Trousson, Raymond / Vercruysse, Jeroom (dir.), Dictionnaire general de Voltaire. (Champion classiques, references et dictionnaires 18) 1272 p. 2020:10 (Champion, FR) <670-9>
ISBN 978-2-38096-016-7 paper ¥7,064.- (税込) EUR 38.00

Balakrishnan, Kogila / Lazar, Zsolt (eds.), Asia-Pacific Defense and Security Outlook: Arming the Region in the Era of Big Power Competition. 126 pp. 2023:6 (Routledge, UK) <697-776>
ISBN 978-1-03-250155-0 hard ¥31,603.- (税込) GB￡ 130.00

The book focuses on the main security threats, defence industry, arms trade, defence policies and military capabilities related issues in the Asia-Pacific region.There are only a very few regions in the world which have advanced so fast both economically and technologically as the Asia-Pacific in the past few decades. Probably this is one of the reasons why several countries in the region have gained confidence, sharpened their diplomatic tone, increased their defence expenditure, invested into military capabilities, and questioned both the local and global status-quo. The region contains emerging powers, far-reaching ambitions, threatening rhetoric, rising political tensions, and concerns about military conflicts. Factors that show that critical issues are at stake, the reopening of long-forgotten debates, are more relevant than ever and masses of uncertainties are yet to be resolved.This book will be of much interest to all students and scholars of Asia-Pacific Security, Asian politics and International Relations in general. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Defense & Security Analysis.

Arora, Shubhda / J. Kumar, Keval (eds.), Media Narratives and the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Asian Experience. 262 pp. 2023:7 (Routledge, UK) <697-805>
ISBN 978-1-03-200390-0 hard ¥31,603.- (税込) GB￡ 130.00
ISBN 978-1-03-252415-3 paper ¥8,748.- (税込) GB￡ 35.99

This volume investigates mediated lives and media narratives during the COVID-19 pandemic, with Asia as a focus point. It shows how the pandemic has created an unprecedented situation in this globalized world marked by many disruptions in the social, economic, political and cultural lives of individuals and communities - creating a 'new normal'. It explores the different media vocabularies of fear, panic, social distancing, and contagion from across Asian nations. It focuses on the role media played as most nations faced lockdowns and unique challenges during this crisis. From healthcare workers to sex workers, from racism to nationalism, from the plight of migrant workers in news reporting to state propaganda, this book brings critical questions confronting media professionals into focus.The volume will be of critical interest to scholars and researchers of media and communication studies, politics, especially political communication, social and public policy, and Asian studies.

Chiu, Tuen Yi / Yeoh, Brenda S. A. (eds.), Marriage Migration, Family and Citizenship in Asia. 144 pp. 2023:6 (Routledge, UK) <697-808>
ISBN 978-1-03-249016-8 hard ¥31,603.- (税込) GB￡ 130.00

Amidst the increasing global trend of cross-border marriage migration, this book offers timely theoretical and empirical insights into contemporary debates about migration and citizenship. Extant scholarship on marriage migration and citizenship have concentrated on East-West inter-cultural marriages and tended to approach citizenship as an individual-centred concept linked to the nation-state, thus fading the family into the background.Focusing on cross-border marriages within Asia, a region where collectivist and familistic values are still prevalent, this book points to the importance of going beyond the state-individual nexus to conceptualise and foreground the family as a strategic site where citizenship is mediated, negotiated and experienced. Through six critical and in-depth case studies on cross-border marriages between East, Southeast, and South Asia, this book reveals how nation-states mobilize patriarchal notions of the family for its citizenship project; how formal frameworks of citizenship structure the trajectory and circumstances of cross-border families; how the repercussions of marriage migrants' citizenship are experienced and negotiated across generations; and how the tensions between the individual, the family and the state are produced along gender, class, race/ethnic, religious, cultural, geographical and generational boundaries. Collectively, this book calls for a rethinking of citizenship from an individual-centred proposition to a family-level concept.Its wealth of case studies and examples make it an essential resource for students, academics and researchers of Sociology, Geography, Anthropology, Politics, International Development Studies and Asian Studies. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Citizenship Studies.

クレアモント康子編　アジア太平洋戦争－影響、遺産、和解
Claremont, Yasuko (ed.), The Asia Pacific War: Impact, Legacy, and Reconciliation. (Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia) 312 pp. 2023:7 (Routledge, UK) <697-809>
ISBN 978-1-138-22234-2 hard ¥31,603.- (税込) GB￡ 130.00

This book examines the three interlocking components of the Pacific war: the origins of, impact on its combatants and civilians and the changes took place as part of its legacy.Written by a team of stellar international contributors.Will be of huge interest to studddents and scholars of Asian and US history.

