Understanding Contemporary Asia Pacific

by Katherine Palmer Kaup

Overview

Understanding Contemporary Asia Pacific provides a comprehensive introduction to one of the most complex and rapidly changing regions in the world today. This thoroughly revised new edition reflects more than a decade of major developments in the region (encompassing China, Japan, the Koreas, and all of the ASEAN member states), including the impact of the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. With accessible discussions of history, politics, economics, international relations, society, and culture, it provides the tools essential to understanding the dynamic Asia Pacific and its influence in the global arena.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781626379831
Publisher:	Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	02/16/2021
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Katherine Palmer Kaup is associate professor of political science and chair of the Asian Studies Department at Furman University. She is author of Creating the Zhuang: Ethnic Politics in China.

Table of Contents

• Introduction—K.P. Kaup.
• Asia Pacific: A Geographic Preface—R.D. Hill.
• The Historical Context—C. MacKerras.
• Asia Pacific Politics—K.P. Kaup.
• The Economies of Asia Pacific—K. Khandke.
• International Relations—D. McDougall.
• Military and Security Issues—R. Sutter.
• The Environment —P. Hills.
• Population and Urbanization—D. Forbes.
• Ethnicity—K.P. Kaup.
• Women and Development—Y. Rodgers.
• Religion in Asia Pacific—K.Cole.
• The Literatures of Asia Pacific—F. Beauchamp and E. Marquez.
• Trends and Prospect—B. Womack.