This book collates case studies of national and subnational efforts to alleviate inequality and implement development and security policy more effectively, collaboratively, and multidimensionally.

While inequality is a fundamental developmental challenge and a global phenomenon, responsibility largely falls to the state to address it. This book seeks to provide a specific framework to analyse these efforts at the national and sub-national levels. It does so through the United Nations’ concept of Human Security, whose five core principles provide a good means of addressing inequality’s various facets. Each chapter opens by highlighting the specific aspect of human security that is being addressed. Specific issues covered in the volume include local economic development, maritime economies, fishing communities, governance, and public administration.

This book will be of keen interest to scholars of development studies, inequality (especially social inequality), and area studies.

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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.

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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 Case, Wei Manske-Wang, Yiqiao Wang, Sergej Vasic

Ch. 4 Reconceptualizing China's BRI: Provincial Economic Statecraft and Strategic Rejuvenation - A Case Study of Yunnan, Tao Song and Yinhong Guo

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 Riverine Communities of the Tonle Sap Biosphere Reserve, Cambodia, Chealy Chet, Serey Sok, Chansopheak Keng and Tepsam Ol Chen

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, Chinnadharapuram Seetharaman 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 as a Development Challenge, S. Utham Kumar Jamadhagni

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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781032895901
Publisert
2025-09-05
Utgiver
Vendor
Routledge
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
U, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
194

Biografisk notat

Christian Ploberger is a Lecturer at CBIS, Rajamangala University of Technology Tawan-Ok, Bangkok. His research focuses on regional cooperation, security studies, 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).