Jacobs, Katrien / Baudinette, Thomas / Hambleton, A. (eds.), East Asian Pornographies and Online Porn Cultures. 100 pp. 2023:7 (Routledge, UK) <697-810>
ISBN 978-1-03-252164-0 hard ¥31,603.- (税込) GB￡ 130.00

Pornography's impact on transnational models of media aesthetics and governance have been well documented from a Euro-American perspective. This book contributes to the field of pornography studies by rethinking the cultural impact of pornography as audio-visual and online media from an East Asian perspective. It focuses on pornographies made and consumed in and across Japan, Korea, China, and Hong Kong. The chapters examine under-reported East Asian cultures of pornography, not only to uncover phenomena from within this region, but also to challenge and fine-tune existing academic research networks and paradigms. The book proposes that the lived experience of producing and consuming various pornographies throughout East Asia may extend, nuance, challenge, or even affirm the dominant Euro-American understandings of pornography that are becoming increasingly axiomatic within pornography studies as an emerging interdisciplinary field of study. This book was originally published as a special issue of the journal, Porn Studies.

Mathieu, Jon, Mount Sacred: Eine kurze Globalgeschichte der heiligen Berge seit 1500. 192 S. 2023:1 (Boehlau, AU) <697-811>
ISBN 978-3-205-21702-2 hard ¥7,392.- (税込) EUR 35.00

Der Mount Kailash in Asien, die Black Hills in Nordamerika oder der Uluru in Australien: Rund um den Erdball gibt es zahlreiche Berge, denen in Geschichte und Gegenwart Heiligkeit zugesprochen wird. Die religioese Verehrung erfolgt mit Gebet, Meditation und Wallfahrt. Man kann diese Berge als Sonden gebrauchen, um hinter das Aeussere der Gesellschaften zu blicken. Eine Kontrastfolie dazu bildet das Christentum, das lange wenig Interesse fuer die Natur aufbrachte. Erst die europaeische Gebirgsforschung und der Alpinismus sorgten fuer eine gewisse Oeffnung. Im Zeitalter des Kolonialismus entstanden so vielfaeltige Spannungen. Die Dekolonisation und die ≪oekologischen Wende≫ veraenderten die religioese Deutungsmacht und gaben der Rede ueber heilige Berge einen neuen Sinn. Global bleiben sie indessen ein hervorragendes Beispiel fuer kulturelle Diversitaet, das auch Fragen der Gendergerechtigkeit und des Umweltschutzes beruehrt.

Raffield, Ben / Hirasawa, Yu / Price, Neil (eds.), Multivocal Archaeologies of the Pacific War, 1941-45: Collaboration, Reconciliation, and Renewal. 304 pp. 2023:7 (Routledge, UK) <697-812>
ISBN 978-0-367-22041-9 hard ¥31,603.- (税込) GB￡ 130.00
ISBN 978-0-367-22043-3 paper ¥8,748.- (税込) GB￡ 35.99

This volume draws together the ground-breaking work of researchers and archaeological practitioners, working in multiple countries, to explore and understand the material and cultural impacts of the Pacific War.The Pacific War (1941-45), was characterised by a brutality and violence unmatched in any other theatre. Described by indigenous Micronesians as a 'typhoon,' the war was an unstoppable force that rolled across the islanders' homes, leaving only a trail of destruction in its wake, with physical, psychological, and cultural impacts that continue to resonate today. This difficult period is examined in a variety of ways through chapters that include targeted studies of archaeological sites, wider surveys of battlefield landscapes, and the ways in which we commemorate the experiences and legacies of both combatants and civilian populations. The translation of important research by Okinawan, Japanese, and Russian archaeologists bring regions that have previously been neglected in Anglophone literature into focus and enrich this comprehensive exploration of the archaeology of the Pacific War.This book will be of interest to archaeological practitioners, students, and members of the general public working in conflict studies or with an interest in the material culture, history, and legacies of the Pacific War.

Spitzer, Peggy Ann, Empowering Female Climate Change Activists in the Global South: The Path Toward Environmental Social Justice. (Diverse Perspectives on Creating a Fairer Society) 260 pp. 2023:7 (Emerald, UK) <697-813>
ISBN 978-1-80382-922-7 paper ¥6,230.- (税込) US$ 32.00

The ebook edition of this title is Open Access, thanks to Knowledge Unlatched funding, and freely available to read online. The COP27 climate change conference in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt made it clear that fighting global warming will require continuing commitment, cooperation, and collaborative action from multiple constituencies around the world. Urging readers from the Global North to rethink their approaches and potential contributions to long-term change, Empowering Female Climate Change Activists in the Global South explains how woman climate change leaders are confronting patriarchal structures to achieve social justice. Examining the lived experiences of woman climate change activists based in rural areas, Peg Spitzer presents eighty-five original interviews that feature women whose careers in business, education, politics, and the arts have championed women's rights in Asia, environmental defenders who have established projects in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, and woman farmers in three Indian villages who have faced climate-related droughts and floods. Suggesting ways in which successful climate change amelioration and adaptation led by women in the Global South may be replicated elsewhere, Spitzer also considers how NGOs and other organizations from the Global North can best contribute to facilitating positive changes in the communities where they work by focusing on empathetic cooperation. Addressing the urgent need to develop gender-just solutions that uplift and empower those who are experiencing environmental degradation in their communities, Empowering Female Climate Change Activists in the Global South uncovers the flaws in current combative structures and strategies and re-examines scholarly research at the nexus of feminism, transnational advocacy, and hierarchies of need.

