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  • A Region of Regimes

    Prosperity and Plunder in the Asia-Pacific

    by T. J. Pempel ...
    Series series Cornell Studies in Political Economy
    A Region of Regimes traces the relationship between politics and economics—power and prosperity—in the Asia-Pacific in the decades since the Second World War. This book complicates familiar and incomplete narratives of the "Asian economic miracle" to show radically different paths leading to high growth for many but abject failure for some. T. J. Pempel analyzes policies and data from ten East ... Read more

    $20.89 USD

  • Regime Shift

    Comparative Dynamics of the Japanese Political Economy

    by T. J. Pempel ...
    Series series Cornell Studies in Political Economy
    The Liberal Democratic Party, which dominated postwar Japan, lost power in the early 1990s. During that same period, Japan's once stellar economy suffered stagnation and collapse. Now a well-known commentator on contemporary Japan traces the political dynamics of the country to determine the reasons for these changes and the extent to which its political and economic systems have been permanently ... Read more

    $26.59 USD

  • Patterns Of Japanese Pol

    by T. J. Pempel ...
    The author of this study of policymaking in postwar Japan contends that the prevailing perceptions of the subject advanced to date are inadequate. Professor Pempel identifies three distinct patterns of policymaking within Japan's current system of hegemonic pluralism. One of these, "policymaking by camp conflict, "is associated with broad, highly emotional, ideological issues that polarize ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • The Economy-Security Nexus in Northeast Asia

    Edited by T.J. Pempel ...
    Series series Politics in Asia
    The dynamics of Northeast Asia have traditionally been considered primarily in military and hard security terms or alternatively along their economic dimensions. This book argues that relations among the states of Northeast Asia are far more comprehensible when the mutually shaping interactions between economics and security are considered simultaneously. It examines these interactions and some of ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

  • Japan in Crisis

    What Will It Take for Japan to Rise Again?

    Edited by B. Youngshik, T. Pempel ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This volume, stemming from the Asan Institute for Policy Studies, observes that for Japan to 'rise again' would mean recovery not only from the triple disaster—the March, 2011 earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdown—but from 20-plus years of economic stagnation, political fumbling, and deterioration in Japan's regional and global influence. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Two Crises, Different Outcomes

    East Asia and Global Finance

    Series series Cornell Studies in Political Economy
    Two Crises, Different Outcomes examines East Asian policy reactions to the two major crises of the last fifteen years: the global financial crisis of 2008–9 and the Asian financial crisis of 1997–98. The calamity of the late 1990s saw a massive meltdown concentrated in East Asia. In stark contrast, East Asia avoided the worst effects of the Lehman Brothers collapse, incurring relatively little ... Read more

    $27.89 USD

  • Japan and Asia’s Contested Order

    The Interplay of Security, Economics, and Identity

    Edited by Yul Sohn, T. J. Pempel ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book brings together up-to-date research from prominent international scholars in a collaborative exploration of the Japan’s efforts to shape Asia’s rapidly shifting regional order. Pulled between an increasingly inward-looking America whose security support remains critical and a rising and more militarily assertive China with whom Japan retains deep economic interdependence, Japanese ... Read more

    $116.09 USD

  • Security Cooperation in Northeast Asia

    Architecture and Beyond

    Edited by T.J. Pempel, Chung-Min Lee ...
    Series series Politics in Asia
    Defining and conceptualizing Northeast Asia’s security complex poses unique quandaries. The security architecture in Northeast Asia to date has been predominately U.S.-dominated bilateral alliances, weak institutional structures and the current Six Party Talks dealing with the North Korean nuclear issue. There has been a distinct lack of desire among regional countries as well as the U.S. to ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • China in the Era of Xi Jinping

    Domestic and Foreign Policy Challenges

    Since becoming president of China and general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, Xi Jinping has emerged as China's most powerful and popular leader since Deng Xiaoping. The breathtaking economic expansion and military modernization that Xi inherited has convinced him that China can transform into a twenty-first-century superpower.In this collection, leading scholars from the United States, ... Read more

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  • Politics at the Turn of the Century

    With the end of the Cold War, the death of Communism, and the decline of Socialism, what are the primary issues, ideologies, and parties that now structure politics? Melzer, Zinman, and Weinberger have compiled essays from prominent experts to examine the politics of the past to help plot the political future.The first half of the volume addresses “Identity Politics” and “Big Government” and their ... Read more

    $44.59 USD

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    by Stuart Harris ...
    Series series China Today
    China’s inexorable rise as a major world power is one of the defining features of the contemporary political landscape. But should we heed the warnings of a so-called ‘China threat?’ Is China set to become the next superpower? Or will its ambitions be tempered by economic and political realities both at home and abroad?In this insightful and balanced analysis, noted China expert Stuart Harris ... Read more

    $22.00 USD

  • The China Reader

    Rising Power

    Edited by David Shambaugh ...
    The rise of China is the most significant development in world affairs in this generation. No nation in history has risen as quickly or modernized as rapidly as has China over the four decades. This sixth edition of The China Reader chronicles the diverse aspects of this transition since the late-1990s. It is comprehensive in scope and draws upon both primary Chinese sources and secondary Western ... Read more

    $53.09 USD