Routledge Focus on Asia
Policy Analysis in High Inequalities in Asia: Critical and Pragmatic Perspectives
1st Edition
By Noe John Sacramento, Piyapong Boossabong, Pobsook Chamchong
April 29, 2026
Providing an analytical framework through illustrations of real-world practices, this novel and important volume investigates policy analysis in the context of high inequalities in Asia from critical and pragmatic perspectives. Through reflective review, cases, and lessons, the book provides ...
The Independent Media Movements in Hong Kong and Taiwan: Dissenting Voices
1st Edition
By Levon Kwok
August 26, 2024
This book examines the independent media movements by Inmediahk and Coolloud – long-established, autonomous media organizations that have agitated for the development of media freedom and human rights in Hong Kong and Taiwan since 2004 and 1997, respectively. Based on direct interviews with the ...
War as Entertainment and Contents Tourism in Japan
1st Edition
Edited
By Takayoshi Yamamura, Philip Seaton
September 25, 2023
This book examines the phenomenon of war-related contents tourism throughout Japanese history, from conflicts described in ancient Japanese myth through to contemporary depictions of fantasy and futuristic warfare. It tackles two crucial questions: first, how does war transition from being ...
The Glocalization of Shanghai Disneyland
1st Edition
By Ni-Chen Sung
January 09, 2023
Focusing on Disney’s production of Shanghai Disneyland, this book examines how the Chinese state and the local market influence Disney’s ownership and production of the identities and the representations of Shanghai Disneyland. Qualitative methods are here applied to combine both primary and ...
Chaoxianzu Entrepreneurs in Korea: Searching for Citizenship in the Ethnic Homeland
1st Edition
By Park Woo
December 13, 2021
This book explores the nature of the state-citizen societal relationship in Korea during the transition to neoliberalism, through the lenses of class and nationalism. Examining the process by which a new class, Korean Chinese entrepreneurs, emerged from Korean Chinese enclaves in South Korea and ...
Prisons and Forced Labour in Japan: The Colonization of Hokkaido, 1881-1894
1st Edition
By Pia Jolliffe
September 30, 2020
Prisons and Forced Labour in Japan examines the local, national and international significance of convict labour during the colonization of Hokkaido between 1881 and 1894 and the building of the Japanese empire. Based on the analysis of archival sources such as prison yearbooks and letters, as well...
The Abe Administration and the Rise of the Prime Ministerial Executive
1st Edition
By Aurelia George Mulgan
January 17, 2019
With the advent of the second Abe administration, the question of ‘who leads’ in Japan has become much easier to answer - the Prime Minister and his executive office, backed by a substantial policy support apparatus. This rise of the ‘prime ministerial executive’ is therefore one of the most ...
Heritage Revitalisation for Tourism in Hong Kong: The Role of Interpretive Planning
1st Edition
By Chris White
January 10, 2019
Heritage tourism is a global multi-million-dollar phenomenon, influencing national, regional and local cultural identities. Hong Kong finds itself at the confluence of several post-colonial economic, political and social developments and with this comes a greater awareness of the need for more ...