民主化するアジアにおける政党再考
Teehankee, Julio C. / Echle, Christian (eds.), Rethinking Parties in Democratizing Asia. 272 pp. 2023:6 (Routledge, UK) <697-814>
ISBN 978-1-03-234921-3 hard ¥31,603.- (税込) GB￡ 130.00
ISBN 978-1-03-234920-6 paper ¥8,748.- (税込) GB￡ 35.99

Looking at eight case studies of Asian democracies, the contributors to this volume analyze the role of political parties in stabilizing and institutionalizing democracies. How have democracies such as Indonesia, Sri Lanka and the Philippines survived against the odds, despite struggling economic performance and highly unequal distribution of income? How have formerly authoritarian regimes in places like South Korea and Taiwan evolved into stable democracies? The contributors to this volume examine these case studies, along with Mongolia, Malaysia and India, arguing that the common element is the extent to which political parties, including opposition parties, have become institutionalized and act as stabilizers on democracy. They contend that the role of political parties has been significantly underestimated in comparison with structural elements, which are insufficient to explain how these democracies have persisted. An essential resource for students and scholars of Asian politics, especially those with a focus on comparative politics, political parties and institutions.

Wu, Fulong / Keil, Roger (eds.), Changing Asian Urban Geographies: Urbanism and Peripheral Areas. 142 pp. 2023:6 (Routledge, UK) <697-817>
ISBN 978-1-03-229090-4 hard ¥31,603.- (税込) GB￡ 130.00

This book investigates changing geographies of fast growing Asian metropolitan regions, in particular their peripheral areas.Through examining the intersection of global suburbanisation and Asian urbanism, the book depicts a complex (sub)urban world in Asia. It explains how the forces of globalisation, the logic of capital accumulation, and the history of rural-urban divide and interaction, path-dependent local institutions, and government policies work together to reshape the geographies of Asian urbanism. Touching on social, environmental, governance and planning aspects of contemporary urban Asia, the chapters in this volume provide grounded studies of residential relocation and changing rural settlements, property development by a congregation of developers, political ecologies of water provision, middle-class consumers, and local state agencies, transit-oriented development and infrastructure finance in peri-urban areas. It demonstrates an assemblage of actors and coexistence of multiple urban governance regimes with everyday negotiations.Changing Asian Urban Geographies will be interesting not only to those who wish to know more about Asian urban geographies but also to scholars and students wishing to see Asian metropolises in a comparative perspective of (sub)urban dynamics. The chapters in this book were originally published in Urban Geography.

東アジア及び東南アジアのナショナリズム・ハンドブック
Zhouxiang, Lu (ed.), The Routledge Handbook of Nationalism in East and Southeast Asia. 632 pp. 2023:7 (Routledge, UK) <697-818>
ISBN 978-0-367-62920-5 hard ¥49,835.- (税込) GB￡ 205.00

This handbook presents a comprehensive survey of the formation and transformation of nationalism in fifteen East and Southeast Asian countries. Written by a team of international scholars from different backgrounds and disciplines, this volume offers new perspectives on studying Asian history, society, culture, and politics, and provides readers with a unique lens through which to better contextualise and understand the relationships between countries within East and Southeast Asia, and between Asia and the world. It highlights the latest developments in the field and contributes to our knowledge and understanding of nationalism and nation building. Comprehensive and clearly written, this book examines a diverse set of topics that include theoretical considerations on nationalism and internationalism; the formation of nationalism and national identity in the colonial and postcolonial eras; the relationships between traditional culture, religion, ethnicity, education, gender, technology, sport, and nationalism; the influence of popular culture on nationalism; and politics, policy, and national identity. It illustrates how nationalism helped to draw the borders between the nations of East and Southeast Asia, and how it is re-emerging in the twenty-first century to shape the region and the world into the future.The Routledge Handbook of Nationalism in East and Southeast Asia is essential reading for those interested in and studying Asian history, Social and Cultural history and modern history.

