Routledge handbook of politics in Asia

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Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Contents List of illustrations Acknowledgments List of abbreviations Notes on contributors 1 Introduction to Routledge Handbook of Politics in Asia Part I: A comprehensive introduction to comparative Asian politics Democratization: political institutions and processes 2 Democratization in East Asia 3 Democratization and the lack thereof in Southeast Asia 4 The state of democracy in South Asia 5 The fault lines of democratization in Central Asia Foreign policy: Asia and the world 6 Foreign policies of East Asia 7 Southeast Asia: Unity in ASEAN 8 The international relations of South Asia 9 Balancing interests and perceptions: foreign policy in Central Asia The developmental state: political economic considerations 10 The political economy of East Asian regionalism 11 Southeast Asian political economy 12 Political economy of South Asia: commonalities overshadowed by conflict 13 Central Asia: the political economy of resource dependency The Asian way: political culture and tradition 14 Is there still an Asian way? The changing nature op folitical culture in East Asia 15 Political culture in Southeast Asia: the myth or reality of authoritarianism? 16 Political culture and social change in South Asia 17 Political culture and traditions in Central Asia: the “logic” of patrimony Part II: Introducing the major powers in Asia: China, India, and Japan 18 China’s post-Mao reforms 19 China’s foreign policy 20 Huaxiaism: a new world view by Mainland China’s political science 21 China’s foreign energy policy: from realism to idealism 22 India’s democratic adaptations and experiments 23 India’s foreign policy 24 Japan’s foreign policy Part III: Issues and problems 25 Multilateral institutional development in Asia: competing pathways to regional order 26 Human rights in Asia 27 The politics of the Internet and social media in Asia: mobilization, participation, and retrenchment? 28 The military and politics in Asia 29 The state of democracy in Asia 30 Security in Asian states: theory, practice, and the regional security landscape 31 Nationalism in the Asia-Pacific: prejudice and rationality 32 Geopolitics and geo-economics in Eurasia and the Indo-Pacific Rim 33 Structures and solutions: explaining ethnic conflict in Southeast Asia 34 New regionalism and Eurasia Part IV: Explaining Asia: theoretical discussions 35 Confucianism and the rise of East Asia 36 Is Confucian culture compatible with democracy? 37 Hinduism and democracy: religion and politicized religion in India 38 Constitutional socialism 39 Gender and politics of South Asia Conclusion 40 The future of Asian political development Index