Social Transformations in India, Myanmar, and Thailand: Volume I: Social, Political and Ecological Perspectives

Part I Fairness, Equality and Freedom.- Chapter 1: Forces of Change: Social Transformation from the Lens of Academic Diplomacy.- Chapter 2: Justice and Fairness: Reflections from a Short Look at the Philosophy of John Rawls.- Chapter 3: Building Equality and Social Cohesion in Myanmar: Plurilingualism as a Platform for Establishing Peace Culture.- Chapter 4- The Origin of Minority Problem: Thailand.- Chapter 5: Prees Freedom Under the Government of Aung San Suu Kyi: The First 5 Years.- Part II Communication, Participation and Challenges.- Chapter 6: Climate Change Communication in Southeast Asia from Journalist Perspective in the Context of Thailand: Raising Awareness by Environment Communication.- Chapter 7: Urban Ecological Approach for Climate Change Adaptation towards Sustainable Urban Planning and Development: An Indian Perspective.- Chapter 8: Urban Dynamics, Socio-Economic Transformation and Built Heritage in a Historic Town of India: An Appraisal.- Chapter 9: Women in Myanmar: Marginalisation, Peace building and Participation.- Chapter 10: Public Health Reform and Transition in Burma/Myanmar.- Chapter 11: Challenges and Opportunities for Educational Reform: Under the New Myanmar Government.- Chapter 12: Local Transformation in Chiang Rai: The Roles of Administrative Organization in Management and Preparedness for Earthquake.- Chapter 13: Impact of Institutions on the Performance of Firms in India: Towards Policy Implications for MSMEs from Empirical Evidence.- Part III Livelihoods, Social Cohesion and Planning.- Chapter 14: Drugs, Livelihoods, and the Limits of Social Transformation in a Highland Periphery of Myanmar.- Chapter 15: Urban Transformation and Applied Planning Initiatives in Indian Cities.- Chapter 16: Rehabilitative Planning Strategy for Transformative Changes of Vulnerable Communities in Indian Sundarban.- Chapter 17: Towards Social Transformation in Thailand: Orwellian Struggles and 'Digital' Human Rights under the Sociotechnical Thai Internet Panopticon.- Chapter 18: Reinforcing Social Cohesion in Myanmar's Borderlands: Strength, Solidarity and Sustainability of Ethnic Women Organisations.- Chapter 19: Multicultural Transformation and Anti-Multicultural Injustice: Critical Histories in the Muslim-Dominated Deep South of Thailand.- Chapter 20: Social Transformation and the Unchanging Violent Conflict in the Deep South of Thailand.- Chapter 21: Disputed Pillars at the Margin of History: The Manipur-Myanmar Boundary and India's Strategic Silence.- Chapter 22: Naypyidaw: An Elite Vision for Burma's Future?.- Chapter 23: Driving Transformation Forward.