Cavalcanti, Roxana Pessoa / Squires, P. / Waseem, Z. (eds.), Southern and Postcolonial Perspectives on Policing, Security and Social Order. 320 pp. 2023:5 (Bristol U. Pr., UK) <697-558>
ISBN 978-1-5292-2366-8 hard ¥22,118.- (税込) GB￡ 90.99

Post-colonial legacies continue to impact upon the Global South and this edited collection examines their influence on systems of policing, security management and social ordering. Expanding the Southern Criminology agenda, the book critically examines social harms, violence and war crimes, human rights abuses, environmental degradation and the criminalisation of protest. The book asks how current states of policing came about, their consequences and whose interests they continue to serve through vivid international case studies, including prison struggles in Latin America and the misuse of military force. Challenging current criminological thinking on the Global South, the book considers how police and state overreach can undermine security and perpetuate racism and social conflict.

Tshiyembe, Mwayila, Geopolitique mondiale: theorie generale et geopolitique de la Russie, la Chine, l'Inde, l'Afrique et le monde musulman. (Geopolitique mondiale) 183 p. 2023:1 (L'Harmattan, FR) <697-747>
ISBN 978-2-343-25663-4 paper ¥4,118.- (税込) EUR 19.50

日本国際連合学会編　国連のシステムの進化－東アジアの視点
The JAUNS (ed.), Evolution of the United Nations System: An East Asian Perspective. (Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global Politics) 232 pp. 2023:7 (Routledge, UK) <697-767>
ISBN 978-1-03-243962-4 hard ¥31,603.- (税込) GB￡ 130.00

Contributors from Japan, Korea and China explore the reaction of the United Nations to emerging global issues.A collaboration between the Japanese Association for United Nations Studies with the Korea Academic Council on the United Nations System and the China Academic Net for United Nations Studies, this book presents a range of perspectives from both academics and practitioners. The areas explored and discussed include global governance, peace and security, global health governance, global citizenship, nuclear disarmament, and the Sustainable Development Goals. In particular-and among other issues-it addresses both the coordination of COVID-19 management and responses to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.An invaluable, diverse, and concertedly non-Western approach to the challenges facing the United Nations.

Alfaro, Margarita / Lalagianni, V. et al. (textes reunis), Voyage et ideologie: les politiques de la mobilite (Orient, Afrique, Asie, XXe siecle). (Voyages) 2022:12 (Ed. du Bourg, FR) <696-596>
ISBN 978-2-490650-23-1 paper ¥6,388.- (税込) NPEur 24.00

Wyatt, Don J., Slavery in East Asia. (Elements in the Global Middle Ages) 75 pp. 2023:1 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <696-600>
ISBN 978-1-00-900170-0 paper ¥4,132.- (税込) GB￡ 17.00

In premodern China, Korea, Japan, and Vietnam, just as in the far less culturally cohesive countries composing the West of the Middle Ages, enslavement was an assumed condition of servitude warranting little examination, as the power and profits it afforded to the slaver made it a convention pursued unreflectively. Slavery in medieval East Asia shared with the West the commonplace assumption that nearly all humans were potential chattel, that once they had become owned beings, they could then be either sold or inherited. Yet, despite being representative of perhaps the most universalizable human practice of that age, slavery in medieval East Asia was also endowed with its own distinctive traits and traditions. Our awareness of these features of distinction contributes immeasurably to a more nuanced understanding of slavery as the ubiquitous and openly practiced institution that it once was and the now illicit and surreptitious one that it intractably remains.

儒教的立憲主義
Kim, Sungmoon, Confucian Constitutionalism: Dignity, Rights, and Democracy. 304 pp. 2023:5 (Oxford U. Pr., US) <696-494>
ISBN 978-0-19-763061-7 hard ¥16,160.- (税込) US$ 83.00

Ongoing debates among political theorists revolve around the question of whether the overarching goal of Confucianism-serving the people's moral and material wellbeing-is attainable in modern day politics without broad democratic participation. One side of the debate, voiced by Confucian meritocrats, argues that only certain people are equipped with the moral character needed to lead and ensure broad public wellbeing. The other side, voiced by Confucian democrats, argues that unless all citizens participate equally in the public sphere, a polity cannot attain the moral growth that Confucianism emphasizes. Written by one of the leading voices of Confucian political theory, Confucian Constitutionalism presents a constitutional theory of democratic self-government that is normatively appealing and politically practicable in East Asia's historically Confucian societies, which are increasingly pluralist, multicultural, and rights sensitive. While Confucian political theorists are preoccupied with how to build a Confucianism-inspired institution that would make a given polity more meritorious, Sungmoon Kim offers a robust normative theory of Confucian constitutionalism-what he calls "Confucian democratic constitutionalism"-with special attention to value pluralism and moral disagreement. Building on his previous theory of Confucian democracy, Kim establishes egalitarian human dignity as the underlying moral value of Confucian democratic constitutionalism and derives two foundational rights from Confucian egalitarian dignity-the equal right to political participation and the equal right to constitutional protection of civil and political rights. He then shows how each of these rights justifies the establishment of the legislature and the judiciary respectively as two independent constitutional institutions equally committed to the protection and promotion of the people's moral and material wellbeing, now reformulated in terms of rights. Aiming to contribute to both political theory and comparative law, Confucian Constitutionalism explains how Confucian democratic constitutionalism differs from and improves upon liberal legal constitutionalism, political constitutionalism, and Confucian meritocratic constitutionalism.

