Political Order in Modern East Asian States
Political Order in Modern East Asian States

Author: Xiaoming Huang

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2022-04-04

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13: 1000556298

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This text explains political change and the shaping of political order in modern East Asian states: China, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Taiwan, and Vietnam. Examining the transformative role of power, authority, and political culture in the shaping of political order, this book: Describes the emergence of statist and pluralist political order in East Asia. Outlines the dual process of state-building and nation-building, revealing the transformative role of the state. Highlights the causes and consequences of the reversion to centralized political order, describing the structure and institutions of Cold War regimes in East Asian states. Explores the structural and institutional consequences of industrial development on politics and state in East Asian states. Discusses the methods and outcomes of the democratization movements in the 1980s and 1990s and public sector reforms in the 1990s and 2010s. Utilizes survey data and newly developed indicators to measure and reveal the shaping of national political culture in each East Asian state. Features structural, institutional, and normative analysis of political change in modern East Asia. This will be an essential textbook for students of Political Science, International Relations, East Asian Politics and East Asian History, as well as policy analysts of East Asian states.

Sources of East Asian Tradition: The modern period
Sources of East Asian Tradition: The modern period

Author: Wm. Theodore De Bary

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 1196

ISBN-13: 9780231143233

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"Wm. Theodore de Bary offers a selection of essential readings from his immensely popular anthologies Sources of Chinese Tradition, Sources of Korean Tradition, and Sources of Japanese Tradition so readers can experience a concise but no less comprehensive portrait of the social, intellectual, and religious traditions of East Asia."--

Sources of Chinese Tradition
Sources of Chinese Tradition

Author: Wm. Theodore De Bary

Publisher:

Published: 1964

Total Pages: 604

ISBN-13: 9780231086028

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This volume contains a chronological table of Chinese history beginning with 2852 B.C. up to A.D. 1849. In addition to presenting the major schools of classical philosophy, this volume discusses yin-yang theories of cosmology and geomancy and the rationale of monarchy and dynastic rule.

East Asia
East Asia

Author: United States Department of State. External Research Division

Publisher:

Published: 1967

Total Pages: 96

ISBN-13:

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Apr. issue lists studies in progress; Oct. issue, completed studies.

Early Modern East Asia
Early Modern East Asia

Author: Kenneth M. Swope

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-11-14

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 1315282798

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This book presents a great deal of new primary research on a wide range of aspects of early modern East Asia. Focusing primarily on maritime connections, the book explores the importance of international trade networks, the implications of technological dissemination, and the often unforeseen consequences of missionary efforts. It demonstrates the benefi ts of a global history approach, outlining the complex interactions between Western traders and Asian states and entrepreneurs. Overall, the book presents much interesting new material on this complicated and understudied period. .

Japan's Foreign Policy
Japan's Foreign Policy

Author: Frank Langdon

Publisher: UBC Press

Published: 2011-11-01

Total Pages: 249

ISBN-13: 0774843543

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In 1960 the Japan-United States security treaty was rewritten amid controversy and rancor. In the years since, Japan has astonished the world with her comeback from the status of defeated nation to a major industrial nation. This book is a detailed study of Japan's foreign policy which guided the nation in its resurgence. Five years in the preparation, the book examines the three main pillars of Japanese foreign policy: national prosperity, national security and recognition of Japan as an international power. The author's detailed knowledge of Japanese domestic politics provides the essential background for an understanding of the nation's pursuit of its foreign objectives.

Ideology and Christianity in Japan
Ideology and Christianity in Japan

Author: Kiri Paramore

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2010-09-30

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 1134067666

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This volume recasts the history of anti-Christian discourse in Japan showing its influence on modern thought and politics.