Book Series
Politics in Asia
New & Published Titles:
Politics of Human Rights in Southeast Asia
The divide between the West and Southeast Asia seems to be nowhere more apparent than in debates about human rights. Within these diverse geographical, political… read more2001 | Hardback: 978-0-415-21429-2 (Routledge)
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Power and Change in Central Asia
This volume offers the first systematic comparison of political change, leadership style and stability in Central Asia. The contributors, all leading international specialists on the… read more2001 | Hardback: 978-0-415-25585-1 (Routledge)
The International Relations of Japan and South East Asia
Forging a New Regionalism
The International Relations of Japan and South East Asia asks three main questions: how and when has a new South East Asian regionalism been set… read more2001 | Hardback: 978-0-415-25581-3 (Routledge)
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Korea after the Crash
The Politics of Economic Recovery
Brian Bridges examines the impact on South Korea of the financial crisis of 1997. Covering events up to and including the recent parliamentary elections in… read more2001 | Hardback: 978-0-415-22326-3 (Routledge)
Monarchy in South East Asia
The Faces of Tradition in Transition
This title is the first study to relate the history and contemporary role of the South East Asian monarchy to the politics of the region… read more2000 | Paperback: 978-0-415-24348-3 (Routledge)
Philippine Politics and Society in the Twentieth Century
Colonial Legacies, Post-Colonial Trajectories
The only book length study to cover the Philippines after Marco's downfall, this key title thematically explores issues affecting this fascinating country, throughout the last… read more2000 | Paperback: 978-0-415-14791-0 (Routledge)
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Singapore's Foreign Policy
Coping with Vulnerability
In the years following its traumatic separation from Malaysia, Singapore has risen to become one of the leading economic powers in Southeast Asia. This economic… read more2000 | Paperback: 978-0-415-23353-8 (Routledge)
Engaging China
The Management of an Emerging Power
Engaging China is one of the first books to look at the responses of major international powers to the recent economic growth of China.… read more1999 | Paperback: 978-0-415-20841-3 (Routledge)
Indonesia and China
The Politics of a Troubled Relationship
Indonesia broke off relations with China in 1967 and resumed them only in 1990. Rizal Sukma asks why. His answers shed light on Indonesia's… read more1999 | Hardback: 978-0-415-20552-8 (Routledge)
Arming the Two Koreas
State, Capital and Military Power
North Korea has traditionally been seen as militarily superior to South Korea in the long feud between the two nations. This brilliantly argued book taps… read more1999 | Hardback: 978-0-415-20792-8 (Routledge)
Series Details:
Politics in Asia has long been established as a source of distinctive and authoritative studies on the political life of Asia. The series covers a broad range of countries and aspects of politics, and includes volumes from some of the leading scholars working in the field.
Forthcoming Titles:
Illiberal Democracy in Indonesia
By David Bourchier
To be published March 15th 2010
East Asia’s New Democracies: Deepening, Reversal, Non-liberal Alternatives
Edited by Yin-wah Chu, Siu-lun Wong
To be published April 14th 2010
China's Multilateral Co-operation in Asia and the Pacific: Institutionalizing Beijing's 'Good Neighbour Policy'
By Chien-peng Chung
To be published May 20th 2010