"The study of Asia and its plural legal systems is of increasing significance, both within and outside Asia. Lawyers, whether in Australia, America or Europe, or working within an Asian jurisdiction, require a sound knowledge of how the law operates across this fast-growing and …
Asia is experiencing major changes in its security relations. This book brings together respected experts to assess both the theoretical and empirical dimensions of the Asian security debate. Building on the latest research on Asia's regional security politics, it focuses on the…
This book challenges the view that liberal democracy is the inevitable outcome of economic modernization. Focusing on the stable and prosperous societies of Pacific Asia, it argues that contemporary political arrangements are legitimised by the values of hierarchy, familism and …
Profiles of the ten countries that comprise Southeast Asia, followed by 350 entries providing information on and analysis of important people, issues, events, and organizations in the region since the end of the Pacific War in 1945.
Populism in Asian democracies: features, structures, and impacts
by Chu, Yun-han, Magno, Francisco A., Riaz, Aasiya, Chakrabarti, Kaustuv, Bureekul, Thawilwadee, Sangmahamad, Ratchawadee, Moksart, Nuchaprapar, Erdenebileg, Gerelt-Od, TseTsenkhuu, Ariunbold, Damba, Ganbat, Halim, Faiz Abdul, Azhari, Aira, Nuryanti, Sri, Jayasinghe, Pasan, Thu, Myat
fromGlobal Populisms
"Populism is a contested concept when applied to Asia. In Populism in Asian Democracies: Features, Structures and Impacts, members of the Asia Democracy Research Network (ADRN) discuss the diverse subtypes of populism in 11 countries across Asia, their structural elements and so…
"Populism is a contested concept when applied to Asia. In Populism in Asian Democracies: Features, Structures and Impacts, members of the Asia Democracy Research Network (ADRN) discuss the diverse subtypes of populism in 11 countries across Asia, their structural elements and so…
"Populism is a contested concept when applied to Asia. In Populism in Asian Democracies: Features, Structures and Impacts, members of the Asia Democracy Research Network (ADRN) discuss the diverse subtypes of populism in 11 countries across Asia, their structural elements and so…
"Thematically the study is significant as it deals covers a wide range of issues connected with the concept of Indian federalism and Article 370 of the Indian constitution". -Noor Ahmad Baba, Professor, Central University of Kashmir, Srinagar, J&K "The author has emphatically st…
"Thematically the study is significant as it deals covers a wide range of issues connected with the concept of Indian federalism and Article 370 of the Indian constitution". --Noor Ahmad Baba, Professor, Central University of Kashmir, Srinagar, J&K "The author has emphatically s…
Governance and politics of China
by Saich, Tony
fromComparative government and politics
"The 'Asian Century' is even bigger than you think. Far greater than just China, the new Asian system taking shape is a multi-civilizational order spanning Saudi Arabia to Japan, Russia to Australia, Turkey to Indonesia--linking five billion people through trade, finance, infras…
This book uncovers the mysterious social and political structures of China's "Third Front," the large state-sponsored development of inland China during the late Maoist period. This movement gave birth to a few important industrial bases such as Panzhihua and Liupanshui and had …
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