Routledge handbook of politics in Asia

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

"The Routledge Handbook of Politics in Asia is designed to serve as a comprehensive reference guide to politics in Asia. Covering East, South, Southeast and Central Asia, this Handbook brings together the work of leading international academics to cover the political histories, institutions, economies and cultures of the region. Taking a comparative approach, it is divided in four parts, including: - A thorough introduction to the politics of the four regions of Asia, from the perspectives of democratization, foreign policy, political economy, and political culture. - An examination of the 'Big Three' of Asia: China, India, and Japan, focusing on issues including post-Mao reform, China's new world outlook, Indian democracy and Japanese foreign policy. - A discussion of important contemporary issues such as human rights, the politics of the internet, security, nationalism, and geopolitics. - An analysis of theoretical ideologies and belief systems connected with the politics of the continent, such as Confucianism, Hinduism, socialist constitutionalism and gender norms. As an invaluable and all-inclusive resource, this handbook will be useful for students, scholars, researchers and practitioners of Asian politics and comparative politics. Shiping Hua is Calvin and Helen Lang Distinguished Chair in Asian Studies, Professor of Political Science, and Director of Asian Studies Program at the University of Louisville, USA" --

The comparative study of Asian politics / Shiping Hua -- East Asia / Brian Woodall -- Southeast Asia / Ehito Kimura -- South Asia / Maya Chadda -- Central Asia / Mariya Omelicheva -- East Asia / Dennis Hickey, Dean Chen -- Southeast Asia / Shane Barter and Amanda Boralessa -- South Asia / Arndt Michael -- Central Asia / Roger Kangas -- East Asia / Linjun Wu -- Southeast Asia / Yueting Tong -- South Asia / Amita Batra -- Central Asia / Luca Anceschi -- East Asia / Yu-tzung Chang, Yun-han Chu, and Mark Weatherall -- Southeast Asia / Bridget Welsh, and Kai-Ping Huang -- South Asia / Subrata Kumar Mitra and La Toya Waha -- Central Asia / Nalin Kumar Mohapatra -- China's post-Mao reforms / Jason (Chunlong) Lu, Ting Yan -- China's foreign policy / Baohui Zhang -- Huaxiaism: a new world view by mainland China's political science / Zicheng Ye and Xiaole Zhu -- China foreign energy policy: from realism to idealism / Qinhua Xu -- The adaptation of democracy: india / Ajay K. Mehra -- India's foreign policy / Shibashis Chatterjee -- Japan's foreign policy / Sebastian Maslow -- Multilateral institutional development in Asia / Yong Deng -- Human rights in Asia / Thio Li-ann -- Politics of the internet in Asia / Jason P. Abbott -- Military and politics in Asia / Aurel Croissant and David Kuehn -- The state of democracy in Asia / Amy L. Freedman -- Security in Asian states / Kenneth Boutin -- Nationalism in Asia-Pacific / Kam-yee Law -- Geopolitics and geo-economics in Eurasia and the Indo-Pacific Rim / Peter J. Rimmer -- The politics of ethnicity in Southeast Asia / Joel Selway -- New regionalism and Euroasia / Mikhail A. Molchanov -- Confucianism and the rise of East Asia / Jinghao Zhou -- Is Confucian culture compatible with democracy? / John Fuh-sheng Hsieh -- Hinduism and democracy / Rina Williams, Nandini Deo -- Socialist constitutionalism / Yuxin Ma -- Gender and politics in South Asia / Vidyamali Samarasinghe -- Prospect of comparative Asian political developments / Peter Moody.