Politics in Asia
About the Book Series
Politics in Asia has long been established as a source of distinctive and authoritative studies on the political life of Asia. The series covers a broad range of countries and aspects of politics, and includes volumes from some of the leading scholars working in the field.
Cooperative Security and the Balance of Power in ASEAN and the ARF
1st Edition
By Ralf Emmers
November 11, 2004
Emmers questions the dichotomy implicit in this interpretation and investigates what role the balance of power really plays in such cooperative security arrangements and in the calculations of the participants of ASEAN and the ARF. He offers a thorough analysis of the influence the balance of power...
Media, War and Terrorism: Responses from the Middle East and Asia
1st Edition
Edited
By Shoma Munshi, Peter van der Veer
July 06, 2004
This collection of essays covers the media and public debate dimension of the events of 9/11, and beyond, from the point of view of Middle Eastern and Asian countries. The first part of the book deals with the use of the media as an instrument of warfare, the growing significance of religion, the ...
Challenging Authoritarianism in Southeast Asia: Comparing Indonesia and Malaysia
1st Edition
Edited
By Ariel Heryanto, Sumit K. Mandal
June 24, 2003
Challenging Authoritarianism in Southeast Asia is one of the first substantial comparative studies of contemporary Indonesia and Malaysia, homes to the world's largest Muslim population. Following the collapse of New Order rule in Indonesia in 1998, this book provides an in-depth examination of ...
China and the Internet: Politics of the Digital Leap Forward
1st Edition
Edited
By Christopher R. Hughes, Gudrun Wacker
April 11, 2003
China and the Internet: Politics of the Digital Leap Forward is a comprehensive assessment of the political and economic impact of information and communication technologies (ITCs) on Chinese society. It provides in-depth analyses of topics including economic development, civil and political ...
Japanese Governance: Beyond Japan Inc.
1st Edition
Edited
By Jennifer Amyx, Peter Drysdale
February 28, 2003
Japan Inc was once used to describe the powerful political and economic system that delivers Japan's transformation to an industrial power. This book is about the breakdown and failure of policy coherence in Japan in the 1990s and how the political economy of Japan has changed in response. The ...
Media and Politics in Pacific Asia
1st Edition
By Duncan McCargo
February 28, 2003
Media and Politics in Pacific Asia is the first book to provide a detailed account of the political influences exerted by both domestic and international media in Pacific Asia. Duncan McCargo argues that the media are political actors and institutions in their own right, and that as such they can ...
Singapore Politics Under the People's Action Party
1st Edition
By Diane K. Mauzy, R. S. Milne
August 02, 2002
A comprehensive overview of politics in Singapore since self-governance. The authors examine how this tiny island has developed into a global financial centre and an economic and social success under the leadership of the People's Action Party which has ruled continuously since 1959. The authors ...
Political Business in East Asia
1st Edition
By Edmund Gomez
December 28, 2001
The relationship between government and business has become a central issue in East Asia since the financial crisis of 1997. As the Asian economies try to advance the reform process, recent scandals involving corruption and cronyism have demonstrated the ongoing significance of the issue. This ...
Power and Change in Central Asia
1st Edition
Edited
By Sally Cummings
December 26, 2001
This volume offers the first systematic comparison of political change, leadership style and stability in Central Asia. The contributors, all leading international specialists on the region, offer focused case-studies of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, comparing ...
The Future of North Korea
1st Edition
Edited
By Tsuneo Akaha
December 21, 2001
This volume explores the possibility of North Korea's'soft-landing' as the most desirable outcome on the Korean Peninsula. The collection of essays by noted students of Asian security examines the perspectives and interests of North and South Korea, the United States, China, Russia and Japan ...
Politics of Human Rights in Southeast Asia
1st Edition
By Philip J. Eldridge
December 07, 2001
The divide between the West and Southeast Asia seems to be nowhere more apparent than in debates about human rights. Within these diverse geographical, political and cultural climates, human rights seem to have become relative, and the quest for absolutes seems unattainable. In this new book ...
The International Relations of Japan and South East Asia: Forging a New Regionalism
1st Edition
By Sueo Sudo
December 07, 2001
The International Relations of Japan and South East Asia asks three main questions: how and when has a new South East Asian regionalism been set in motion? what is the nature of Japanese leadership and networking in maintaining and promoting that new regionalism?; and, given the current economic ...