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Fluid Jurisdictions: Colonial Law and Arabs in Southeast Asia by Nurfadzilah Yahaya 9781501750878
RRP: £108.00£93.40This wide-ranging, geographically ambitious book tells the story of the Arab diaspora within the context of British and Dutch colonialism, unpacking the community's ambiguous embrace of European colonial authority in Southeast Asia. In Fluid... -
Rule By Incarnation: Tibetan Buddhism And Its Role In Society And State by Franz Michael 9780367301699
RRP: £39.99£35.06The 1959 Chinese military takeover of Tibet brought an end to a unique way of life in which Buddhism provided legitimacy to political and social authority in Tibet and served as value system, cultural bond, philosophy of life, and framework for a complex... -
The Politics Of East Asia: China, Japan, Korea by John E. Endicott 9780367295103
RRP: £135.00£111.70This is the first undergraduate text on the politics of East Asia to be published since 1970. Looking at both domestic and international politics, the authors discuss the political systems of China, Japan, and Korea within the context of environmental... -
Communism, Subaltern Studies and Postcolonial Theory: The Left in South India by Nissim Mannathukkaren 9781032050553
RRP: £39.99£35.46This book is a thematic history of the communist movement in Kerala, the first major region (in terms of population) in the world to democratically elect a communist government. It analyzes the nature of the transformation brought about by the communist... -
Authoritarianism and Civil Society in Asia by Anthony Spires 9781032188874
RRP: £39.99£35.06This book represents a pioneering interdisciplinary effort to analyze Asian civil society under authoritarianism, a regime type that is re-appearing or deepening after several decades of increased political liberalization.By organizing its approach into... -
A Political Biography of Aung San Suu Kyi: A Hybrid Politician by Michał Lubina 9780367469160
RRP: £135.00£117.28This book is the first political biography of Aung San Suu Kyi covering both her years in opposition and all her years in power from 2016 onwards. It offers a new interpretation of Aung San Suu Kyi by presenting a balanced and thorough account of Suu... -
The China Quandary: Domestic Determinants Of U.s. China Policy, 1972-1982 by Robert G Sutter 9780367306243
RRP: £39.99£35.06Although the United States has established formal diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China (PRC), achieving major advances in economic and cultural relations, it continues to be bedevilled by serious dilemmas regarding such issues as... -
Confluence of Thought: Rabindranath Tagore and Mahatma Gandhi by Bidyut Chakrabarty 9789356403161
£93.44Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789356403161Author Bidyut ChakrabartyFormat HardbackPage Count 200Imprint Bloomsbury Academic IndiaPublisher Bloomsbury India -
The Chinese Mosaic: The Peoples And Provinces Of China by Leo J Moser 9780367290832
RRP: £130.00£107.64Although the "Han" Chinese constitute about 95 percent of the population of the PRC, they are much more diverse than most Westerners realize. The numerous subgroups of Han speak dialects that seem almost like different languages, and they have a wide... -
Tibetan Nation: A History Of Tibetan Nationalism And Sino-tibetan Relations by Warren Smith 9780367274399
RRP: £39.99£36.06This book offers the most comprehensive account available of Tibetan nationalism, Sino-Tibetan relations, and the issue of Tibetan self-determination. It explores Tibet's ethnic origins, the birth of the Tibetan state, Tibet's quest for independence, and... -
The Politics Of Democratization: Generalizing East Asian Experiences by Edward Friedman 9780367310547
RRP: £27.99£24.28This collection explores democratic transitions in East Asia, arguing against the standard wisdom that European or Christian value systems and socioeconomic forces are essential for democracy to succeed. Instead the contributors convincingly illustrate... -
System And Process In Southeast Asia: The Evolution Of A Region by Donald G Mccloud 9780367304843
RRP: £39.99£35.46Southeast Asia, although not garnering the headlines of ten to twenty years ago, is important in global politics. Vietnam's domination of Indochina, for example, has polarized the region, given the Soviet Union new regional access, and magnified the... -
Women's Work For Women: Missionaries And Social Change In Asia by Leslie A. Flemming 9780367216634
RRP: £39.99£35.06This book grew out of a panel on women missionaries given at the 1986 meeting of the National Association for Women's Studies. When the leaders of the Woman's Foreign Mission Society of the American Presbyterian Church chose the title Woman’s Work for... -
Maoist Insurgency, State and People: Overlooked Issues and Unaddressed Grievances by Anshuman Behera 9781032454252
