This lively and accessible new edition provides a uniquely broad-ranging introduction to the governance and politics of Pacific Asia.
Thematically structured around the key institutions and issues, it is genuinely comparative in its approach to the whole region. A range of representative countries (China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines) are used as key case examples throughout and each of them is subject to a detailed full-page country profile.
This diverse region is a fascinating area for study. Politics in Pacific Asia provides a framework to form a coherent understanding of the region's politics; it balances persistent patterns with the latest developments and general characteristics with the differing cultures, histories and institutions of individual countries.

Xiaoming Huang is Professor of International Relations at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.

Introduction
 1. Political Traditions in Pacific Asia
 2. Building the Modern State
 3. Types of States in Pacific Asia
4. Organization of Government
5. In the Name of the State: Bureaucracy and public service
6. The State and the Economy
7. Political Parties, Elections and Political Order
8. Political Society: Power, participation and advocacy
9. Nation and State: Ethnicity, religion and culture
10. Pacific Asia and the World.