Routledge Contemporary Asia Series
About the Book Series
The aim of this series is to publish original, high-quality work by both new and established scholars on all aspects of contemporary Asia.
China–India Relations: Cooperation and conflict
1st Edition
Edited
By Kanti Bajpai, Jing Huang, Kishore Mahbubani
October 13, 2017
The question of whether China and India can cooperate is at the core of global geopolitics. As the two countries grow their economies, the potential for conflict is no longer simply a geopolitical one based on relative power, influence and traditional quarrels over land boundaries. This book ...
Asianism and the Politics of Regional Consciousness in Singapore
1st Edition
By Leong Yew
October 12, 2017
Over the last two decades, Singapore has undergone a substantial degree of ‘Asianization’. Apart from participating in the Asian values debate of the 1990s, re-visioning itself as ‘New Asia’ and a global-Asian hub, and establishing Asian identities for the commodities it consumes and produces, ...
Genocide and Mass Atrocities in Asia: Legacies and Prevention
1st Edition
Edited
By Deborah Mayersen, Annie Pohlman
October 12, 2017
The twentieth century has been labelled the ‘century of genocide’, and according to estimates, more than 250 million civilians were victims of genocide and mass atrocities during this period. This book provides one of the first regional perspectives on mass atrocities in Asia, by exploring the ...
Vietnamese-Chinese Relationships at the Borderlands: Trade, Tourism and Cultural Politics
1st Edition
By Yuk Wah Chan
October 12, 2017
Ever since China and Vietnam resumed diplomatic contacts and reopened the border in 1991, the borderland region has become part of the vibrant growing economies of both countries and drawn many from the interior provinces to the borderland for new economic adventures. This book examines ...
Sexual Diversity in Asia, c. 600 - 1950
1st Edition
Edited
By Raquel A.G. Reyes, William G. Clarence-Smith
July 26, 2017
Non-reproductive sex practices in Asia have historically been a source of fascination, prurient or otherwise, for Westerners, who being either Catholic or Protestant, were often struck by what they perceived as the widespread promiscuity and licentiousness of native inhabitants. Graphic ...
Land Grabs in Asia: What Role for the Law?
1st Edition
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By Connie Carter, Andrew Harding
June 30, 2017
Although there is no universally accepted definition of the term "land grabbing", ordinary people whose livelihoods are adversely affected by land grabbing know exactly what it is. It involves the physical capture and control of land and homes, including the usurpation of the power to decide how ...
Asian Popular Culture in Transition
1st Edition
Edited
By John A Lent, Lorna Fitzsimmons
June 16, 2017
Asian Popular Culture in Transition examines contemporary consumption practices in South Korea, China, India, and Japan, and both updates and extends popular culture studies of the region. Through an interdisciplinary lens, this collection of essays explores how recent advances and shifts in ...
Politics of the 'Other' in India and China: Western Concepts in Non-Western Contexts
1st Edition
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By Lion Koenig, Bidisha Chaudhuri
June 15, 2017
The social sciences have been heavily influenced by modernization theory, focusing on issues of economic growth, political development and social change, in order to develop a predictive model of linear progress for developing countries following a Western prototype. Under this hegemonic paradigm ...
Renewable Energy in East Asia: Towards a New Developmentalism
1st Edition
By Christopher M. Dent
May 25, 2017
This book argues that the expansion of renewable energy in East Asia forms an integral part of the region's new developmentalism, which is defined as revitalised and refocused forms of state capacity aimed at realising the transformative economic objectives associated with low carbon development....
East Asian Development Model: Twenty-first century perspectives
1st Edition
Edited
By Shiping Hua, Ruihua Hu
May 24, 2017
Given the impressive growth in East Asia after World War II, initially led by Japan, the region's development models have been scrutinized since the 1980s. The shared Confucian cultural heritage, strong government guidance, and export led economies were often cited as contributors to the impressive...
Asian Heritage Management: Contexts, Concerns, and Prospects
1st Edition
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By Kapila Silva, Neel Kamal Chapagain
May 18, 2017
The prevalent global heritage discourse has been primarily Euro-centric in its origin, premise, and praxis. Diverse cultural, historical, and geographical contexts, such as that of Asia, call for more context-specific approaches to heritage management. This book explores this complexity of managing...
Human Trafficking in Asia: Forcing Issues
1st Edition
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By Sallie Yea
May 18, 2017
By analysing the complex issues surrounding internal and cross-border human trafficking in Asia, and asserting critical perspectives and methodologies, this book extends the range of sites for discussion and sectors in which human trafficking takes place. The book re-centres human trafficking as ...