220 Pages
by
Routledge
218 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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Including contributions from an international team of leading experts, this volume examines state making from a uniquely Asian perspective and reveals some of the misunderstandings that arise when states and state making are judged solely on the basis of Western history. The contributors argue that if we are to understand states in Asia then we must first recognize the particular combination of... Read more
Contributors Preface 1. Reconnecting the State to the Dynamics of its Making 2. Japanese State Making in Global Context 3. The Making of State-Bureaucracy Relations in Japan 4. Citizen, State and Nation in China 5. Sovereignty, Survival, and the Transformation of the Taiwan State 6. Constructing the State in the Tibetan Diaspora 7. Nation, Ethnicity, and Contending Discourse in the Malaysian State 8. Some States of Asia Compared from Afar References Index
Biography
Richard Boyd is Reader in the Law and Society of Japan at Leiden University, the Netherlands.
Tak-Wing Ngo is Lecturer in Chinese Politics at Leiden University, the Netherlands.
