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Politics in Asia

Politics in Asia

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.

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  1. Political Change in South-East Asia

    Trimming the Banyan Tree

    By Michael R.J Vatikiotis

    Series: Politics in Asia

    Political Change in South-East Asia takes up the debate between those who resist the pressure for democracy and point to unchanging 'Asian' values, and those who believe that the appeal of democracy is universal.The author examines the case for both sides and concludes that the strong state will be...

    Published June 26th 1996 by Routledge

  2. The Challenge to Democracy in Nepal

    By T. Louise Brown

    Series: Politics in Asia

    In 1990 Nepal's Peoples Movement reduced King Birendra from an absolute ruler to a constitutional monarch. This book is the first academic analysis of these events and places the 'revolution' of 1990 within the context of Nepali history.Louise Brown examines the background to Nepal's recent...

    Published December 27th 1995 by Routledge

  3. The Politics of Nation Building and Citizenship in Singapore

    By Michael Hill, Kwen Fee Lian

    Series: Politics in Asia

    Since independence in 1965 Singapore has strengthened its own national identity through a conscious process of nation-building and promoting the active role of the citizen within society. Singapore is a state that has firmly rejected welfarism but whose political leaders have maintained that...

    Published April 19th 1995 by Routledge

  4. China's Policy Towards Territorial Disputes

    The Case of the South China Sea Islands

    By Chi-kin Lo

    Series: Politics in Asia

    Since 1949 and the founding of the People's Republic, China has been involved in more than one territorial dispute with its neighbours. Currently the most unstable and dangerous dispute is the one over the Paracel and Spratly islands in the South China Sea. With their potentially rich and...

    Published July 5th 1989 by Routledge

Forthcoming Books

  1. Democratic Development in East Asia
    By Becky Shelley
    To Be Published June 19th 2013
  2. Parliaments in Asia: Institution Building and Political Development
    Edited by Zheng Yongnian, Lye Liang Fook, Wilhelm Hofmeister
    To Be Published August 22nd 2013
  3. Managing Political Change in Singapore: The Elected Presidency
    Edited by Lam Peng Er, Kevin Tan
    To Be Published September 29th 2013
  4. Democracy in Eastern Asia: Issues, Problems and Challenges in a Region of Diversity
    Edited by Edmund S. K. Fung, Steven Drakeley
    To Be Published November 14th 2013
  5. Illiberal Democracy in Indonesia
    By David Bourchier
    To Be Published December 30th 2013
  6. The US Versus the North Korean Nuclear Threat: Mitigating the Nuclear Security Dilemma
    By Er-Win Tan
    To Be Published December 30th 2013
  7. Democratization in China, Korea and Southeast Asia?: Local and National Perspectives
    Edited by Kate Xiao Zhou, Shelley Rigger, Lynn White III
    To Be Published January 30th 2014
  8. Japan’s Civil-Military Diplomacy: The Banks of the Rubicon
    By Dennis T. Yasutomo
    To Be Published February 14th 2014

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