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Cornell University Press Two Crises Different Outcomes East Asia and
Book SynopsisThis volume examines East Asian policy reactions to the global financial crisis of 2008–9 and the Asian financial crisis of 1997–98.Trade ReviewT. J. Pempel and Keiichi Tsunekawa have edited a volume that succeeds in providing a comprehensive overview of the extent to which domestic politics across several East Asian countries determined their responses—and fate—during each of the crises.... Considering that the region seems to have learnt from the 1997–8 experience, this should be of interest to scholars and policy-makers in the region and beyond. -- Ramon Pacheco Pardo * International Affairs *[The book's arguments are made] cogently and with strong empirical backing.... Moreover, the essays on the region's different economies provide important nuances to the book's central arguments. -- Walden Flores Bello * Focus on the Global South, Southeast Asian Studies *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Crises, Corrections, and Challenges by T. J. Pempel and Keiichi TsunekawaChapter 1. Two Crises, Two Outcomes by T. J. PempelPART 1. Dealing with Crises: Continuities and ChangesChapter 2. A Tale of the Two Crises: Indonesia's Political Economy by Muhammad Chatib BasriChapter 3. Unraveling the Enigma of East Asian Economic Resiliency: The Case of Taiwan by Yun-han ChuChapter 4. Reacting to Financial Crises: Institutional Path Dependence in Korea and Thailand by Yasunobu OkabeChapter 5. China and th Two Crises: From 1997 to 2009 by Barry NaughtonPART 2. Toward a Second East Asia Miracle?Chapter 6. Political Business and External Vulnerability in Southeast Asia by Thomas B. PepinskyChapter 7. Success as Trap? Crises and Challenges in Export-Oriented Southeast Asia by Richard DonerChapter 8. Japan: The Political Economy of Long Stagnation by Keiichi TsunekawaConclusion: Toward a Second East Asia Miracle? by T. J. Pempel and Keiichi TsunekawaWorks Cited Index
£97.20
Cornell University Press Chinese Workers in Comparative Perspective
Book SynopsisAs the world's factory China exerts an enormous pressure on workers around the world. Many nations have had to adjust to a new global political and economic reality, and so has China. Its workers and its official trade union federation have had to contend with rapid changes in industrial relations. Anita Chan argues that Chinese labor is too often viewed from a prism of exceptionalism and too rarely examined comparatively, even though valuable insights can be derived by analyzing China's workforce and labor relations side by side with the systems of other nations. The contributors to Chinese Workers in Comparative Perspective compare labor issues in China with those in the United States, Australia, Japan, India, Pakistan, Germany, Russia, Vietnam, and Taiwan. They also draw contrasts among different types of workplaces within China. The chapters address labor regimes and standards, describe efforts to reshape industrial relations to improve the circumstances of workersTrade ReviewMost academic research about the working conditions of Chinese factory workers has been focused on China itself, with little or no reference and comparison to workers and working conditions in other countries. However, this new book edited by Chan (China Research Center, Univ. of Technology, Sydney, Australia) attempts to convince readers that China is not exceptional and that it is critical to use a comparative perspective as an analytical tool to explain Chinas labor conditions. -- R.M. Ramazani * Choice *Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Fallacy of Chinese Exceptionalism by Anita ChanPart I. Historical and Structural Developments1. Exporting Corporatism? German and Japanese Transnationals' Regimes of Production in China by Boy Lüthje2. Globalization and Labor in China and the United States: Convergence and Divergence by Mingwei Liu, Frederick Scott Bentley, Mary Huong Thi Evans, and Susan J. SchurmanPart II. Labor Standards3. Recomposing Chinese Migrant and State-Sector Workers by Kevin Lin4. Industrial Upgrading and Work: The Impact of Industrial Transformation on Labor in Guangdong’s Garment and IT Industries by Florian Butollo5. The Working and Living Conditions of Garment Workers in China and Vietnam: A Comparative Study by Kaxton Siu6. Race to the Bottom: The Soccer Ball Industry in China, Pakistan, and India by Anita Chan, Hong Xue, Peter Lund-Thomsen, Khalid Nadvi, and Navjote KharaPart III. Trade Unions, Collective Bargaining, and the Right to Strike7. Labor NGOs under State Corporatism: Comparing China since the 1990s with Taiwan in the 1980s by Chris King-chi Chan and Yu-bin Chiu8. One Step Forward: Collective Bargaining Experiments in Vietnam and China by Katie Quan9. Creating a Right to Strike in China: Some Lessons from the Australian Experience by Thomas Nice and Sean Cooney10. Trade Union Reform in Russia and China: Harmony, Partnership, and Power from Below by Tim PringleNotes Contributors Index
£81.00
Cornell University Press Unknotting the Heart
Book SynopsisSince the mid-1990s, as China has downsized and privatized its state-owned enterprises, severe unemployment has created a new class of urban poor and widespread social and psychological disorders. In Unknotting the Heart, Jie Yang examines this understudied group of workers and their experiences of being laid off, counseled, and then reoriented to the market economy. Using fieldwork from reemployment programs, community psychosocial work, and psychotherapy training sessions in Beijing between 2002 and 2013, Yang highlights the role of psychology in state-led interventions to alleviate the effects of mass unemployment. She pays particular attention to those programs that train laid-off workers in basic psychology and then reemploy them as informal counselors in their capacity as housemaids and taxi drivers. These laid-off workers are filling a niche market created by both economic restructuring and the shortage of professional counselors in China, helping the government to defTrade ReviewWith this book, Yang makes an important contribution by exploring the subjectivities of unemployed workers in China and by making visible the often hidden ideological struggle between the state and the unemployed workers over the interpretation of dislocation and unemployment. -- Ofer Sharone * ILR Review *Unknotting the Heart offers invaluable information and insights into the lived experiences of laid-off workers and the state's responses in China. Being the first book-length ethnography on the recent rise of Western psychotherapy in China, it will be of great interest to scholars in China studies, medical anthropology, and psychology. -- Hsuan-Ying Huang * Pacific Affairs *
£81.00
Cornell University Press Building China
Book SynopsisIn Building China, Sarah Swider draws on her research in Beijing, Guangzhou, and Shanghai between 2004 and 2012, including living in an enclave, working on construction jobsites, and interviews with eighty-three migrants, managers, and labor contractors. Her ethnography focuses on the work, family, and social lives of construction workers in China.Trade ReviewThe contributions of Building China are vast. Swider's call for a new language for under- standing informal labor is important and refreshing: it points toward new directions of inquiry in a field of labor studies that has fallen out of academic vogue in a political moment when it is most needed. -- Julia Chuang, Boston College * Industrial Labor Relations Review *Table of Contents1. Building China and the Making of a New Working Class2. The Hukou System, Migration, and the Construction Industry3. Mediated Employment: A City of Walls4. Embedded Employment: A City of Villages5. Individual Employment: A City of Violence6. Protest and Organizing among Informal Workers under Restrictive Regimes7. Informal Precarious Workers, Protests, and Precarious AuthoritarianismAppendix A. Methods, Sampling, and Access Appendix B. List of Construction Sites Appendix C. List of InterviewsNotes References Index
£81.00
Cornell University Press Russian Hajj
Book SynopsisThe first book in any language on the hajj under tsarist and Soviet rule, Russian Hajj tells the story of how tsarist officials struggled to control and co-opt Russia's mass hajj traffic, seeing it not only as a liability, but also an...Trade ReviewThis is an impressively researched book, and many of the arguments are compelling. [Russian Hajj] makes an important contribution to debates around the reaches and limits of imperial rule in practice. * H-Net: Humanities and Social Sciences Online *Eileen Kane’s account of the Russian Hajj taps into a fascinating story that Daniel Brower had once called 'a blind spot in studies of Russian colonial rule' (Daniel Brower, 'Russian Roads to Mecca,' Slavic Review 55(3) (1996): 568)... Kane does an excellent job providing evidence to support her account of the Russian Hajj as one of 'toleration' and 'sponsorship' in line with the past two decades’ 'imperial turn' in historiography. * Canadian-American Slavic Studies *[F]ascinating details of the organizational efforts behind Russia's sponsorship of the hajj are examined in this concise and informative volume on an often-overlooked chapter in Russian history. * AramcoWorld *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Russia as a Crossroads of the Global Hajj1. Imperialism through Islamic Networks2. Mapping the Hajj, Integrating Muslims3. Forging a Russian Hajj Route4. The Hajj and Religious Politics after 19055. The Hajj and Socialist RevolutionConclusion: Russian Hajj in the Twenty-First Century
£97.20
Cornell University Press A Delicate Relationship
Book SynopsisIn 2012, Barack Obama became the first U.S. president ever to visit Myanmar, formerly known as Burma. This official state visit marked a new period in the long and sinuous diplomatic relationship between the United States and Burma/Myanmar, which Kenton Clymer examines in A Delicate Relationship. From the challenges of decolonization and heightened nationalist activities that emerged in the wake of World War II to the Cold War concern with domino states to the rise of human rights policy in the 1980s and beyond, Clymer demonstrates how Burma/Myanmar has fit into the broad patterns of U.S. foreign policy and yet has never been fully integrated into diplomatic efforts in the region of Southeast Asia.When Burma, a British colony since the nineteenth century, achieved independence in 1948, the United States feared that the country might be the first Southeast Asian nation to fall to the communists, and it embarked on a series of efforts to prevent this. In 1962, General NeTrade ReviewClymer has trolled deeply in the National Archives and Records Administration in College Park, Maryland, among the old monsoon-scented boxes from the Rangoon/Yangon embassy, among former presidents' papers, and in archives in Australia and Britain. His footnotes alone are a gold mine for scholars. He must have chosen many boxes to search, and he must have been selective in the sources he included, but I can see little ground for a protest that x is missing or that y should have been treated. He also held background conversations with important informants. It is important to recall how troubled and static the American-Myanmar relationship has been at times since 1948, restricted by the scarcity of Americans who had knowledge of and interest in the country, and restricted by the stone wall built up by various military governments. This important book provides an excellent account of this delicate relationship, using both confidential sources (including in the Myanmar National Archives) and Clymer’s on-the-ground sensitivity. There appears to be no book with a historic sweep comparable to Clymer’s. Clymer’s fine book is not simply an archive-in-our-hands. It offers evidence and insight into one of the world’s incongruous relationships. As the radius of the new Myanmar’s influence grows and its peoples search for a more inclusive economy and more just society, Clymer’s work will be the basis of a renewed understanding of this delicate relationship, enabling others to build upon it. -- Robert Anderson * H-Diplo, H-Net Reviews *With this rich and dense monograph, Clymer.... has probably produced the most meticulous archival research on the relationship the United States has attempted to build with Burma/Myanmar since 1945.[A]n enormously well-researched, clear, and cogent study of postwar American relations with Burma/Myanmar.... Clymer’s work is free of the theoretic approaches (such as Orientalism) that underpin so much recent international history. By revealing, through painstaking multiarchival research and excellent narrative skills, the layered intricacies coloring this "delicate" relationship, Clymer also demonstrates the limits of any such broad essentializing. -- Edmund F. Wehrle * Journal of American History *Despite the fact that Myanmar occupies an important geographical space, it is understudied, little understood, and challenging to write about. It has been relevant to U.S. foreign policy, but the relationship between the two countries has hardly been explored. Kenton Clymer's A Delicate Relationship: The United States and Burma/Myanmar since 1945 aptly addresses this void.... All told, A Delicate Relationship is an impressive work that will enable scholars to better understand the complex and changing relationships between Myanmar and the U.S. -- Stephen L. Keck, Emirates Diplomatic Academy * American Historical Review *Clymer provides a strong analysis with a well-constructed historical narrative that pauses to give deeply insightful attention to particularly important episodes in the U.S.-Myanmar relationship. This important book is essential reading for everyone interested in Myanmar, from researchers, NGO workers, and members of the diplomatic service to the lay public. -- Michael Charney * Diplomatic History *Table of ContentsIntroduction1. Burmese Nationalism and the Path to Independence2. The Leaky Derelict3. High Treason: The Trial of the "Burma Surgeon"4. The Kuomintang Embarrassment5. China, Communists, and Other Insurgents6. Changing Course on the Kuomintang7. The Neutrality Conundrum8. The China Border, a “Polite Coup,” and Return to Democratic Government9. The U Nu Interregnum: To the Hard Coup of 196210. Ne Win's Way to Socialism11. The Relationship Stabilizes12. The Narcotics Era13. Revolt14. The ThawAppendix: US Ambassadors and Chargés d’Affaires Appointed to Burma
£34.20
Cornell University Press Unknotting the Heart
Book SynopsisAs China has downsized and privatized its state-owned enterprises, severe unemployment has created a new class of urban poor and widespread social and psychological disorders. In Unknotting the Heart, Jie Yang examines this understudied group of workers and their experiences of being laid off, "counseled," and then reoriented to the market economy.Trade ReviewWith this book, Yang makes an important contribution by exploring the subjectivities of unemployed workers in China and by making visible the often hidden ideological struggle between the state and the unemployed workers over the interpretation of dislocation and unemployment. -- Ofer Sharone * ILR Review *Unknotting the Heart offers invaluable information and insights into the lived experiences of laid-off workers and the state's responses in China. Being the first book-length ethnography on the recent rise of Western psychotherapy in China, it will be of great interest to scholars in China studies, medical anthropology, and psychology. -- Hsuan-Ying Huang * Pacific Affairs *
£25.64
Cornell University Press Making Enemies