RRP: £135.00£117.68This book critically studies descriptive, normative and ethical aspects of violence to understand the Maoist conflict in India. It studies important but often overlooked issues such as reasons for youth participation in insurgency, the reality and the... -
Indian Politics since the Mutiny by C. Y. Chintamani 9781032527277
RRP: £91.99£79.80First Published in 1940 Indian Politics since the Mutiny presents a comprehensive account of the development of public life and political institutions and of prominent political personalities in colonial India. Delivered as lectures at the Andhra... -
South Korea’s Wild Ride: The Big Shifts in Foreign Policy from 2013 to 2022 by Gilbert Rozman 9781032496399
RRP: £37.99£33.38• Comprehensive analysis of South Korea’s Foreign Policy shifts since 2013; • Covers one of the most important geopolitical flashpoints in the Asia-Pacific • Written by well-recognised experts in the field and supported by the Asan InstituteBook... -
Doing The Needful: The Dilemma Of India's Population Policy by G. Narayana 9780367011420
RRP: £130.00£112.11This is a study of the social and cultural roots of the persistent failure of India's attempts to intervene in the realm of population control and related issues of social welfare. The book examines both public and private programmes and policies and... -
From Revolution To Politics: Chinese Communists On The Long March by Benjamin Yang 9780367162696
RRP: £37.99£33.78Providing fresh analysis of the history and politics of Chinese communism, this book utilizes previously inaccessible sources to reassess the epic Long March. It sheds new light on the revolutionary momentum and political structure of the Chinese... -
Women In Korean Politics by Chunghee Sarah Soh 9780367216429
RRP: £37.99£33.38A study of women in South Korean politics. Through life histories elicited by interviews and supplemented by published materials, Soh studies 29 women who were elected or appointed to the South Korean legislature. She asks who these chosen women are, how... -
Chinese Regionalism: The Security Dimension by Richard H Yang 9780367166694
RRP: £37.99£33.38As China is poised to become a global economic force, its leadership is on the brink of imminent and potentially sweeping change. With Deng Xiaoping's demise seemingly at hand, the inevitable redistribution of power within this vast land has become a... -
Coffee: The Political Economy Of An Export Industry In Papua New Guinea by Randal G. Stewart 9780367157784
RRP: £37.99£33.78Using the latest available data, Dr. Stewart provides a critical, historical study of the exploitation of a major agricultural resource by a developing country. It traces the political economy of Papua New Guinea's coffee industry from its... -
Mending Fences: Confidence- And Security-building Measures In South Asia by Sumit Ganguly 9780367164775
RRP: £37.99£33.38Exploring the long history of conflict in South Asia, this book assesses the role of confidence- and security-building measures (CSBMs) in reducing tension. Using a comparative framework, the contributors draw lessons for South Asia from the experiences... -
Irrigation And Agricultural Politics In South Korea by Robert Wade 9780367168759
RRP: £37.99£33.38This book examines how state and local institutions that manage water conveyance and drainage actually function. Thus a great deal is revealed about the relationships and power struggles that exist between government and the people and between central... -
Asian Perspectives On Human Rights by Claude Welch 9780367153687
RRP: £37.99£33.38Analyzes Asian perspectives on human rights in terms of cultural traditions, grassroots and regional organizations, and economic constraints on the expression of rights. The book asks: are human rights western in their inception, are they universal or do... -
Nitobe Inazo: Japan's Bridge Across The Pacific by John F Howes 9780367167226
RRP: £37.99£33.78A collection of essays which chronicles the career and works of Japan's self-proclaimed bridge across the Pacific, Nitobe Inazo. He was appointed Under-Secretary of the League of Nations before the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1931 led to his... -
China’s Western Frontier and Eurasia: The Politics of State and Region-Building by Zenel Garcia 9780367694449
RRP: £39.99£35.06China has emerged as a dominant power in Eurasian affairs that not only exercises significant political and economic power, but increasingly, ideational power too.Since the founding of the People’s Republic, Chinese Communist Party leaders have sought to... -
The European Union and China’s Belt and Road: Impact, Engagement and Competition by Vassilis Ntousas 9781032045467
RRP: £39.99£35.06This book explores key elements of European Union (EU) engagement with the Belt Road Initiative (BRI), drawing on the expertise of leading practitioners and scholars of EU-China relations. Under the theme of discerning the BRI and its nexus with the EU,... -
