This thesis explores two factors that have been instrumental in the evolution of society and ethnic and national identities in southern Central Asia. It is argued that the development of these identities (and the obstacles encountered in the process) are closely linked to the place of Islam in central Asian society, and the delicate ethnic balance between the Turkic and the Iranian cultural spheres -- which also manifested itself as the symbiosis between sedentary-agrarian and nomadic populations. It was the disruption of these two factors under Soviet rule which led to lasting problems that continue to bedevil the region to this day.

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) reporting in annual reports has been investigated by researchers over the past three decades. Because the Internet has significantly eased dissemination of information to global audiences, companies have begun to report CSR-related materials on their corporate websites.The present study is a content analysis examining what CSR principles, processes, and issues are mentioned on corporate websites of top companies in Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, and Taiwan. Two coders analyzed seventy-one websites: Hong Kong (19), Japan (19), Taiwan (19), and Malaysia (14). Content on the websites were coded based on definitions and categorizations which were patterned after Maignan and Ralston's 2002 study on CSR reporting. / Department of Journalism

Typescript. / Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1989. / Includes bibliographical references. / Microfiche. / xxiii, 298 leaves, bound ill. 29 cm

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Oregon, 2008. / Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 90-103). Also available online.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1970. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 337-340).

Bibliographical references (p. 80-93). / "February 2002". Includes bibliographical references (p.80-93). Also available online via the World Wide Web ; System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--State University of New York at Binghamton, 1995. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 265-286).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, Santa Cruz, 1995. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 169-175).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Michigan State University, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 250-259).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, Los Angeles, 2003. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 152-154).