Lust, Ellen M., Everyday Choices: The Role of Competing Authorities and Social Institutions in Politics and Development. (Elements in the Politics of Development) 75 pp. 2022:12 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <696-200>
ISBN 978-1-00-930612-6 paper ¥4,132.- (税込) GB￡ 17.00

Scholars and practitioners seek development solutions through the engineering and strengthening of state institutions. Yet, the state is not the only or the primary arena shaping how citizens, service providers and state officials engage in actions that constitute politics and development. These individuals are members of religious orders, ethnic communities, and other groups that make claims on them, creating incentives that shape their actions. Recognizing how individuals experience these claims and view the choices before them is essential to understanding political processes and development outcomes. This Element establishes a framework elucidating these forces, which is key to knowledge accumulation, designing future research and effective programming. Taking an institutional approach, this Element explains how the salience of arenas of authority associated with various communities and the nature of social institutions within them affect politics and development. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Kowner, Rotem (ed.), Jewish Communities in Modern Asia: Their Rise, Demise and Resurgence. 320 pp. 2023:4 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <696-143>
ISBN 978-1-00-916258-6 hard ¥20,663.- (税込) GB￡ 85.00

The Road to Better Long-Term Care in Asia and the Pacific: Building Systems of Care and Support for Older Persons. 52 pp. 2022:5 (Asian Development Bank, PH) <695-569>
ISBN 978-92-9269-539-2 paper ¥4,672.- (税込) US$ 24.00

This report shares insights on capacity building for long-term care in six countries at different stages of population aging: Indonesia, Mongolia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tonga, and Viet Nam.It explores these countries' long-term care systems and their particular circumstances and challenges. It also examines what they have in common and highlights good practices that may be helpful to other countries facing similar issues. The report draws on insights from the Asian Development Bank technical assistance project Strengthening Developing Member Countries' Capacity in Elderly Care.

Mainstreaming Water Resilience in Asia and the Pacific: Guidance Note. 62 pp. 2022:7 (Asian Development Bank, PH) <695-509>
ISBN 978-92-9269-536-1 paper ¥4,867.- (税込) US$ 25.00 *

This guidance note provides specific actions and tools for scaling up and mainstreaming water resilience in Asia and the Pacific through ADB's operations.Asia and the Pacific is the most disaster-prone region in the world and water is the primary medium through which the impacts of climate change are felt. Resilient water management is central to achieving climate adaptation, managing and better preparing for natural and public health threats, and addressing water scarcity issues. The guidance note is based on six pillars: (i) demand for resilient water investments; (ii) a community approach; (iii) strengthened staff capacity; (iv) knowledge, innovation, and partnerships; (v) finance for water resilience; and (vi) digitalization.

Wellness for a Healthy Asia. 302 pp. 2021:10 (Asian Development Bank, PH) <695-580>
ISBN 978-92-9262-842-0 paper ¥10,124.- (税込) US$ 52.00

Osewe, Patrick L., Pandemic Preparedness and Response Strategies: COVID-19 Lessons from the Republic of Korea, Thailand, and Viet Nam. 56 pp. 2021:10 (Asian Development Bank, PH) <695-597>
ISBN 978-92-9269-074-8 paper ¥4,672.- (税込) US$ 24.00

Drawing on case studies from the Republic of Korea, Thailand, and Viet Nam, this publication highlights successful strategies, mechanisms, and innovations in early coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic response in Asia and the Pacific.Across the region, diverse approaches are being taken to mitigate COVID-19. The case studies presented here focus on analyzing pandemic-related challenges in the context of universal health coverage. They identify and describe good practices and lessons learned in emergency and crisis planning, management, and coordination along with whole-of-government and whole-of-society approaches to pandemic response.

島田竜登他編　インド洋世界における商人と港湾
Seshan, Radhika / Shimada, Ryuto (eds.), Merchants and Ports in the Indian Ocean World: Across Sea and Land. 144 pp. 2023:6 (Routledge, UK) <695-627>
ISBN 978-1-03-224827-1 hard ¥31,603.- (税込) GB￡ 130.00
ISBN 978-1-03-250045-4 paper ¥8,991.- (税込) GB￡ 36.99

The Indian Ocean world has a rich history of socio-economic and cultural exchanges across time and space. This book and its companion, Connecting the Indian Ocean World explore these connections around the wider Indian Ocean world.The book looks at the extensive range of maritime networks that crisscrossed pre-modern Asia and the Indian ocean region connecting ports, peoples and cultures. It explores the connected histories of these regions and the movement of merchants, commodities and money which created the multi-cultural and cosmopolitan port cities like Surat and Nagasaki. With contributions from Indian and Japanese scholars, the volume analyses travelers' accounts and trade routes between Japan and India offering insights into how maritime movement shaped culture, politics, and the social life of people in the most populated and production regions of the world in the early modern period.Rich in archival material, this book will be of interest for scholars and researchers of Indian ocean history, maritime history, economic and commercial history, Asian and South Asian history, and social anthropology.

