Governance in Pacific Asia: Political Economy and Development from Japan to Burma

Unique scope and approach in that the work spans North East and South East Asia and discusses issues of domestic development as well as their role in international relations.

Peter Ferdinand is Reader in Politics and International Studies, and Director of the Centre for Studies in Democratisation at the University of Warwick, UK. He was on secondment to the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House, London and was a specialist adviser to the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Select Committee enquiry into UK relations with China up to and after the hand-over of Hong Kong in 1997.

Chapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: New Nations and NationalismChapter 3: Political CultureChapter 4: Issues in ModernizationChapter 5: Developmental State Chapter 6: Industrialization and Industrial PolicyChapter 7: Contributions of Agricultural Policy and Exports to DevelopmentChapter 8: Differing Patterns of Business Across the RegionChapter 9: Financial SectorChapter 10: Welfare and Gender IssuesChapter 11: Political Development and DemocratizationChapter 12: The Emergence and Consolidation of Democratic InstitutionsChapter 13: Social and Environmental Consequences of Economic Development - Increasing Pluralism, Inequality, and Environmental ChallengesChapter 14: RegionalizationChapter 15: Responses to Globalization - Towards an East Asian Century?

"Authoritative and accessible,  this is the definitive introduction to the world's most important region." -Mark Beeson, Winthrop Professor in Political Science and International Relations, The University of Western Australia.
"A lively, wide-ranging and truly informative survey of the political economy of the increasingly important Asian Pacific region. Peter Ferdinand adroitly highlights and reviews in rich detail the key debates surrounding the multiple modernities of this region. Essential reading both for those new to the region and anyone who wants to be reminded of the dynamics of this vital region." - Brian Bridges, Professor of Political Science, Lingnan University, Hong Kong.
"While always sensitive to cultural and religious differences, Ferdinand makes an elegant case for regarding Pacific Asia - from Rangoon to Tokyo - as a coherent region. He provides an impressive distillation of recent scholarship from the disciplines of political science, sociology, anthropology and economics not only to summarise the processes of development since the nineteenth century but also to suggest likely trajectories in the twenty first century for these seventeen states and territories. Clearly written, provocatively argued and always reliable." - Ian Neary, University Lecturer in Japanese Politics in the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford.