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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “janka oertel”
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  • China and the United Nations

    by Janka Oertel ...
    Series series The United Nations and Global Change
    This comprehensive and innovative book examines and explains the development of the relationship between China and the United Nations in the first decade of the twenty-first century.Using historical research and contemporary case studies, the book stresses the importance of domestic determinants of UN policy and concludes that the chances for international actors to significantly influence Chinese ... Read more

    $93.19 USD

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  • Stumbling Giant

    The Threats to China's Future

    by Timothy Beardson ...
    "A thoughtful reconsideration of China's actual place in the new world order, based on reality rather than fanciful speculation." —Kirkus ReviewsCan anything prevent China surpassing the United States and becoming the world's top superpower? While predictions that China's rise to global supremacy is a near-certainty have resulted in this belief becoming almost conventional wisdom, this book boldly ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Changing Politics in Japan

    by Ikuo Kabashima, Gill Steel ...
    Changing 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 Kabashima—a former professor who is now Governor of Kumamoto Prefecture—and Gill Steel outline the basic features of politics in postwar Japan in an accessible and engaging manner. ... Read more

    $22.79 USD

  • Japan, South Korea, and the United States Nuclear Umbrella

    Deterrence After the Cold War

    by Terence Roehrig ...
    Series series Contemporary Asia in the World
    For close to sixty years, the United States has maintained alliances with Japan and South Korea that have included a nuclear umbrella, guaranteeing their security as part of a strategy of extended deterrence. Yet questions about the credibility of deterrence commitments have always been an issue, especially when nuclear weapons are concerned. Would the United States truly be willing to use these ... Read more

    $23.09 USD

  • The Rise of Political Intellectuals in Modern China

    May Fourth Societies and the Roots of Mass-Party Politics

    by Shakhar Rahav ...
    The May Fourth movement (1915-1923) is widely considered a watershed in the history of modern China. This book is a social history of cultural and political radicals based in China's most important hinterland city at this pivotal time, Wuhan. Current narratives of May Fourth focus on the ideological development of intellectuals in the seaboard metropoles of Beijing and Shanghai. And although ... Read more

    $27.89 USD

  • China's Water Pollution Problems

    by Claudio Delang ...
    Water pollution is one of the most serious problems plaguing China today with millions of citizens drinking water unfit for consumption. These abysmal conditions have fuelled increasing social discontent, as people become more concerned by the need to address the pressing issues of water pollution, scarcity, and waste management.This book describes how and why China has ended up in such a dire ... Read more

    $34.99 USD

  • My Fight for a New Taiwan

    One Woman's Journey from Prison to Power

    by Hsiu-lien Lu, Ashley Esarey ...
    Lu Hsiu-lien’s journey is the story of Taiwan. Through her successive drives for gender equality, human rights, political reform, Taiwan independence, and, currently, environmental protection, Lu has played a key role in Taiwan’s evolution from dictatorship to democracy. The election in 2000 of Democratic Progressive Party leader Chen Shui-bian to the presidency, with Lu as his vice president, ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • The Dispute Over the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands

    How Media Narratives Shape Public Opinion and Challenge the Global Order

    Edited by T. Hollihan ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    The small unpopulated islands in the East China Sea that the Chinese call the Diaoyu and the Japanese call the Senkaku, have long been a source of contention. This volume will undertake an examination of the controversy as it plays out in legacy and new social media in China, Japan, and the West. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • China Cross Talk

    The American Debate over China Policy since Normalization

    Edited by Scott Kennedy ...
    The biggest untapped market in the world? The last great communist threat? The free-trade partner? The human rights scourge? China Cross Talk provides a front-row seat to the most memorable scenes in the American debate over China policy since 1978. Representing the full spectrum of opinion on this divisive issue, selections range from op-ed articles and commentaries to speeches by leading ... Read more

    $35.69 USD

  • Chinese Assertiveness in the South China Sea

    Power Sources, Domestic Politics, and Reactive Foreign Policy

    by Richard Q. Turcsányi ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book offers an assessment of China’s assertive foreign policy behavior with a special focus on Chinese policies in the South China Sea (SCS). By providing a detailed account of the events in the SCS and by analyzing power dynamics in the region, it identifies the driving forces behind China’s assertive foreign policy. Considering China’s power on a domestic as well as an international level, ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • New Media Political Engagement And Participation in Malaysia

    by Sara Chinnasamy ...
    Series series Politics in Asia
    This book analyses the exponential growth of independent news portal (INPs) in Malaysia and discusses the extent of impacts generated from these portals in Malaysian electoral conduct especially during Malaysia's 12th and 13th general elections. The mainstream media in Malaysia has for decades been controlled by strict laws such as the Printing Presses and Publications Act (PPPA) and the Sedition ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Misunderstanding Asia

    International Relations Theory and Asian Studies over Half a Century

    Edited by Gilbert Rozman ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    In this volume, experts on East Asia focus on each of the past five decades to explain the weak predictive power of traditional IR theory as applied to the region and uncover the true forces driving change. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD