Journal of East Asian Studies articles from September 2005

Journal of East Asian Studies archives from September 2005

Breaking authoritarian bonds: the political origins of the Taiwan Administrative Procedure Act.
September 1, 2005... Taiwan recently adopted a series of administrative reform laws designed to make the bureaucracy more transparent and allow public participation in regulatory policies. Because administrative reform limits the executive's power, it is clear why...

Taiwan's state and social movements under the DPP government, 2000-2004.(Democratic Progressive Party)
September 1, 2005... This article explores the evolution of social movement politics under the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) government (2000-2004) by using the perspective of political opportunity structure. Recent "contentious politics" in Taiwan is analyzed...

Navigating the path of least resistance: financial deregulation and the origins of the Japanese crisis.
September 1, 2005... This article reexamines the period of the Japanese bubble (1985-1990) and emphasizes ill-supervised and ill-sequenced financial deregulation as a key proximate factor. Given the subsequent costs of this political choice, what explains such a...

The politics of the Dokdo issue.
September 1, 2005... The Dokdo issue has constituted a popular area of academic enquiry in both Korea and Japan, but few studies have extended their research parameters beyond the question of who is the rightful owner of this island. Whatever the legal merits of...

Evolving toward what? Parties, factions, and coalition behavior in Thailand today.
September 1, 2005... How important have Thai parties and intraparty factions been in Thailand's fast-evolving democracy? What role do they play today, especially since the enactment of the latest constitution? What has accounted for the fragmentation in Thailand's...

The River Runs Black: The Environmental Challenge to China's Future.(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... The River Runs Black: The Environmental Challenge to China's Future. By Elizabeth C. Economy. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2004. 337 pp. $29.95 (cloth). Amidst the excitement and hoopla surrounding China's recent record of...

Northeast Asia's Stunted Regionalism: Bilateral Distrust in the Shadow of Globalization.(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... Northeast Asia's Stunted Regionalism: Bilateral Distrust in the Shadow of Globalization. By Gilbert Rozman. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. 401 pp. Few academics have the language skills and the in-depth knowledge of Northeast...

Organizing the Spontaneous: Citizen Protest in Postwar Japan.(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... Organizing the Spontaneous: Citizen Protest in Postwar Japan. By Wesley Sasaki-Uemura. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2001. 293 pp. $56 (cloth). Poetry, essays, and other seemingly innocent forms of expression often double as...

Small Savings Mobilization and Asian Economic Development: The Role of Postal Financial Services.(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... Small Savings Mobilization and Asian Economic Development: The Role of Postal Financial Services. Edited by Mark J. Scher and Naoyuki Yoshino. Armonk, N.Y.: M. E. Sharpe, 2004. 265 pp. $74.95 (cloth). Mark J. Scher and Naoyuki Yoshino have...

Globalization and State Transformation in China.(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... Globalization and State Transformation in China. By Yongnian Zheng. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. 267 pp. $27.99 (paper). In Globalization and State Transformation in China, Zheng Yongnian assesses the impact of economic...

Books received.
September 1, 2005... The books listed below were recently received by the editor and are available for review. Asia General Brown, Michael E., and Sumit Ganguly, eds. 2003. Fighting Words: Language Policy and Ethnic Relations in Asia. Cambridge: MIT Press....