Pacific Asia in the Global System: An Introduction

Type

Book

Authors

Peter Preston

ISBN 13

9780631202387

Tags

Economic Conditions, Sociology, Asian, Globalization, Economics, International Relations

Description

This introduction will serve as a 'first stop' for those interestedin Japan, its role in the Pacific Asian region and, in turn, thatregion's role in the evolving global system. In this volume, P. W.Preston critically analyses the political economy, socialinstitutions and culture of Pacific Asia. The analysis focuses onJapan , it's relations with the inner periphery of Southeast Asia,and its developing linkages with the reforming socialist countriesof China and Indo-China The critical perspective, awareness of cultural and ethnictrends and a sophisticated grasp of social patterns makes thisvolume an essential introduction to the region. - from Amzon

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