New Dynamics in East Asian Politics: Security, Political Economy, and Society

ISBN-13: 9781441183316 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 368 str.

Zhiqun Zhu

Opis

East Asia is changing and students need to grasp the new dynamics that shape politics and society across the region. This collection of essays by respected scholars examines the impact of development at the societal, national, and international levels on the conduct of politics in East Asia.The chapters in this unique comparative tool are organized in sections around the themes of security and foreign policy, the new political economy, and changing societies, with each section featuring a mix of region-wide and country specific chapters. The book explains what are the new features and developments in East Asian politics today. It also examines how nations, more specifically China, Japan, both Koreas, and Taiwan are responding to challenges such as globalization, information technology, and the global recession as well as the impact of resulting domestic and foreign policies for the region and the world.Its comparative nature, broad coverage, and pedagogical apparatus will make this text a key resource to teach East Asian politics at the undergraduate level.

Spis treści

Introduction: East Asian Politics Today
Zhiqun Zhu

Part I. Security and Foreign Policy

1. China's Rise and East Asian Security
Hochul Lee

2. The Changing US Role and the Shifting Regional Order in East Asia
Il Hyun Cho

3. The Era of "Ibis Diplomacy" in Japan-China Relations?
Mary M. McCarthy

4. Cross-Strait Relations Today: Challenges and Opportunities
Chunjuan Nancy Wei

5. The Rise and Fall of Anti-Americanism in South Korea
Heon Joo Jung

Part II. The New Political Economy
 
6. Economic Globalization, Democracy, and Social Protection: Welfare Capitalism in East Asia
Mason M.S. Kim

7. East Asia in the Digital Age: National Innovation Strategies of China, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan
Carin Holroyd and Ken Coates

8. Media and Environmental Politics in East Asia
Mary Alice Haddad

9. Environmental Legislation in East Asia: Rationale and Significance
Matthew A. Shapiro

10. East Asian Women and the Military: Victors and Victims
Lana Obradovic

Part III. Changing Societies

11. China's Rising Generation: College-Educated Youth in the Reform Era
Teresa Wright

12. A "Natural" State? Nature and Nation in North Korea
Carol Ann Medlicott

13. A Global "Chinawood"? China's Cultural Policy toward Global Hollywood in the New Century
Wendy Su

14. Japan's Belated Policy Development toward a Gender-Equal Society
Atsuko Sato

15. The Local People's Congress and Grassroots Democracy in China
Diqing Lou