Book SynopsisThe Burmese army took political power in Burma in 1962 and has ruled the country ever since. The persistence of this government—even in the face of long-term nonviolent opposition led by activist Aung San Suu Kyi, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize...Trade Review"While Burma's military government presents the outside world with various road maps to democracy and the possibility of a return to civilian rule, Mary Callahan, a professor at the University of Washington, presents in her excellent study . . . the reasons why the Burmese generals are so resistant to political reform. . . . Callahan describes the mentality of today's Burmese military rulers, with its legacy of distrust between them and the population. . . . In other countries . . . , military rule was always short-lived, and nonmilitary social forces . . . managed to survive periods of repression. In contrast, Callahan points out, there are no reports that anyone inside Burma's armed forces 'is questioning the propriety of treating citizens as enemies.' Even a compromise with the opposition would be seen as a capitulation, so the army simply manipulates the course of events to perpetuate military rule, not to change the way in which the country is ruled."—Bertil Linter, Far Eastern Economic Review, January 29, 2004"Mary P. Callahan, an American scholar who fortuitously got access to the Burmese regime's archives, provides a striking account in Making Enemies of how, during the 1950s, the military establishment, increasingly centralized and bureaucratized, steadily took over all functions of the state from an enfeebled civilian government. Callahan avoids facile theories—for instance, that the Burmese Buddhists are prone to defer to authority. She describes the background of the prolonged wars against Burmese Communists and against ethnic minorities—in which the Burmese army grew to be the dominant political as well as military force in the country."—Pankaj Mishra, New York Review of Books, February 14, 2008"A long-awaited, authoritative, and fluent account of the . . . military regime that has kept Burma poor, isolated, and inward looking since 1962. . . . Callahan is one of the few scholars who understands and writes well about the Burmese military. . . . Recovering the promise of a democratic or even mildly participatory Burma will be difficult, especially given the past that Callahan explains so well."—Choice, September 2004"This book gives the most revealing account of the formative years of MAF's evolution and has clearly outlined the far-reaching consequences of that process which eventually led to its current standing as the colossus of Myanmar politics and governance. It provides the most logical arguments exposing the origins of the sacred cows of MAF: viz., order, unity, stability, self-reliance and moral superiority. This book is a 'must read' for all who specialize in Myanmar as well as those interested in comparative politics, civil-military relations and political sociology."—Tin Maung Maung Than, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Aseasuk News No 36, Autumn 2004"The author describes and analyzes in significant detail the forces that led to the formation of the Burmese army, the tensions within the army, and the friction between the military and the civilian governments during the indigenous democracy era which lead to the Caretaker Government. . . . A significant number of generally unknown facts are presented in print for the first time in this volume."—Paul Sarno, Bulletin of the Burma Studies Group Number 74, Sept 2004"Callahan's narrative challenges our understanding of Myanmar today. Elsewhere in Southeast Asia and the wider Asia Pacific, we are witnessing an ascendancy of the 'old professionalism' among the military, except in Myanmar (and Pakistan). Post-Cold War globalization, democratization and other forces and institutions have forced the military in Indonesia, Thailand and elsewhere in the region to rethink their role in politics. But in Myanmar (the new name given by the State Law and Order Restoration Committee or SLORC) colonialism, World War II, and the failures of post-colonial governments have left no countervailing forces or institutions to challenge the tatmadaw's dominance of the state through coercion."—Kwa Chong Guan, Nanyang Technological University, Contemporary Southeast Asia 26:2, August 2004"This book is a major addition to the sparse literature on the Burmese military. Having been given access to materials in the field that no other foreigner has been able to peruse, in Making Enemies Mary Callahan analyzes the splits within the military itself. This book is a significant contribution to our knowledge of the Burmese military and is essential to our understanding of the present aspects of military rule and its likely continued critical influence in Burma."—David I. Steinberg, Georgetown University
£20.79
Cornell University Press Under the Black Umbrella
Book SynopsisIn the rich and varied life stories in Under the Black Umbrella, elderly Koreans recall incidents that illustrate the complexities of Korea during the colonial period. Hildi Kang here reinvigorates a period of Korean history long shrouded in the silence of those who endured under the black umbrella of Japanese colonial rule. Existing descriptions of the colonial period tend to focus on extremes: imperial repression and national resistance, Japanese subjugation and Korean suffering, Korean backwardness and Japanese progress. Most people, Kang says, have read or heard only the horror stories which, although true, tell only a small segment of colonial life.The varied accounts in Under the Black Umbrella reveal a truth that is both more ambiguous and more humanthe small-scale, mundane realities of life in colonial Korea. Accessible and attractive narratives, linked by brief historical overviews, provide a large and fully textured view of Korea under Japanese rule. Looking Trade ReviewIn this riveting and highly informative collection of oral histories, Kang has intricately woven together these voices into an impressive history of the Japanese colonial period that tells the story of people who lived their lives under the duress of the Japanese.... This is an important book and sheds light on areas not often covered in other works. Most assuredly, Kang's book is a valuable addition to the growing body of works on the Japanese colonial period. The 'voices' that Kang has collected for her book present a fresh view, not to mention a clearer picture of this period of Korean history. -- Jeffrey Miller * Korea Times *It is often said that Japan's colonial ventures produced two contrasting legacies: bitterness in Korea and positive memories in Taiwan. This book argues that Koreans had in fact more mixed experiences. * Foreign Affairs *The recollections that Kang collected contribute an essential (but to date neglected) ingredient to our understanding of Korea's colonial history. Their contents disturb the neat package that pits the colonizing (Japanese) aggressor against the colonized (Korean) victim. -- Mark Caprio * Korean Studies Review *Table of ContentsPreface: Collecting the Interviews Acknowledgements Conventions Used Introduction1. First EncountersPART I: CHANGE BY CHOICE 2. Shouts of Independence 3. A Map Changed My Life—Hong Ulsu 4. Choosing an Education 5. Through the Eye of a Needle—Kang Pyongju 6. Business Ventures and Adventures 7. I Almost Went to Canada—Yi OkhyonPART II: CHANGE BY COERCION 8. A Red Line Marks My Record—Yi Hajon 9. Passive Resistance 10. Thought Police Stay for Dinner—Yu Hyegyong 11. Becoming Japanese 12. Drafted to the Kobe Shipyards—Chong Chaesu 13. The War Effort 14. Mansei Korea Forever—Ten Thousand YearsAPPENDIXES A. The Interviews B. Bringing the Stories Up to Date, 1945-1997 C. Historical Overview, 1850-1945Notes Bibliography Index of Proper Names
£999.99
Cornell University Press Hard Times in the Lands of Plenty
Book SynopsisSmith deciphers the paradox of the resource curse and questions its inevitability through an innovative comparison of the experiences of Iran and Indonesia.Trade Review"Benjamin Smith has raised the costs for anyone hoping to tell us something new and significant about the role of oil in political development. With Hard Times in the Lands of Plenty he has all but cornered the market."—Robert Vitalis, University of Pennsylvania, author of America's Kingdom: Mythmaking on the Saudi Oil Frontier"Hard Times in the Lands of Plenty is thoughtful, provocative, and innovative. It is a richly textured exploration of political development in oil-exporting Iran and Indonesia. Employing a methodology that is both multilayered and eclectic, Ben Smith challenges the commonplace notion—and implicit suggestion of the 'rentier state' literature—that oil states are intrinsically unstable and prone to breakdown. He demonstrates that political outcomes are determined 'not by oil, but when oil' and highlights the challenges presented by different institutional landscapes at the inception of oil-based development."—Miriam R. Lowi, The College of New Jersey"The fascinating Hard Times in the Lands of Plenty is characterized by bold ambition and real insight; Benjamin Smith admirably weaves together a variety of methods to produce a book that is truly comparative in scope. Smith highlights a key insight for those interested in the politics of oil, namely that timing matters."—Eva Bellin, Hunter College
£25.64
Cornell University Press Riots Pogroms Jihad
Book SynopsisIn October 2002 a bomb blast in a Balinese nightclub killed more than two hundred people, many of them young Australian tourists. This event and subsequent attacks on foreign targets in Bali and Jakarta in 2003, 2004, and 2005 brought Indonesia into...Trade Review"Beneath the many phenomena of violence that John T. Sidel has amply researched, he rightly discerns and repeatedly describes a key role for anxieties about religious identity." -- Theodore Friend, Foreign Policy Research Institute, Philadelphia"John T. Sidel has written an original, wise, and lasting book unlike the vast majority of breathless, ambulance-chasing, and shallow studies of ethnic and religious violence. If you are more interested in the deep historical and structural causes of political violence—in the accumulation of social dynamite—rather than the particular match that lights the fuse, then, this is the only book you'll need to understand contemporary Indonesia." -- James C. Scott, Sterling Professor of Political Science and Anthropology, Yale University"John T. Sidel's method and conclusions—and, indeed, the very aims of his analysis—are pathbreaking. Riots, Pogroms, Jihad is destined to become one of the most important works in Indonesian studies of the post-Suharto period. It will be critical to scholars and policymakers eager to understand the dynamics of Indonesian politics and society. Political scientists, historians, and anthropologists working outside of Southeast Asia will also find in this book a fruitful guide to developing new ways of thinking about religion and violence elsewhere in the world." -- Danilyn Rutherford, University of Chicago"This is an important and original book that compares diverse contexts and manifestations of religious violence across Indonesia. Riots, Pogroms, Jihad is strongly grounded in empirical evidence and the author's deep familiarity with Indonesia." -- Nancy Lee Peluso, University of California, Berkeley
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Cornell University Press Deaf in Japan
Book SynopsisKaren Nakamura combines history, life histories, ethnographic observation, and politico-linguistic analysis of sign language in Japan to open up sensible and much-needed debate on the multiplicity of the Japanese and their culture.?Sonia Ryang, The Johns Hopkins UniversityUntil the mid-1970s, deaf people in Japan had few legal rights and little social recognition. Legally, they were classified as minors or mentally deficient, unable to obtain driver''s licenses or sign contracts and wills. Many worked at menial tasks or were constantly unemployed, and schools for the deaf taught a difficult regimen of speechreading and oral speech methods rather than signing. After several decades of activism, deaf men and women are now largely accepted within mainstream Japanese society.Deaf in Japan, a groundbreaking study of deaf identity, minority politics, and sign language, traces the history of the deaf community in Japan, from the establishment of the firstTrade ReviewNakamura's methodology combines the field techniques of anthropology, archival research, and the political analysis of social movements to gather information on deaf movements in Japan in the postwar era, with the goal of understanding what it means to subscribe to 'deaf identity' in Japan. She frequently includes cross-cultural perspectives from international deaf movements and language systems to contextualize the Japanese case, as well as poses thoughtful and provocative questions about personal and communal identities by comparing the Japanese deaf community to other minority groups in Japan. Nakamura's monograph is extremely important because it explores disability in a wider context—as deafness cuts across all class, ethnic, and gender lines—and explores disability as a social construct for identity formation. -- Carolyn S. Stevens * Journal of Japanese Studies *
£20.39
Cornell University Press Privatizing China
Book SynopsisPrivatizing China gives readers a grounded, fine-grained intimacy with the variety and complexity of everyday conduct in China's turbulent transformation.Trade Review"Privatizing China is an outstanding contribution to the literature on the extraordinary changes taking place in China today. Its authors analyze fresh evidence through new and compelling frameworks that capture the often contradictory but always fascinating 'assemblages' that constitute Chinese social, economic, cultural, and political life. All of the essays adopt a mode of presentation and argumentation that moves back and forth between theoretical commentary and ethnographic description; all are clearly written, highly accessible, moving, and evocative in their storytelling." -- Susan Greenhalgh, University of California, IrvineTable of ContentsIntroduction: Privatizing China: Powers of the Self, Socialism from Afarby Aihwa Ong and Li ZhangPART I. POWERS OF PROPERTYEmerging Class Practices1. Private Homes, Distinct Lifestyles: Performing a New Middle Classby Li Zhang2. Property Rights and Homeowner Activism in New Neighborhoodsby Benjamin L. ReadAccumulating Land and Money3. Socialist Land Masters: The Territorial Politics of Accumulationby You-tien Hsing4. Tax Tensions: Struggles over Income and Revenueby Bei Li and Steven M. SheffrinNegotiating Neoliberal Values5. "Reorganized Moralism": The Politics of Transnational Labor Codesby Pun Ngai6. Neoliberalism and Hmong/Miao Transnational Media Venturesby Louisa ScheinPART II.POWERS OF THE SELFTaking Care of One's Health7. Consuming Medicine and Biotechnology in Chinaby Nancy N. Chen8. Should I Quit?: Tobacco, Fraught Identity, and the Risks of Governmentalityby Matthew Kohrman9.Wild Consumption: Relocating Responsibilities in the Time of SARSby Mei ZhanManaging the Professional Self10. Post-Mao Professionalism: Self-enterprise and Patriotismby Lisa M. Hoffman11. Self-fashioning Shanghainese: Dancing across Spheres of Valueby Aihwa OngSearch for the Self in New Publics12. Living Buddhas, Netizens, and the Price of Religious Freedomby Dan Smyer Yu13. Privatizing Control: Internet Cafes in Chinaby Zhou YongmingAfterword: Thinking Outside the Leninist Corporate Boxby Ralph A. LitzingerNotesContributorsIndex
£999.99
Cornell University Press Taking Southeast Asia to Market
Book SynopsisRecent changes in the global economy and in Southeast Asian national political economies have led to new forms of commodity production and new commodities. Using insights from political economy and commodity studies, the essays in Taking Southeast...Trade ReviewWhat unites these case studies is their view that commodification processes under the 'new' global order are increasingly complex and their critical stance toward the kinds of sociopolitical transformations that are wrought by a neoliberal market economy. The intractability of 'neoliberalist tendencies' is explained by, inter alia, the neoliberal market economy's ability to localize and contain fallouts; its effectiveness in limiting transnational resistance to its spread; and the particular historical, political contingencies in specific places that sustain such tendencies. Its resilience is also partly explained by its constant morphing into more (outwardly) benign forms. This edited volume is thus an important and much appreciated addition that deepens our understanding of pertinent social, economic, and political processes in Southeast Asia. It is especially significant and timely in illuminating how neoliberalizing processes make new commodities and remake old ones. * Economic Geography *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Commoditization in Southeast Asia by Joseph Nevins and Nancy Lee PelusoPart I. New Commodities, Scales, and Sources of Capital1. Contingent Commodities: Mobilizing Labor in and beyond Southeast Asian Forests by Anna Tsing2. What's New with the Old? Scalar Dialectics and the Reorganization of Indonesia’s Timber Industry by Paul K. Gellert3. Contesting "Flexibility": Networks of Place, Gender, and Class in Vietnamese Workers’ Resistance by Angie Ng?c Tr?n4. Worshipping Work: Producing Commodity Producers in Contemporary Indonesia by Daromir RudnyckyjPart II. New Enclosures and Territorializations5. China and the Production of Forestlands in Lao PDR: A Political Ecology of Transnational Enclosure by Keith Barney6. Water Power: Machines, Modernizers, and Meta-Commoditization on the Mekong River by David Biggs 7. Contested Commodifications: Struggles over Nature in a National Park by Tania Murray Li8 Sovereignty in Burma after the Entrepreneurial Turn: Mosaics of Control, Commodified Spaces, and Regulated Violence in Contemporary Burma by Ken MacLeanPart III. New Markets, New Socionatures, New Actors9. Old Markets, New Commodities: Aquarian Capitalism in Indonesia by Dorian Fougères10. Production of People and Nature, Rice, and Coffee: The Semendo People in South Sumatra and Lampung by Lesley Potter11. The Message Is the Market: Selling Biotechnology and Nation in Malaysia by Sandra Smeltzer12. New Concepts, New Natures? Revisiting Commodity Production in Southern Thailand by Peter VandergeestConcluding Comparisons: Products and Processes of Commoditization in Southeast Asia by Joseph Nevins and Nancy Lee PelusoNotes References List of Contributors Index
