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.

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.

In this book, the authors set forth a new model of globalization that lays claims to supersede existing models, and then use this model to assess the way the processes of globalization have operated in different historic periods in respect to political organization, military globalization, trade, finance, corporate productivity, migration, culture, and the environment. Each of these topics is covered in a chapter which contrasts the contemporary nature of globalization with that of earlier epochs. In mapping the shape and political consequences of globalization, the authors concentrate on six...

This book establishes whether contemporary social theory can help us understand the structural origins of environmental degradation and environmental politics.