Cultural Governance and Resistance in Pacific Asia

Informationen zum Autor William A. Callahan is Professor of International Politics at the University of Manchester, and has taught in Thailand, China, South Korea and the United States. His most recent publication is Contingent States: Greater China and Transnational Relations (University of Minnesota Press, 2004). Zusammenfassung This comprehensive text examines the politics of culture and the culture of politics in Pacific Asia. It addresses the dynamics between Asian studies and cultural studies, and explores the overlap between comparative politics and international relations. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. Culture and Military Policy in the "South Pacific" 2. Beauty Queens, National Identity and Transnational Politics 3. Gender, Democracy and Revolutionary Photo Albums 4. Popular Politics, Civil Society and Social Movements 5. Corruption, Political Reform and the Deferral of Democracy 6. Cosmopolitanism, Nationalism, and Diasporic Politics. Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: William A. Callahan, William A. (University of Manchester Callahan, Callahan William A.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.05.2006
• EAN: 9780415369008
• ISBN: 978-0-415-36900-8
• No. of pages: 246
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science; Japan, History, Cultural Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Politics & government, Humanities, Regional Studies, Politics and government, Regional / International studies, Regional Geography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General