ABSTRACT
Asian Politics in Development arises from the Gordon White Memorial Conference held at the Institute of Development Studies on 30 April and 1 May 1999. The impact of Gordon and his work on his friends and colleagues in the Institute, and the academic community in general, was profound, and the conference was only one of a number of celebrations and commemorations of his life. (Others included a scholarship fund, an annual memorial prize by the China Quarterly, and the purchase of a keyboard for the IDS common room.) The conference was special for it brought together many of those who worked with Gordon and who were influenced by him, including co-authors, researchers and graduate students.
