Politics in Pacific Asia
eBook - PDF

Politics in Pacific Asia

An Introduction

  1. 328 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Politics in Pacific Asia

An Introduction

About this book

This lively and accessible new edition provides a uniquely broad-ranging introduction to the governance and politics of Pacific Asia. Thematically structured around the key institutions and issues, it is genuinely comparative in its approach to the whole region. A range of representative countries (China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines) are used as key case examples throughout and each of them is subject to a detailed full-page country profile. This diverse region is a fascinating area for study. Politics in Pacific Asia provides a framework to form a coherent understanding of the region's politics; it balances persistent patterns with the latest developments and general characteristics with the differing cultures, histories and institutions of individual countries.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. List of Illustrative Material
  4. List of Abbreviations and Acronyms
  5. Preface to Second Edition
  6. Introduction
  7. 1 Political traditions in Pacific Asia
  8. 2 Building the modern state
  9. 3 Types of states in Pacific Asia
  10. 4 Organization of government
  11. 5 In the name of the state: ­bureaucracy and public service
  12. 6 The state and the economy
  13. 7 Political parties, elections and political order
  14. 8 Political society: power, ­participation and advocacy
  15. 9 Nation and state: ethnicity, ­religion and culture
  16. 10 Pacific Asia and the world
  17. References
  18. Index