Ruamps, Chin, The Humanitarian Exit Dilemma: The Moral Cost of Withdrawing Aid. (Routledge Humanitarian Studies) 144 pp. 2023:3 (Routledge, UK) <695-312>
ISBN 978-1-03-230795-4 hard ¥11,908.- (税込) GB￡ 48.99

How should humanitarian organisations respond when their aid goes awry? Should they stay and remain engaged with the needy, or should they withdraw and leave? Investigating the choices involved and the judgements required when tackling these questions, this book investigates the unique 'Humanitarian Exit Dilemma' that confronts humanitarian organisations.Humanitarian practitioners often are too concerned with the outcome of action but fail to recognise that there are other equally weighty moral considerations they should consider. Focusing simply on the results of projects, such as the number of lives saved alone, is inadequate. In order to address this problem, this book highlights three value-based normative considerations namely, humanitarian aid workers' special relationships with those whom they are assisting, humanitarian organisations' causal responsibility to assist those they have made vulnerable, and humanitarian organisations' obligations to fulfil reasonable expectations of those assisted. Together, these three non-instrumental reasonings serve as the main arguments of the author's value-based normative account, the 'Non-Consequentialist Approach', to address the Humanitarian Exit Dilemma. Offering a unique perspective on how humanitarian organisations should navigate the Humanitarian Exit Dilemma, this book will be of interest to scholars and practitioners in the field of Humanitarian Studies, African Studies, Refugee Studies, political philosophy, humanitarian action and human rights.

仏教の東アジア入門
Scott, Robert H. / McRae, James (eds.), Introduction to Buddhist East Asia. (SUNY Series in Asian Studies in Development) 340 pp. 2023:3 (State U. New York Pr., US) <695-246>
ISBN 978-1-4384-9241-4 hard ¥18,496.- (税込) US$ 95.00 *

Disaster-Resilient Infrastructure: Unlocking Opportunities for Asia and the Pacific. 112 pp. 2022:4 (Asian Development Bank, PH) <695-1027>
ISBN 978-92-9269-489-0 paper ¥5,841.- (税込) US$ 30.00

This publication explores practical ways of providing disaster-resilient infrastructure along with significant co-benefits across Asia and the Pacific.Risks posed by natural hazards are expected to intensify as economies grow, urbanize, and grapple with climate change. Roads, bridges, power networks, and other infrastructure assets are central to people's daily lives and economic opportunity: how such assets are planned, operated, and financed will shape resilience in the region. This publication takes a holistic view of practices that affect infrastructure resilience, including risk assessment, investment appraisal, and operation and maintenance across the life cycle of an infrastructure asset. It considers overarching approaches to achieving system-wide resilience and financing and governance objectives.

米国海軍のアジアへの軸
Elleman, Bruce A., The United States Navy's Pivot to Asia: The Origins of a Cooperative Strategy for Twenty-First Century Seapower. (Routledge Security in Asia Series) 272 pp. 2023:9 (Routledge, UK) <695-1050>
ISBN 978-1-03-244494-9 hard ¥31,603.- (税込) GB￡ 130.00

This book examines the origins of the U.S. Navy's 2007 Maritime Strategy, the formation of the U.S. government's "Pivot to Asia" strategy, and the most recent revisions to this strategy that focus more specifically on China. Besides examining the details of this strategy formulation, the book explores the internal and external repercussions on the U.S. Navy of the Pivot to Asia. It discusses the "Fat Leonard" scandal, which involved bribery and corruption in contracts for the maintenance of the U.S. fleets in the region, and considers the sharp decrease in training and readiness of the Pacific fleet to support the pivot, which in turn led to a serious maritime collision. It also assesses the impact of the pivot on other countries in the region, engaging in the debate as to whether the pivot was necessary in order to convince the countries of the region that the United States had not lost its staying power, or whether the pivot managed to make tensions in the Asia-Pacific worse even while allowing the strategic situation in the Middle East and Europe to worsen as a result of neglect.