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Cornell University Press Chinas Ascent
Book SynopsisAssessments of China''s importance on the world stage usually focus on a single dimension of China''s increasing power, rather than on the multiple sources of China''s rise, including its economic might and the continuing modernization of its military. This book offers multiple analytical perspectivesconstructivist, liberal, neorealiston the significance of the many dimensions of China''s regional and global influence.Distinguished authors consider the likelihood of conflict and peaceful accommodation as China grows ever stronger. They look at the changing position of China from the inside: How do Chinese policymakers evaluate the contemporary international order and what are the regional and global implications of that worldview? The authors also address the implications of China''s increasing power for Chinese policymaking and for the foreign policies of Korea, Japan, and the United States.Trade ReviewA focused and cohesive book.... Careful consideration is given to a wide range of international relations theories as they apply to China's growing power in the 21st century. The theories are so well explored that the book goes beyond being a China study; it can be recommended... more broadly as a political and international relations theory book.... In addition to the US scholars, four contributing authors are Chinese, one is Korean, and one Japanese. Thus, a range of perspectives is provided. This reviewer has not seen a more sophisticated book on China's rise to power. * Choice *Table of ContentsIntroduction by Robert S. Ross and Zhu FengPart I: Structure, Power Transitions, and the Rise of ChinaChapter1: Power Transition Theory and the Rise of China by Jack S. LevyChapter 2: China's Rise Will Be Peaceful: How Unipolarity Matters by Zhu FengChapter 3: Parsing China's Rise: International Circumstances and National Attributes by Avery GoldsteinPart II: International Institutions and the Rise of ChinaChapter 4: The Rise of China: Power, Institutions, and the Western Order by G. John IkenberryChapter 5: Structures, Processes, and the Socialization of Power: East Asian Community- building and the Rise of China by Qin Yaqing and Wei LingPart III: Chinese Policymaking and the Rise of ChinaChapter 6: From Offensive to Defensive Realism: A Social Evolutionary Interpretation of China's Security Strategy by Tang ShipingChapter 7: Purpose Transitions: China's Rise and the American Response by Jeffrey W. LegroPart IV: Responding to the Rise of ChinaChapter 8: Between China, America, and North Korea: South Korea’s Hedging by Byung- Kook KimChapter 9: A Japanese Perspective on China’s Rise and the East Asian Order by Akio TakaharaChapter 10: The Consequences of China’s Economic Rise for Sino-U.S. Relations: Rivalry, Political Conflict, and (Not) War by Jonathan KirshnerChapter 11: The United States and the Rise of China: Implications for the Long Haul by Robert J. ArtPart V: ConclusionChapter 12: The Rise of China: Theoretical and Policy Perspectives by Robert S. Ross and Zhu FengIndex
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Cornell University Press Crisis as Catalyst
Book SynopsisThe financial crisis that swept across East Asia during 19971998 was devastating not only in its economic impact but also in its social and political effects. The explosive growth and sociopolitical modernization that had powered the region for much of the preceding decade suddenly were dramatically interrupted. East Asia is economically outperforming the rest of the developing world once again and has become a leading force in the global economy. In the wake of the crisis, East Asia changed in important ways. Crisis as Catalyst contains assessments of these changes-both ephemeral and permanent- by a wide range of specialists in Asian economics and politics.The crisis, as the contributors to this volume show, catalyzed changes across political, corporate, and social arenas both in the countries hit hard by the crisis and in others throughout the region. The authors of Crisis as Catalyst examine what has changed (as well as what has not changed) in East Asia since the crisis, Trade Review"Crisis as Catalyst is the most authoritative, comprehensive, and systematic study of political economic changes in East Asia since the financial crisis in 1997. Chapters in the volume are analytically rigorous and empirically penetrative, with rich policy implications. This is must reading for those who are interested in East Asia, including policy makers and businesspeople."—Chung-in Moon, Yonsei University"In Crisis as Catalyst, expert authors cogently exploit hindsight to generate foresight made all the more timely by what the current American downturn could mean for Asia."—Donald Emmerson, Stanford University"The financial crisis and subsequent drive toward greater regional integration have induced reforms that are necessary to maintain East Asia's dynamism. The danger is that they are losing steam. Perhaps market forces remain the strongest drive for reform.This book explores these important problems."—Hadi Soesastro, Executive Director, Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Jakarta"Crisis as Catalyst is well conceived and well organized—it provides a rich vein of data and analysis that will be of value to international political economists who have an interest in East Asia."—Richard Stubbs, McMaster University
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Cornell University Press Securing Japan
Book SynopsisFor the past sixty years, the U.S. government has assumed that Japan''s security policies would reinforce American interests in Asia. The political and military profile of Asia is changing rapidly, however. Korea''s nuclear program, China''s rise, and the relative decline of U.S. power have commanded strategic review in Tokyo just as these matters have in Washington. What is the next step for Japan''s security policy? Will confluence with U.S. interestsand the alliancesurvive intact? Will the policy be transformed? Or will Japan become more autonomous?Richard J. Samuels demonstrates that over the last decade, a revisionist group of Japanese policymakers has consolidated power. The Koizumi government of the early 2000s took bold steps to position Japan''s military to play a global security role. It left its successor, the Abe government, to further define and legitimate Japan''s new grand strategy, a project well under way-and vigorously contested both at home and in the regioTrade Review"Richard Samuels clarifies the international and domestic factors that are shaping the options and choices facing Tokyo and the implications that an emerging strategic consensus in Japan carries for the U.S. alliance and relations in East Asia. Samuels shows how international constraints and domestic politics have been interacting since the late 19th century, filtering and framing security policy choices. He argues that through all the fluctuations—and Samuels is a very astute guide through these zigs and zags"The search for prestige and autonomy have been the constants. He concludes that they are now within Japan's grasp."—Jeff Kingston, Nov. 18, 2007, The Japan Times"Samuels's book is a valuable reminder that sovereignty has never been far from the top of Japan's national security agenda, even when Japan had hugged the U.S. so closely that it seemed to have become an 'abnormal' country. Samuels is especially good at outlining the gamut of opinion from the Gaullists on the far right to those who cling to the remnants of the Yoshida Doctrine of 'mercantile realism.' He also points out that the Gaullist right is now joining with the traditional left in opposing the existance of U.S. bases in Japan as an intolerable affront to sovereignty."—Robyn Lim, October 2007, Far Eastern Economic Review"Richard J. Samuels is a master of understanding and explaining Japan's emerging place in the world. To me, this book is as valuable as his earlier influential studies on the ideological—and technological—origins of Japan's military policies. In addition to being persuasive, it is a pleasure to read."—James Fallows, author of Blind Into Baghdad"In his excellent new book, Richard J. Samuels, one of our preeminent analysts of Japanese politics, brings his skills to bear on the security debates in Japan and helps us understand the policy options it has in a turbulent new era."—Kenneth B. Pyle, author of Japan Rising: The Resurgence of Japanese Power and Purpose"Feeling threatened by China and North Korea, and worried about America's reliability, Japan is beginning to act like a normal great power. Where this leads is not clear. Fortunately Richard J. Samuels has come to our rescue with this outstanding book, which clearly describes Tokyo's options and their likely consequences for East Asia and the United States."—John J. Mearsheimer, R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science, University of Chicago"In Securing Japan, Richard J. Samuels links Japan's current strategic thinking and policy to its past history, dissects the domestic strategic debate, and explores the various factors that will shape Japan's new strategic consensus. This book will be of keen interest to non-Japan or non-Asia specialists in the international relations and international security fields."—Mike M. Mochizuki, The George Washington University
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Cornell University Press The Golden Triangle
Book SynopsisThe Golden Triangle region that joins Burma, Thailand, and Laos is one of the global centers of opiate and methamphetamine production. Opportunistic Chinese businessmen and leaders of various armed groups are largely responsible for the manufacture of...Trade ReviewKo-lin Chin has written a seminal study of one of Southeast Asia's most destructive conflicts and deadliest exports, and this book deserves to be read by Asian scholars across a broad spectrum of disciplines. The author demonstrates how to conduct fieldwork in dangerous locations, never lose sight of the human factor, and also how to construct a balanced book of great use in the broader academic and policy worlds. -- David Scott Mathieson * Contemporary Southeast Asia *Ko-lin Chin provides a rare insight into drug production and trafficking in Southeast Asia. Despite the Golden Triangle being a pivotal force in the global drug trade, its inaccessibility means that it is rarely the focus of academic research. Not only doesChin successfully negotiate this hidden world of northern Burma to do his field research, but his work is remarkable in placing its drug trade in a geopolitical context. His field research involves numerous interviews with people either involved in, or affected by, the drug trade, ranging from opium growers to state officials. He weaves together his research findings with a detailed historical account of the political and ethnic influences that have fostered the drug trade in this area, including both the opium trade and, more recently, methamphetamine production and trafficking. His courage and objectivity in this venture is admirable. -- Rebecca McKetin * Pacific Affairs *Opium, a relatively recent product in Burma, and its derivative, heroin, have become Burma's major illegal commodities. Their production and trade is dominated by the Wa tribe.... Chin seeks to provide a brief history of the Wa; the opium, heroin, and methamphetamine trades; drug use and control; and the drug business and politics. In the absence of reliable historical studies and hard data, the author assembled research teams, devised questionnaires, and used the information acquired to develop his narrative. * Choice *This is a necessary book for students of global drug commerce and a rare glimpse of contemporary life in the northern Burmese hill country, a region inaccessible even by the reclusive standards of Myanmar. -- Dean R. Gerstein * Contemporary Sociology *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Into the Thick of It 1. The Golden Triangle and Burma 2. The Wa 3. The Opium Trade 4. Heroin Production and Trafficking 5. The Methamphetamine Business 6. Drug Use 7. Drug Control 8. The Business and Politics of Drugs
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Cornell University Press The Making of Minjung
Book Synopsis"This book is the best, and virtually the only, political ethnography of South Korean antigovernment political activism by students and intellectuals during the 1980s."—Korean StudiesTrade ReviewLee's books is one of few studies that attempts to analyze the Korean democratic movement from its origins in the early 1970s to its denouement in the 1990s. While most studies focus on the May 1980 Gwangju uprising or the post 1987 democratic transition and consolidation, Lee's book covers the entire period of the movement, Thus, in Lee's book we get the full story: how the movement emerged in the 1970s, the catalytic effects of the Gwangju uprising in the 1980, and how the movement became increasingly radicalized in the 1980s. -- Paul Y. Chang * Mobilization *This book is the best, and virtually the only, political ethnography of South Korean antigovernment political activism by students and intellectuals during the 1980s' turbulent democratization periods. While a few works have been published regarding the political democratization processes in South Korea recently, they fail to achieve the accuracy and in-depth description that Namhee Lee has provided through this meticulous survey of real life experiences of South Korean activists in the 1980s. -- Jungmin Seo * Korean Studies *
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Cornell University Press Changing Politics in Japan
Book SynopsisChanging Politics in Japan is a fresh and insightful account of the profound changes that have shaken up the Japanese political system and transformed it almost beyond recognition in the last couple of decades. Ikuo Kabashimaa former professor who is now Governor of Kumamoto Prefectureand Gill Steel outline the basic features of politics in postwar Japan in an accessible and engaging manner. They focus on the dynamic relationship between voters and elected or nonelected officials and describe the shifts that have occurred in how voters respond to or control political elites and how officials both respond to, and attempt to influence, voters. The authors return time and again to the theme of changes in representation and accountability.Kabashima and Steel set out to demolish the still prevalent myth that Japanese politics are a stagnant set of entrenched systems and interests that are fundamentally undemocratic. In its place, they reveal a lively and dynamic democracy, in whicTrade ReviewThe study is concise and well documented with many statistics and other sources. The authors 'set out to demolish further the once prevalent myth that Japanese politics are a stagnant set of entrenched systems and interests that are fundamentally undemocratic' (p. 1)... this book provides very balanced and concise overviews of Japanese politics. -- Koji Murata * Journal of Japanese Studies *This book is rich in detail and provides a valuable summary of all of the tumultuous events that have occurred in Japanese politics since the early 1990s. A major strength of the book lies precisely in its broad sweep.... The authors provide a refreshingly balanced account that points not only to institutional but also to longer term socio-economic factors as drivers of change in Japanese politics. -- Reiko Kage * Social Science Japan Journal *Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Citizens and Elites in the Construction of the LDP System 3. Party and Voter Dealignment: The LDP System Disintegrates 4. Changing Media, Changing Politics 5. Citizens and the Prime Minister 6. Representation and Policymaking under LDP Administrations iin the Post-1955 System 7. Voters and the Democratic Party of Japan 8. Afterword: Where to Now?Appendix A. The National Diet Appendix B. ASSK Survey Questions and Coding Appendix C. The Japan Election Study II References Index
