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The Transnational Marriage Market in Taiwan

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taigeirlIn the past decade Taiwan has seen a booming business in brokering foreign brides from Southeast Asia, mainly Vietnam, and China to Taiwanese men. A relatively recent development which began in 2002, is the importation of brides from Eastern Europe, mainly from Ukraine and Russia.

This new direction challenged the stereotypical images of transnational Continue reading →

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India: The Invisible Hands of the Market

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indiaMarketOur project will postulate that India could emerge as the paradigm for democracy. As India emerges as the representative possibility for an enduring “sovereign, socialist, secular democracy,” the country finds itself at the center of a conundrum, one that threatens the economic stability of this promising democracy. Continue reading →

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