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.