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WEST ASIA
When Three is Not a Crowd
by RupakjyotiBorah (Kaziranga University, India)
“The future shape of the order of the IndoPacific region depends on how closely India, Japan, and the United States (plus Australia) will gather their forces, ones of defence, economy, intelligence and knowledge, for it is incumbent upon mature maritime democracies to safeguard the rules-based international order across the region and beyond. Rupakjyoti Borah’s new book is the one that could not be timelier. I am certain it will be welcomed by many in Tokyo and Washington, DC, and examined carefully by those in Beijing.”
Dr Tomohiko Taniguchi Special Adviser to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Cabinet
This book analyses the growing relationships among India, the United States and Japan in the Indo-Pacific region. By examining the rapidlyevolving relations among the three countries, this book explores India’s position in this region. Crucially, this book will analyse how the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic will upset power relations in the region.
Readership: Advanced undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, and practitioners in the fields of international relations, politics, security studies, political science, and geopolitics.
192pp 978-981-122-351-8 Nov 2021 US$88 £75
2nd Edition of Bestselling Textbook Global Business Strategy
Asian Perspective
(2nd Edition)
by Hwy-Chang Moon (Beijing Normal University, China & Seoul National University, South Korea & Institute for Policy and Strategy on National Competitiveness, South Korea)
This book provides novel insights on how a firm can formulate a successful global business strategy from both the Western and Asian perspectives and aims to bridge the gap between the Western and Asian business perspectives. This second edition includes more recent business theories, techniques, and cases within the field of global business strategy.
Readership: Undergraduate/graduate students and academics in international business; business professionals interested in doing business in Asia.
400pp 978-981-123-617-4 Dec 2021 US$118 £105
Forging a Sustainable Future for Asian Cities
Case Studies on Urban Regeneration
edited by Chye Kiang Heng, Lai Choo Malone-Lee, Rita Padawangi, Devisari Tunas & Abdul Rahim bin Abdul Hamid (National University of Singapore, Singapore) Forging a Sustainable Future for Asian Cities collects and analyses as many instances of factors that can contribute to a ‘un-sustainable’ city and their solutions from the vast number of cities at various stages of urban life. This volume contains case studies resulting from meticulous field work and analysis on the trends and concepts in urban regeneration and planning. Readership: Professionals, researchers and practioners in urban planning industry; advanced undergraduates and postgraduates.
World Scientific Series on Ageing in Asia - Vol 1
Ageing in Asia
Contemporary Trends and Policy Issues
edited by Kai Hong Phua (Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, Singapore), Lee Gan Goh (Yong Loo Ling School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore) & Mui Teng Yap (Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, Singapore)
Ageing in Asia contains a selection of leading social systems and programs, with interesting case-studies offering innovative and useful lessons. The book covers ageing and related developments occurring in the most dynamic industrializing and urbanizing societies of emerging Asia. Its main purpose is to provide useful comparisons of social care systems undergoing rapid transitions, and to offer some examples of best practices and lessons to respond to the changing needs due to population ageing.
Readership: It will be of great interest to policy-makers and practitioners from both the public and private sectors, as well as scholars and students who are interested in ageing and development issues occurring in the leading ageing societies of Asia.
492pp 978-981-3225-54-1 May 2019 US$148 £130
WEST ASIA
New Teaching Resources for Management in a Globalised World
Land of Bazaars and High-Tech Booms
edited by Léo-PaulDana (Dalhousie University, Canada), Aidin Salamzadeh (University of Tehran, Iran), Veland Ramadani (South East European University, North Macedonia) & RamoPalalić (Sultan Qaboos University, Oman)
Not one size fits all. Yet, some books teach business with minimal focus on the context for business. In reality, firms — large and small — are highly affected by the context in which they operate; yet, context is not uniformly conceptualized, theorized, and operationalized by scholars of business and management. While most theories have come from developed countries with bountiful contexts, the diverse contexts of Western Asia are little understood. This book reveals a variety of schools of thought that have molded several business models and mechanisms, which are, to some extent, different from the context of Western economies.
