Area Studies Books

New and Published Books

1. The Capability Approach

   Development Practice and Public Policy in the Asia-Pacific Region

   Edited by Francesca Panzironi, Katharine Gelber

   Series: Routledge Advances in Social Economics

   This book provides a unique laboratory of ‘capabilities in practice’ in the Asia-Pacific region. It explores the application of the capability approach in development practice and public policy from a multidisciplinary perspective by bringing together scholars and practitioners from a wide range of...

   Published May 28th 2012 by Routledge
2. Nationalism, Political Realism and Democracy in Japan

   The thought of Masao Maruyama

   By Fumiko Sasaki

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Japan Series

   Masao Maruyama was the most influential and respected political thinker in post-WWII Japan. He believed that the collective mentality, inherent in the traditional Japanese way of thinking, was a key reason for the defeat in WWII and was convinced that such thought needed to be modernized. In this...

   Published May 28th 2012 by Routledge
3. The Chinese Transformation of Corporate Culture

   By Colin Hawes

   Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series

   In recent years, Chinese policymakers and corporate leaders have focused significant attention on the concept of corporate culture. This book will reveal the political, social and economic factors behind the enormous current interest in corporate culture in China and provide a wide range of case...

   Published May 27th 2012 by Routledge
4. Mapping Media in China

   Region, Province, Locality

   Edited by Wanning Sun, Jenny Chio

   Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series

   Mapping Media in China is the first book-length study that goes below the ‘national’ scale to focus on the rich diversity of media in China from local, provincial and regional angles. China’s media has played a crucial role in shaping and directing the country’s social and cultural changes, and...

   Published May 27th 2012 by Routledge
5. Asian American Literature

   Edited by David Leiwei Li

   Co-published by Routledge and Edition SynapseAmerican writers whose provenance lies in Asia have been producing and publishing work of interest and distinction for well over a century. However, in recent decades there has been an exponential growth in their output, and much Asian-American...

   Published May 24th 2012 by Routledge
6. The Routledge Handbook of Modern Turkey

   Edited by Metin Heper, Sabri Sayari

   In recent years, there has been growing interest in Turkey, stemming from the country’s developing role in regional and global politics, its expanding economic strength, and its identity as a predominantly Muslim country with secular political institutions and democratic processes. This Handbook...

   Published May 23rd 2012 by Routledge
7. Education Outcomes and Poverty

   A Reassessment

   Edited by Christopher Colclough

   Series: Education, Poverty and International Development

   What do we know about the outcomes of education in developing countries? Where are the gaps in our knowledge, and why are they important to fill? What are the policy challenges that underlie these knowledge gaps, and how can education best contribute to eliminating the problem of widespread poverty...

   Published May 23rd 2012 by Routledge
8. The Microfinance Impact

   By Ranjula Bali Swain

   Series: Routledge Studies in Development Economics

   Financial inclusion through microfinance has become a powerful force in improving the living conditions of poor farmers, rural non-farm enterprises and other vulnerable groups. In its unique ability to link the existing extensive network of India’s rural bank branches with the Self Help Groups (SHG...

   Published May 23rd 2012 by Routledge
9. The Soviet Union - Federation or Empire?

   By Tania Raffass

   Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Russia and Eastern Europe

   The Soviet Union is often characterised as nominally a federation, but really an empire, liable to break up when individual federal units, which were allegedly really subordinate colonial units, sought independence. This book questions this interpretation, revisiting the theory of federation, and...

   Published May 23rd 2012 by Routledge
10. Extending the Protection of Geographical Indications

    Case Studies of Agricultural Products in Africa

    Edited by Michael Blakeney, Thierry Coulet, Getachew Mengistie, Marcelin Tonye Mahop

    The TRIPS Agreement (for trade-related intellectual property rights) provides for the general protection of geographical indications (GIs) of product origin, including for example the special protection of wines and spirits and for the creation of a multilateral register for wines. The African...

    Published May 23rd 2012 by Routledge