Asian Studies

Offering a wide-ranging overview of Asian migrations, this new handbook seeks to examine and evaluate the flows of movement within Asia, as well as in and out of the continent. Through in-depth analysis of empirical and theoretical developments in the field, it includes key examples such as labour m..

Providing a comprehensive survey of significant topics in Malaysian politics, economy and society today, with a focus on issues, institutions, and trends, this Handbook is divided into four thematic sections: Domestic Politics, Economics, Social policy and social development, and International relat..

Providing a comprehensive survey of significant topics in Malaysian politics, economy and society today, with a focus on issues, institutions, and trends, this Handbook is divided into four thematic sections: Domestic Politics, Economics, Social policy and social development, and International relat..

This handbook provides an authoritative survey of the major periods of Chinese history from the Neolithic era to the fall of the Latter Han Empire and the end of antiquity. It is the first volume to include not only a comprehensive historical review, but also thematical topics, such as warfare, citi..

Across Asia today rapid economic and social change means the region’s heritage is at once under threat and undergoing a revival as never before._x000D_ The volume examines heritage as a key component in the unfolding modernities of Asia, moving between analytical scales to address questions of touri..

This handbook provides a cutting-edge and intellectually engaging overview of human resource management (HRM) in Asia. Chapters cover traditional as well as emerging themes of HRM in Asian nations such as the role of religion in people management, industrial relations, family business and gender...

Now available in paperback, this Handbook provides a comprehensive analysis of the major themes that have defined the politics of Southeast Asia. It provides a comprehensive and cutting-edge examination of this important subject. The introductory chapter provides an overview of the theoretical and i..

This comparative study of small capitalists and rural industrialists in three Asian countries points to striking similarities between Indian, overseas Chinese and Muslim businessmen in Asia...

This book offers an authoritative and in-depth analysis of the social and economic changes that have swept through the Chinese countryside in the last twenty years...

This book offers an authoritative and in-depth analysis of the social and economic changes that have swept through the Chinese countryside in the last twenty years...

This study incorporates elements from the disciplines of international relations and history to address key international and domestic elements that have shaped the interactions between Russia and China over time...

_x005F_x000D_ This book analyses the changing relations between Russia and Kazakhstan and their impact on post-Soviet interactions with the rest of the world. Areas explored are political relationships, relationships in the military and security areas, the issue of Kazakhstan’s nuclear withdrawal, e..