From the Book - Fourth edition.
1. Introduction : themes in Asian politics
Themes in Asian politics : culture and tradition
Themes in Asian politics : development, state, and nation in international context
2. India : people and politics
3. India national identity : secular or Hindu?
Early India : empire and village
Creating the Indian state : the Mughal and British Empires
Defining the Indian nation-state
A divided subcontinent : Ayodhya and Kashmir
4. China : people and politics
Population size and distribution
Regions, religion, and ethnic minorities
5. Recreating the Chinese nation-state
Confucianism : social harmony and virtuous rule
Opium, humiliation, and failed reform
Republican and Communist revolution
The historical legacy : Hong Kong and Taiwan
6. Japan : people and politics
Population size and distribution
7. Japan : tension in tradition
The Twentieth Century : pluralistic and authoritarian legacies
A new constitutional order
9. The parliamentary system in India and Japan
Introduction : structuring power at the national level
Overview : legislatures and executives
10. China : the party-state system
The leading role of the party
The evolution of party-state relations
Summary : assessing the party-state system
11. Elusive democracy : the decay of one-party rule
The Congress, Liberal Democratic, and Chinese Communist Parties
Opposition parties and coalition parties
12. Levels of government and regionalism
Federal and unitary systems
(Dis)unity in the Indian Federation
The regionalization of politics
Regions and regionalism in China
Crafting local autonomy in Japan
13. Development strategies and policies
The meaning of development
Idioms of development and political legitimacy
Development and democracy
Environmental voices transforming Asian politics
14. Asian politics and global transformation
The confluence of national, transnational, and global politics
Identity politics and cultural rights
Human security in the Twenty-First Century
Introduction: Themes in Asian politics. Part I: People and politics
Part II. The foundation of politics
Indian national identity: Secular or Hindu?
Recreating the Chinese nation-state
Japan: Tension in tradition
Part III. Government structures: Form and substance
The Parliamentary system in Asia: India and Japan
China: The Party-state system
Levels of government and regionalism
Part IV. The individual and the state
The decay of one-party rule: Legitimacy and stability
Development, democratization, and human security
Asian politics and global transformation
Conclusion: Asia in the twenty-first century.
