This undergraduate textbook explains political change and the shaping of political order in modern East Asian states: China, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Taiwan, and Vietnam.

Xiaoming Huang is Professor of International Relations at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, and publishes extensively on East Asian politics, political economy and international relations.

1. A Theory of Political Change 2. The Confucian Authority Structure 3. Claiming Political Authority 4. State Builds Nation 5. Changing of the Guards 6. State-led Industrialization 7. Shifts in Authority Structure 8. Shaping of National Political Culture 9. The Logic of Political Order