Social Inequality and Human Security - Case Studies From Asia

This book collates case studies of national and subnational efforts to alleviate inequality and implement development and security policy more effectively, collaboratively, and multidimensionally. It seeks to provide a specific framework to analyse efforts at the national and sub-national efforts.

List of contents

List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Contributors
Abbreviations
Introduction
INTRODUCTION
Ch.1 Inequality: A Core Aspect of Human Security, Christian Ploberger
COUNTRY SECTION I - CHINA
Ch. 2 The Logic and Practice of Digital Inclusive Finance to Promote Common Prosperity
from the Perspective of Chinese-style Modernizationm, Junfeng Zhuang
Ch. 3 Harmony Reclaimed: Unveiling China's Common Prosperity Through the Greater
Bay Area (GBA) Case, Wei Manske-Wang, Yiqiao Wang, Sergej Vasic
Ch. 4 Grounding and rejuvenating China's BRI as economic statecraft at the provincial
level- A Case of Yunnan, Tao Song
COUNTRY SECTION II - SOUTHEAST ASIA
Ch. 5 Inequality from Decentralization: Challenges of Development at Local Government
Level in Thailand, Pradit Chinudomsub and Thanikun Chantra
Ch. 6 Poverty and income inequality in fishing communities of the Tonle Sap Lake: a case
study in Aek Phnum district of Battambang Province, Chealy Chet, Serey Sok, Youk
Senglong,, Born Doeur, and Thou Ponlue
Ch. 7 Addressing Inequality in Development: Human development challenge in
Cambodia's recent development, Tuomo Rautakivi
Ch. 8 Maritime Security and Economic Development: The Case of Indonesia,
M. Venkataraman
SPECIAL SECTION: Inequality and the Blue Economy
Ch. 9 Addressing Gender inequality: the Blue Economy way, C.S. Anuradha
Ch. 10 Mangrove Forest conservation as a strategy to address existing inequality of remote
communities, Joyprokash Mondal
Ch. 11 Fishing Conflicts in South Asia - a development challenge, with serious implications
for addressing existing inequality, Utham Kumar Jamadhagni

About the author

Christian Ploberger is lecturer at CBIS, Rajamangala University of Technology Tawan-Ok, Bangkok. His research focuses on regional cooperation, security, and climate change-development nexus with a geographic emphasis on Asia. He has recently edited the book River Basins and International Relations: Cooperation, Conflict and Sub-Regional Approaches (Routledge, 2023).

Product details

• Authors: Christian Ploberger
• Assisted by: Christian Ploberger (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 05.09.2025
• EAN: 9781032895901
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3289590-1
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Sustainable Development, Sociology, Asia, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, Social discrimination & inequality, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Development Studies, Development economics & emerging economies, Development economics and emerging economies, Social discrimination and social justice, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / Asian Studies