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Discourses of gender and caste in rural South Asia. An analysis of the ideology of impurity
DERAP Working Paper | Jan 1991
This paper focuses on ideology, gender and caste in Tamilnadu, South India. First the epistemological grounding of a critical feminist theory of ideology ...
Asia: India
Political Islam in South Asia
CMI Report | Jan 2002
This report analyses the growth of political Islam in South Asia (Pakistan, Afghanistan and India's Jammu and Kashmir Province). In Pakistan the failure ...
Asia: Afghanistan, India, Pakistan
Bergen Seminar in Development Economics
Event | 8 May 2014
Robert Lensink (Groningen) and Carol Newman (Dublin) are visiting CMI for the spring Bergen seminar in development economics. There will be papers on son-preference in South-Asia, technology transfers and foreign investments in Vietnam, the role of IMF for foreign aid flows, and on financial literacy in rural Rwanda.
Introduction: Performing the State
Journal Article | Jul 2016
Seeking to expand the domain of the political beyond normative understandings of the state, the articles in this special edition examine the performative ...
Performance, governance, religion, militia, Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Thailand, Myanmar, Southeast Asia
Aid Relationships in Asia. Exploring Ownership in Japanese and Nordic Aid
Edited Book | Jan 2008
This book offers fresh perspectives on the current aid effectiveness and aid relationship debates by focusing on the issue of ownership. The book ...
Development aid, Aid effectiveness, Viet Nam, Laos, Sri Lanka, Mongolia, Nepal, China, Thailand, Japan, Nordic countries
Conversation on "New Industries of Spirituality and Violence"
Event | 5 Jun 2008
Over the past decade, the study of so-called religious violence has evolved into a veritable cottage industry. Taking a critical view of the 'religious violence industry', this CMI seminar brings together two scholars, Faisal Devji and Kathinka Frøystad, whose historical and ethnographically informed research engages directly with the issues of 'religion' and 'violence.'
Human Rights Commissions in Southeast Asia
Project | Aug - Dec 2003
A study of human rights commissions in Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines
Asia: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
Bibliography on Norwegian development research 1980-1989. A compilation of Norwegian research on Africa, Asia, Latin- America, Oceania and north-south relations.
Edited Book | Jan 1991
(Published in cooperation with Norwegian Association for Development Research; Centre for Development Studies, University of Bergen and Chr. Michelsen ...
Policing the Favelas: Reform, Rank, and Resistance in Rio’s Pacifying Police Units
News | 24 Mar 2015
Felipe doesn’t like it much, shootouts occur almost every day, but he knows that he can’t show any signs of weakness, so he tries to keep up appearances. Two weeks after arriving at Fazendinha he was shot in a confrontation with armed traffickers.
Locating China's Maritime Silk Road in the context of the South China Sea disputes
Book Chapter | Jan 2019
The South China Sea (SCS) is a bitterly contested maritime battleground for state sovereignty, oil and gas and, perhaps above all, for the marine resources ...
CMI partner in new centre of excellence on maternal and child health
News | 15 Oct 2013
Every year, millions of children die before reaching the age of five. 85 percent of child-mother fatalities happen in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. The new Centre for Intervention Science in Maternal and Child Health (CISMAC) focus their efforts here.
Supporting culture and development in Asia A review of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture
Commissioned Report | May 2016
This report commissioned by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs provides a review of the Norwegian 2012-2015 core support to the Aga Khan ...
Aga Khan Trust for Culture, Culture, India, Malaysia
Nuptiality in Bangladesh
Journal Article | Jan 1980
Nuptiality in Bangladesh Armindo Miranda The Journal of Social Studies Asia: Bangladesh armindo mi
Asia: Bangladesh
The gendered state: A review of some recent studies on women and the state
DERAP Working Paper | Jan 1991
This working paper is an analytical review of four recent studies on "women and the state" or the gendered state. Three of these books include studies ...
Women, Gender relations, State, Africa, Asia, Europe
The demography of Bangaldesh: Data and issues
DERAP Publication | Jan 1982
The demography of Bangaldesh: Data and issues Armindo Miranda DERAP Publication Asia: Bangladesh a
Asia: Bangladesh
Politics of food and famine in Bangladesh
Journal Article | Jan 1979
Politics of food and famine in Bangladesh Rehman Sobhan Economic and Political Weekly Asia: Bangla
Asia: Bangladesh
Infrastructure development and the rural poor in Bangladesh
DERAP Publication | Jan 1987
Infrastructure development and the rural poor in Bangladesh Haakon Lein DERAP Publication Asia: Ba
Asia: Bangladesh
The state and the peasantry: The Bangladesh Case
DERAP Working Paper | Jan 1983
The state and the peasantry: The Bangladesh Case Atiur Rahman DERAP Working Paper Asia: Bangladesh
Asia: Bangladesh
Food politics and famine in Bangladesh
DERAP Working Paper | Jan 1979
Food politics and famine in Bangladesh Rehman Sobhan DERAP Working Paper Asia: Bangladesh rehman s
Asia: Bangladesh
Problematics of nationalism: Bangladesh
DERAP Working Paper | Jan 1983
Problematics of nationalism: Bangladesh B.K. Jahangir DERAP Working Paper Asia: Bangladesh b.k. ja
Asia: Bangladesh