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Infrastructure Development in the Pacific Region
In the past, undersupply of public infrastructure was blamed for low productivity growth in the United States in the 1970s, while greater private sector participation…
read more2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-36341-9 (Routledge)
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The Meaning of the Local
Politics of Place in Urban India
By zooming in on urban localities in India and by unpacking the 'meaning of the local' for those who live in them, the ten papers…
read more2006 | Hardback: 978-1-84472-114-6 (UCL Press)
Singapore
The State and the Culture of Excess
Taking ideas and frameworks from philosophy, psychology, political science, cultural studies and anthropology, this book tells the larger ‘truth’ about the Singapore state. This book…
read more2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-41712-9 (Routledge)
Vientiane
Transformations of a Lao landscape
Providing insights into this neglected Southeast Asian city, this interesting book interprets Vientiane’s landscape - physical as well as imagined - as a reflection of…
read more2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-33141-8 (Routledge)
Sars
Reception and Interpretation in Three Chinese Cities
SARS (Acute Respiratory Syndrome) first presented itself to the global medical community as a case of atypical pneumonia in one small Chinese village in November…
read more2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-77085-9 (Routledge)
Expressions of Cambodia
The Politics of Tradition, Identity and Change
Taking a theoretical and multidisciplinary perspective, the essays in this collection provide compelling insight into contemporary Cambodian culture at home and abroad. The book represents…
read more2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-38554-1 (Routledge)
Remaking Citizenship in Hong Kong
Community, nation and the global city
Hong Kong has been undergoing considerable changes since its postcolonial independence. This book provides a detailed comparative account of the development of citizenship and civil… read more2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-39672-1 (Routledge)
Cultural Governance and Resistance in Pacific Asia
This text examines the politics of culture and the culture of politics in Pacific Asia through case studies on the South Pacific, China, South Korea,…
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Daghestan
Tradition and Survival
Daghestan is home to more than 30 distinct peoples. Each has their own language yet they share a surprisingly homogeneous culture that has both withstood… read more2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40608-6 (Routledge)
Grassroots Pacifism in Post-War Japan
The Rebirth of a Nation
Grassroots Pacifism in Post-War Japan presents new material on grassroots peace activism and pacifism in two major groups active in the post-World War 2 peace… read more2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40583-6 (Routledge)
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Forthcoming Titles:
Inter-Ethnic Dynamics in Asia: Considering the Other through Ethnonyms, Territories and Rituals
Edited by Christian Culas, François Robinne
To be published December 10th 2009
Culture and the Environment in the Himalaya
Edited by Arjun Guneratne
To be published December 16th 2009
Gender Diversity in Indonesia: Sexuality, Islam and Queer Selves
By Sharyn Graham Davies
To be published February 18th 2010
Youth, Society and Mobile Media in Asia
Edited by Stephanie Hemelryk Donald, Theresa Dirndorfer Anderson, Damien Spry
To be published March 2nd 2010
Tsunami Recovery in Sri Lanka: Ethnic and Regional Dimensions
Edited by Dennis B. McGilvray, Michele R. Gamburd
To be published March 3rd 2010
Routledge Handbook of Japanese Culture and Society
Edited by Theodore C. Bestor, Victoria Bestor
To be published March 15th 2010
Bengali Cinema: An Alternative Imaginary
By Sharmistha Gooptu
To be published March 31st 2010
The Culturalization of Caste in India: Identity and Inequality in a Multicultural Age
By Balmurli Natrajan
To be published March 31st 2010
Routledge Handbook of South Asian Culture and Society
Edited by Veena Das
To be published April 1st 2010
South Korea under Compressed Modernity: Familial Political Economy in Transition
By Kyung-Sup Chang
To be published April 19th 2010
Decentralization and Adat Revivalism in Indonesia: The Politics of Becoming Indigenous
By Adam Tyson
To be published May 15th 2010
Social Theory in Contemporary Asia
By Ann Brooks
To be published May 15th 2010
De-Westernizing Communication Research
Edited by Georgette Wang
To be published June 15th 2010
The Politics of Culture: Around the Work of Naoki Sakai
Edited by Richard Calichman, John Namjun Kim
To be published June 15th 2010
Minorities and Multiculturalism in Japanese Education
Edited by Ryoko Tsuneyoshi, Kaori H. Okano, Sarane Boocock
To be published June 15th 2010
Learning Chinese, Turning Chinese: Becoming Sinophone in a Globalised World
By Edward McDonald
To be published June 15th 2010
The Tale of Genji
Edited by Richard H. Okada
To be published August 15th 2010