Asian Politics

This textbook explores in detail the ways in which politics has shaped the thinking about history and identity in both China and Japan and explains the role political leadership in each country has played in shaping their respective nationalisms. Michael Yahuda traces the evolution of the relationsh..

This textbook explores in detail the ways in which politics has shaped the thinking about history and identity in both China and Japan and explains the role political leadership in each country has played in shaping their respective nationalisms. Michael Yahuda traces the evolution of the relationsh..

This book analyses how social movements have evolved and how new social movements have developed since the transition from authoritianism to capitalist democratic government in South Korea. Including an impressive array of case studies ranging from the women's movement, to environmental NGOs, and fr..

This book analyses how social movements have evolved and how new social movements have developed since the transition from authoritianism to capitalist democratic government in South Korea. Including an impressive array of case studies ranging from the women's movement, to environmental NGOs, and fr..

Using previously unseen Russian archive material, this book analyzes how the Soviet leadership evaluated developments in Soviet-Vietnamese relations in the years from 1949 to 1964. It focuses on how Soviet leaders perceived China’s role in Vietnam relative to the Soviet role, and shows how these per..

_x005F_x000D_ This book presents civil society's rise in Korea through in-depth analyses of today's most pressing issues, from the environment to human rights, from North Korean refugees to labour migration, all in the context of Korea's democratization. Detailed case studies and policy discussions ..

This book addresses the strategies pursued by potential challengers to American global preeminence through a careful examination of the nature and implications of the increasing interaction among three secondary powers: China, Russia and India. It breaks new ground in looking at the ways in which th..

Drawing on an in-depth examination of the existing literature on social mobilization and extensive fieldwork conducted in India, Ashok Swain questions how displaced people mobilize to protest with the help of their social networks...

Drawing on an in-depth examination of the existing literature on social mobilization and extensive fieldwork conducted in India, Ashok Swain questions how displaced people mobilize to protest with the help of their social networks...

Chari examines the trajectory of the Cold War and its impact on the rest of the world, to seek lessons for international relations today. Written by experts in the field it analyses important issues such as the unipolar moment, the changing economic balance of power, the emergence of new cooperative..

Taiwan's Relations with Mainland China is the first book to deal with the role of Taiwan’s leadership politics in the development of Taiwan’s mainland policy and the consequences for US-Taiwan relations.  ..

Ten years after the 9/11 attacks this book reassesses the effectiveness of the "War on Terror", considers how al-Qaeda and other jihadist movements are faring, explores the impact of wider developments in the Islamic world such as the Arab Spring, and discusses whether all this suggests that a new a..