Title: Governance in the Asia-Pacific /
Authors: Maidment, R. A.; Goldblatt, David; Mitchell, Jeremy, 1943-
Publisher: Routledge in association with the Open University,
Year: 1998
Subjects: East Asia Politics and government.; Southeast Asia Politics and government.
Contents: Politics and governance in the Asia-Pacific: historical and thematic overview / David Goldblatt -- Red star over East Asia: communist states and communist parties / Colin Mackerras -- Politics and governance in Japan / Frank Gibney -- Independence: state building in South-East Asia / R.E. Elson -- Politics and governance in the Anglo states / George Lafferty and Jacques Bierling -- Elite governance: business, bureaucrats and the military / Duncan McCargo -- Challenging the political order: social movements / William A. Allahan -- The politics of economic governance / David Martin Jones -- The politics of welfare in East Asia / Gordon White, Roger Goodman and Huck-ju-Kwon -- Environmental politics and policies in the Asia-Pacific / Rowland Maddock -- Sayonara to the strong state: from government to governance in the Asia-Pacific / William Case -- Pressures for change: capitalist development and democracy / Jacques Bierling and George Lafferty.