Ethnic Nationalism in Korea

Gi-Wook Shin

• Paperback | Engels | Studies of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research C
• This book explains the roots, politics, and legacy of Korean ethnic nationalism, which is based on the sense of a shared bloodline and ancestry. Belie... Lees meer

Divergent Memories

Gi-Wook Shin, Daniel Sneider

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research C
• No nation is free from the charge that it has a less-than-complete view of the past. History is not simply about recording past events--it is often co... Lees meer

Uneasy Partnerships

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research C
• Uneasy Partnerships presents the analysis and insights of practitioners and scholars who have shaped and examined China's interactions with key Northe... Lees meer

The Institutional Imperative

Erik Kuhonta

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research C
• Why do some countries in the developing world achieve growth with equity, while others do not? If democracy is the supposed panacea for the developing... Lees meer

Prospects for Peace in South Asia

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research C
• Prospects for Peace in South Asia addresses the largely hostile, often violent relations between India and Pakistan that date from their independence ... Lees meer

New Challenges for Maturing Democracies in Korea and Taiwan

• Paperback | Engels | Studies of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research C
• New Challenges for Maturing Democracies in Korea and Taiwan takes a creative and comparative view of the new challenges and dynamics confronting these... Lees meer

The Colonial Origins of Ethnic Violence in India

Ajay Verghese

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research C
• The neighboring north Indian districts of Jaipur and Ajmer are identical in language, geography, and religious and caste demography. But when the famo... Lees meer

Poisonous Pandas

• Paperback | Engels | Studies of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research C
• A favorite icon for cigarette manufacturers across China since the mid-twentieth century has been the panda, with factories from Shanghai to Sichuan u... Lees meer

Zouping Revisited

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research C
• China has undergone dramatic change in its economic institutions in recent years, but surprisingly little change politically. Somehow, the political i... Lees meer

The New Great Game

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research C
• China's rise has elicited envy, admiration, and fear among its neighbors. Although much has been written about this, previous coverage portrays events... Lees meer

Dynasties and Democracy

Daniel M Smith

• Paperback | Engels | Studies of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research C
• Although democracy is, in principle, the antithesis of dynastic rule, families with multiple members in elective office continue to be common around t... Lees meer

Manipulating Authoritarian Citizenship

Samantha A Vortherms

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research C
• The redistribution of political and economic rights is inherently unequal in autocratic societies. Autocrats routinely divide their populations into i... Lees meer

Dynasties and Democracy

Daniel M Smith

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research C
• The presence of dynasties seems to run counter to widely held conceptions of democratic opportunity and fairness. Yet they persist throughout the mode... Lees meer

Contested Embrace

Jaeeun Kim

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research C
• Scholars have long examined the relationship between nation-states and their "internal others," such as immigrants and ethnoracial minorities. Contest... Lees meer

Spending Without Taxation

Gene Park

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research C
• Governments confront difficult political choices when they must determine how to balance their spending. But what would happen if a government found a... Lees meer

Collective Resistance in China

Yongshun Cai

• Paperback | Engels | Studies of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research C
• Although academics have paid much attention to contentious politics in China and elsewhere, research on the outcomes of social protests, both direct a... Lees meer

Rebranding Islam

James Bourk Hoesterey

• Paperback | Engels | Studies of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research C
• Kyai Haji Abdullah Gymnastiar, known affectionately by Indonesians as "Aa Gym" (elder brother Gym), rose to fame via nationally televised sermons, bes... Lees meer

Global Talent

Gi-Wook Shin, Joon Nak Choi

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research C
• Global Talent seeks to examine the utility of skilled foreigners beyond their human capital value by focusing on their social capital potential, espec... Lees meer

Ethnic Nationalism in Korea

Gi-Wook Shin

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research C
• This book explains the roots, politics, and legacy of Korean ethnic nationalism, which is based on the sense of a shared bloodline and ancestry. Belie... Lees meer

Divergent Memories

Gi-Wook Shin, Daniel Sneider

• Paperback | Engels | Studies of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research C
• No nation is free from the charge that it has a less-than-complete view of the past. History is not simply about recording past events--it is often co... Lees meer

The Chinese Cultural Revolution as History

• Paperback | Engels | Studies of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research C
• Based on a wide variety of unusual and only recently available sources, this book covers the entire Cultural Revolution decade (1966-76) and shows how... Lees meer

Fateful Decisions

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research C
• China's future will be determined by how its leaders manage its myriad interconnected challenges. In Fateful Decisions , leading experts from a wide r... Lees meer

Failed Democratization in Prewar Japan

Harukata Takenaka

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research C
• Failed Democratization in Prewar Japan presents a compelling case study on change in political regimes through its exploration of Japan's transition t... Lees meer

Poisonous Pandas

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research C
• A favorite icon for cigarette manufacturers across China since the mid-twentieth century has been the panda, with factories from Shanghai to Sichuan u... Lees meer