Recently added articles from Journal of East Asian Studies:
Western imperialism and defensive underdevelopment of property rights institutions in Siam.
Jan 01, 2008; Larsson, Tomas ... Thailand and Japan both faced the threat of colonialism in the latter half of the nineteenth century. While geopolitical vulnerabilities provided Japan with a critical impetus for defensive modernization, they compelled the Siamese state to pursue a strategy of defensive underdevelopment ....
How Americans feel about Asian countries and why.(Report)
Jan 01, 2008; Page, Benjamin I. ... Americans' feelings about foreign countries are embedded in foreign policy belief systems and affect policy preferences. The analysis of nine surveys of the US general public conducted between 1978 and 2006 indicates that on average Americans have had rather lukewarm or slightly cool, ...
Vertical imbalance and local fiscal discipline in China.(Report)
Jan 01, 2008; Guo, Gang ... This article examines local fiscal behavior in contemporary China against the backdrop of decentralized spending responsibilities and recentralized revenues. Vertical imbalance after the 1994 tax-sharing system reform, coupled with other features of the fiscal institutions, is not ...
Bound to rule: party institutions and regime trajectories in Malaysia and the Philippines.
Jan 01, 2008; Brownlee, Jason ... This article revisits the electoral emphasis of hybrid regime studies, arguing instead that the impact of elections is structured by variations in prior political institutions, particularly the dismantlement or maintenance of a ruling party. Duration tests on 136 regimes indicate that ...
Veterans, organization, and the politics of martial citizenship in China.
Jan 01, 2008; Diamant, Neil J. ... This article examines the organizational origins of political vulnerability among Chinese military veterans between 1949 and 2006. Recently declassified sources from urban and rural archives show that many veterans, even as they were officially considered core members of the ruling elite ...
Engaging the Law in China: State, Society, and Possibilities for Justice.(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; Ong, Lynette ... Engaging the Law in China: State, Society, and Possibilities for Justice. Edited by Neil J. Diamant, Stanley B. Lubman, and Kevin J. O'Brien. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2005. 256 pp. $49.50. Cloth. In China, how, when, and to whom does law matter? And for what ...
Think Global, Fear Local: Sex, Violence, and Anxiety in Contemporary Japan.(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; Matsuzaki, Reo ... Think Global, Fear Local: Sex, Violence, and Anxiety in Contemporary Japan. By David Leheny. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2006. 248 pp. $35.00. Cloth. At the heart of this book is a tale familiar to scholars of Japanese politics. It is the story of gaiatsu (foreign ...
Korea in the New Asia: East Asian Integration and the China Factor.(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; Kang, Myung-koo ... Korea in the New Asia: East Asian Integration and the China Factor. Edited by Francoise Nicolas. London: Routledge, 2007. 174 pp. $125.00. Cloth. Korea in the New Asia begins by characterizing the emergence of "new Asia," focusing on two aspects: first, the shift of regional ...
Japan's Dual Civil Society: Members Without Advocates.(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; Haig, Ken ... Japan's Dual Civil Society: Members Without Advocates. By Robert Pekkanen. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2006. 252 pp. $24.95. Paper. Robert Pekkanen's book begins with what he calls the puzzle of "Japan's dual civil society": why does Japan have millions of ...
Healthy Democracies: Welfare Politics in Taiwan and South Korea.(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; Lee, Hyunji ... Healthy Democracies: Welfare Politics in Taiwan and South Korea. By Joseph Wong. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2004. 209 pp. $57.95. Cloth. A burgeoning welfare state has emerged in East Asia over the last two decades. In the case of health care policy, which is the focus of ...