"The East Asian states have gone through tremendous economic, political and social change since the end of WWII, and this edited volume provides a truly comparative view of these changes and their implications for security, political economy and society in the region. This volume will be especially valuable to those interested in how the new political economy and security relationships in the region might influence regional political or social change, especially as seen in Mary Alice Haddad's chapter on media and environmental politics in East Asia." -Jessica C. Teets, Associate Editor, Journal of Chinese Political Science and Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Middlebury College, USA