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Federalism and Ethnic Conflict Regulation in India and Pakistan
ISBN: 9781403971869 / Angielski / Twarda / 239 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Katharine Adeney demonstrates that institutional design is the most important explanatory variable in understanding the different intensity and types of conflict in the two countries rather than the role of religion. Adeney examines the extent to which previous constitutional choices explain current day conflicts.
Katharine Adeney demonstrates that institutional design is the most important explanatory variable in understanding the different intensity and types ...
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Government, Business, and the Politics of Interdependence and Conflict Across the Taiwan Strait
ISBN: 9781403972927 / Angielski / Twarda / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Explains the complex and paradoxical process of economic integration and political divergence in current relations between Taiwan and mainland China. It analyzes the dynamics of economic statecraft on both sides and the conflicts between state objectives and business interests in the context of globalization and regional economic integration.
Explains the complex and paradoxical process of economic integration and political divergence in current relations between Taiwan and mainland China. ...
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The Search for Deliberative Democracy in China
ISBN: 9781403974167 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book investigates whether the theory of deliberative democracy - developed in the West to focus democratic theory on the legitimation that deliberation can afford - has any application to Chinese processes of democratization. It discovers pockets of theory useful to guide Chinese practices, and also Chinese practice that can educate the West.
This book investigates whether the theory of deliberative democracy - developed in the West to focus democratic theory on the legitimation that delibe...
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Japan's Nuclear Disarmament Policy and the U.S. Security Umbrella
ISBN: 9781403974174 / Angielski / Twarda / 281 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book explores the apparent contradictions behind Japan's stated goal of nuclear disarmament and its tacit acceptance of being protected by the U.S. nuclear umbrella.
This book explores the apparent contradictions behind Japan's stated goal of nuclear disarmament and its tacit acceptance of being protected by the U....
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The Uses of Institutions: The U.S., Japan, and Governance in East Asia
ISBN: 9781403976024 / Angielski / Twarda / 246 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book explores the ways that institutions play a role - or fail to - in Japanese and American approaches to regional governance in East Asia. It uses recent studies on the logic and dynamics of institutions to determine the logic of order within the East Asia region. The central focus is on bilateral and multilateral regional institutions.
This book explores the ways that institutions play a role - or fail to - in Japanese and American approaches to regional governance in East Asia. It u...
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Identity and Change in East Asian Conflicts: The Cases of China, Taiwan, and the Koreas
ISBN: 9781403977878 / Angielski / Twarda / 245 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Changing national identities have transformed the China-Taiwan and Korean conflicts. Democratization in Taiwan and South Korea, and liberalization in China, have forced leaders to compete for popular legitimacy by appealing to national identities. Along with the collapse of the Soviet Union, these contested national identities have been the main factors driving change in the conflicts-pushing China and Taiwan inexorably apart and toward a showdown, while helping to prop up what appeared to be a mortally wounded North Korea. This explains why one U.S. ally, Taiwan, becomes more hawkish, while...
Changing national identities have transformed the China-Taiwan and Korean conflicts. Democratization in Taiwan and South Korea, and liberalization in ...
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Asia's Giants: Comparing China and India
ISBN: 9780230606166 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This edited volume reconsiders the conventional wisdom, which argues that comparative performance (in economic, social, political, as well as diplomatic arenas) of China has been superior to that of India. The book brings together 'new paradigms' for evaluating the comparative performance of two countries. Essays show that if not outright wrong, conventional wisdom has proven to be overly simplified. The book brings out the complexity and richness of the India-China comparison.
This edited volume reconsiders the conventional wisdom, which argues that comparative performance (in economic, social, political, as well as diplomat...
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Asian Energy Security: The Maritime Dimension
ISBN: 9780230606425 / Angielski / Twarda / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Driven by rising oil demand and active initiatives, including recent Chinese naval escort of merchant vessels in the Gulf of Aden, Asia has become an important player in international energy security, as well as maritime security. The timely volume examines China's and Japan's efforts for securing energy supplies overseas and maritime energy transport, their cooperation and rivalry as well as the implications for Asia up to recent years. It also examines the growing shipping traffic in the Straits of Malacca and security of sea lanes in Asia. Viewing energy and maritime security as global...
Driven by rising oil demand and active initiatives, including recent Chinese naval escort of merchant vessels in the Gulf of Aden, Asia has become an ...
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Human Rights in Asia: A Reassessment of the Asian Values Debate
ISBN: 9780230606395 / Angielski / Twarda / 254 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book offers a critical reassessment of the 'Asian values' debate, which dominated the human rights discourse in the late 1990s, and a reappraisal of the human rights situation in Asia since then. The chapters in this book contextualize the debate and examine in what ways the issues raised then continue to trouble Asian societies.
This book offers a critical reassessment of the 'Asian values' debate, which dominated the human rights discourse in the late 1990s, and a reappraisal...
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Providing Public Goods in Transitional China
ISBN: 9780230609518 / Angielski / Twarda / 254 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. China's leaders areconfronted with building a new support system in the countryside, shifting the burden in urban China from the factory to the local state, and integrating new social groups into existing systems. This book comprises a detailed study of healthcare, disease control, social insurance and social relief."
