This open access book assesses the profound impact of Japan's aspirations to become a great power on Japanese security, democracy and foreign relations. Rather than viewing the process of normalization and rejuvenation as two decades of remilitarization in face of rapidly changi…
This book provides an all-round analysis and exploration of the course, status quo and future of the Chinese Government's governance reform under the framework of government governance modernization. The authors bring their decades of experience in crafting policy in China to ex…
New democracy and autocratization in Asia
"This book examines the quality of democracies in Asia and determines why current democracies - especially during the so-called "new normal" era following the 2008 financial crisis - have become less stable and less resilient to increasing authoritarianism. Based on the assumpti…
"This book examines the quality of democracies in Asia and determines why current democracies - especially during the so-called "new normal" era following the 2008 financial crisis - have become less stable and less resilient to increasing authoritarianism. Based on the assumpti…
"This book examines the quality of democracies in Asia and determines why current democracies - especially during the so-called "new normal" era following the 2008 financial crisis - have become less stable and less resilient to increasing authoritarianism. Based on the assumpti…
"Randy Nandyatama offers a pathbreaking study of ASEAN's human rights turn, as seen through the lens of Indonesian civil society actors and human rights advocates. In his application of Bourdieu, he offers an innovative and ambitious approach to understanding human rights norms …
"Randy Nandyatama offers a pathbreaking study of ASEAN's human rights turn, as seen through the lens of Indonesian civil society actors and human rights advocates. In his application of Bourdieu, he offers an innovative and ambitious approach to understanding human rights norms …
Most recent works about the efforts of local communities caught up in a civil war have focused on their efforts to maintain security and safety from the violence that surrounds them. This book, in contrast, focuses on how local peacebuilding actors face new challenges and opport…
What does the Belt and Road Initiative mean for the existing multilateral organisations? What can it represent for the future of the European Union in the long run? What is the role of hard and soft law in the functioning of the Initiative? What does it represent from a legal th…
