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Journal of East Asian Studies articles from January 2008
An international, interdisciplinary journal publishing social science research on current issues in the East Asian region. Includes theoretical, empirical, comparative, and historical articles from a wide range of disciplines. Covers the entire region, ad
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Journal of East Asian Studies archives from January 2008
Western imperialism and defensive underdevelopment of property rights institutions in Siam.
January 1, 2008... 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...
How Americans feel about Asian countries and why.(Report)
January 1, 2008... 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...
Vertical imbalance and local fiscal discipline in China.(Report)
January 1, 2008... 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...
Bound to rule: party institutions and regime trajectories in Malaysia and the Philippines.
January 1, 2008... 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....
Veterans, organization, and the politics of martial citizenship in China.
January 1, 2008... 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...
Engaging the Law in China: State, Society, and Possibilities for Justice.(Book review)
January 1, 2008... 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...
Think Global, Fear Local: Sex, Violence, and Anxiety in Contemporary Japan.(Book review)
January 1, 2008... 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...
Korea in the New Asia: East Asian Integration and the China Factor.(Book review)
January 1, 2008... 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...
Japan's Dual Civil Society: Members Without Advocates.(Book review)
January 1, 2008... 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...
Healthy Democracies: Welfare Politics in Taiwan and South Korea.(Book review)
January 1, 2008... 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...