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Politics, social theory, history of ideas
East Asian government, politics, policy
Chinese Soft Power
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Maria Repnikova
This Element presents an analysis of Chinese visions and practices of soft power, examining Confucius Institutes, international communication, education and training exchanges, and public diplomacy spectacles. Repnikova concludes by suggesting new directions for the field, drawing on her research on Chinese soft power in Africa
Elements in Global China
75pp
Apr. 2022 9781108792684 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781108874700
City on the Edge
Hong Kong under Chinese Rule
Ho-fung Hung | The Johns Hopkins University, Maryland
A comprehensive and timely account of Hong Kong’s development from precolonial times to the present, City of the Edge considers the 2019 unrest in Hong Kong within the context of global finance and the geopolitics of the US-China rivalry in its long struggle for autonomy and democracy.
316pp
May. 2022 9781108840330 Hardback GBP 20.00 / USD 24.95 eISBN 9781108885690
Clash of Empires
From ‘Chimerica’ to the ‘New Cold War’ Ho-fung Hung
Many believe the recent deterioration in US–China relations represents a ‘New Cold War’ rooted in ideological differences. In this Element, Ho-fung Hung argues that what underlies the change in US–China relations from amity to enmity is the changing relationship between US–China corporations.
Elements in Global China
75pp
May. 2022 9781108816212 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781108895897
Coevolutionary Pragmatism
Approaches and Impacts of China-Africa Economic Cooperation
Xiaoyang Tang | Tsinghua University, Beijing
Written in plain language, the book proposes a new perspective of Chinese development. Coevolutionary transformation is the key. Effects of China-Africa cooperation are examined through solid first-hand research with a theoretical reinterpretation of industrial capitalism. Readers include those interested in China, Africa and global development.
300pp
Aug. 2022 9781009257831 Paperback GBP 22.99 / USD 29.99 eISBN 9781108233118
Corruption Control in Authoritarian Regimes
Lessons from East Asia
Christopher Carothers | University of Pennsylvania
Corruption Control in Authoritarian Regimes argues that authoritarian anti-corruption reform is more common than widely thought and follows a different playbook than democratic anticorruption reform. Using case studies from China, South Korea, and Taiwan, Christopher Carothers constructs an original theory of authoritarian corruption control.
293pp
Apr. 2022 9781316513286 Hardback GBP 85.00 / USD 110.00 eISBN 9781009063913
Global China as Method
Ivan Franceschini | Australian National University, Canberra
After four decades of integration into the global socioeconomic system, discussions of China continue to be framed by a core assumption: that the country represents a fundamentally different and separate ‘other’. This Element seeks to illuminate the ways in which China and it’s people form an integral part of the global capitalist system.
Elements in Global China
75pp
Aug. 2022 9781108995566 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781108999472
Hong Kong
Global China’s Restive Frontier Ching Kwan Lee | University of California, Los Angeles
CK Lee situates the post-1997 China–Hong Kong contestation in the broader context of ‘global China.’ While Beijing deploys numerous power mechanisms globally, this Chinese power project has triggered countermovements from Asia to Africa. Hong Kong, stunning and singular in its many peculiarities, offers lessons about China as a global force.
Elements in Global China
75pp
Sep. 2022 9781108823913 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781108914895
Japan as a Global Military Power
New Capabilities, Alliance Integration, Bilateralism-Plus
Christopher W. Hughes | University of Warwick
This Element argues that Japan has fundamentally shifted its military posture over the last three decades and traversed into a new categorisation of a more capable military power and integrated US ally. This results from Japan’s recognition of its changing strategic environment that requires a new grand strategy and military doctrines.
Elements in Politics and Society in East Asia
75pp
Sep. 2022 9781108971478 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781108975025
Local Politics and Social Policy in China
Let Some Get Healthy First
Kerry E. Ratigan | Amherst College, Massachusetts Ratigan shows how distinct ways of governing in Chinese provinces shaped social policy priorities and implementation at the beginning of the 21st century. With a focus on health policy in China, this book also provides comparative examples from education, poverty alleviation, and housing policy.
