Asian Politics

Examining some of the most critical issues in Malaysian politics today, including human rights, law and democracy, gender and Islam, this book explores the contours of the contemporary landscape of Malaysian politics, focusing especially on politics among the majority ethnic Malay community...

An innovative text which adopts the tools of cultural studies to provide a fresh approach to the study of Chinese language, culture and society. The book tackles areas such as popular culture, film and language...

This title was first published in 2000:  This research draws upon extensive fieldwork done in Thailand during the 1995 election campaign and some supplementary research done in the Philippines. The author presented his findings in a series of seminars in Indonesia in early 1996 and during this perio..

Nakano has received very little attention in works in English on the relevant period, as his approaches to effective power were limited while his career also lacks the violent drama associated with movements resorting to terrorism. This book uses material from the few biographies available in conjun..

Based on extensive original research, this book examines the role of the military in Indonesian politics. Looking at the role of the military historically, its involvement in politics and also considers how its role might develop...

This book offers an overview of reforms in state socialist agrarian systems during the 1970s and 1980s in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. This experience is contrasted to reforms in China, Vietnam and Cuba...

The past two and a half decades have seen major transformations in public sector management and governance across the globe. This book examines the ways public sector management and governance in Malaysia has changed and is changing under contemporary reform models...

Dr. Beeman analyses the diverse interests of industry, government and other parties to reveal how and why antimonopoly policy has made important inroads yet ultimately failed to gain deep acceptance in Japan...

This book discusses civic engagement and public policymaking in postcolonial Hong Kong. Utilizing case studies of citizens’ advisory committees involving four policy areas - urban planning, social welfare policy, environmental protection, and arts and culture policy - it examines the interaction bet..

Focuses both on specific regional organizations like ASEAN, The Asian Development Bank and APEC, as well as on key institutions such as East Asian legal systems, the media, organized labour, Asian business systems, and the developmental state...

Previously published as a special issue of Third World Quarterly, this volume analyzes to what extent the controversial US policy of democratizing the Middle East with pre-emptive invasions was justified or effective...

This book utilizes the concept of risk to provide an innovative perspective on Japan’s relations with China, North Korea and the US. It elucidates how risk, potential harm and harm are faced disproportionately by certain groups in society. This is demonstrated by providing an empirically rich analys..