Saint-Mezard, Isabelle, Geopolitique de l'Indo-Pacifique: genese et mise en oeuvre d'une idee. (Geopolitiques) 2022:11 (PUF, FR) <695-1104>
ISBN 978-2-13-083777-0 paper ¥2,956.- (税込) EUR 14.00

アフリカ・中国・台湾関係　1949～2020年
Abidde, Sabella Ogbobode (ed.), Africa-China-Taiwan Relations, 1949-2020. (African Governance, Development, and Leadership) 322 pp. 2022:8 (Lexington Books, US) <695-1170>
ISBN 978-1-79364-966-9 hard ¥23,364.- (税込) US$ 120.00

The ongoing tension and hostility between China and Taiwan in Africa are a continuation of the Chinese Civil War (1927-1949) between the forces of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) which remained in mainland China, and the Kuomintang (KMT) of the Republic of China (ROC) which fled to the island of Taiwan. In the intervening years, China has claimed Taiwan as part of its territory and through persistent and aggressive political and economic efforts convinced much of the world to accept her as the sole and legitimate seat of the Chinese people and government. Africa-China-Taiwan Relations, 1949-2020 provides a coherent account of why and how China was able to convince African governments to acquiesce to her claims which have resulted in the expulsion of and the diplomatic isolation of Taiwan on the African continent. This volume, edited by Sabella Ogbobode Abidde, also explains Taiwan's unsuccessful efforts at blunting China's maneuvers. It further discusses the endogenous and exogenous factors that swayed African governments to switch their diplomatic allegiance away from Taiwan-a country that was for many years an ally and dependable partner in their quest for growth and development. Finally, the book contains critical assessments of the role and place of China and Taiwan and their current relationship with states and societies on the African continent.

アフリカの近代性の探求－日中の教訓
Adem, Seifudein, Africa's Quest for Modernity: Lessons from Japan and China. (Africa-East Asia International Relations) 160 pp. 2023:3 (Springer, GW) <695-1171>
ISBN 978-3-031-23653-2 hard ¥21,117.- (税込) EUR 99.99

This monograph addresses the complexity of China-Africa and Japan-Africa relations from a comparative perspective. The volume is divided into five sections. Section I focuses on the divergent perspectives that are reflected in the discourse on China-Africa relations. Section II discusses Japan’s economic modernization and its potential lessons for Africa. Section III compares the foreign policies of Japan and China in Africa and analyzes their supposed rivalries on the continent. Section IV discusses the development of Southeast Asia-China relations and their potential application in African countries. Section V provides an in-depth case study of Ethiopia-China relations over the last century. The book fills a major gap in the existing literature on the triad of Africa, China, and Japan. Under the guidance of the disciplines of African studies, international relations, political sociology, and international political economy, this volume elucidates and examines the complexities of the foreign policies of the two Asian powers toward Africa as well as their economic, political, and cultural underpinnings.

フランス植民地のグローバルヒストリー
Bancel, Nicolas / Blanchard, P. / Lemaire, S. et al. (dir.), Histoire globale de la France coloniale. (Document) 2022:11 (P. Rey, FR) <695-1172>
ISBN 978-2-84876-980-6 paper ¥7,180.- (税込) EUR 34.00 *

Das, Ashok, Informal Services in Asian Cities: Lessons for Urban Planning and Management from the COVID-19 Pandemic. 416 pp. 2022:9 (Asian Development Bank, PH) <695-1174>
ISBN 978-92-9269-716-7 paper ¥9,150.- (税込) US$ 47.00 *

This book explores urban informality in Asian cities and looks how the informal sector's contribution to inclusive and sustainable growth can be enhanced.While supporting the livelihoods of most of the developing world's urban poor, the informal sector also deprives them of basic services and social protection. Rendered vulnerable to socioeconomic threats, people in the urban informal sector have suffered disproportionately during the COVID-19 pandemic and face a highly uncertain future. The book explores informality's forms and constraints in Asian cities. It describes the pandemic's effects on the informal sector and how leveraging informal services can enable urban resilience. Drawing on interdisciplinary research, the book illustrates the transformative potential of urban planning and governance that addresses informality. It also details measures that could boost the informal sector's inclusive and sustainable growth potential.

Esler, Joshua / Fielding, Mark (eds.), Indian Ocean Imaginings: People, Time, and Space. 278 pp. 2022:12 (Lexington Books, US) <695-1176>
ISBN 978-1-66692-216-5 hard ¥21,417.- (税込) US$ 110.00

This book is a multidisciplinary study of the Indian Ocean region, bringing together perspectives from the disciplines of history, defense and strategic studies, cultural and religious studies, and environmental studies. From the earliest exchanges through Sumerian and Harappan trade, to emerging geopolitical alliances in the twenty-first century, this volume demonstrates both the continuity and change of the region as well as its unity and diversity. The expanse of this ocean and its littoral rim is connected through the social imaginary, which enables these processes. It is with the stories of the peoples inhabiting this rim that this book is concerned-told both through micro studies of the everyday lives of the region's people and through macro studies centered around civilizations, empires, nation-states, and climate change.