200pp
Aug. 2022 9781316512470 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781009067409
Securing China’s Northwest Frontier
Identity and Insecurity in Xinjiang
David Tobin | University of Manchester
In the first study to incorporate majority Han and minority Uyghur perspectives on ethnic relations in Xinjiang following mass violence during July 2009, David Tobin analyses how official policy shapes identity and security dynamics on China’s northwest frontier.
296pp
Oct. 2022 9781108726313 Paperback GBP 24.99 / USD 32.99
Oct. 2020 9781108488402 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781108770408
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The Children of China’s Great Migration
Rachel Murphy | University of Oxford
A longitudinal exploration of how different left-behind rural Chinese children are affected by family separation, how they feel about their migrant parents and current caregivers, and how they deal with intense study pressures in the face of disadvantage. A key text for those interested in family, gender, education, development and migration.
302pp
May. 2022 9781108792295 Paperback GBP 29.99 / USD 44.99
Aug. 2020 9781108834858 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781108877251
The Digital Transformation and Japan’s Political Economy
Ulrike Schaede | University of California, San Diego
Digital transformation and demographic change are usually seen as two separate but threatening events. As Japan is the world’s frontrunner in demographic change, it faces these two disruptions at the same time. This Element explores how the Japanese state is trying to balance the unfolding demands of the digital economy.
Elements in Politics and Society in East Asia
75pp
Jun. 2022 9781108925709 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781108921015
The East Asian Covid-19 Paradox
Yves Tiberghien | University of British Columbia, Vancouver
This Element argues that high levels of institutional preparation, social cohesion, and global strategic reinforcement in a context of situational convergence explain why East Asian countries (with caveats) managed to control Covid-19 better than most other countries.
Elements in Politics and Society in East Asia
75pp
Mar. 2022 9781108977913 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781108973533
The Hong Kong-China Nexus A Brief History
John M Carroll | The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong’s relationship with mainland China has deteriorated since July 1997. Yet, for more than 150 years, colonial Hong Kong and China not only coexisted with but benefited each other. This Element shows how the porous boundary between Hong Kong and China defies many assumptions about nationalism, colonialism, and decolonization.
Elements in Global China
75pp
May. 2022 9781108789776 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781108893275
International relations, international organisations
Ascending Order
Rising Powers and the Politics of Status in International Institutions
Rohan Mukherjee | London School of Economics and Political Science
This historically grounded study analyses how rising powers pursue symbolic equality with great powers through the rules and institutions of international order. It offers important insights into the behavior of contemporary rising powers such as China and India, revealing similarities with the historical rise of the United States and Japan.
Cambridge Studies in International Relations
280pp 4 b/w illus. 11 tables
Aug. 2022 9781009186810 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781009186803
Banking on Beijing
The Aims and Impacts of China’s Overseas Development Program
Axel Dreher
China is now the lender of first resort for much of the developing world. Introducing a systematic and transparent method of tracking Chinese development projects around the world, this book explains Beijing’s motives and analyzes the intended and unintended effects of its overseas investments.
312pp
May. 2022 9781108463393 Paperback GBP 26.99 / USD 34.99
May. 2022 9781108474108 Hardback GBP 74.99 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781108564496
Before the West
The Rise and Fall of Eastern World Orders
Ayşe Zarakol | University of Cambridge
Before the West presents the first comprehensive account of the international relations in ‘the East’, weaving together histories of the regions we today call East Asia, Central Asia, Eurasia (Russia), the Middle East and South Asia, and also rethinks the concepts of ‘sovereignty’, ‘international order’ and ‘decline’.
LSE International Studies
300pp 4 b/w illus. 3 maps
Mar. 2022 9781108971676 Paperback GBP 24.99 / USD 34.99
Mar. 2022 9781108838603 Hardback GBP 74.99 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781108975377
