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Political Mobilisation and Democracy in India

States of Emergency

By Vernon Hewitt

This book addresses the paradox of political mobilization and the failings of governance in India, with reference to the conflict between secularism and Hindu nationalism,…

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April 2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54479-5 (Routledge)

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Gender Pluralism

Southeast Asia Since Early Modern Times

By Michael G. Peletz

This book examines three big ideas: difference, legitimacy, and pluralism. Of chief concern is how people construe and deal with variation among fellow human beings.…

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April 2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-93161-8 (Routledge)

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Transformations in Twentieth Century Korea

Edited by Yun-shik Chang, Steven Hugh Lee

This edited collection traces the social, economic, political, and cultural dimensions of Korea’s dramatic transformation since the late nineteenth century. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, the…

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April 2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54695-9 (Routledge)

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Food and Foodways in Asia

Resource, Tradition and Cooking

Edited by Sidney Cheung, Chee-Beng Tan

Food is an important cultural marker of identity in contemporary Asian societies, and can provide a medium for the understanding of social relations, family and…

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April 2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54704-8 (Routledge)

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Health Care in Malaysia

The Dynamics of Provision, Financing and Access

Edited by Heng Leng Chee, Simon Barraclough

The health care system in Malaysia has undergone a fundamental transformation over the last two decades. This book examines this transformation and explores the pressing…

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April 2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54420-7 (Routledge)

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Dissent and Cultural Resistance in Asia’s Cities

Edited by Melissa Butcher, Selvaraj Velayutham

This book documents urban experiences of dissent and emergent resistance against disjunctive global and local capital, technology and labour flows that converge and intersect in…

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March 2009 | Hardback: 978-0-415-49142-6 (Routledge)

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Women in Asia

Edited by Louise Edwards, Mina Roces

The academic study of women in Asia developed in the 1970s as a result of the convergence of the then emerging disciplines of Asian Studies…

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March 2009 | Hardback: 978-0-415-44525-2 (Routledge)

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The Sanskrit Language

An Introductory Grammar and Reader Revised Edition

By Walter MaurerEdited by Gregory P. Fields

Now available in paperback, this grammar offers a completely new approach to the study of Sanskrit, aimed at students with no previous specialist knowledge of…

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February 2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-49143-3 (Routledge)

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Ageing in East Asia

Challenges and Policies for the Twenty-First Century

Edited by Tsung-hsi Fu, Rhidian Hughes

Ageing populations present considerable challenges to welfare states internationally, and East Asia is no exception. Demographics show that countries in East Asia either have the…

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February 2009 | Hardback: 978-0-415-45465-0 (Routledge)

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Taiwan in Japan’s Empire-Building

An Institutional Approach to Colonial Engineering

By Hui-yu Caroline Tsai

This book explores the institutions through which Taiwan was governed under Japanese colonial rule, illuminating how the administration was engineered and how Taiwan was placed…

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2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-44738-6 (Routledge)

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Forthcoming Titles:

Social Theory in Contemporary Asia
By Ann Brooks
To be published September 15th 2009

Social Class in Contemporary Japan: Structures, Sorting and Strategies
Edited by Hiroshi Ishida, David H. Slater
To be published October 19th 2009

Feminist Research Methodology: Making Meanings of Meaning-Making
By Maithree Wickramasinghe
To be published November 5th 2009

Tsunami Recovery in Sri Lanka: Ethnic and Regional Dimensions
Edited by Dennis B. McGilvray, Michele R. Gamburd
To be published November 15th 2009

Culture and the Environment in the Himalaya
Edited by Arjun Guneratne
To be published December 3rd 2009

Minorities and Multiculturalism in Japanese Education
Edited by Ryoko Tsuneyoshi, Kaori H. Okano, Sarane Boocock
To be published December 31st 2009

Inter-Ethnic Dynamics in Asia: Considering the Other through Ethnonyms, Territories and Rituals
Edited by Christian Culas, François Robinne
To be published December 31st 2009

Learning Chinese, Turning Chinese: Becoming Sinophone in a Globalised World
By Edward McDonald
To be published January 15th 2010

The Triads as Business
By Yiu-kong Chu
To be published February 1st 2010

The Tale of Genji
Edited by Richard H. Okada
To be published February 15th 2010

Routledge Handbook of Japanese Culture and Society
Edited by Theodore C. Bestor, Victoria Bestor
To be published February 15th 2010

Gender Diversity in Indonesia: Beyond Gender Binaries
By Sharyn Leanne Graham
To be published February 15th 2010

Routledge Handbook of South Asian Culture and Society
Edited by Veena Das
To be published March 1st 2010

The Politics of Culture: Around the Work of Naoki Sakai
Edited by Richard Calichman, John Namjun Kim
To be published May 1st 2010