a moment of sudden awakening: a startling image or turn of thought, a surprising imaginative gesture, a twist of humor. As a government official, Yang undertook many long and arduous journeys that exposed him to both breathtaking landscapes and hardships of hunger, exhaustion, bitter weather, and dangerous rapids in stark gorges. It is in this crucible of tranquil beauty and existential danger that he forged a poetry of self-realization deeply informed by Ch’an (Zen) Buddhist insight. With nothing more than a crystalline attention to the present moment, Yang’s poems find enlightenment everywhere: in a fly, for instance, sunning on a windowsill. Hinton’s translations give a remarkably modern voice to Yang’s journeys through the perennial mysteries of consciousness, revealing for a new generation why his poetry has captivated readers for nearly a millennium.

The Selected Poems of Yang Wan-li

This open access book demonstrates that in a large and diverse country like Indonesia, sustained national growth is difficult to achieve without accelerating the growth of its lagging regions. Conventional economic prescriptions-monetary and fiscal stimulus, trade liberalization, and deregulation of the real sector-are insufficient on their own. When national growth rises because lagging regions catch up, the result is an inclusive growth trajectory. &nbsp; Yet even this is not enough. Higher output does not automatically translate into improved human welfare across regions. A welfare indicator such as the Human Capital Index (HCI) offers a far more meaningful measure than GDP because it captures both the current and future productivity of people. Ultimately, development is not defined by what a country produces, but by what its people become. &nbsp; Using a spatial modeling framework and panel data, the book identifies the key determinants of regional HCI-education, stunting rates, and the dominance of the mining sector. It further argues that because the majority of Indonesian workers are concentrated in the low productivity retail trade sector, any policy seeking to raise welfare at scale must begin by improving productivity in this sector. This is not a peripheral concern; it is a central condition for broad based welfare gains, with the potential to transform the ordinary backbone of the economy into an engine of shared human advancement.

This open access book demonstrates that in a large and diverse country like Indonesia, sustained national growth is difficult to achieve without accelerating the growth of its lagging regions. Conventional economic prescriptions—monetary and fiscal stimulus, trade liberalization, and deregulation of the real sector—are insufficient on their own. When national growth rises because lagging regions catch up, the result is an inclusive growth trajectory. &nbsp; Yet even this is not enough. Higher output does not automatically translate into improved human welfare across regions. A welfare indicator such as the Human Capital Index (HCI) offers a far more meaningful measure than GDP because it captures both the current and future productivity of people. Ultimately, development is not defined by what a country produces, but by what its people become. &nbsp; Using a spatial modeling framework and panel data, the book identifies the key determinants of regional HCI—education, stunting rates, and the dominance of the mining sector. It further argues that because the majority of Indonesian workers are concentrated in the low productivity retail trade sector, any policy seeking to raise welfare at scale must begin by improving productivity in this sector. This is not a peripheral concern; it is a central condition for broad based welfare gains, with the potential to transform the ordinary backbone of the economy into an engine of shared human advancement.

Asylum, Work, and Precarity

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