China's leaders areconfronted with building a new support system in the countryside, shifting the burden in urban China from the factory to the local ...
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The Political Economy of East Asia: Regional and National Dimensions
ISBN: 9780230205895 / Angielski / Twarda / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In a systematic study of the political economy of East Asia, Cai adopts an historical perspective alongside a contemporary focus, exploring East Asia's development since the late 19th century. Following similar paths to economic development, East Asian states have achieved economic success, integrating themselves into a regional economy.
In a systematic study of the political economy of East Asia, Cai adopts an historical perspective alongside a contemporary focus, exploring East Asia'...
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Civilizing Missions: International Religious Agencies in China
ISBN: 9780230608979 / Angielski / Twarda / 262 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. By comparing the role and influence of early Christian missionaries with those of Christian NGOs today, this bookcritically assesses the idea of a Christian 'civilizing mission' within the context of China. It provides a local, non-Han perspective based on a rich array of historical, ethnographical, and empirical sources."
By comparing the role and influence of early Christian missionaries with those of Christian NGOs today, this bookcritically assesses the idea of a Chr...
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Succession Politics in Indonesia: The 1998 Presidential Elections and the Fall of Suharto
ISBN: 9780333776025 / Angielski / Twarda / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How was a thirty-two year old authoritarian regime brought down and what augurs in its place? This book attempts to examine the background factors as well as the trigger that led to Suharto's resignation, amidst the power struggle that has been taking place in the opaque political world of Indonesia. Equally important, the ways in which the 'new' powerbrokers, with Suharto remaining influential in the background, have tried to adapt themselves to the new environment are also examined. Finally, the meaning of Suharto's resignation and what has changed and remained static are analysed.
How was a thirty-two year old authoritarian regime brought down and what augurs in its place? This book attempts to examine the background factors as ...
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Living with China: Regional States and China Through Crises and Turning Points
ISBN: 9780230616707 / Angielski / Twarda / 270 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Although much ink has been used debating China's rise and its implications for Asia and beyond, few haveconsidered howits neighbors have been living with a rising China. This book fills that vacuum."
Although much ink has been used debating China's rise and its implications for Asia and beyond, few haveconsidered howits neighbors have been living w...
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Rural Democracy in China: The Role of Village Elections
ISBN: 9780230600164 / Angielski / Twarda / 277 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines village democracy and the prospects of China's democratization. It explains how three key factors - township, economy and kinship - shape village democracy and account for rural variations. It considers the extension of village to township elections, the idea of a mixed regime and its impact on political development in China.
This book examines village democracy and the prospects of China's democratization. It explains how three key factors - township, economy and kinship -...
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Dynamics of the Cold War in Asia: Ideology, Identity, and Culture
ISBN: 9780230621947 / Angielski / Twarda / 234 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book focuses on the neglected cultural front of the Cold War in Asia to explore the mindsets of Asian actors and untangle the complex cultural alliances that undergirded the security blocs on this continent.
This book focuses on the neglected cultural front of the Cold War in Asia to explore the mindsets of Asian actors and untangle the complex cultural al...
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Strategic Thinking about the Korean Nuclear Crisis: Four Parties Caught Between North Korea and the United States
ISBN: 9781403975560 / Angielski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This study makes northeast Asia the focus of analysis on how the nuclear crisis in 2002-2006 affected strategic thinking. While all those in the Six-Party Talks are included, the author explores in particular debates about the standoff in four countries on the front lines (South Korea, China, Japan, and Russia).
This study makes northeast Asia the focus of analysis on how the nuclear crisis in 2002-2006 affected strategic thinking. While all those in the Six-P...
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Autonomy, Ethnicity, and Poverty in Southwestern China: The State Turned Upside Down
ISBN: 9781403984463 / Angielski / Twarda / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Chinese state reaches out to ethnic communities in three different channels of autonomy, ethnicity, and poverty. However, each of these channels designates a submissive position to ethnic citizenship. Amidst theoretical uncertainty on how the state has affected local communities, ethnic minorities can develop subjectivity. Through this, they can sincerely participate in the state's policy agenda, conveniently incorporate the state into the ethnic identity, give feedback to the state within the framework of official discourse, or hide behind the state to evade ethnic identification. Rather...
The Chinese state reaches out to ethnic communities in three different channels of autonomy, ethnicity, and poverty. However, each of these channels d...
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The Politics of Economic Regionalism: Explaining Regional Economic Integration in East Asia
ISBN: 9780230576544 / Angielski / Twarda / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. While major theories of economic regionalism in the existing literature are primarily constructed to explore institutionalized regional integration, European integration in particular, the analytical framework developed in this work explains the unique process and pattern of regional integration in East Asia.
While major theories of economic regionalism in the existing literature are primarily constructed to explore institutionalized regional integration, E...
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Regulating Statehood: State Building and the Transformation of the Global Order
ISBN: 9780230251861 / Angielski / Twarda / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Shahar Hameiri argues that state building interventions are creating a new form of transnationally regulated statehood. Using case-studies from the Asia-Pacific, he analyzes the politics of state building and the implications for contemporary statehood and the global order.
Shahar Hameiri argues that state building interventions are creating a new form of transnationally regulated statehood. Using case-studies from the As...
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