Politics in Pacific Asia :
Politics in Pacific Asia : an introduction / Xiaoming Huang and Jason Young - 2nd edition - London : Palgrave, 2017 - xiii, 318 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. - Comparative government and politics (Palgrave (Firm)) .
Political traditions in Pacific Asia --
Building the modern state --
Types of states in Pacific Asia --
Organization of government --
In the name of the state: bureaucracy and public service --
The state and the economy --
Political parties, elections and political order --
Political society: power, participation and advocacy --
Nation and state: ethnicity, religion and culture --
Pacific Asia and the world.
This lively and accessible text provides a uniquely broad-ranging and thematic introduction to the politics of an increasingly significant and dynamic region of the contemporary world.
9781137466488 E44.99
Comparative government.
Politics and government.
East Asia.
320.95 H860P-2