Key Features
• Fully illustrated with relevant photographs • Provides an insight into business in the Western Asian context, which has been less researched
Readership: Undergraduate and post-graduate students who are interested in studying or doing business in the Middle East/Western Asia. Researchers who are interested to make comparative studies. Entrepreneurs who would like to initiate their entrepreneurial activities in Western Asia.
450pp 978-981-122-968-8 Jan 2022 US$138 £120
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(In 2 Volumes)
edited by Kym Anderson (University of Adelaide, Australia & Australian National University, Australia)
This two-volume reference work provides a timely update on how far the region has come in opening markets. It analyzes the motivations or ostensible objectives of policies adopted in the past, the changing extent of the domestic price distortions involved, the economic effects of those policies at home and abroad, the political economy forces at work that brought about those policies and their subsequent reform, their consequences for international trade, economic welfare and poverty alleviation, and prospects for sustainable improvements in current policies. Case studies of major East Asian economies and Australia reveal how government priorities to assist farmers versus manufacturers changed over the past century but especially since the 1980s, and how that has affected trade between natural resourcepoor and resource-rich economies.
Key Features
• Each of the two volumes starts with a thorough analysis of where protectionism had got to in East Asia and Australia by the early 1980s, and then how it has changed in the 35 years or so since then • Those policy changes in the past 3 or 4 decades have been generally liberalizing, but there are early signs of increasing agricultural protection in some emerging
Asian economies. After analysing the causes and effects of those recent worrying signs, alternative policy measures for dealing with genuine social concerns are proposed • The authors of the studies in this reference work are among the world’s most cited in this field
Readership: Students, researchers, policymakers and professionals who are interested in the economics and politics of trade policies, agricultural economics, economic development, and food and nutrition security in the Asia-Pacific region.
Rivalry and Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific
The Dynamics of a Region in Transition
(In 2 Volumes)
edited by Mark Beeson (University of Western Australia, Australia)
Rivalry and Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the most important strategic and economic region in the world. AsiaPacific is a region that is undergoing a major transformation, largely as a consequence of the rise of China and its growing rivalry with the United States. Whatever happens in the Asia-Pacific will profoundly influence global events, not just regional ones. Looking ahead, the region’s future direction — and even its name — is contested and uncertain.
This two-volume reference work, by one of the world’s leading analysts of regional affairs, places these events in historical context and considers what they may mean for future political, economic and strategic relations. By focusing on the United States, China and the region’s most significant middle powers, the book explains why and how the Asia-Pacific has become the fulcrum of international events.
Key Features
• Provides comprehensive coverage on contemporary issues in the Asia-Pacific • Includes political, economic and strategic dynamics of regional change • Offers a single author perspective which gives coherence to the analysis
Readership: International relations and geoeconomics students and those interested in contemporary issues of the Asia-Pacific.
1008pp Nov 2019 978-981-120-189-9(Set) US$348 £305
(In 3 Volumes)
edited by Manmohan Agarwal (Centre for Development Studies, India & Research and Information Systems for Developing Countries, India), Jiahua Pan (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China) & John Whalley (University of Western Ontario, Canada & Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), Canada & National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), USA) Editor-in-chief: John Whalley • Volume 1: Sustainability of Growth: The Role of Economic, Technological and Environmental Factors • Volume 2: India and China: Comparative Experience and Prospects • Volume 3: Actions on Climate Change by Asian Countries
The dynamism in modern Asia, especially with the current revival in Japan, stands in sharp contrast to the situation in Europe. An in-depth understanding of what is happening in contemporary Asia is key to grasping opportunities that this dynamism creates for all. This multi-volume reference work consists of three up-to-date and comprehensive volumes on Asia and the world economy. It covers the most important aspects of the world economy as they pertain to Asia in the increasingly accelerating globalization process and is a must-have for anyone keen to understand Asia and the contemporary world.
Readership: Graduates, academics and researchers in Asia and the World Economy.