Dōwa Policy and Japanese Politics by Ian Neary 9780367651367
RRP: £39.99£35.06This book locates the development of Dōwa policy projects within their historical and political context, offering examples of human rights protection in a non-Western society.Charting Dōwa policy from its origins in the pre-war period to its revival... -
The Volatility and Future of Democracies in Asia by Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao 9780367704773
RRP: £39.99£35.06Presenting Regional insights (authors from Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand) on Cutting edge issues and development in Asian political development.Providing insightful typolocial analysis with case studies among Asian countries... -
Civil Society in China: How Society Speaks to the State by Runya Qiaoan 9780367502744
RRP: £39.99£35.06This book contains in-depth, first-hand data on Chinese civil society’s interaction with the central government. As field research in China has become increasingly difficult over recent years, such a book based on intensive fieldwork and rich in... -
China’s Communication of the Belt and Road Initiative: Silk Road and Infrastructure Narratives by Carolijn van Noort 9781032027005
RRP: £39.99£35.06This book examines how China’s international political communication of the Belt and Road Initiative comprises narratives about infrastructure and the Silk Road.By carefully selecting infrastructure modalities and Silk Road representations, it is argued... -
Land Law and Disputes in Asia: In Search of an Alternative for Development Yuka Kaneko (Kobe University, Japan) 9780367772796
RRP: £39.99£35.46Through an in-depth legal analysis by leading scholars, this book searches for the exact legal causes of land-related disputes in Asia within the histories, legal systems and social realities of the respective countries. It consists of four main parts:... -
China's Korean Minority: The Politics Of Ethnic Education by Chae-jin Lee 9780367155643
RRP: £37.99£33.38The educational system in China's Yanbian Prefecture presents a relatively successful model for Korean ethnic education. Koreans in China have a much higher percentage of literacy and middle school and college graduation than the national average or any... -
China and International Norms: Evidence from the Belt and Road Initiative by Mario Esteban 9781032289700
RRP: £135.00£39.11This book explores the relationship between China and international norms through the lens of The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).Presenting seven case studies, this book highlights China’s stances toward international norms that govern different... -
Biopolitics and Healing in a Mass Milieu by K. V. Cybil 9781032200408
RRP: £135.00£117.28Several of the key concepts of biopolitics have come under scrutiny since the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic. This volume brings into discussion how biopolitics can be conceptualized critically within a milieu of mass healing, such as in India... -
Xi Jinping's Anticorruption Campaign: The Politics of Revenge by Steven P. Feldman 9781032362694
RRP: £125.00£107.86Through empirical analysis and conceptual development, this book analyzes the political psychology of Xi Jinping's Anticorruption Campaign and its role in the Chinese political system. Using Nietzsche’s concept of ressentiment and data collected from... -
Xi Jinping: China's Third New Era by Jayadeva Ranade 9781032393988
RRP: £125.00£108.26As its title ‘Xi Jinping: China’s Third New Era’ suggests, the book covers the period mid-June 2017 till the end of 2020—a period when, Xi Jinping’s acolytes claim, China had already embarked on a third thirty-year era under his leadership, like those of... -
The Hong Kong Conundrum: Pangs of Transition by Rup Narayan Das 9781032429359
RRP: £125.00£108.26The peaceful surrender of Hong Kong to China on the midnight of 30 June 1997 after almost one hundred and fifty-six years of colonial rule was unique in the annals of history. Rarely before had one power surrendered a rich prize to another. The credit... -
Japan's Security Policy Keiji Nakatsuji 9781032139555
RRP: £35.99£31.69This book analyses Japan's security policy after the Cold War and engages with the question of whether, since the Cold War ended, Japan has again become a global security player. The contributions to the book explore Japan's security policy by... -
Hong Kong Professional Services and the Belt and Road Initiative: Challenges for Co-evolving Sustainability by Phyllis Lai Lan Mo 9780367747367
RRP: £125.00£107.86This book scrutinizes the role of Hong Kong in the expansive, and contested, vision of China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). In two main sections, it first discusses the defining features of the BRI and the evolving expectations of the role of Hong...