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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786606003321

Autore

Charlton Sue Ellen M.

Titolo

Comparing Asian Politics : India, China, and Japan / / by Sue Ellen M. Charlton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton, FL : , : Routledge, , [2018]

©2014

ISBN

0-429-97367-5

0-429-49404-1

0-8133-4884-6

Edizione

[Fourth edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (401 p.)

Classificazione

SOC000000POL000000POL009000

Disciplina

320.3095

Soggetti

Political culture - India

Political culture - China

Political culture - Japan

Comparative government

Political culture

Politics and government

Asia Politics and government Case studies

India Politics and government

China Politics and government

Japan Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Table of Contents; List of Tables and Illustrations ; Preface to the Fourth Edition ; 1: Introduction: Themes in Asian Politics ; 2: India: People and Politics ; 3: Indian National Identity: Secular or HIndu? ; 4: China: People and Politics ; 5: Recreating the Chinese Nation-State; 6: Japan: People and Politics ; 7: Japan: Tension in Tradition ; 8: Constitutions ; 9: The Parliamentary System in India and Japan ; 10: China: The Party-State System ; 11: Elusive Democracy: The Decay of On-Party Rule ; 12: Levels of Government and Regionalism ; 13: Development Strategies and Policies

14: Asian Politics and Global Transformation Glossary ; Index



Sommario/riassunto

Comparing Asian Politics presents an invaluable comparative examination of politics and government in three Asian nations: India, China, and Japan. The author elucidates the links between politics and each nation's distinctive cultural and historical contexts and demonstrates the intermingling and grafting of Asian traditions with the influence of Western values and institutions. National identity, political cohesion, and socioeconomic change emerge as central to how politics has developed in each nation-state. Also included are focus boxes on political and social issues in other important countries in Asia. The book provides insight into topics such as the significance of constitutions in the political process; the parliamentary system in Asia; the regionalization of politics and the importance of levels of government; the decay of one-party rule; the links between development and democratization; and the impact of globalization. This essential text not only illuminates the politics of India, China, and Japan in relation to one another, it also suggests to readers how their own experience of politics can be informed by understanding the politics and government of these three Asian nations. In this new edition, the author includes a discussion on the recent political changes in China and the election of Xi Jinping in early 2013, the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan in 2011, and the recent elections in India.