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Cornell University Press The River Runs Black
Book SynopsisChina''s spectacular economic growth over the past two decades has dramatically depleted the country''s natural resources and produced skyrocketing rates of pollution. Environmental degradation in China has also contributed to significant public health problems, mass migration, economic loss, and social unrest. In The River Runs Black, Elizabeth C. Economy examines China''s growing environmental crisis and its implications for the country''s future development.Drawing on historical research, case studies, and interviews with officials, scholars, and activists in China, Economy traces the economic and political roots of China''s environmental challenge and the evolution of the leadership''s response. She argues that China''s current approach to environmental protection mirrors the one embraced for economic development: devolving authority to local officials, opening the door to private actors, and inviting participation from the international community, while retaining Trade ReviewAccording to The River Runs Black, an outstanding new book by Elizabeth Economy,... five of China's biggest rivers are 'not suitable for human contact.'... According to Economy, Li Xioping, executive producers of 'Focus,' a Chinese investigative news program, says peasants now come to the 'Focus' studios to beg them to investigate environmental problems caused by local officials. -- Joshua Kurlantzick * The New Republic *As described by Elizabeth Economy, the scale of China's environmental degradation is shocking. Her book is particularly strong in its examination of the peculiarly Chinese reasons—beyond the country's rapid development and huge population pressure—that lie behind this: the leadership's obsession with short-term growth to preserve social stability, whatever the ultimate cost, is one; the weak rule of law and a tradition of devolving power to the regions, where watchdogs and polluters are often in collusion, is another. * The Economist *Economy examines the historical, political, cultural, and bureaucratic issues that will affect China's ability to meet the needs of its people and its environment.... She concludes that China's environment has paid 'a terrible price' as the country has turned from a nation in poverty to an economic power. It is possible, but by no means certain, she says, that it will be able to repair the damage or even to slow the degradation. * Chronicle Review *In Taiyun, a coal-producing region, water scarcity meant the city had the stark choice of moving 3 million people, shutting down heavy industry, or diverting a major river. It chose the last option. Water shortages also mean crop losses. In Qianghai, some 2,000 lakes and rivers have dried up, with serious implications for the flow of the crucial Yellow River. Already a quarter of China, about the size of the United States, is desert. Air pollution is also serious, creating health problems that mean days lost on the job. Beijing roads carry 2 million cars now, with 3 million predicted for next year. Traffic cops, breathing foul air, live 40 years on average. That's some of the environmental damage toted up by Elizabeth Economy, author of The River Runs Black. * Christian Science Monitor *The statistics and the anecdotes recounted in The River Runs Black are worse than ominous: China has six of the ten most polluted cities in the world; just by breathing, some children are smoking the equivalent of two packets of cigarettes a day; acid rain affects a third of the territory; more than three-quarters of the river water flowing through urban areas is unsuitable for drinking or fishing; each year, 300,000 people die prematurely as a result of air pollution; in one part of Guangdong Province, where circuit boards had been processed and burned, level of lead in the water were 2,400 times the guideline level set by the World Health Organisation. * Financial Times *Table of Contents1. The Death of the Huai River2. A Legacy of Exploitation3. The Economic Explosion and Its Environmental Cost4. The Challenge of Greening China5. The New Politics of the Environment6. The Devil and the Doorstep7. Lessons from Abroad8. Avoiding the CrisisNotesIndex
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Cornell University Press Asias Flying Geese
Book SynopsisIn Asia's Flying Geese, Walter F. Hatch tackles the puzzle of Japan's paradoxically slow change during the economic crisis it faced in the 1990s. Why didn't the purportedly unstoppable pressures of globalization force a rapid and radical shift in...Trade ReviewIn this important new book, Walter Hatch offers an original and convincing explanation for some of this stasis [in Japan's economic situation], examining how regionalization strategies sustained Japan's model of capitalism well past its sell-by date.... It is a fascinating story of how Japan managed globalization, and resisted its impulses temporarily through a strategy of regionalization. Drawing on the flying geese metaphor, Hatch explains how the lead goose, Japan, deployed its capital, technology and norms to the Asian flock, thereby bolstering its system even as it was becoming increasingly dysfunctional. -- Jeff Kingston * Japan Times *Table of ContentsIntroduction: External Sources of Continuity and ChangePart One: BASELINE 1. Social Networks and the Power They Produce 2. The Postwar Political Economy of Japan 3. Leading a Flock of GeesePart Two: THE 1990S 4. Maintaining the Relational Status Quo 5. Elite Regionalization and the Protective Buffer 6. The Costs of ContinuityPart Three: THE NEW MILLENNIUM 7 Grounding Asia's Flying Geese 8 Some Change... at LastConclusion: Beyond AsiaReferences Index
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Cornell University Press No Mans Land
Book SynopsisThe increased ability of clandestine groups to operate with little regard for borders or geography is often taken to be one of the dark consequences of a brave new globalized world. Yet even for terrorists and smugglers, the world is not flat; states exert formidable control over the technologies of globalization, and difficult terrain poses many of the same problems today as it has throughout human history. In No Man''s Land, Justin V. Hastings examines the complex relationship that illicit groups have with modern technologyand how and when geography still matters.Based on often difficult fieldwork in Southeast Asia, Hastings traces the logistics networks, command and control structures, and training programs of three distinct clandestine organizations: the terrorist group Jemaah Islamiyah, the insurgent Free Aceh Movement, and organized criminals in the form of smugglers and maritime pirates. Hastings also compares the experiences of these groups to others outside SoTrade Review"No Man's Land is a useful and original contribution to the literature on terrorism from the perspective of political geography. It provides a different perspective from mainstream terrorism and strategic studies and gives a useful counter to the sometimes bloated claims of the advocates of globalization. Just as realists in International Relations argue that globalization has not meant the end of the state, Justin V. Hastings makes a compelling argument that territory matters and that it is not passé, despite the emergence of the global interlinked economy." -- Andrew T. H. Tan, Convenor for International Studies, University of New South Wales"Engaging and accessible, No Man's Land is a fascinating book on extremely timely and important topics—terrorism, insurgency, and cross-border crime." -- Peter Andreas, Brown University, author of Blue Helmets and Black MarketsTable of ContentsIntroductionPart I: Grappling with Territory in a Globalizing World1. Territory and the Ideas of Clandestine Transnational Organization2. Territory, Politics, and the Technologies of GlobalizationPart II: Territory and Transnational Terrorism3. The Rise of Jemaah Islamiyah, 1985–1994. The Decline of Jemaah Islamiyah, 1999–20095. The Plots of Jemaah IslamiyahPart III: Extensions: Southeast Asia and Beyond6. Gerakan Aceh Merdeka7. Transnational Criminal Organizations in Southeast Asia8. Fluidity and Rigidity in Clandestine Transnational OrganizationsConclusionNotes BibliographyIndex
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Cornell University Press The Rise and Fall of Japans LDP
Book SynopsisAfter holding power continuously from its inception in 1955 (with the exception of a ten-month hiatus in 19931994), Japan''s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) lost control of the national government decisively in September 2009. Despite its defeat, the LDP remains the most successful political party in a democracy in the postWorld War II period. In The Rise and Fall of Japan''s LDP, Ellis S. Krauss and Robert J. Pekkanen shed light on the puzzle of the LDP''s long dominance and abrupt defeat. Several questions about institutional change in party politics are at the core of their investigation: What incentives do different electoral systems provide? How do politicians adapt to new incentives? How much does structure determine behavior, and how much opportunity does structure give politicians to influence outcomes? How adaptable are established political organizations?The electoral system Japan established in 1955 resulted in a half-century of one-party democracy. But as KrTrade ReviewI am on record—on the back of their book cover—as saying that Ellis Krauss and Robert Pekkanen's The Rise and Fall of Japan’s LDP is 'the best book ever written on Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party.' Despite the passage of a full year since I wrote the blurb, my enthusiasm for the book has not dulled. -- Ethan Scheiner * Social Science Japan Journal *In this excellent book the authors examine the inner workings of the LDP since it was established in 1955, a critically important topic given its dominant role in Japanese politics until 2009. It is a fascinating analysis of the institutions within the LDP and how they evolved over time. -- Jeff Kingston * The Japan Times *Krauss and Pekkanen's study is not about defeat, but survival... taking issue with more conventional and—their term—deductive interpretations of the LDP, and... with those who loaded most of the explanation of the LDP’s character and development on the nature of the SNTV MMD electoral system.... In short, Krauss and Pekkanen take aim at most of the conventional literature on the LDP and score a palpable hit. This is a convincing and persuasive analysis.... It goes without question that any scholar interested in the workings of Japanese party politics will also clearly benefit from this book. It is a major achievement. -- Peter Mair * Japanese Journal of Political Science *The greatest merit of this book is its comprehensive empirical underpinning, enabling the authors to overturn celebrated misapprehensions about Japanese politics. It is indeed a truly magisterial piece of work. -- Arthur Stockwin * Journal of Japanese Studies *This book demonstrates the limits of comparative statics approaches. Even long-time students of Japanese party politics will profit from this book. -- Mike Thies * Party Politics *When I first looked at this book, I was put off by the effusive praise of the reviews posted prominently on the back book cover. 'Best book ever written,' 'magnificent work will certainly become a classic,' 'likely to become the reference,' and 'this book will, I think, become a classic' all struck me as perhaps a bit strong in praise of this book. Thus I was surprised at my reaction after having read the book; I agreed with their hearty praise. -- Ray Christensen * Pacific Affairs *With their colorful detail and examples in this book... Krauss and Pekkanen have given us the definitive examination of the ways in which politics has changed since the seminal electoral reforms of the 1990s. -- Leonard Schoppa * Perspectives on Politics *Table of Contents1. The Liberal Democratic Party in Time 2. The Koenkai: Origin and Development of a Vote-Mobilization Machine 3. The Koenkai Today: Institutional Change 4. Factions under the Single Nontransferable Vote Mixed-Member District System 5. Factions Today 6. The Policy Affairs Research Council and Policymaking under the '55 System 7. The Policy Affairs Research Council after Reform 8. Party Leadership in the ’55 System 9. The Changing Role of Party Leadership 10. The Liberal Democratic Party out of Time?Coded Interviews References Index
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Cornell University Press Border Work
Book SynopsisThrough an ethnography of social and spatial practice at the limits of the state, this book explores the contested work of producing and policing "territorial integrity" when significant stretches of new international borders remain to be conclusively demarcated or effectively policed.Trade ReviewIn Border Work, Madeleine Reeves brings a granular ethnographic analysis to the daily practices that surround the border between Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikstan as it snakes its way up and down through the remote Ferghana Valley.... She interprets the habitual transgressive acts of border-dwellers who negotiate, appeal to, assert, or bribe their way through the border not as acts of resistance towards a coherent sovereign state, but rather as participating in a particular kind of border work, in which the territorial state is both invoked and undermined.... An important contribution to the anthropology of borders. * Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute *Madeleine Reeves does an excellent job of contextualizing the meaning of border and statehood. Perhaps most crucially, her work encourages reflections on how we might push further the collaboration between political anthropology and political science. * The Russian Review *Madeline Reeves' Border Work: Spatial Lives of the State in Rural Central Asia is an important contribution to the literature on borders and borderland cultures. It also makes an important methodological contribution and presents to the reader what Clifford Geertz refers to as 'thick description’ of what goes into the making of a border. The most striking aspect of the book is the vivid descriptions of the complex geography in Central Asia, which is brought forth through a careful choice of words and articulated with the help of lucid semantics. * Border Criminologies: Centre for Criminology, University of Oxford *Madeline Reeves's Border Work: Spatial Lives of the State in Rural Central Asia details the intersections of interests, state authority, and boundaries between Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan in the southern Ferghana region. Highlighting the urge to have determinant borders while remaining conflicted over "anxieties about what a demarcated and barbed wire–bounded state might mean in practice" (249), this work provides compelling insights into how residents of a border region reconstruct spatial realities while negotiating shifting economic, social, and political terrains. Through a wide variety of ethnographic portraits, detailed observations of changing market patterns, and the careful examination of residents’ constructing and adjusting perceptions of legality and illegality, Reeves’s account of this highly contentious region is able to delve deeply into a specific border region while maintaining theoretical linkages to the studies of boundaries, the limitations of state administrative control, identity, and mobility across the globe. * Slavic Review *Reeves embraces complexity, illustrating widely varied experiences of the border through captivating