\ edited by Richard Maidment, David Goldblatt, and Jeremy Mitchell.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
; New York
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
: Routledge in association with the Open University
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
, 2005.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xii, 319 p.
Other Physical Details
:ill., maps
SERIES
Series Title
Pacific studies
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Politics and governance in the Asia-Pacific: historical and thematic overview / David Goldblatt -- Red star over East Asia: communist states and communist parties / Colin Mackerras -- Politics and governance in Japan / Frank Gibney -- Independence: state building in South-East Asia / R.E. Elson -- Politics and governance in the Anglo states / George Lafferty and Jacques Bierling -- Elite governance: business, bureaucrats, and the military / Duncan McCargo -- Challenging the political order: social movements / William A. Callahan -- The politics of economic governance / David Martin Jones -- The politics of welfare in East Asia / Gordon White, Roger Goodman, and Huck-ju-Kwon -- Environmental politics and policies in the Asia-Pacific / Rowland Maddock -- Sayonara to the strong state: from government to governance in the Asia-Pacific / William Case -- Pressures for change: capitalist development and democracy / Jacques Bierling and George Lafferty.