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Politics in Asia: Politics in Asia


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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.

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Political Change in South-East Asia Trimming the Banyan Tree

Political Change in South-East Asia: Trimming the Banyan Tree

1st Edition

By Michael R.J Vatikiotis
August 19, 1996

Political Change in South-East Asia takes up the debate between those who resist the pressure for democracy and point to unchanging 'Asian' values, and those who believe that the appeal of democracy is universal.The author examines the case for both sides and concludes that the strong state will be...

Media, War and Terrorism Responses from the Middle East and Asia

Media, War and Terrorism: Responses from the Middle East and Asia

1st Edition

Edited By Shoma Munshi, Peter van der Veer
July 06, 2004

This collection of essays covers the media and public debate dimension of the events of 9/11 and beyond, from the point of view of Middle Eastern and Asian countries. The first part of the book deals with the use of the media as an instrument of warfare, the growing significance of religion, the ...

East Timor, Australia and Regional Order Intervention and its Aftermath in Southeast Asia

East Timor, Australia and Regional Order: Intervention and its Aftermath in Southeast Asia

1st Edition

By James Cotton
July 06, 2004

This book explains the exceptional nature of the East Timor intervention of 1999, and deals with the background to the trusteeship role of the UN in building the new polity. All of these developments had an important impact on regional order, not least testing the ASEAN norm of 'non-interference'....

Power and Change in Central Asia

Power and Change in Central Asia

1st Edition

Edited By Sally Cummings
December 26, 2001

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 region, offer focused case-studies of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, comparing ...

China and the Internet Politics of the Digital Leap Forward

China and the Internet: Politics of the Digital Leap Forward

1st Edition

Edited By Christopher R. Hughes, Gudrun Wacker
April 11, 2003

China and the Internet: Politics of the Digital Leap Forward is a comprehensive assessment of the political and economic impact of information and communication technologies (ITCs) on Chinese society. It provides in-depth analyses of topics including economic development, civil and political ...

Challenging Authoritarianism in Southeast Asia Comparing Indonesia and Malaysia

Challenging Authoritarianism in Southeast Asia: Comparing Indonesia and Malaysia

1st Edition

Edited By Ariel Heryanto, Sumit K. Mandal
June 24, 2003

Challenging Authoritarianism in Southeast Asia is one of the first substantial comparative studies of contemporary Indonesia and Malaysia, homes to the world's largest Muslim population. Following the collapse of New Order rule in Indonesia in 1998, this book provides an in-depth examination of ...

China's Policy Towards Territorial Disputes The Case of the South China Sea Islands

China's Policy Towards Territorial Disputes: The Case of the South China Sea Islands

1st Edition

By Chi-kin Lo
September 13, 1989

Since 1949 and the founding of the People's Republic, China has been involved in more than one territorial dispute with its neighbours. Currently the most unstable and dangerous dispute is the one over the Paracel and Spratly islands in the South China Sea. With their potentially rich and ...

Indonesia and China The Politics of a Troubled Relationship

Indonesia and China: The Politics of a Troubled Relationship

1st Edition

By Rizal Sukma
September 14, 1999

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 foreign policy, the nature of the New Order's domestic politics, the mixed functions of diplomatic ties, the legitimacy of the new regime, and the role of ...

Media and Politics in Pacific Asia

Media and Politics in Pacific Asia

1st Edition

By Duncan McCargo
February 28, 2003

Media and Politics in Pacific Asia is the first book to provide a detailed account of the political influences exerted by both domestic and international media in Pacific Asia. Duncan McCargo argues that the media are political actors and institutions in their own right, and that as such they can ...

Political Business in East Asia

Political Business in East Asia

1st Edition

By Edmund Gomez
December 28, 2001

The relationship between government and business has become a central issue in East Asia since the financial crisis of 1997. As the Asian economies try to advance the reform process, recent scandals involving corruption and cronyism have demonstrated the ongoing significance of the issue. This ...

The State and Ethnic Politics in SouthEast Asia

The State and Ethnic Politics in SouthEast Asia

1st Edition

By David Brown
April 02, 1997

Ethnic tensions in Southeast Asia represent a clear threat to the future stability of the region. David Brown's clear and systematic study outlines the patterns of ethnic politics in:* Burma* Singapore* Indonesia* Malaysia* ThailandThe study considers the influence of the State on the formation of ...

Japanese Governance Beyond Japan Inc.

Japanese Governance: Beyond Japan Inc.

1st Edition

Edited By Jennifer Amyx, Peter Drysdale
February 28, 2003

Japan Inc was once used to describe the powerful political and economic system that delivers Japan's transformation to an industrial power. This book is about the breakdown and failure of policy coherence in Japan in the 1990s and how the political economy of Japan has changed in response. The ...

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