accounts of Tajiks and Kyrgyz who live in this zone of boundaries.... Reeves's engaging storytelIing and thoughtful analysis are compelling reasons for a wide audience of those interested in post-Soviet Central Asian states and peoples, as well as ethnographers, human geographers, and scholars of borders and frontiers. * International Journal of Turkish Studies *Reeves puts this very rich ethnographic material into critical conversation with a broad range of theory, working across numerous boundaries of a different kind: those between academic disciplines. What emerges is an original argument about the productivity of borders: a rethinking, through the prism of these particular 'margins' of the state, of how space is turned into territory, how sovereignty is produced through daily impersonations and improvisations at the border, and how state-formation is forever a work-in-progress. Border Work is essential for anyone interested in theorising and critiquing the state and sovereignty, as well as for all students of the politics of space. It offers a set of novel, incisive arguments grounded in first-class ethnography. Finally, thanks to Reeves's light and elegant prose, the book is a page-turner. A must-read. * Allegra: A Virtual Lab of Legal Anthropology *Reeves's book will be read with much interest not only by scholars of post-Soviet Central Asia, but also by those interested in borderland and borderscape, critical cartography, postcolonial geographies and anthropologies, gender studies (there is a good, short discussion on women, reproductive rights, and borders), and ethnographic modelling.... This book is a clarion call 'border work’ that stretches our disciplinary, gender, historical, and political worlds and imaginations. These are challenges for those in the social sciences and humanities, but also those who study ‘border’ healthcare, policy, security, development and environmental awareness. * Central Asian Survey *Reeves's fascinating insights on the Ferghana Valley borderlands bespeak of the systematic, long-term, on-site fieldwork that she has carried out, but also of her genuine personal interest and commitment to listen to and to understand the lives of her interlocutors. In the course of the book, we meet border guards, traders, farmers, taxi drivers, teachers, NGO workers, demobilized soldiers.... Her theoretically informed analysis draws on case studies from very different geographical and historical settings. This approach encourages comparison and makes the book relevant far beyond the field of Central Asian Studies.... Border Work is a brilliant ethnography which has much to offer to those interested in the state and its borders. * Society and Space *Reeves's thorough analysis of the processes and practices of the socio-politics that comprise the continual creation and recreation of borders makes a significant contribution to the anthropological investigation of the state. Her close attention to the temporal trajectory leading to the current political complexities in the southern Ferghana Valley... make this book specifically valuable to specialists of Central Asia. In general, however, this clearly written book is of great interest to any lecturers and students interested in political anthropology, borderland studies, and globalization. * Social Anthropology *Other anthropologists have already done important work in de-essentializing the state. Reeves builds on their insights, confidently inserting her own analytical voice in the ongoing conversations. The book's main strength... lies in the author's exceptional weaving of theory with meticulous ethnographic detail. * Polar: Political & Legal Anthropology Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction: On Border Work 1. Locations: Place and Displacement in Southern Ferghana 2. Delimitations: Ethno-Spatial Fixing in the Twentieth Century 3. Trajectories: Mobility and the Afterlives of Internationalism 4. Gaps: Working a "Chessboard" Border 5. Impersonations: Manning the Border, Enacting the State 6. Separations: Conflict and the Escalation of Force Conclusion
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Cornell University Press Colonialism and Cold War
Book SynopsisThe disintegration of former colonial empires in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East after World War II profoundly affected the international balance of power, irrevocably altering the political map of the world. The United States was in a unique position to influence the outcome of the struggles for independence in the Third World. In Colonialism and Cold War, Robert J. McMahon looks closely at one area where American diplomacy played an important role in the end of the European imperial order: Indonesia, the archipelago that had been the jewel of the Dutch colonial empire since the early seventeenth century.McMahon begins with an overview of the history of Dutch colonial rule in Indonesia and of the subsequent rise of nationalism among the peoples of the East Indies. He then traces the evolution of American policy toward Indonesia during the four years of the Dutch-Indonesian conflict, analyzing the factors that altered the course of that policy from initial support for the DTrade ReviewColonialism and Cold War is based on a wide range of American archival sources, most particularly the State Department and modern military records in the National Archives, on British cabinet and Foreign Office materials in the Public Record Office, and on United Nations records in the Dag Hammarskjöld Library. Robert J. McMahon is master of materials and has produced a neatly written, nicely judged, and well-argued work. * American Historical Review *Robert J. McMahon has produced a superb scholarly reconstruction of the American role in the decolonization of Southeast Asia's most important nation. He has also illuminated Washington’s persistent challenge to reconcile often-conflicting United States interests in colonialism, nationalism, and cold war. Policymakers and foreign policy theorists, as well as diplomatic historians, will find instruction in this lucidly written, tightly focused, nonpolemical, and richly documented account of the role of the United States in the Indonesian struggle for independence. * Journal of Asian Studies *Table of ContentsPreface1. The Growth of Indonesian Nationalism 2. The United States, the East Indies, and the Colonial Question 3. Reoccupation: August–December 1945 4. Toward the Linggadjati Agreement: January–November 1946 5. From Negotiations to War: November 1946–July 1947 6. Intervention by the United Nations: July 1947–January 1948 7. From Negotiations to War: January–December 1948 8. The Road to Independence: December 1948–December 1949 9. The United States and Indonesian IndependenceEpilogue: The United States and Indonesia, 1949–65 Bibliography of Archive Collections Index
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Cornell University Press Chinas Regulatory State
Book SynopsisInvestigating in depth how China implemented its economic policies between 1978 and 2010, Hsueh gives the most complete picture yet of China's regulatory state, particularly as it has shaped the telecommunications and textiles industries.Trade ReviewConceptually, theoretically, and empirically, China's Regulatory State: A New Strategy for Globalization is a pivotal contribution to the discourse on China's development model and regulatory landscape, to the literature on government-business relations, and to the understanding of patterns of state control as part of the discipline of political economy. Hsueh has accomplished a painstaking task of uncovering a critical facet of economic liberalization in China, further exploration of which might unearth newer aspects of China’s development strategy or bring out newer interpretations.... The book, while interesting and useful for general readers, is indispensable for scholars, researchers and students of political economy, international business, and international economics. -- Romi Jain * Indian Journal of Asian Affairs *Hsueh's book [is] a valuable addition to the rich literature that probes the complicated relationship between the state and businesses in the reforming China... In contrast to conventional studies that treat Chinese industry as a whole distinct from the state, the sectoral model allows Hsueh to differentiate between various industries according to their sectoral characteristics—their values to China's national security and competitiveness, in this study—and then examine their respective relationships to the government... a sectoral model makes it more explicit that the different endowments and strategic values attached to each industry determine policy designs and outcomes... the book is an excellent application of important developments in the literature on international and comparative political economy.. to China's specific context. The comparative studies that include cases from both China and other East Asian developmental states are effective in illustrating the complexity of China’s reforms as well as placing them into a broader context. -- Huisheng Shou * Journal of Chinese Political Science *I have no reservation in recommending this book as the most theoretically advanced and comprehensive statement on industrial policy in the contemporary China studies field. For those of us who relish dense factual narrativesthe book is a compelling read for its rich detail on variations in state strategies toward several important industries. -- Kun-Chin Lin * The China Journal *Is China a developmental state like its regional neighborsor an example of some other form of capitalism? Roselyn Hsueh's China's Regulatory State tackles this taxonomicalissue through case studies of industrial strategyin comparative perspective.... Hsueh seeks to explain thenature of China’s developmental model, which is 'radicallydifferent from any we have seen before' (p. 2). Thisdeparture raises questions about the logic underlying itsparticular path.... differentiating state policy by sectorsheds light on common misconceptions of China’s politicaleconomy. The fact that China attracts more FDI thanany other country, for example, does not mean that it alsohas the most liberalized economy.... In China, patterns of state regulationin different sectors are tied to the strategic value framework,rather than a statist impulse to limit foreign capitaland pursue industrial policy across the board. -- Kellee Tsai * Perspectives on Politics *Roselyn Hsueh has written a very good book about the transformation of the Chinese economy in the decade since the country's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO). It is a solid piece of workand it will be of interest to scholars of the Chinese economy as well as policy makers who are interested in China’s growing role in the global economy. -- Doug Guthrie * The China Quarterly *This book combines the accuracy and knowledge-based relevance of an academic studyby the best research standardswith a clearfluentand pedagogical way of introducing the reader to a rather complex set of issues. The quality of the book itself—a text perfectly editedbalanceddisplaying the appropriate tables and figures in the right places and allowing any level of readingfrom the layman up to the specialistdeserves compliments. -- Philippe Ratte * Governance *Through extensive interviews and painstaking research, Hsueh demonstrates a distinct pattern of government re-regulation even after China joined the WTO. In the process, she demolishes the myth of an increasingly unfettered Chinese economy.... This book is a must-read for students of political economy and for those seeking to make sense of contemporary China's complex economic landscape. -- Andrew Scobell * Political Science Quarterly *Table of ContentsIntroduction: China's Liberalization Two-StepPART I. THE POLITICS OF MARKET REREGULATION 1. Liberalization Two-Step: Understanding State Control of the Economy 2. China’s Strategy for International Integration: The Logic of Reregulation 3. Telecommunications and Textiles: Two Patterns of State ControlPART II. STATE CONTROL OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS 4. Consolidating Central Control of Telecommunications in the Pre-WTO Era 5. State-Owned Carriers and Centrally Led Reregulation of Telecommunications in the WTO EraPART III: STATE CONTROL OF TEXTILES 6. Dismantling Central Control of Textiles in the Pre-WTO Era 7. Sector Associations and Locally Led Reregulation of Textiles in the WTO EraPART IV: THE EMERGENCE OF CHINA’S REGULATORY STATE 8. Deliberate Reinforcement in Strategic Industries 9. Decentralized Engagement in Nonstrategic Industries 10. China’s Development Model: A New Strategy for GlobalizationReferences Index
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Cornell University Press Getting By Class and State Formation among
Book SynopsisHow do class, ethnicity, gender, and politics interact? In what ways do they constitute everyday life among ethnic minorities? In "Getting By," Donald M. Nonini draws on three decades of research in the region of Penang state in northern West Malaysia, mainly in the city of Bukit Mertajam, to provide an ethnographic and historical account of...Trade ReviewIn 'Getting By,' Donald M. Nonini draws on three decades of research in the region of Penang state in northern West Malaysia, mainly in the city of Bukit Mertajam, to provide an ethnographic and historical account of the cultural politics of class conflict and state formation among Malaysians of Chinese descent. -- D.W. Haines * Choice *'Getting By' offers a countervailingperspective by foregrounding a critical historicalnarrative of the processes of class and state formation ofthe Chinese in Malaysia.... The outcome is a masterful historical ethnography of how disparate formative processes and everyday practices intersect and overlap with one another over time to produce diasporic Chinese citizenship in Malaysia. Nonini's ethnography is especially compelling, rich, and nuanced given his deep lodes of data extracted from fieldwork begun in the late 1970s and supplemented with periodic returnvisits to his fieldwork site up to the late 2000s... 'Getting By' is an exemplary piece of engaged scholarship. It balances judiciously between theoretical sophistication and lucid prose and deserves to be read widely. -- Seng-Guan Yeoh * American Anthropologist *In this wide-ranging book, which covers some 30 years of research, anthropologist Nonini (Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) simultaneously presents some finely detailed ethnographic and historical reflections on the Chinese in Malaysia... The overall result is a book that is a very worthy addition to the comparative study of the lives of working-class men, to the analysis of the full social implications of Malaysian governmental structure and development strategies, and to the many meanings, realities, and contingencies of being in some way 'Chinese' but outside China. Essential for reference collections on globalization, East and Southeast Asia, and the meaning of 'Chinese' as an ethnic and national label. -- D.W. Haines * Choice *The book is full of deep insights and fascinating detail of the decades from 1978 to 2007 in this Chinese urban population.... The span of fieldwork on which he bases his study provides a rich reflection on his own evolving ethnographic approach and his growing understanding of the ethnic and class politics and cultural styles performed over these years. It is a significant contribution to our understanding of post-Independence Malaysia society. -- Patrick Guinness, Australian National University * Asia Pacific Journal of Anthopology *The book as a whole is an excellent and innovative ethnographic study of the male Chinese population of Bukit Mertajam. Its strength lies in the integration of detailed ethnographic field data into the wider framework of Chinese society. This is a book worth reading for students of Malaysian society, modern history and economic development. -- Hans-Dieter Evers * SOJOURN: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia *Nonini's excellent and ethnographically grounded analysis speaks in important ways to anthropological and other social science literature on class struggle, formation and dialectics, the state and governmentality, and the essentialization of Chinese and other ethnoracial diaspora communities.... Finally, 'Getting By' is highly recommended to a general anthropological audience as a very readable ethnography, highlighting the best of ethnographic theory-building, tacking between (and critical of ) poles of overly linguistically oriented discursive post-structural analysis at one end and overly positivist structural analysis at the other. -- Eric C. Thompson, National University of Singapore * American Ethnologist *Table of ContentsIntroduction: A Historical Ethnography of Class and State FormationChapter 1. Counterinsurgency, Silences, Forgetting, 1946–69Part I. Development (1969–85)Preface: Colonial Residues and "Development"Chapter 2. "Boom Town in the Making," 1978–80Chapter 3. "Getting By": The Arts of Deception and the "Typical Chinese"Chapter 4. Banalities of the Urban: Hegemony or State Predation?Chapter 5. Class Dismissed!Chapter 6. Men in Motion: The Dialectics of "Disputatiousness" and "Rice-Eating Money"Chapter 7. Chinese Society as "A Sheet of Loose Sand": Elite Arguments and Class Discipline in a Postcolonial EraPart II. Globalization (1985–97)Preface: Going GlobalChapter 8. Subsumption and Encompassment: Class, State Formation, and Production of Urban Space, 1980–97Chapter 9. Covert Global: Exit, Alternative Sovereignties, and Being StuckChapter 10. "Walking On Two Roads" and "Jumping Airplanes"Epilogue: 1997–2007Appendix: A Profile of Economic "Domination"? Notes References Index
