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921. Political Oppositions in Industrialising Asia

     Edited by Garry Rodan

     Industrialization has meant sweeping social transformations across Asia. Some political commentators have predicted that the expansion of civil society and the rapid development of liberal democracy will necessarily follow. The contributors to this volume dissect the extent of political opposition...

     Published September 4th 1996 by Routledge
922. Race, Resistance and the Ainu of Japan

     By Richard M. Siddle

     Series: Sheffield Centre for Japanese Studies/Routledge Series

     Once thought of as a 'vanishing people', the Ainu are now reasserting both their culture and their claims to be the 'indigenous' people of Japan. Race, Resistance and the Ainu of Japan is the first major study to trace the outlines of Ainu history. It explores the ways in which competing versions...

     Published July 17th 1996 by Routledge
923. Hong Kong

     China's Challenge

     By Michael Yahuda

     Series: Politics in Asia

     The return of Hong Kong to China in July 1997 has the potential to benefit China's rapidly expanding economy. China's handling of the transition will have enormous implications for her international standing. This is the first study to analyse the serious problems and real opportunities that the...

     Published July 17th 1996 by Routledge
924. The ASEAN Regional Forum

     Series: Adelphi series

     Leifer's assessment posts a warning sign for those who see no reason to worry about the stability of East Asia. He warns that "the ARF is embryonic, one-dimensional approach" to the major changes taking place in the security environment of the vital East Asian region....

     Published June 30th 1996 by Routledge
925. 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
926. The Japanese Election System

     Three Analytical Perspectives

     By Junichiro Wada

     Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

     This is a unique analysis of the present Japanese political system which will interest both political economists and non-specialists alike. For the first time approaches used to analyse American and European political systems are applied to 'mysterious' Japan....

     Published June 5th 1996 by Routledge
927. Japan's Trade Policy

     Action or Reaction?

     By Yumiko Mikanagi

     Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

     This book explores the process of policy-making in Japan providing a valuable insight for academics and policy-makers into Japan's massive trade surpluses and the resultant mounting international pressure to resolve the situation....

     Published May 1st 1996 by Routledge
928. Greater China and Japan

     Prospects for an Economic Partnership in East Asia

     By Robert Taylor

     Series: Sheffield Centre for Japanese Studies/Routledge Series

     Contemporary relations between Greater China and Japan have been conditioned both by differing responses to the impact of Western colonialism during the mid-nineteenth century and the legacy of the Cold War. There are mutual suspicions: the Chinese fear of a Japanese military revival and the...

     Published April 3rd 1996 by Routledge
929. The New Rich in Asia

     Mobile Phones, McDonald's and Middle Class Revolution

     Edited by David SG Goodman, Richard Robison

     This is the first volume in the The New Rich in Asia series which examines the economic, social and political construction of the 'new rich' in the countries and territories of East and South East Asia, as well as their impact internationally. From a western perspective the rise of...

     Published March 6th 1996 by Routledge
930. 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