Governance in the Asia-Pacific

by David Goldblatt (Editor), Richard Maidment (Editor), Jeremy Mitchell (Editor)

Overview

]IGovernance in the Asia-Pacific is a student-friendly textbook which examines the governance of nation states in this diverse and rapidly-changing region. It sets out the range of political beliefs and styles that flourish and the similarities and differences between individual states and the ways in which they choose to govern. Wide-ranging in scope and clearly written to help students get to the bottom of important issues, the book addresses many key areas including:
* the Anglo-American powers
* Japan
* independence movements
* the politics of economic development
* social movements
* the politics of the environment
* the pressures for political change in the region.
And these issues are all analysed within the broad context of governance in the Asia-Pacific more generally. The authors also identify factors which explain the political underpinning of the dramatic economic development in the region.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134691357
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/27/2005
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	320
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

David Goldblatt, Richard Maidment, Jeremy Mitchell

Table of Contents

1 State forms Part 1 State forms and political struggles 2 Red star over asia 3 Japanese State 4 Independence: state building in Southeast Asia 5 Politics in Anglo States Part 2 Politics and governance 6 Elite governance business, bureaucrats and the military 7 Challenging the political order: social movements 8 The political economy of Pacific Asia 9 Politics of welfare 10 Environmental issues and their governance Part 3 Riding the juggernaut: Political change 11 Sayonara to the strong state: from government to governance in the Asia-Pacific 12 Pressures for Change