Asian Politics Books

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21. Overseas Chinese, Ethnic Minorities and Nationalism

    De-Centering China

    By Elena Barabantseva

    Series: Routledge Studies in Asia's Transformations

    Elena Barabantseva looks at the close relationship between state-led nationalism and modernisation, with specific reference to discourses on the overseas Chinese and minority nationalities. The interplay between modernisation programmes and nationalist discourses has shaped China’s national project...

    Published April 14th 2013 by Routledge
22. Changing Power Relations in Northeast Asia

    Implications for Relations between Japan and South Korea

    Edited by Marie Soderberg

    Series: European Institute of Japanese Studies East Asian Economics and Business Series

    This book analyses the Japanese-South Korean relationship from various angles including politics, security, economics, culture and immigration. In a sense the two countries are natural partners. Both are democratic societies, they are economically strong and are the only two Asian countries that...

    Published April 14th 2013 by Routledge
23. Grassroots Social Security in Asia

    Mutual Aid, Microinsurance and Social Welfare

    Edited by James Midgley, Mitsuhiko Hosaka

    Series: Routledge Research On Public and Social Policy in Asia

    Grassroots Social Security in Asia investigates the role of mutual associations in providing income protection to low-income people in Asia and in particular the region's developing countries. Historically, these associations have consisted of small groups of people with common interests who save...

    Published April 14th 2013 by Routledge
24. Koizumi and Japanese Politics

    Reform Strategies and Leadership Style

    By Yu Uchiyama

    Series: Routledge/University of Tokyo Series

    This book offers an empirical and theoretical study of the Koizumi administration, covering such issues as the characteristics of its political style, its domestic and foreign policies, and its larger historical significance. The key questions that guide its approach are: what enabled Koizumi to...

    Published April 11th 2013 by Routledge
25. The Chinese Communist Party and China’s Capitalist Revolution

    The Political Impact of Market

    By Lance Gore

    Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series

    The Chinese Communist Party and China’s Capitalist Revolution examines issues of political change and development in China. In the last 30 years China has experienced a profound political transformation and a degree of political progress but these are largely mired in the assumption that the free...

    Published April 11th 2013 by Routledge
26. Soft Power in Japan-China Relations

    State, sub-state and non-state relations

    By Utpal Vyas

    Series: Routledge Contemporary Asia Series

    Soft power has tended to be overlooked in the field of international relations, often dismissed as lacking relevance or robustness as a theoretical concept. This book seeks to expand upon the idea of ‘soft power’ in international relations and to investigate how it actually functions by looking at...

    Published April 11th 2013 by Routledge
27. Nuclear Disaster at Fukushima Daiichi

    Social, Political and Environmental Issues

    Edited by Richard Hindmarsh

    Series: Routledge Studies in Science, Technology and Society

    Nuclear Disaster at Fukushima Daiichi is a timely and groundbreaking account of the disturbing landscape of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear meltdown amidst an earthquake and tsunami on Japan’s northeast coastline on March 11, 2011. It provides riveting insights into the social and...

    Published April 9th 2013 by Routledge
28. EU-Japan Relations, 1970-2012

    From Confrontation to Global Partnership

    Edited by Jörn Keck, Dimitri Vanoverbeke, Franz Waldenberger

    Series: Routledge Contemporary Japan Series

    This book presents a comprehensive overview of EU-Japan relations from 1970 to the present. It charts developments over the period, analyses key specific areas of importance to the relationship, and concludes by assessing how the relationship is likely to develop going forward. Throughout, the book...

    Published April 1st 2013 by Routledge
29. Elites and Governance in China

    Edited by Xiaowei Zang, Chien-wen Kou

    Series: Routledge Studies on China in Transition

    This book reveals the complex relationship between elite perceptions and behaviour, and governance, in China. It moves away from existing scholarship by focusing on functionaries, grass-roots elites, leading intellectuals, and opinion-makers in China and by looking beyond the top leadership, makes...

    Published April 1st 2013 by Routledge
30. Armed Conflicts in South Asia 2012

    Uneasy Stasis and Fragile Peace

    Edited by D. Suba Chandran, P. R. Chari

    Sixth in the annual series, this volume examines the major trends in armed conflicts in South Asia during 2011, efforts towards conflict management undertaken by the State and their effectiveness, as also the road ahead. While focusing on the burning issues within the region, the volume looks into...

    Published April 1st 2013 by Routledge India