Governance in the Asia-Pacific

ISBN-13: 9780415172769 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 320 str.

Richard Maidment; Jeremy Mitchell; David Goldblatt

Opis

This textbook examines the governance of nation states in this region. It sets out the range of political beliefs and styles and the simliarities and differences between individual states and the ways in which they choose to govern. The book addresses key areas including: the Anglo-Saxon powers; Japan; independence movements; the politics of economic development; social movements; the politics of the environment; and the pressures for political change in the region. The authors also ide ntify factors which explain the political underpinning of the economic development in the region.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

David Goldblatt, Richard Maidment, Jeremy Mitchell