Routledge Studies on Comparative Asian Politics
About the Book Series
Books in this series will cover such areas as political institutions and systems, political economy, political culture, political thought, political psychology, public administration, law, and political histories of Asia. The studies may deal with Asia as a whole, a single country, or a group of countries in Asia. Those studies that have a clear comparative edge are especially welcome."
The Editorial Board:
Alice Ba, University of Delaware, USA
Mark Beeson, University of Murdoch, Australia
Jennifer Bussell, University of California at Berkeley, USA
William Callahan, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
Nobuhiro Hiwatari, University of Tokyo, Japan
Jia Qingguo, Peking University, China
Jin Canrong, Renmin University, China
David Kang, University of Southern California, USA
Peter Moody, Notre Dame University, USA
Mariya Y. Omelicheva, University of Kansas, USA
Naveed Sheikh, University of Keele, UK
Narendra Subramanian, McGill University, Canada
Rina Williams, University of Cincinnati, USA
Brian Woodall, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Quansheng Zhao, American University, USA
Geography and International Conflict: Ukraine, Taiwan, Indo-Pacific, and Sino-American Relations
1st Edition
By Steve Chan, Weixing Hu
December 31, 2024
This book analyzes the influence of geography— defined broadly to refer to physical size, location, terrain, accessibility, insularity, climate, regions, neighborhoods, natural endowment, strategic pathways, maritime and continental orientations and even imagined communities— on international ...
Population Control Policies in China and India: Comparisons with Social and Cultural Factors
1st Edition
By Gabe T. Wang
November 28, 2024
This book comprehensively compares the development of population control policies in China and India, their implementations, and the population changes over the past seven decades. Analyzing how populations have changed and affected socioeconomic development in the two societies, this book ...
Democracy, State Capacity and the Governance of COVID-19 in Asia-Oceania
1st Edition
Edited
By Aurel Croissant, Olli Hellmann
October 09, 2024
This book examines the public health responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Asia-Oceania region and their implications for democratic backsliding in the period January 2020 to mid-2021. The contributions discuss three key questions: How did political institutions in Asia-Oceania create ...
The Politics of Federalization in Myanmar
1st Edition
By Dulyapak Preecharush
August 26, 2024
This book examines the trajectory of federalization in Myanmar's political development, evaluating the attitudes of different political actors toward, and negotiation strategies for, designing federalism. It argues that three factors drive federalization in Myanmar, namely constitutionalization, ...
Democratic Governance in Taiwan
1st Edition
Edited
By John Fuh-sheng Hsieh, Robert Cox
May 27, 2024
This book employs a policy-based approach to examine the emerging governance structure in Taiwan, one of several countries in East Asia where democratic consolidation is firmly established. Each chapter provides a detailed investigation of reforms that have helped to strengthen Taiwan’s democracy ...
US-China-Taiwan in the Age of Trump and Biden: Towards a Nationalist Strategy
1st Edition
By Dean P. Chen
January 29, 2024
This book explores U.S.-Taiwan-China relations during both the Trump and Biden administrations, revealing how policy changes under both presidents have impacted Washington’s decades-long strategic policy framework for Cross-Strait Relations. By tracing the continuities and changes of U.S. Strategic...
Chinese Ideology
1st Edition
Edited
By Shiping Hua
May 31, 2023
This book traces ideological trends in China through a range of historical and comparative perspectives, spanning the ancient belief systems of Confucianism, Legalism, and Taoism to political ideologies of the present day. Chapters in this edited volume are divided into four parts: traditional ...
Chinese Legality: Ideology, Law, and Institutions
1st Edition
Edited
By Shiping Hua
December 30, 2022
Chinese Legality focuses on the concept of "legality" as a lens through which to look at Chinese legal reforms, making a valuable contribution to the argument that law has historically been used as a tool to control society in China. This book discusses how Chinese legality in the Xi Jinping era ...
China’s Grand Strategy Under Xi Jinping: How History Complicates Beijing’s Global Outreach
1st Edition
By Niv Horesh
May 30, 2022
This book attempts to identify change and continuity in PRC grand strategy, and the extent to which Chinese imperial history complicates PRC global outreach in the Xi Jinping era. Empires convey the wish to make the world a better place – even in the midst of oppression – and are eschatological in...