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.
Asian Cities, Migrant Labor and Contested Spaces
1st Edition
Edited
By Tai-Chee Wong, Jonathan Rigg
April 11, 2013
This volume explores how migration is playing a central role in the renewing and reworking of urban spaces in the fast growing and rapidly changing cities of Asia. Migration trends in Asia entered a new phase in the 1990s following the end of the Cold War which marked the advent of a renewed phase ...
De-Westernizing Communication Research: Altering Questions and Changing Frameworks
1st Edition
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By Georgette Wang
April 11, 2013
The rise of postmodern theories and pluralist thinking has paved the way for multicultural approaches to communication studies and now is the time for decentralization, de-Westernization, and differentiation. This trend is reflected in the increasing number of communication journals with a national...
Soft Power in Japan-China Relations: State, sub-state and non-state relations
1st Edition
By Utpal Vyas
April 11, 2013
Soft power has tended to be overlooked in the field of international relations, often dismissed as lacking relevance or robustness as a theoretical concept. This book seeks to expand upon the idea of ‘soft power’ in international relations and to investigate how it actually functions by looking at ...
Inter-Ethnic Dynamics in Asia: Considering the Other through Ethnonyms, Territories and Rituals
1st Edition
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By Christian Culas, François Robinne
February 14, 2013
South-East Asia is one of the most complex regions in the world as far as ethnic, linguistic and cultural diversity is concerned with an extremely rich ancient and contemporary history. Because of this, it offers an exceptionally rich field of study for inter-ethnic relations. This book examines ...
Regional Minorities and Development in Asia
1st Edition
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By Huhua Cao, Elizabeth Morrell
February 14, 2013
Asia has undergone strong economic growth since the Second World War. However, it also experiences growing economic and regional disparities brought about by this unprecedented development. This economic growth cannot be considered sustainable without taking into consideration the social ...
History Textbooks and the Wars in Asia: Divided Memories
1st Edition
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By Gi-Wook Shin, Daniel C. Sneider
January 29, 2013
Over the past fifteen years Northeast Asia has witnessed growing intraregional exchanges and interactions, especially in the realms of culture and economy. Still, the region cannot escape from the burden of history. This book examines the formation of historical memory in four Northeast Asian ...
Asia's Role in Governing Global Health
1st Edition
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By Kelley Lee, Tikki Pang, Yeling Tan
December 10, 2012
In an era of rapid and extensive globalisation, the world faces a wide range of transboundary problems that require effective collective action. Key among these are threats to human health that do not recognise national borders, and include emerging and re-emerging infections, rising rates of ...
Taiwan's Environmental Struggle: Toward a Green Silicon Island
1st Edition
By Jack Williams, Ch’ang-yi David Chang
June 13, 2012
Taiwan experienced a highly successful economic transformation in the last 50 years that produced one of Asia’s genuine ‘miracles’ of modern development, in terms of improvement in per capita income and overall quality of material well being for its citizens. The process, though, involved rapid ...
The Politics of Civic Space in Asia: Building Urban Communities
1st Edition
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By Amrita Daniere, Mike Douglass
April 17, 2012
This book explores how and why civic spaces are used by different communities in Asia and what role urban governance and public participation play in the support or demise of communities. Using case studies of contemporary city life throughout, the contributors provide insights into the importance ...
Politics and Change in Singapore and Hong Kong: Containing Contention
1st Edition
By Stephan Ortmann
April 11, 2012
In democratization theory, Singapore continues to be a remarkable country for its extremely low level of contentious politics despite rapid economic development. In contrast, many different groups in Hong Kong have taken their demands to the streets since the 1970s. Even though there is an obvious ...
Taiwan and Post-Communist Europe: Shopping for Allies
1st Edition
By Czeslaw Tubilewicz
March 21, 2012
Taiwan and Post-Communist Europe examines Taiwan’s economic diplomacy towards post-communist states in Central and Eastern Europe. The media, and occasionally academia, have often suggested that Taipei resorts to costly aid, trade and investment diplomacy to facilitate its foreign relations, whilst...
Human Genetic Biobanks in Asia: Politics of trust and scientific advancement
1st Edition
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By Margaret Sleeboom-Faulkner
March 13, 2012
This volume investigates human genetic biobanking and its regulation in various Asian countries and areas, including Japan, Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, India and Indonesia.. It sheds light on how cultural, socio-political and economic factors influence the set-up of bioethical regulation for...