Asian Politics Books

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1. Transnational Islamic Actors and Indonesia’s Foreign Policy: Transcending the State

   By Rizal Sukma, Delphine Alles

   This book examines the growing role of transnational Islamic Non-State Actors (NSAs) in post-authoritarian Indonesia and how it has affected the making and the conduct of Indonesia’s foreign policy since the country embarked on democratization process in 1998. After the end of the New Order...

   July 2011 | 978-0-415-56026-9 | Hardback (Routledge)

2. Asceticism and Power in South and Southeast Asia

   Edited by Peter Flügel, Gustaaf Houtman

   Including analyses by top academics in the field, this book takes a unique look at questions of power and asceticism in the Hindu, Jain and Buddhist traditions of South and Southeast Asia. Ideas about power and purity in these three traditions are crucially related to ascetic practices....

   June 2011 | 978-0-415-42384-7 | Hardback (Routledge)

3. The Political Economy of Central Asia

   By Gul Berna Ozcan

   Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Central Asian republics are still coming to terms with their post-communist economies, their role in the region and the wider world, and their needs for identity, governance and growth. The Political Economy of Central Asia is an original study addressing...

   June 2011 | 978-0-415-42192-8 | Paperback (Routledge)

4. Violence and Resistance in Uzbekistan

   By Matteo Fumagalli

   For large part of the post-independence period, Uzbekistan’s elites have legitimised their rule in the name of a struggle against religiously motivated and foreign-funded extremism. Without President Karimov’s rule, the theory that country would have fallen prey to Islamic militancy and possibly...

   June 2011 | 978-0-415-48093-2 | Hardback (Routledge)

5. Routledge Handbook of Asian Regionalism

   Edited by Mark Beeson, Richard Stubbs

   The Routledge Handbook of Asian Regionalism is a definitive introduction to, and analysis of, the development of regionalism in Asia, including coverage of East Asia, Southeast Asia and South Asia. The result will be a comprehensive exploration of what is arguably the most dynamic and...

   June 2011 | 978-0-415-58054-0 | Hardback (Routledge)

6. Gender, Development and the State in India

   By Carole Spary

   Gender, Development and the State in India offers an original contribution in two ways: firstly as an explicitly gender-focused study of the politics of development policy-making in India, and secondly, as an empirical study of the Indian case which rarely finds mention in the gender mainstreaming...

   June 2011 | 978-0-415-61060-5 | Hardback (Routledge)

7. Routledge Handbook of Southeast Asian Politics

   Edited by Richard Robison

   The Routledge Handbook of Southeast Asian Politics provides a comprehensive analysis of the major themes, conflicts and ideas that have defined and shaped the politics of Southeast Asia in the modern period. The introductory chapter provides an overview of the different ways in which the complex...

   May 2011 | 978-0-415-49427-4 | Hardback (Routledge)

8. Urban Transformation in East Asia

   By Hyun Bang Shin

   This book explores urban transformation in East Asia, focusing in particular on the rapid transformation of old and dilapidated neighbourhoods in East Asian cities. Drawing on detailed empirical fieldwork conducted in Seoul and Beijing, including case studies of redevelopment neighbourhoods and...

   April 2011 | 978-0-415-46945-6 | Hardback (Routledge)

9. Corporate Social Responsibility in India

   By Bidyut Chakrabarty

   Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has attracted global attention. Presenting the first analysis of CSR in India, this book shows the unique roots of the concept in India: Gandhi’s philosophical moorings that inform India’s approach to CSR, the role of civil society in setting an agenda...

   April 2011 | 978-0-415-57503-4 | Hardback (Routledge)

10. Asia's Nuclear Futures

    By Chung Min Lee

    This book provides a comprehensive assessment of the role of nuclear weapons in Asia since 1945, its implications for regional and global security, and the conditions under which more Asian countries might seek to acquire a nuclear capability in the future. It focuses in particular on...

    April 2011 | 978-0-415-42825-5 | Hardback (Routledge)