You’ll be writing an essay that critically examines the usefulness and limitations of theories related to urbanisation in explaining a contemporary social issue in the Asia Pacific region. You can choose an issue we’ve discussed in class or explore a broader transnational concern. Your essay will need to delve into how theories of globalisation, migration, and China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) apply to the chosen social issue. You’ll need to evaluate how these theories help us understand the issue’s complexities and where they might fall short in providing a comprehensive explanation.
For your methodology, you’ll employ a mix of theoretical analysis and primary sources related to the chosen social issue. You should use at least 5 sources provided by me. Additionally, you’ll need to include at least 8 additional primary sources relevant to your chosen social issue. These could include government reports, academic studies, media articles, or firsthand accounts. The goal is to offer a thorough analysis of the issue, grounded in both theoretical frameworks and real-world evidence, to provide a nuanced understanding of urbanisation’s impact in the Asia Pacific region.
Sources:
1. Everyday knowledge, education and sustainable futures : transdisciplinary approaches in the Asia-Pacific Region
Book Author: Robertson, Margaret
2. The Location of Cultural Authenticity: Identifying the Real and the Fake in Urban Guizhou
Author: Kendall, Paul
3. Important but De-centred: ASEAN’s Role in the Southeast Asian Human Rights Space
Author: Davies, Mathew
4. China’s Shanzhai Culture: ‘Grabism’ and the politics of hybridity
Author: Chubb, Andrew
5. Sharia, charity, and minjian autonomy in Muslim China: Gift giving in a plural world
Author: ERIE, MATTHEW S.
6.The invention of tradition
Author: Hobsbawm, E. J. (Eric J.),
7.The Location of Cultural Authenticity: Identifying the Real and the Fake in Urban Guizhou
Author: Kendall, Paul
8.The Gift Economy and State Power in China
Author: Yang, Mayfair Mei-Hui
9.Taming Tibet : landscape transformation and the gift of Chinese development
Author: Yeh, Emily T. (Emily Ting)
10. Mirror of modernity : invented traditions of modern Japan
Author: Vlastos, Stephen
Attached are 2 examples of high-quality essays. This is the level pf quality that i am looking for