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Cornell University Press Violence and Vengeance
Book SynopsisBetween 1999 and 2000, sectarian fighting fanned across the eastern Indonesian province of North Maluku, leaving thousands dead and hundreds of thousands displaced. What began as local conflicts between migrants and indigenous people over administrative boundaries spiraled into a religious war pitting Muslims against Christians and continues to influence communal relationships more than a decade after the fighting stopped. Christopher R. Duncan spent several years conducting fieldwork in North Maluku, and in Violence and Vengeance, he examines how the individuals actually taking part in the fighting understood and experienced the conflict.Rather than dismiss religion as a facade for the political and economic motivations of the regional elite, Duncan explores how and why participants came to perceive the conflict as one of religious difference. He examines how these perceptions of religious violence altered the conflict, leading to large-scale massacres in houses of worship, Trade Review...Violence and Vengeance makes an immense contribution to our understands of the ways in which religion shapes local understandings of violence...Violence and Vengeance succeeds brilliantly in accomplishing this important task. * SOJOURN *Violence and Vengeanceis the best description we have of the post-New Order communal wars from the viewpoint of the participants... In aiming thus to go beyond causation (p.7), Chris Duncan has done the field a service. * Contemporary Southeast Asia *By focusing on narratives and perspectives of 'those who did the killing or witnessed the dying', and not the ‘objective academic analysis based on media reports and interviews with regional and national elites’ (8), Duncan makes a compelling argument of how religion influences people’s violent actions in the North Maluku conflict...the book is no doubt a welcome edition for the studies of religious conflict and conciliation, not only in North Maluku or Indonesia but also in other parts of the world that are plagued by interreligious tensions. * Anthropological Forum *Duncan... has extensive experience in this understudied part of Indonesia, including local language ability, and so is able to penetrate down to a very fundamental level in telling the story of what happened and what it means. Unlike many analysts, he is most interested in the specifically religious cast of the confrontation as voiced by local people. * Choice *The depth of knowledge and understanding of local dynamics displayed here, both pre- and post-conflict, sets this book aside from other works addressing the communal violence that ensued from the fall of the Suharto regime....Violence and Vengeance should become core reading material for anyone concerned with religiously informed violence (in Indonesia, Asia or elsewhere) as much as for scholars and students interested in methodological issues, whether as historians, political scientists or anthropologists. * South East Asia Research *[T]his marvelous ethnography about religion and communal violence in eastern Indonesia.... offer[s] a compelling corrective to those anthropologists, historians, and political scientists who have fetishized political economy at the cost of understanding religion only in instrumental terms. Christopher Duncan’s Violence and Vengeance thus provides an invaluable contribution to understanding how people in eastern Indonesia turned to religion and religious difference as they imagined, perpetrated, suffered, survived, and memorialized communal violence. * PoLAR *In this marvelous ethnography about religion and communal violence in eastern Indonesia, Duncan provides an important corrective to... assumptions about violence and religion.... Christopher Duncan’s Violence and Vengeance thus provides an invaluable contribution to understanding how people in eastern Indonesia turned to religion and religious difference as they imagined, perpetrated, suffered, survived, and memorialized communal violence. * Polar: Political & Legal Anthropology Review *Table of ContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsA Note on Translation and Pseudonyms1. Religious Violence?2. Historical Preludes to the 1999–2000 Conflict3. From Ethnic Conflict to Holy War4. Massacres, Militias, and Forced Conversions5. Peace and Reconciliation? From Violence to Coexistence6. Managing Memories: Competing Notions of Victimhood in North Maluku7. Memorializing the Dead in Postconflict North MalukuConclusionAppendix A: The Bloody Sosol LetterAppendix B: Peace Declaration of the Tobelo Adat Community
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Cornell University Press Insurgency Trap
Book SynopsisDuring the first decade of the twenty-first century, worker resistance in China increased rapidly despite the fact that certain segments of the state began moving in a pro-labor direction. In explaining this, Eli Friedman argues that the Chinese state has become hemmed in by an insurgency trap of its own devising and is thus unable to tame expansive worker unrest. Labor conflict in the process of capitalist industrialization is certainly not unique to China and indeed has appeared in a wide array of countries around the world. What is distinct in China, however, is the combination of postsocialist politics with rapid capitalist development.Other countries undergoing capitalist industrialization have incorporated relatively independent unions to tame labor conflict and channel insurgent workers into legal and rationalized modes of contention. In contrast, the Chinese state only allows for one union federation, the All China Federation of Trade Unions, over which it maintains tight coTrade Review[Insurgency Trap] represents a central and innovative contribution to labor studies, linking as it does history, ethnography, biography, and theory into a revised Polanyian framework that scholars from a wide range of fields will certainly find useful. It is thoroughly researched and deftly theorized, advancing our understanding of labor, institutions, social movements, politics, and power in China. This book is vital reading for anyone interested in labor, globalization, transitional societies, and inequality more broadly. -- Eileen M. Otis * American Journal of Sociology *By identifying the insurgency trap and emphasizing the critical role of organizational and economic factors in shaping union activities, Friedman makes a valuable contribution to the literature. As the dynamics of worker-state interactions and the politics of labor representation are key for the future of the Chinese labor movement, Friedman's book is a must-read for anyone with interest in China's labor. -- Mingwei Liu * ILR Review *Table of Contents1. Labor Politics and Capitalist Industrialization 2. The History and Structure of the ACFTU 3. Guangzhou: At the Forefront of Union Reform? 4. Oligarchic Decommodification? Sectoral Unions and Crises of Representation 5. Worker Insurgency and the Evolving Political Economy of the Pearl River Delta 6. Chinese Labor Politics and the Global Economy
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Cornell University Press The Government Next Door Neighborhood Politics
Book SynopsisLuigi Tomba investigates how the goals of a government consolidated in a distant authority materialize in Chinese urban communities and citizens' everyday lives.Trade ReviewThe Government Next Door is a great title for a book on [neighborhood] politics in China. For some, the title might invoke associations of kind, unassuming politicians who are part of the community themselves. Others might feel trepidation: after all, resident committees, though legally social organizations, are extensions of an authoritarian regime. Judging by the subtlety of argument that permeates Tomba's book, this ambiguity is intentional. Indeed, one of the book’s many qualities is the clarity with which it illustrates the 'liquidity' of governance in urban China. Having been a resident in several urban [neighborhoods] enables Luigi Tomba to illustrate his penetrating analysis with lucid case studies and examples.... Even readers who are familiar with China’s urban community will be guaranteed to find a great many gems – be it stories, observations or interpretations. The book is as suitable for experts as it is for beginners, and Tomba’s often bold, often subtle and acute arguments will no doubt stimulate intensive discussions inside and outside the classroom. It provides food for thought for those who are attracted to Foucauldian notions of power, and is a must-read for anyone interested in China’s urban governance, and state–society relations more generally. -- Christian Göbel * The China Quarterly *Tomba adopts a synthetic approach which views neighbourhoods not only as administrative institutions, but also as places created by an assortment of actors.... This book provides valuable insights on the political, social, and spatial relations in Chinese neighbourhoods. * Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute *Any visitor who stays in mainland China for a while might wonder about the country's seeming stability. Ordinary Chinese rarely conceal their grievances about increasing inequality, corruption, and the near death of society as we imagine it. Media reports about peasants’ struggles against land expropriation as well as workers’ protests against labour exploitation have dramaticallyincreased over recent decades. Nevertheless, these class-specific incidents are isolated while everyday conflicts remain contained, relatively peacefully, in local neighbourhoods. The Government Next Door is a significant contribution to interrogating this puzzle. With a sophisticated eye to neighbourhood politics, the book shows how political legitimacy is cultivated and grounded among local residents with various interests and status.... I am certain that this book will be discussed enthusiastically by scholars who engage in urban space, class politics, and governmentality in contemporary China. -- Mun Young Cho * Pacific Affairs *Tomba's research went far beyond the somewhat soulless quantitative data of much current social science. Hundreds of interviews in which the author talked with local cadres, ordinary citizens, and others in three Chinese cities are at the heart of the fruitful ethnographic narratives in this volume. Tomba encountered varying local-center relationships, all falling on a spectrum ranging from past Leninist centralism to the neighborhood autonomy readers might expect in a developed civil society. -- J.D. Gillespie * Choice *Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Neighborhood Consensus1. Social Clustering: Neighborhoods and the Governing of Social Distinction2. Micro-Governing the Urban Crisis3. Housing and Social Engineering4. Contained Contention: Interests, Places, Community, and the State5. A Contagious Civilization: Community, Exemplarism, and SuzhiConclusion: Arenas of Contention and AccommodationNotes Bibliography Index
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Cornell University Press Beyond Borders
Book SynopsisThrough a personal narrative approach,this book focuses on the migration history and transnational trading experiences of contemporary Yunnanese Chinese migrants who reside in Burma and those who have moved from Burma and resettled in Thailand, Taiwan, and China.Trade ReviewBeyond Borders is a tremendous work which details—with considerable intimacy and reflection—the lives of both Yunnanese Chinese in Burma as well as those who later migrated from Burma to Thailand, Taiwan, and Mainland China. Its nuanced attention to the historical relationship between the Kuomintang, civilian traders, the Shan insurgencies, and the Burmese government is compelling, especially since the information deals with firsthand accounts. Although the author could very easily bog the reader down with acronyms, dates, and events in military or political history, the priority placed on the subjects' lives allows the reader to assimilate the context inductively rather than with a preemptive road map of sorts. -- Jane M. Ferguson * Pacific Affairs Journal *If you enjoy a good gossip, nicely told and full of human interest, Beyond Borders will be of interest. For those with an interest in migration and human mobility, the volume provides a number of personal insights. -- Robert H. Taylor * Asian Affairs *Rather than focusing on social structures and globalization processes, Chang explicitly concentrates on individuals and biographies.... [W]e can certainly claim that a person-centered approach shakes up anthropological categories just as the lives of these individuals shake up political categories. -- Jack David Eller * Anthropology Review Database *The strength of this book is the space the author gives to personal narratives. In this refreshing ethnography, Chang demonstrates how the vivid descriptions of life trajectories and intimate relationships of ordinary people, supported by clear explanations on the chaotic historical political circumstances in which they are grounded, can be more revealing than reconstituted realities inspired by scarce documentation available to foreign observers.... Besides the fascinating stories that nourish this account of a largely ignored Chinese diaspora, and the rigorous historical approach to their contemporary situation, this book is also a real pleasure to read. -- Caroline Grillot * Southeast Asian Studies *Undergraduate and graduate students will benefit from this text. Chang shows how ethnographers build rapport with informants, let them speak for themselves, and preserve the 'thicknesses' of their stories using first-person narratives.... this book is an eye-opening addition to the literature on borderland diasporas in Southeast Asia. -- Hiu Ling Chan * International Migration Review *Wen-Chin Chang's Beyond Borders: Stories of Yunnanese Chinese Migrants of Burma provides a rich personal history of Yunnanese Chinese migrants in South-East and East Asia.... The significance of the book is in having recorded the voices of the voiceless. It successfully avoids analysing case studies through the lens of ethnicity theories.... All in all, this individual-centred ethnography, backed by its narrative power, provides a rich comprehension of people’s lives across borders. -- Tadayuki Kubo * International Journal of Asian Studies *Table of ContentsIntroductionPart I. Migration History1. The Days in Burma: Zhang Dage 2. Entangled Love: Ae Maew 3. Pursuit of Ambition: Father and Son 4. Islamic Transnationalism: Yunnanese MuslimsPart II. (Transnational) Trade5. Venturing into "Barbarous" Regions: Yunnanese Caravan Traders 6. Transcending Gendered Geographies: Yunnanese Women Traders 7. Circulations of the Jade Trade: The Duans and the PengsEpilogue: From Mules to VehiclesGlossary References Index
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Cornell University Press Imperial Japan at Its Zenith
