Encyclopedia of Asian Politics

Edited by Alexander C. Tan, Professor of Political Science, University of Canterbury and Professorial Research Fellow, Institute for Indo-Pacific Affairs, New Zealand and Dennis F.Quilala, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science, University of the Philippines Diliman, Philippines

• Contents:PART I APPROACHES AND METHODS1 Comparative methods 2Dawn Miller-McTaggart2 Ethnography 6Josefina Socorro Flores Tondo and Eulalio R. Guieb III3 Experiments 13Jay C. Kao4 Game theory 21Taehee Whang5 Institutions and institutionalism 26Rosalie Arcala Hall6 Q-methodology 33Orson Tan7 Statistical analysis 37Guang Yang and Tsung-Han Tsai8 Survey research 45Chia-hung TsaiPART II THEMES/THEMATIC CHAPTERS9 Civil society 52Janjira Sombatpoonsiri10 Civil wars 58Juhn Chris P. Espia11 Constitutions 62Neel Vanvari12 Courts and judicial systems 69Rodelio C. Manacsa13 Democratization 75Fang-Yu Chen14 Electoral systems 82Ikhsan Darmawan15 Executives 87Dawn Miller-McTaggart16 Gender and politics 92Wan-Ying Yang17 Identity politics 99Orson Tan18 Legislatures 103Juhn Chris P. Espia19 Militaries 109Saya Kiba20 Political behavior 113Dennis Lu Chung Weng21 Political culture 118Charles K. S. Wu, Hsuan-Yu Lin and Yao-Yuan Yeh22 Political economy 122Stephen Noakes23 Political economy of developmental states 126Tian He24 Political ideologies 133Chien-Kang Chen25 Political parties 137Ching-Hsin Yu26 Public policy 142Dawn Miller-McTaggart27 Religion and politics 147Michael I. Magcamit28 Social movements 155Mariana Cifuentes29 Terrorism 158Juhn Chris P. EspiaPART III REGIONS30 Northeast Asia 163Hsuan-Yu Lin, Charles K. S. Wu and Yao-Yuan Yeh31 South Asia 168Rajat Ganguly 32 Southeast Asia 174Juhn Chris P. EspiaPART IV REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS33 Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation 179Andrea Chloe Wong34 Association of Southeast Asian Nations 182Laura Southgate35 South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation 187Neel VanvariPART V COUNTRY CHAPTERS/CASE STUDIES36 Bhutan 194Neel Vanvari37 Brunei Darussalam 201Edna Nurafeeqah Abdul Ghani Luah38 China 207Tian He39 Hong Kong 213Karl Ho40 India 218Neel Vanvari41 Indonesia 225Amalia Sustikarini42 Japan 230Takayoshi Uekami43 Laos 235Suthikarn Meechan44 Malaysia 241Orson Tan45 Myanmar 246Noel M. Morada46 Pakistan 254Neel Vanvari47 Philippines 262Andrea Chloe Wong48 Republic of Korea (South Korea) 267Sun Young (Kelly) Park49 Singapore 274Orson Tan50 Sri Lanka 279Rajat Ganguly51 Taiwan 286Alexander C. Tan and Jundeh Wu52 Thailand 290Thanikun Chantra and Pradit Chinudomsub53 Vietnam 293Mai-Huong VoIndex 298

‘Asia is a vast and dynamic region. The Encyclopedia of Asian Politics captures this diversity. Providing a succinct analysis of each country in the region, it forms an essential resource that will guide readers through the complexities of Asian Politics.’