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Admonitions on Governing the People
University of California Press 2010; US$ 95.00This is the first English translation of one of Korea?s most celebrated historical works, a pre-modern classic so well known to Koreans that it has inspired contemporary literature and television. Written in 1821 by Chong Yagyong (Tasan), Admonitions on Governing the People (Mongmin simso) is a detailed manual for district magistrates on how to govern... more...
China's Local Administration
Taylor and Francis 2009; US$ 44.95The remarkable changes in China over the past three decades are mostly considered at the national level, whereas local government ? which has played and continues to play a key role in these developments ? is often overlooked. The themes of China?s local administrative hierarchy, and its historical evolution, have until now received scant attention;... more...
The Chinese State in Transition
Taylor and Francis 2008; US$ 42.95One of the more commonly and widely held beliefs outside the People?s Republic of China about the changes wrought by the reform era is that there has been no political change The attention of the outside world focuses inevitably on Beijing and national level politics. Nonetheless, it may actually be at the more local levels that changes in politics... more...
Chinese Village, Global Market
Palgrave Macmillan 2012; US$ 85.00The story of one village, Yantian, and its remarkable economic and social transformation, this book shows how outcomes are shaped by a number of factors such as path dependence, social structures, economic resources and local entrepreneurship. more...
Cities, Autonomy and Decentralization in Japan
Taylor and Francis 2006; US$ 49.95Adding a new perspective to the current literature on decentralization in Japan, Cities, Autonomy and Decentralization in Japan , approaches the subject from an urban studies and planning approach. The essays in the collection present a cogent compilation of case studies focusing on the past, present and future of decentralization in Japan. These... more...
Decentralisation, Corruption and Social Capital
SAGE India 2008; US$ 49.95This book provides fresh perspectives and insights on what may be the world’s. largest ongoing decentralisation reforms—the Panchayat Raj reforms in India—and. presents unique empirical material from Madhya Pradesh and Kerala. Comparative. perspectives and references to historical cases from around the world are used. to show how decentralisation... more...
Decentralization, Local Governance, and Social Wellbeing in India
Taylor and Francis 2011; US$ 145.00Over the past three decades, decentralization has been seen as the means for allowing local governments to become more accountable, and for encouraging the deepening of democracy and the building of village communities. By drawing on original village-level case studies of six villages in three different Indian states, this book presents a systematic... more...
The Dynamics of Beijing-Hong Kong Relations
Hong Kong University Press 2008; US$ 50.00This book aims to achieve a breakthrough in relating the development of Hong Kong politics to the future of mainland China and Taiwan, it is for students, researchers, scholars, diplomats and lay people. more...
The Dynamics of Indian Political Factions
Cambridge University Press 1972; US$ 39.00This study constitutes an analysis of factionalism between rival groups in the dominant Congress Party in Maharashtra. more...
Dynamics of Local Governance in China During the Reform Era
Lexington Books 2009; US$ 84.99Since the Chinese economic reform was realized in the early 1990s, a significant revolution has been launched socially, economically, and politically in China. At present, China is an indispensable actor in the international arena, so that the transitionsdomestically bring about substantial influence on the whole world. Dynamics of Local Governance... more...
