Asian Politics

A student-friendly textbook which examines the governance of nation states in this region, exploring the huge diversity and range of political values beliefs and governing styles in the Asia-Pacific...

This Handbook provides an in-depth overview of how China is governed, how its domestic political system functions and the critical issues that it currently faces. China is undergoing a transitional period of rapid economic and social development. How this period is managed will have significant impl..

A pioneering study conducted through the lens of neo-Gramscianism, this book unravels the intricate political dynamism involved in the US-Japan alliance. It provides an innovative attempt to link the concept of alliances to hegemony and thus examines Japan’s relationship to US dominance in the regio..

This book offers a perspective on the constitutional and administrative experiment that has been taking place in Hong Kong, based on a substantial period under Chinese rule...

Drawing together contributions from historians, sociologists and political scientists the book highlights the role played by a variety of social actors in Hong Kongs history...

This book raises interesting questions about the process of democratisation in Hong Kong and asks why democracy has been so long delayed when the standard of living in Hong Kong has become so middle class...

Examining developments following Hong Kong's return to Chinese sovereignty, this book argues that genuine autonomy from the central government in Beijing is impossible without a democratic system in Hong Kong...

Examining transnational crime, human trafficking and its implications for human security from both Western and Asian perspectives, this book assesses the extent of the problem, outlines how it is perceived differently in different countries, and the diverse social and legal policy reactions which ha..

Examining transnational crime, human trafficking and its implications for human security from both Western and Asian perspectives, this book assesses the extent of the problem, outlines how it is perceived differently in different countries, and the diverse social and legal policy reactions which ha..

The aim of this book is to assess the rapidly changing socio-political landscape of Bali in the aftermath of the Asian economic crisis and the collapse of Suharto's 'New Order' regime in Indonesia...

This book examines the strategic interactions among China, the United States, Japan, and Southeast Asian States in the context of China’s rise and globalization after the cold war. Engaging the mainstream theoretical debates in international relations, the author introduces a new theoretical framewo..

Covers the influence of international public goods and landmark developments and assesses how they have affected Asia’s development through the ‘Golden’ and ‘Silver Ages’ of economic development. It also considers the challenges for the continuation of a new ‘Platinum Age’ of development driven by C..