State, Society and International Relations in Asia (AUP - ICAS Publications)

Table of Contents......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 10
List of Maps, Tables and Figures......Page 12
Abbreviations......Page 14
Introduction......Page 18
1. Crafting the Modern State: Religion, Family and Military in Japan,China and Korea......Page 22
2. Nationalism in the Age of Globalisation: The Case of East Asia......Page 52
3. Domestic Mobility and Elite Rent-Seeking: The Right to Migrate among Provinces and Vietnam’s Economic Success Story......Page 76
4. The State and Ulama in Contemporary Malaysia......Page 96
5. Counting Votes That Count: A Systemic Analysis of the 2007 Timorese Elections and the Performance of Electoral Institutions......Page 106
6. The Ongoing Crisis in East-Timor: Analysis of Endogenous and Exogenous Factors......Page 120
7. Populism in East Asia’s New Democracies: An Analysis of the Taiwanese Discourse......Page 134
8. Dominance of SMEs among Overseas Chinese Business Networks: A Network Structural Approach......Page 150
9. Building Regional Security Architecture: The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation From an Organisational Theories Perspective......Page 164
10. Regionalism in Asia......Page 180
11. The Impact of China-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement on Textiles and Clothing Sectors of Asian Regions......Page 196
12. China and the Transformation of the Post-Cold War Geopolitical Order......Page 216
List of Contributors......Page 274
Bibliography......Page 280
Index......Page 302