ABSTRACT

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 into 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 the relationship between politics and certain theoretical ideas, 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.

part I|239 pages

A comprehensive introduction to comparative Asian politics

part Ia|61 pages

Democratization: political institutions and processes

part |65 pages

Foreign policy: Asia and the world

chapter 7|12 pages

Southeast Asia

Unity in ASEAN

chapter 9|17 pages

Balancing interests and perceptions

Foreign policy in Central Asia

part |55 pages

The developmental state: political economic considerations

chapter 11|17 pages

Southeast Asian political economy

chapter 12|12 pages

Political economy of South Asia

Commonalities overshadowed by conflict

chapter 13|12 pages

Central Asia

The political economy of resource dependency

part |57 pages

The Asian way: political culture and tradition

chapter 14|16 pages

Is there still an Asian way?

The changing nature of political culture in East Asia

chapter 15|13 pages

Political culture in Southeast Asia

The myth or reality of authoritarianism?

chapter 17|14 pages

Political culture and traditions in Central Asia

The “logic” of patrimony

part II|104 pages

Introducing the major powers in Asia

chapter 18|18 pages

China’s post-Mao reforms

chapter 19|10 pages

China’s foreign policy

chapter 20|14 pages

Huaxiaism

A new world view by Mainland China’s political science

chapter 21|10 pages

China’s foreign energy policy

From realism to idealism

chapter 23|14 pages

India’s foreign policy

chapter 24|13 pages

Japan’s foreign policy

part III|165 pages

Issues and problems

chapter 25|16 pages

Multilateral institutional development in Asia

358Competing pathways to regional order

chapter 26|17 pages

Human rights in Asia

chapter 27|25 pages

The politics of the Internet and social media in Asia

Mobilization, participation, and retrenchment?

chapter 29|15 pages

The state of democracy in Asia

chapter 30|14 pages

Security in Asian states

Theory, practice, and the regional security landscape

chapter 31|11 pages

Nationalism in the Asia-Pacific

Prejudice and rationality

chapter 33|16 pages

Structures and solutions

Explaining ethnic conflict in Southeast Asia

chapter 34|16 pages

New regionalism and Eurasia

part IV|81 pages

Explaining Asia

chapter 37|14 pages

Hinduism and democracy

Religion and politicized religion in India

chapter 38|14 pages

Constitutional socialism

part |17 pages

Conclusion