Book SynopsisIn 1940, Japan was into its third year of war with China, and relations with the United States were deteriorating. But in that year, the Japanese also commemorated the 2,600th anniversary of the founding of the Empire of Japan.Trade ReviewKenneth J. Ruoff has done yeoman's work in unearthing a vast array of sources and interesting anecdotes that enliven the narrative, serving up a fascinating social history that helps readers today understand what it must have been like to live in wartime Japan, an account that challenges narratives of unrelenting tribulation. His captivating book explains how tens of millions of Japanese reveled in the orchestrated jingoism of the celebrations, cheered on by the media, intellectuals and all the businesses cashing in on patriotic consumption. In doing so, he reveals the extensive web of complicity and mobilization that belies assertions Japan was hijacked into war by a small coterie of military hotheads. -- Jeff Kingston * The Japan Times *Kenneth J. Ruoff has sifted through documents long buried in Asian libraries and postcards procured at Kyoto flea markets to produce a meticulous study of Japanese life in the 1930s and '40s. Imperial Japan at its Zenith is, like the few available accounts of present-day North Korea, alternately chilling and amusing in chronicling efforts of the state to indoctrinate and manipulate citizens.... Ruoff shows how Japan went to extremes in its colonial heyday, inventing elaborate stories glorifying its divine imperial lineage to boost patriotism and justify colonial conquest.... [This book] provides rare insights... into the way a cult of militarism can pervade a nation and propel world events. Among the book's nuggets is the fact that the Zero fighter plane, of Pearl Harbor infamy, was named for the zeros in 2,600. -- Richard Read * The Oregonian *In terms of charismatic cult, architecture and mass mobilization, Ruoff highlights important similarities between Japanese and European fascism. In so doing, he helpfully moves the debate beyond mere definitions of fascism to think instead of comparative fascist practice—an approach that complements recent attempts to find a 'new perspective' on the histories of modern Germany, Italy and Japan. -- Martin Dusinberre * Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. The National History Boom 2. Mass Participation and Mass Consumption 3. Imperial Heritage Tourism 4. Touring Korea 5. Touring Manchuria's Sacred Sites 6. Overseas Japanese and the Fatherland Conclusion Notes Index
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Cornell University Press Chinese Workers in Comparative Perspective
Book SynopsisAs the world's factory China exerts an enormous pressure on workers around the world. Many nations have had to adjust to a new global political and economic reality, and so has China. Its workers and its official trade union federation have had to contend with rapid changes in industrial relations. Anita Chan argues that Chinese labor is too often viewed from a prism of exceptionalism and too rarely examined comparatively, even though valuable insights can be derived by analyzing China's workforce and labor relations side by side with the systems of other nations. The contributors to Chinese Workers in Comparative Perspective compare labor issues in China with those in the United States, Australia, Japan, India, Pakistan, Germany, Russia, Vietnam, and Taiwan. They also draw contrasts among different types of workplaces within China. The chapters address labor regimes and standards, describe efforts to reshape industrial relations to improve the circumstances of workersTrade ReviewMost academic research about the working conditions of Chinese factory workers has been focused on China itself, with little or no reference and comparison to workers and working conditions in other countries. However, this new book edited by Chan (China Research Center, Univ. of Technology, Sydney, Australia) attempts to convince readers that China is not exceptional and that it is critical to use a comparative perspective as an analytical tool to explain Chinas labor conditions. -- R.M. Ramazani * Choice *Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Fallacy of Chinese Exceptionalism by Anita ChanPart I. Historical and Structural Developments1. Exporting Corporatism? German and Japanese Transnationals' Regimes of Production in China by Boy Lüthje2. Globalization and Labor in China and the United States: Convergence and Divergence by Mingwei Liu, Frederick Scott Bentley, Mary Huong Thi Evans, and Susan J. SchurmanPart II. Labor Standards3. Recomposing Chinese Migrant and State-Sector Workers by Kevin Lin4. Industrial Upgrading and Work: The Impact of Industrial Transformation on Labor in Guangdong’s Garment and IT Industries by Florian Butollo5. The Working and Living Conditions of Garment Workers in China and Vietnam: A Comparative Study by Kaxton Siu6. Race to the Bottom: The Soccer Ball Industry in China, Pakistan, and India by Anita Chan, Hong Xue, Peter Lund-Thomsen, Khalid Nadvi, and Navjote KharaPart III. Trade Unions, Collective Bargaining, and the Right to Strike7. Labor NGOs under State Corporatism: Comparing China since the 1990s with Taiwan in the 1980s by Chris King-chi Chan and Yu-bin Chiu8. One Step Forward: Collective Bargaining Experiments in Vietnam and China by Katie Quan9. Creating a Right to Strike in China: Some Lessons from the Australian Experience by Thomas Nice and Sean Cooney10. Trade Union Reform in Russia and China: Harmony, Partnership, and Power from Below by Tim PringleNotes Contributors Index
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Cornell University Press Network Power
Book SynopsisThis book examines regional dynamics in contemporary east and southeast Asia, scrutinizing the effects of Japanese dominance on the politics, economics, and cultures of the area. The contributors ask whether Japan has now attained, through sheer...Trade ReviewRemarkably coherent and thoughtful.... Intellectually solid and lively essays.... Begins and ends with a bang.... Network Power contributes enormously to the field of Japanese studies.... It is must-reading for those interested not only in area studies of Japan and Asia, but also in the diverse, complex processes of regionalization and regionalism. * Journal of Japanese Studies *A crucial issue in the nature of regional integration is the terms under which the integration process takes place. This edited volume explores this issue by focusing on the character of Asian regionalism and the economic, security, political and cultural aspects of Japanese power and leadership roles in Asian regionalism... The result is an excellent book that extends our empirical knowledge of network-style integration and power, and provides an exceptionally valuable springboard for further debate on this important topic. * Asian Studies Review *
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Cornell University Press The Kitchen Spoons Handle
Book SynopsisA common Sinhala proverb states, "A woman's understanding reaches only the length of the kitchen spoon's handle." In this beautifully written book on the effects of female migration from Sri Lanka, Michele Ruth Gamburd shows that the length of that...Trade ReviewMichele Ruth Gamburd's ethnography is a richly detailed and carefully argued examination of power relations in Naeaegama, a southern Sri Lankan village... The book is an excellent analysis of the social relations underlying concepts such as identity, power, caste, and class. -- Caitrin Lynch, Johns Hopkins University * The Journal of Asian Studies *One of the strengths of this book is the juxtaposing of multiple views on the process of women's emigration. This ethnographically rich project is based on more than 18 months of fieldwork and extensive interviews with returning migrant women and other central actors in the emigration process... The retention of gender inequality is one of the most striking narratives presented in The Kitchen Spoon's Handle. -- Rhacel Salazar Parrenas, University of Wisconsin-Madison * Contemporary Sociology *The Kitchen Spoon's Handle thus illustrates how the global implementation of Western bourgeois hegemony will not proceed without a few ructions; ructions that will excite the scholar and entice the developer to facilitate the implementations with an appropriate ideology of care. The book is a useful contribution for the enhancement of such an ideology... Her book should appeal to academics and especially undergraduate students in anthropology and other disciplines such as labour studies, women studies and developmental studies. -- Rohan Bastin, James Cook University of North Queensland * The Australian Journal of Anthropology *This book's title draws on a traditional Sinhala proverd on women's domesticity, namely that a woman's mind is no longer than a kitchen spoon's handle. But Gamburd carefully outlines the process whereby, with transnational migration to work as domestic workings in the Middle East, the handle has come to reach several thousand miles rather than a mere twelve inches. -- Darshini Anna De Zoysa, University of Sussex * International Migration Review *
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Cornell University Press Women of Okinawa
Book SynopsisSince World War II, Okinawa has been the stage where the United States and Japan act out dramatic changes in their relationship. Women from three generations, each with a different account of the ways that international affairs have transformed...Trade ReviewKeyso's book emphasizes the many positive features of Okinawan women's postwar experience without disguising the hardship and discrimination they have variously experienced. Furthermore, the way in which she has chosen her interviewees... only serves to deepen our understanding of the complex problems raised by the U.S. presence on Okinawa... In short, Keyso provides us with a fascinating perspective on Okinawan history and women's place within it. -- Fiona Webster * The Japan Times *
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Cornell University Press Internationalizing China Domestic Interests and
Book SynopsisChina began opening to the outside world in 1978. This process was designed to remain under the state's control. But the relative value of goods and services inside and outside China drove cities, enterprises, local governments, and individuals with...Trade ReviewIn... his helpfully organized, largely plain-speaking and enlightening book, Mr. Zweig calls for far-sighted leaders and public-spirited citizens to struggle against the 'crony capitalism' that can undermine China's growth. -- Jonathan Mirsky * Bookshelf *Zweig has brought intellectual order to the chaotic process of China's opening to the world. * Foreign Affairs *Internationalizing China will appeal heavily to scholars and social scientists bent on dissecting the complex phenomena that swept over the Chinese economy in the 1980s and 1990s. And for businesspeople who lived and worked their way through these transformations.... Zweig's book will offer valuable insights and perspectives. -- Robert A. Kapp * The China Business Review *Zweig shows how China avoided the disruptive Big Bang reforms that have proved so damaging in Russia and Eastern Europe. Zweig's study is also a warning to those in the West who naively imagine that China's market opening is going to lead inevitably to political reform. -- Mark L. Clifford * BusinessWeek *Zweig's goal is 'to explain the how and why of China's internationalization over the last two decades of the twentieth century' (p. 22). His efforts result in both a wealth of factual data and a model of internationalization that is suitable for use by other China scholars as well as by those studying other liberalizing societies. -- Norton Wheeler * H-Net Reviews *Zweig's study provides a helpful analysis and documentation of China's gaige kaifeng policies of the last quarter century, offering useful insights into the pull-push dynamics of local and external forces in the fields of local economic development, education, and development aid. -- Peter Harris * The China Journal *
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Cornell University Press Taiwan
Book SynopsisFor centuries, various great powers have both exploited and benefited Taiwan, their designs for this island frequently clashing with the desire of local inhabitants to control their own destiny. Such conflicts have shaped Taiwan's multiple, and...Trade ReviewThis is a history that provides excellent background information for understanding the complexities of the current 'Taiwan problem.'. * Foreign Affairs *Table of ContentsTaiwan's early history; The Japanese occupation; The return of mainland rule; Martial law and Kuomintang domination; Taiwan in the Cold War; The opposition's struggle and breakthrough; Taiwan under Lee Teng-hui; The DPP captures the presidency.
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Cornell University Press The End of Diversity
Book SynopsisAfter the devastation of World War II, Germany and Japan built national capitalist institutions that were remarkably successful in terms of national reconstruction and international competitiveness. Yet both miracles have since faltered, allowing U.S. capital and its institutional forms to establish global dominance. National varieties of capitalism are now under intense pressure to converge to the U.S. model. Kozo Yamamura and Wolfgang Streeck have gathered an international group of authors to examine the likelihood of convergenceto determine whether the global forces of Anglo-American capitalism will give rise to a single, homogeneous capitalist system.The chapters in this volume approach this question from five directions: international integration, technological innovation, labor relations and production systems, financial regimes and corporate governance, and domestic politics. In their introduction, Yamamura and Streeck summarize the crises of performance and confidenceTrade ReviewFollowing the Second World War, Germany and Japan embarked on creating unique forms of capitalism, distinct from the Anglo-American model yet fully integrated with the U.S. side in the new bi-polar world.... This series of insightful studies of the two models—edited by noted Japanese and German academics—offers ten chapters explaining and contrasting the two paths to economic development taken by the defeated powers. The timing of the publication is also prescient given the deep and lasting performance crisis in both countries. -- Matthew Saltmarsh * Journal of European Affairs *The eleven chapters of this book offer in-depth analyses of the various economic, financial and social aspects of the ongoing transformation of German and Japanese capitalism from which it must be concluded that a number of changes are inevitable. It also emerges, however, that the embedded capitalism of the German and Japanese kinds had, and continue to have, their strong points.... While this book concentrates on comparing and contrasting Japanese and German capitalism with Anglo-American capitalism, it should not be overlooked (and is not overlooked by its authors) that, notwithstanding a number of striking parallels, the German and Japanese models also differ from each other. Elucidating the characteristics of these two varieties of capitalism is but one of the merits of this well-argued book. -- Florian Coulmas * The Japan Times *The End of Diversity? asks one of the most important questions of our day. In the face of globalization, is it possible to maintain forms of capitalism that minimize poverty while maintaining high standards of living?.... The book deserves to be widely read, not only by those interested in Germany and Japan, but anyone interested in thinking about how capitalism does and can work. The chapters are quite readable and throughout show the connections between society, economy and politics. The book could be readily used in a class for advanced undergraduates. -- Mark Tilton, Purdue University * Pacific Affairs *Table of ContentsConvergence or diversity? - stability and change in German and Japanese capitalism / Wolfgang Streeck and Kozo Yamamura; Germany and Japan - binding versus autonomy / Erica R. Gould and Stephen D. Krasner; Regional states - Japan and Asia, Germany in Europe / Peter J. Katzenstein; Germany and Japan in a new phase of capitalism / Kozo Yamamura; The embedded innovation systems of Germany and Japan / Robert Boyer; The future of nationally embedded capitalism / Kathleen Thelen and Ikuo Kume; Transformation and interaction / Ulrich Jeurgens; From banks to markets / Sigurt Vitols; Corporate governance in Germany and Japan / Gregory Jackson; The re-organization of organized capitalism / Steven K. Vogel; Competitive party democracy and political-economic reform in Germany and Japan / Herbert Kitschelt.
