Japan & Asia Books

New and Published Books

1. 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
2. Local Organizations and Urban Governance in East and Southeast Asia

   Straddling state and society

   Edited by Benjamin L. Read, Robert Pekkanen

   Series: Routledge Studies on Civil Society in Asia

   This edited collection brings together enterprising pieces of new research on the many forms of organization in East and Southeast Asia that are sponsored or mandated by government, but engage widespread participation at the grassroots level. Straddling the state-society divide, these organizations...

   Published March 14th 2013 by Routledge
3. China as the World Factory

   Edited by Kevin H. Zhang

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

   Few countries have integrated into the world economy as fast – or as dramatically – as China has since 1978. The world’s most populous country is emerging as a world workshop and export machine: a visit to a department store in any country will unearth a plethora of goods manufactured in the People...

   Published January 23rd 2013 by Routledge
4. The Rise of Asian Donors

   Japan's Impact on the Evolution of Emerging Donors

   Edited by Jin Sato, Yasutami Shimomura

   Series: Routledge-GRIPS Development Forum Studies

   Why do poor countries give aid to others? This book critically examines how aspirations for providing aid have coexisted with experiences of receiving aid and have transformed the practice of giving aid, with particular reference to the experiences of Japan and China. It highlights...

   Published September 17th 2012 by Routledge
5. China and Globalization

   The Social, Economic and Political Transformation of Chinese Society, 3rd Edition

   By Doug Guthrie

   Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2009! In its quarter-century-long shift from communism to capitalism, China has transformed itself from a desperately poor nation into a country with one of the fastest-growing and largest economies in the world. Doug Guthrie examines the reforms driving the...

   Published April 4th 2012 by Routledge
6. Non-Governmental Organisations in China

   By Yiyi Lu

   Series: China Policy Series

   As Chinese society becomes more open, and hopes rise that control by the Communist Party may become more relaxed, a great deal is expected from non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in the formation of civil society. This book, based on extensive original research including detailed interview...

   Published February 26th 2012 by Routledge
7. Chinese Economists on Economic Reform - Collected Works of Guo Shuqing

   By Guo Shuqing

   Edited by China Development Research Foundation

   Series: Routledge Studies on the Chinese Economy

   China Development Research Foundation is one the leading economic think tanks in China, providing a base where many leading Chinese economists have developed the details of Chinese economic reform. This book is the second of a series which makes available to an English-speaking audience the work of...

   Published July 27th 2011 by Routledge
8. The Institutional Dynamics of China's Great Transformation

   Edited by Xiaoming Huang

   Series: China Policy Series

   This book examines the role of institutions in China’s recent large-scale economic, social and political transformation. The book argues that, although the importance of institutions in China’s rapid economic growth and social development over the past 30 years is widely acknowledged, exactly how...

   Published November 25th 2010 by Routledge
9. Directors of Urban Change in Asia

   Edited by Peter J.M. Nas

   Bringing together a group of international scholars, Directors of Urban Change in Asia examines who the 'directors' for urban change are in an eclectic mix of Asian cities. The books discusses how, in the majority of cases, urban change has come about primarily as the result of visionary leaders,...

   Published April 5th 2006 by Routledge