Asian Studies

This text explains British defence policy by examining the overlapping of colonial, military, economic and Cold War factors in Southeast Asia...

Defending Rights in Contemporary China offers the first comprehensive analysis of the emergence and development of notions of rights defence, or weiquan, in China. Further, it shows that rights defence campaigns reflect the changing lives and priorities of Chinese citizens, both urban and rural, and..

With contributions from leading Taiwanese military thinkers, Defending Taiwan explores current military strategy in Taiwan and how it is evolving...

This text argues that socialization in general and political socialization in particular are key factors in any analysis of democracy, drawing on moral education textbooks, together with surveys and interviews. In this manner, the psychological roots of power and authority are explored...

This title was first published in 1986:  This is a study of "karayuki-san", impoverished Japanese women sent abroad to work as prostitutes from the 1860s to the 1920s. It follows the life of one prostitute, Osaki, who is persuaded as a child of ten to accept cleaning work in Borneo and then forced t..

First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

This collection discusses the role of financial institutions and markets in East Asian and Japan, corporate governance and new technology and how to redesign the East Asian and Japanese financial systems...

This text provides extensive analysis of the development needs and aid achievements in Nepal._x005F_x000D_..

A consideration of how the Asia-Pacific economies have developed since the financial crises, the effect of global forces on the national Asian economies and their different development paths as they jointly enter this new phase...

This book provides a detailed cross-country study of the automotive industry in South East Asia...

This book examines the adaptation of Buddhism to the Australian socio-cultural context, within the broader context of Buddhism's development in Westernized countries...

This collection of essays by and about Wang Gungwu brings together some of Wang's most recent and representative writing about the ethnic Chinese outside China...