Governance in the Asia-Pacific
By: edited by Richard Maidment, David Goldblatt, and Jeremy Mitchell.
Contributors: Maidment, R. A.; Goldblatt, David; Mitchell, Jeremy.
Series: Pacific studies; Pacific studies (London, England)
Publisher: Routledge in association with the Open University
Published: 1998
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 315
Subjects: Southeast Asia -- Politics and government.; East Asia -- Politics and government.; Oceania -- Politics and government.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Politics and governance in the Asia-Pacific: historical and thematic overview / David Goldblatt; title: Red star over East Asia: communist states and communist parties / Colin Mackerras; title: Politics and governance in Japan / Frank Gibney; title: Independence: state building in South-East Asia / R.E. Elson; title: Politics and governance in the Anglo states / George Lafferty and Jacques Bierling; title: Elite governance: business, bureaucrats, and the military / Duncan McCargo; title: Challenging the political order: social movements / William A. Callahan; title: The politics of economic governance / David Martin Jones; title: The politics of welfare in East Asia / Gordon White, Roger Goodman, and Huck-ju-Kwon; title: Environmental politics and policies in the Asia-Pacific / Rowland Maddock; title: Sayonara to the strong state: from government to governance in the Asia-Pacific / William Case; title: Pressures for change: capitalist development and democracy / Jacques Bierling and George Lafferty.