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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Charlton, Sue Ellen M.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, [2010]
Edition:3rd ed.
Subjects:
Asia > Politics and government > Case studies.
India > Politics and government.
China > Politics and government.
Japan > Politics and government.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : themes in Asian politics
  • India
  • China
  • Japan
  • Indian national identity : secular or Hindu?
  • Recreating the Chinese nation-state
  • Japan : tension in tradition
  • Constitutions
  • The parliamentary system in India and Japan
  • China : the party-state system
  • Levels of government and regionalism
  • Elusive democracy : the decay of one-party rule
  • Development, democratiztion, and governance in Asia
  • Asian politics and global transformation
  • Glossary
  • Index.