Routledge Research
Asia's Transformations
New & Published Titles:
Girl Reading Girl in Japan
Girl Reading Girl provides the first overview of the cultural significance of girls and reading in modern and contemporary Japan with emphasis on the processes…
read moreOctober 2009 | Hardback: 978-0-415-54742-0 (Routledge)
Democracy in Occupied Japan
The U.S. Occupation and Japanese Politics and Society
With expert contributions from both the US and Japan, this book examines the legacies of the US Occupation on Japanese politics and society, and discusses…
read moreOctober 2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-56059-7 (Routledge)
Reclaiming Chinese Society
The New Social Activism
Reclaiming Chinese Society analyses the mechanisms, processes and actors producing a wide spectrum of social and cultural changes in reform China. Contrary to most literature…
read moreSeptember 2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-49139-6 (Routledge)
Reconciling Indonesia
Grassroots agency for peace
Indonesia has been torn by massive internal conflicts over the last decade. The absence of functioning national tools of reconciliation and the often limited success…
read moreAugust 2009 | Hardback: 978-0-415-48704-7 (Routledge)
The World Bank and the post-Washington Consensus in Vietnam and Indonesia
Inheritance of Loss
This book explores the history, structure and current operations of the World Bank, which despite being the largest development organisation and the largest development research…
read moreAugust 2009 | Hardback: 978-0-415-54743-7 (Routledge)
more information about The World Bank and the post-Washington Consensus in Vietnam and Indonesia
Pirate Modernity
Delhi's Media Urbanism
Using Delhi’s contemporary history as a site for reflection, Pirate Modernity moves from a detailed discussion of the technocratic design of the city by US…
read moreJuly 2009 | Hardback: 978-0-415-40966-7 (Routledge)
Education and Reform in China
Transformative market reforms in China since the late 1970s have improved living standards dramatically, but have also led to unprecedented economic inequality. During this period,…
read moreJuly 2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54705-5 (Routledge)
Hong Kong
Becoming a Chinese Global City
Hong Kong is a small city with a big reputation. As mainland China has become an 'economic powerhouse' Hong Kong has taken a route of…
read moreJune 2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-22011-8 (Routledge)
Chinese Media, Global Contexts
Virtually every major media, information and telecommunications enterprise in the world is significantly tied to China. This volume provides the most expert, up-to-date and multidisciplinary… read moreMay 2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-49736-7 (Routledge)
Chinese Cyberspaces
Technological Changes and Political Effects
The internet is developing more extensively in China than any other country in the world. Chinese Cyberspaces provides multidisciplinary perspectives on recent developments and the…
read moreMay 2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54693-5 (Routledge)
Series Details:
The books in this series explore the political, social, economic and cultural consequences of Asia's twenty-first century transformations. The series emphasizes the tumultuous interplay of local, national, regional and global forces as Asia bids to become the hub of the world economy. While focusing on the contemporary, it also looks back to analyze the antecedents of Asia's contested rise. Asia's Transformations aims to address the needs of students and teachers.
Forthcoming Titles:
State and Society in Modern Rangoon
By Donald Seekins
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
China on Video: Small Screen Realities
By Paola Voci
To be published June 15th 2010
Overseas Chinese, Ethnic Minorities and Nationalism: De-Centering China
By Elena Barabantseva
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 Politics of Protection Rackets in Post-New Order Indonesia
By Ian Douglas Wilson
To be published June 1st 2010
Mapping Modernity in Shanghai: Space, Gender, and Visual Culture in the Sojourners' City, 1853-98
By Samuel Y. Liang
To be published March 15th 2010
Chinese Society: Change, Conflict and Resistance, 3rd Edition
Edited by Elizabeth J. Perry, Mark Selden
To be published February 26th 2010
Chinese Politics: State, Society and the Market
Edited by Peter Gries, Stanley Rosen
To be published January 27th 2010