State, Society and International Relations in Asia

This anthology brings together studies of selected modern Asian post-colonial states and societies. This part of the world is in transition towards becoming the heartland of global politics and economy. The rising Asia is slowly closing the productivity-power-gap with the early-industrialized societies of Western Europe, the United States and Japan pushing the global system towards a critical point. Successful industrialization does not only bring power and welfare but can also create the condit