Herbary ZHANG published a new article in the Journal of Family Studies, entitled "Re-defining stigmatization : intersectional stigma of single mothers in Thailand".
This article draws on participant observations and interviews with 35 single mothers and five social workers from NGOs that assist single mothers in Thailand. It reveals that single mothers experience intersectional stigma in their everyday lives, based on their gender, class, ethnicity, religious status and other dominant (...)

Thi Anh-Dao TRAN, chercheuse associée, Élodie MANIA et Arsène RIEBER viennent de publier un article dans la revue Post-Communist Economies.
DOI : 10.1080/14631377.2021.2006483
Viet Nam is following the successive waves of rapid industrialisation in Asia by implementing an export-oriented growth strategy. The country is strongly integrated into global value chains. However, a key concern is whether such trade-led growth is sustainable in the long run and resilient to global shocks.
Drawing (...)

Emmanuelle PEYVEL have published an article in Tourist Studies, a multi-disciplinary journal providing a platform for the development of critical perspectives on the nature of tourism as a social phenomenon.
Using a post-socialist framework, this article analyzes recreational communism, that is, the commodification of communism through commercial places that use Bao Cấp (subsidy period in Vietnam) for tourism and leisure. These places include cafés, restaurants, souvenir shops, art (...)

Éric FRÉCON, chercheur associé à l’IRASEC, vient de publier une note pour l’IRSEM intitulée "L’influence sécuritaire chinoise à Singapour". C’est là une occasion de se pencher sur Singapour en général, ce qui n’est pas si fréquent, et sur sa diplomatie en particulier. À la fois micro-État et hub stratégique, la cité-État s’affirme de plus en plus à l’ombre des grandes puissances régionales, à commencer par la Chine.
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Rémi NGUYEN, IRASEC affiliated researcher, just published an article in "Asian Journal of Law and Policy" : The Opportunity for a Civil Code in Myanmar.
If the modern concept of codification is seen as a Code, Myanmar experienced for long time official and various codifications in a broad interpretation of the term. Indeed, Dhammathat has been used in the Ancient Burma. Moreover, a Burma Code related to the codification of Indian Common Law has been established in the country through the (...)

Nous avons le plaisir de vous faire part de la publication d’un article de Rémi NGUYEN, chercheur associé à l’IRASEC, portant sur le droit des sociétés en Birmanie. L’ouvrage publié par le Centre de Droit de l’Université des Philippines.
For over 100 years, the Myanmar Companies law did not change significantly even though there were important political events. For decades, Myanmar was marginalized from globalization ; foreign investors were not prone to invest due to the political and economic (...)