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Cornell University Press If Each Comes Halfway
Book SynopsisFor twenty-five years, Kathryn S. March has collected the life stories of the women of a Buddhist Tamang farming community in Nepal. In "If Each Comes Halfway", she shows the process by which she and Tamang women reached across their cultural...Trade ReviewA beautiful ethnography that especially gives younger scholars a profound insight not only into the complexity of village life but more generally into fieldwork methodology. * Anthropology Review Database *If Each Comes Halfway is a beautiful ethnography that especially gives younger scholars a profound insight not only the complexity of village life but more generally into fieldwork methodology. As the title suggests, the book requested not only the engagement of these five Tamang women but also requires an open and engaged reader. -- Stefanie Lotter, University of Heidelberg * Anthropology Review *Kathryn March's careful research has resulted in a book that captures the essence of agricultural society as seen through the eyes of its female inhabitants. The result is an original project that blends anthropological scholarship with oral history. Interestingly, the narratives are a complex compendium of song and narrative.... Interwoven throughout these themes and narratives is the emergence of song as important adjunct to storytelling. The poetry and rhythm of songs help convey meaning and inspire an audience to focus its attention on the storyteller, March writes. Her research indicates the integral role music plays in preserving Tamang history.... The author evokes an otherworldly sense of this specific culture even as she strives to record their life histories as accurately as possible. The women interviewed literally put their hearts and souls into the telling and singing of their personal stories and of the larger story of the Tamang people. -- Andrea Kleinhenz * Z Magazine Online *
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Cornell University Press Veiled Empire Gender and Power in Stalinist
Book SynopsisDrawing on extensive research in the archives of Russia and Uzbekistan, Douglas Northrop here reconstructs the turbulent history of a Soviet campaign that sought to end the seclusion of Muslim women. In Uzbekistan it focused above all on a massive...Trade ReviewVeiled Empire contributes a lot to a more proper understanding of Soviet power in practice. It provides a remarkably deep insight into the inherent dynamics of Soviet power and gender relations in Uzbekistan during the first two decades of its existence. * Nationalities Papers *Veiled Empire displays a thorough familiarity with the newly opened Russian and Uzbek-language archives, theoretical sophistication, historiographic erudition, and attention to everyday life. It offers the mold-breaking analysis of cultural change in Central Asia.... It is an important book for those interested in Central Asia and Soviet imperialism, and in the clash of modernity and tradition, especially over gender. As Northrop reminds us, the veil has remained a potent point of contestation between secular states and Muslim cultures... and he provides a detailed, compelling, and thoughtful analysis of the hujum in what should become the authoritative work on the subject. * Journal of The Historical Society *Veiled Empire takes, as its central subject, an article of clothing: the head-to-toe covering worn by Uzbek women.... Douglas Northrop traces the multivalent meanings attached to this garment from various vantage points, including Bolshevik activists in both the center and the periphery, veiled and unveiled Uzbek women, Uzbek men, and the Muslim clerical establishment.... Northrop's book is among the most sophisticated contributions to a growing body of literature rooted in the non-Russian areas of the USSR. * Canadian Journal of History *Few doubt that Central Asia labors under a Soviet legacy, but precisely what that legacy is remains elusive. Northrop goes a long way toward reconstructing a key piece of it: the history of the Bolsheviks' effort to uproot the old and impose the new on the Muslim population of Uzbekistan between 1917 and 1941. * Foreign Affairs *Northrop shows how, in the Soviet case, there simply was not enough modernization for modernity. The din of factory machinery, sirens and barking loudspeakers, which Soviet artists celebrated in the 1920s, did not reach the quiet, dusty streets of Uzbekistan.... Northrop finds a colonial empire obscuring imperialist policies under the cloak of decolonization. * Times Literary Supplement *Table of ContentsIntroduction1. Embodying Uzbekistan2. Hujum, 19273. Bolshevik Blinders4. The Chust Affair5. Subaltern Voices6. With Friends Like These7. Crimes of Daily Life8. The Limits of Law9. Stalin's Central Asia?Conclusion
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Cornell University Press Remapping East Asia The Construction of a Region
Book SynopsisAn overarching ambiguity characterizes East Asia today. The region has at least a century-long history of internal divisiveness, war, and conflict, and it remains the site of several nettlesome territorial disputes. However, a mixture of complex and...Trade Review"Analyses of regionalism in East Asia frequently oscillate between gleefully negative realist analyses of the primacy of nationalism and breathlessly naïve constructivist assertions of the inevitability of regionalism. By contrast, Remapping East Asia is a thoughtful collection that eschews initial theoretical positions in favor of measured, empirically rich, and theoretically nuanced reflections on the complex and at times contradictory nature of the contemporary regional project in East Asia. T. J. Pempel and his colleagues are to be commended." -- Richard Higgott, University of Warwick, Editor, The Pacific Review"T. J. Pempel and his colleagues provide a vivid and original portrait of an East Asian region 'under construction' and the diverse actors who are creating it." -- Miles Kahler, University of California, San Diego"This engaging and important collection highlights the non-state sources of regional cooperation in East Asia and provides a fresh perspective on the debate over whether Asia's future will be characterized more by conflict or harmony." -- Michael Mastanduno, Rockefeller Professor of Government, Dartmouth College"This superb collection of essays shows how the interaction of East Asian countries is changing in subtle yet profound ways. By examining a broad set of issues, the authors persuasively suggest that East Asia is more ripe for cooperation than for rivalry." -- Mike Mochizuki, Director of the Sigur Center for Asian Studies, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University
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Cornell University Press Japans Postwar History
Book SynopsisThe second edition of the book that provides a unique integrated analysis of Japan's social, political, and economic history from 1932 until the present day.
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Cornell University Press The North Korean Revolution 19451950
Book SynopsisArmstorng examines the genesis of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) both as an important yet rarely studied example of a communist state and as part of modern Korean history.Trade ReviewArmstrong has carefully gone over all of the newly available documents on the founding of the North Korean regime to ask why Pyongyang, in spite of the appalling suffering of its people, remains one of the last holdouts of 'unreformed' Marxism-Leninism. * Foreign Affairs *Charles K. Armstrong takes advantage of new archival materials to rethink the history and character of North Korea. In considering the critical years of North Korea's development prior to the outbreak of the Korean War, Armstrong's The North Korean Revolution, 1945–1950, delivers some surprising, heterodox conclusions. -- John Feffer * Korean Quarterly *Charles K. Armstrong's The North Korean Revolution, 1945–1950 is a pioneering work.... This eye-catching book offers a wealth of factual information on the genesis of the North Korean state. It introduces a unique comprehensive perspective for the analysis of postcolonial Korean modernization, communist state formation, and creation of new imagined national and social identities and communities in the North. It is a new classic in Korean studies and a must-read for all aspiring students of Korean history and Korean affairs. -- Alexandre Y. Mansourov * Journal of Asian Studies *In a world where the kind of Marxist-inspired, state-directed development embodied by Soviet Russia has long since been discredited as ineffective, the North Korean economy and state management continue to resist the forces of the North Korean people. Armstrong wants to explain this rather counterintuitive longevity of a state whose like can be found nowhere else in the world except in Cuba.... This work will be indispensable for anyone hoping to understand the postwar history of Korea and East Asia. * Choice *This book provides a wealth of factual information and historical background that increases the reader's understanding of North Korea's communist history and present idiosyncrasies. -- Jeffrey J. Kuebler * Military Review *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments List of AbbreviationsIntroduction 1.Revolution on the Margins 2. Liberation, Occupation, and the Emerging New Order 3. Remaking the People 4. Coalition Politics and the United Front 5. Planning the Economy 6. Constructing Culture 7. A Regime of Surveillance 8. The People's State ConclusionAppendix A: A Note on Sources Appendix B: Statements of General Chistiakov on the Soviet Occupation of North Korea, Fall 1945 Selected Bibliography Index
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Cornell University Press The Conquest of a Continent
Book SynopsisIn The Conquest of a Continent, the historian W. Bruce Lincoln details Siberia''s role in Russian history, one remarkably similar to that of the frontier in the development of the United States.... It is a big, panoramic book, in keeping with the immensity of its subject.Chicago TribuneLincoln is a compelling writer whose chapters are colorful snapshots of Siberia''s past and present.... The Conquest of a Continent is a vivid narrative that will inform and entertain the broader reading public.American Historical ReviewThis story includes Genghis Khan, who sent the Mongols warring into Russia; Ivan the Terrible, who conquered Siberia for Russia; Peter the Great, who supported scientific expeditions and mining enterprises; and Mikhail Gorbachev, whose glasnost policy prompted a new sense of ''Siberian'' nationalism. It is also the story of millions of souls who themselves were conquered by Siberia.... Vast riches and great misery, often intertwined, mark this region.The Wall Street Jo
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Cornell University Press Machiavellis Children
Book SynopsisTwo late-developing nations, Japan and Italy, similarly obsessed with achieving modernity and with joining the ranks of the great powers, have traveled parallel courses with very different national identities.Trade ReviewAn extraordinary and, in large part, successful, book. Machiavelli's Children.... compares and contrasts Italian and Japanese political and economic history from the mid-nineteenth century until the present. It explores the nature and meaning of leadership. And, less wittingly, it expresses American dreams and nightmares in the early twenty-first century. * Journal of Japanese Studies *Samuels offers excellent comparative analysis of each time period and each grouping of leaders. Samuels argues convincingly that their leadership styles are not necessarily cultural or national. In both countries there have been those who missed opportunities, those who exploited opportunities, and those who created opportunities.... This is the essence of leadership. It is also what makes this history so interesting. * Yomiuri Shimbun *Samuels sensibly argues that 'leaders may not be all that matters in politics, but they are surely more than mere vessels for irresistible and inevitable change.'... The best sections in this provocative book detail the story of how Italy has reformed itself, economy and politically, while Japan dragged its feet. In Japan's case, it is a story of how leadership has faltered and blinked. * The Japan Times *Samuels' marvelous book is a sweeping historical study of Italy and Japan through the lens of key leaders from the mid-19th century, when these two nation-states were constructed, to the present.... This carefully researched and readable book reminds us that leaders matter. * International Herald Tribune/The Asahi Shimbun *This is a bold and audacious work, an example of what comparative politics can be but rarely is.... The use of Italy and Japan is somewhat counterintuitive but provides an effective and highly entertaining springboard. Each chapter pairs the experience of a leader with a decision he made at a critical juncture. For Samuels, leadership is the constant manipulation of and movement between the past and the future. Bullying and buying off the opposition may work, but the most effective leaders actively remake the past in pursuit of the future. As Samuels compellingly illustrates, history enhances choice more than it restricts it. * Foreign Affairs *To trace the developmental dynamic in both countries from their founding as modern states after the Meiji Restoration and the Risorgimento, respectively, up to the present is an ambitious task. But it is one that Dr. Samuels carries off with aplomb, giving the reader a brilliantly fine-grained story of what has worked or not worked for the two peoples, how historical events will shape Japan and Italy in the future, and how lessons from the past can be applied in the present. * Straits Times *
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Cornell University Press Japan Prepares for Total War The Search for
Book SynopsisBarnhart examines the events leading up to World War II in the context of Japan's quest for economic security.Trade Review"A first-rate, original account of Japan's road to war, fortified with documentation largely unavailable in English. Michael A. Barnhart's unique perspective is sure to enrich our understanding of the 1930s and of the origins of the Pacific War."—Akira IriyeTable of ContentsIntroduction1. The Rise of Autarky in Japanese Strategic Planning2. International Law and Stove-Pipe Hats3. Merging the Drives for Autarky and Reform4. The Road to Ruin: Japan Begins the China Incident5. Bitter Mortgage: The Economic Consequences of the China Incident6. To Defend the Open Door7. Swastika and Red Star: The Imperial Army's Economic and Strategic Dilemmas of 19398. Caretakers and the Quest for Autarky: Marking Time 1489. The Navy's Price: Japan Commences the Southward Advance10. To Arm and Appease11. Unsettled Details: The Debate over the Southward Advance12. Soft Words and Big Sticks13. A Final Wager: Japan Consummates the Southward Advance14. The Pacific WarBibliography Index
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