Routledge Contemporary Asia Series

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1. Human Genetic Biobanks in Asia

   Politics of trust and scientific advancement

   Edited by Margaret Sleeboom-Faulkner

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Asia Series

   This volume investigates human genetic biobanking and its regulation in various Asian countries and areas, including Japan, Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, India and Indonesia.. It sheds light on how cultural, socio-political and economic factors influence the set-up of bioethical regulation for...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
2. The Asia-Europe Meeting

   The Theory and Practice of Interregionalism

   By Alfredo C. Robles

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Asia Series

   Focusing on the economic, developmental, political and cultural issues of its member states, this book offers a critical assessment of the ASEM process since its inception in 1996, which now brings together all 27 EU members, the European Commission, and 16 East Asian states. The underlying theme...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
3. Taiwan's Environmental Struggle

   Toward a Green Silicon Island

   By Jack Williams, Ch’ang-yi David Chang

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Asia Series

   Taiwan experienced a highly successful economic transformation in the last 50 years that produced one of Asia’s genuine ‘miracles’ of modern development, in terms of improvement in per capita income and overall quality of material well being for its citizens. The process, though, involved rapid...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
4. The Politics of Civic Space in Asia

   Building Urban Communities

   Edited by Amrita Daniere, Mike Douglass

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Asia Series

   This book explores how and why civic spaces are used by different communities in Asia and what role urban governance and public participation play in the support or demise of communities. Using case studies of contemporary city life throughout, the contributors provide insights into the importance...

   Published April 16th 2012 by Routledge
5. Politics and Change in Singapore and Hong Kong

   Containing Contention

   By Stephan Ortmann

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Asia Series

   In democratization theory, Singapore continues to be a remarkable country for its extremely low level of contentious politics despite rapid economic development. In contrast, many different groups in Hong Kong have taken their demands to the streets since the 1970s. Even though there is an obvious...

   Published April 15th 2012 by Routledge
6. Taiwan and Post-Communist Europe

   Shopping for Allies

   By Czeslaw Tubilewicz

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Asia Series

   Taiwan and Post-Communist Europe examines Taiwan’s economic diplomacy towards post-communist states in Central and Eastern Europe. The media, and occasionally academia, have often suggested that Taipei resorts to costly aid, trade and investment diplomacy to facilitate its foreign relations, whilst...

   Published March 21st 2012 by Routledge
7. The Dynamics of Social Capital and Civic Engagement in Asia

   Edited by Amrita Daniere, Hy Van Luong

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Asia Series

   The purpose of this volume is to highlight the impacts on civic engagement of social capital, and its various component parts (trust, norms, networks and associations), in diverse parts of Asia. Addressing the pressing need for improved governance within the spatial, political and cultural...

   Published February 12th 2012 by Routledge
8. Business Innovation in Asia

   Knowledge and Technology Networks from Japan

   By Dennis McNamara

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Asia Series

   Industrial competition with rising economies, new regional investment from the West, and trade pacts among competitors threaten Japan’s long postwar prominence. Global market dynamics and regional competition prompted the shift from offshore factories to local networks in the last decade. Similar...

   Published October 11th 2011 by Routledge
9. The Chinese/Vietnamese Diaspora

   Revisiting the boat people

   Edited by Yuk Wah Chan

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Asia Series

   Over three decades have passed since the first wave of Indochinese refugees left their homelands. These refugees, mainly the Vietnamese, fled from war and strife in search of a better life elsewhere. By investigating the Vietnamese diaspora in Asia, this book sheds new light on the Asian refugee...

   Published August 23rd 2011 by Routledge
10. Expansion of Trade and FDI in Asia

    Strategic and Policy Challenges

    Edited by Julien Chaisse, Philippe Gugler

    Series: Routledge Contemporary Asia Series

    Foreign direct investment flows have increased dramatically in recent decades and continue to be a driving factor of economic globalisation. As a growth pole in the world economy, large parts of Asia have particularly become an attractive place for market-seeking FDI. In a high number of Asian...

    Published July 25th 2011 by Routledge