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Economic Disparity in Rural Myanmar

Transformation under Market Liberalization

By: Ikuko Okamoto

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Economic Disparity in Rural Myanmar

Transformation under Market Liberalization

By: Ikuko Okamoto

Market liberalization in Myanmar began in 1988 and had some unanticipated consequences. As farmers began to operate in a context with greatly reduced government control, there was an explosion in the production of green gram, which became extremely popular as an export crop. However, market liberalization in the industry surrounding this new export-oriented crop gave rise to growing economic disparities, largely determined by access to land, capital and credit. Ikuko Okamoto explores these issues through a detailed case study of Thongwa Township, a place east of Yangon (Rangoon) in the major green gram producing region in the country. She shows that farmers responded quickly to policy changes and made maximum use of new opportunities, even in a country where socialist policies had previously limited such opportunities. She also traces the consequences for different social groups in rural Myanmar, and shows that traders benefited the most from the new arrangements, and landless laborers the least. Her research offers important insights into the transition from a socialist to a market-based economy, and local-level responses to market incentives. It also shows that the success or failure of new crops in a peasant economy largely depends on whether the crop is compatible with the initial resource endowment.

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NUS Press

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997169431X

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9789971694319

Silence in Intercultural Communication

Perceptions and performance

By: Ikuko Nakane

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Silence in Intercultural Communication

Perceptions and performance

By: Ikuko Nakane

How and why is silence used interculturally? Approaching the phenomenon of silence from multiple perspectives, this book shows how silence is used, perceived and at times misinterpreted in intercultural communication. Using a model of key aspects of silence in communication – linguistic, cognitive and sociopsychological – and fundamental levels of social organization – individual, situational and sociocultural - the book explores the intricate relationship between perceptions and performance of silence in interaction involving Japanese and Australian participants. Through a combination of macro- and micro- ethnographic analyses of university seminar interactions, the stereotypes of the ‘silent East’ is reconsidered, and the tension between local and sociocultural perspectives of intercultural communication is addressed. The book has relevance to researchers and students in intercultural pragmatics, discourse analysis and applied linguistics.

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John Benjamins Publishing

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9027291772

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9789027291776

Okina Kyūin and the Politics of Early Japanese Immigration to the United States, 1868-1924

By: Ikuko Torimoto

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Okina Kyūin and the Politics of Early Japanese Immigration to the United States, 1868-1924

By: Ikuko Torimoto

Okina Kyūin boarded the steamship Kaga Maru at the port of Yokohama in 1907, bound for America. For this ambitious young man, Japanese-American newspapers were an invaluable medium for communicating his opinions on important social issues and documenting everyday life in his community. His vivid articles and stories established him as an essential voice among Japanese immigrants. This book examines Okina's life on the American West Coast in the context of U.S.-Japanese diplomatic relations between 1868 and 1924.

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McFarland

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1476627347

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9781476627342

Economic Disparity in Rural Myanmar

Transformation under Market Liberalization

By: Ikuko Okamoto

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Transformation under Market Liberalization

By: Ikuko Okamoto

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Book's by Ikuko Okamoto

Economic Disparity in Rural Myanmar

Economic Disparity in Rural Myanmar

Silence in Intercultural Communication

Silence in Intercultural Communication

Okina Kyūin and the Politics of Early Japanese Immigration to the United States, 1868-1924

Okina Kyūin and the Politics of Early Japanese Immigration to the United States, 1868-1924

Economic Disparity in Rural Myanmar

Economic Disparity in Rural Myanmar

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