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Contemporary Asia

Continuities, Challenges and Transformations

John McKay author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published:14th Nov '24

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Covering the rise of Asian powers, and the governance and culture of major nations in the region, this book is essential reading for Asian Studies.

For the first time in the modern era, Asia is not dominated by an outside power. Is this the Asian Century? Will internal rivalries emerge between China, Japan and India? How will growing tensions between the United States and China shape the global economic, strategic and political system? Covering governance, culture, and society in East and South Asia, this book introduces:

- Key economic developments, including the Asian economic miracle and the 1997/8 Financial Crisis
- The central role of education, and the contentious debate about 'Asian values'
- The rapid expansion of military spending in the region
- The demography and geography of major nations and their forms of nationalism

With further reading suggestions and discussion questions for every chapter, this is essential introductory reading for students of Asian Studies and interested general readers alike.

ISBN: 9781350466944

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264 pages