インドネシアとインド太平洋
Febrica, Senia, Indonesia and the Indo-Pacific. (Routledge Security in Asia Pacific Series) 192 pp. 2023:7 (Routledge, UK) <695-1177>
ISBN 978-1-03-249750-1 hard ¥31,603.- (税込) GB￡ 130.00

This book examines Indonesia's strategies and policies to influence regional cooperation in the Indo-Pacific, focusing especially on Indonesia's efforts to be the maritime fulcrum in the Indo-Pacific during President Joko Widodo's (Jokowi) administration from 2014 until the present. Highlighting the importance of Indonesia as the largest country in Southeast Asia and as a founder member of ASEAN, the book, based on extensive original research, provides key insights into Indonesia's maritime policy decision making since 2014. It discusses the domestic political context in which foreign policy decisions are made, provides an explanation for Indonesia's efforts to project its vision of Indo-Pacific cooperation at the ASEAN level and beyond, and demonstrates how Indonesia strives to maintain a delicate balance in its interactions with major powers in the region including the United States, China, and Japan.

アジアにおける比較連邦制
He, Baogang / Allison-Reumann, Laura / Breen, Michael G., Comparative Federalism in Asia: Democracy, Ethnicity and Religion. (Politics in Asia) 224 pp. 2023:6 (Routledge, UK) <695-1179>
ISBN 978-1-03-238703-1 hard ¥31,603.- (税込) GB￡ 130.00

He, Breen and Allison-Reumann combine qualitative and quantitative research to compare the successes and failures of attempts at Federalism in Asian countries. Federalism is an increasingly common approach to improving governance and resolving ethnic conflict in Asia. However, Asian federalism faces three thorny problems. First, the ethnic federalism paradigm dominates political and intellectual life, rendering political compromise difficult and creating an obstacle to establishing or improving federalism in Asia. Second, religious fundamentalism and secular refusal to accommodate religious demands pose an existential threat to federal politics. Third, a majoritarian democracy is itself a threat to federalism in Asia, and the peace and stability that it is meant to underpin. Through a truly comparative analysis, He, Breen and Allison-Reumann investigate the potential for a hybrid-ethnic approach, religious moderation and deliberative democracy to overcome these challenges. They analyse cases from across Asia - both successes and failures. These include countries encompassing the first generation of federalism in Asia - India, Malaysia and Pakistan - and challenges faced by the new, emerging and aspiring federal states, namely Nepal, Myanmar, and Sri Lanka. They demonstrate how federalism can be achieved through compromise and a continual renegotiation of its underpinning values. A vital resource for scholars of political systems in Asia, and of federalism more broadly.

Karunaratne, Gihan (ed.), Informal Settlements of the Global South. (Architectural Borders and Territories) 328 pp. 2023:6 (Routledge, UK) <695-1180>
ISBN 978-1-03-204307-4 hard ¥31,603.- (税込) GB￡ 130.00

Bringing together case studies ranging across the globe, including the US-Mexico borderlands, the Calais encampment in France, refugee camps in Kenya, Uganda and Bangladesh and contested 'informal' enclaves and communities in the cities of India, China, Brazil, Nigeria and South Africa, this book challenges current ways of thinking about the governance of human settling, mobility, and placemaking. Together, the 15 essays question the validity of the conventional hegemonic divisions of Global North vs. Global South and 'formal' vs. 'informal', in terms of geographic presence, transborder performances, and the ideological inter-dependence of Northern and Southern spaces, spatial practices and the uniformity of authoritative enforcements. The book, whose authors themselves come from all over the world, uses 'Global South' as a methodological apparatus to ask the 'Southern' question of settling and unsettling across the globe. Crucially, the studies reveal the sentiments, resourcefulness and the agency of those positioned by the powerful within the dichotomies of formal/informal, legitimate/ illegal, privileged/marginalized; etc., who are traditionally identified within the dominant development discourse as mere numbers or designated by intervening institutions as helpless recipients. By focusing on hitherto invisible events and untold stories of adaptation, negotiation and contestation by people and their communities, this volume of essays takes the ongoing North-South debate in new directions and opens up to the reader's fresh areas of inquiry. It will be of interest to researchers and students of architecture, planning, politics and sociology, as well as built environment professionals.

グローバル・サウスからの気候の交渉
Khan, Naveeda, In Quest of a Shared Planet: Negotiating Climate from the Global South. 240 pp. 2023:4 (Fordham U. Pr., US) <695-1181>
ISBN 978-1-5315-0277-5 hard ¥17,523.- (税込) US$ 90.00
ISBN 978-1-5315-0278-2 paper ¥4,857.- (税込) US$ 24.95

Based on the author's eight years of fieldwork with the United Nations-led Conference of Parties (COP), In Quest of a Shared Planet offers an illuminating first-person ethnographic perspective on climate change negotiations. Focusing on the Paris Agreement, anthropologist Naveeda Khan introduces readers to the only existing global approach to the problem of climate change, one that took nearly thirty years to be collectively agreed upon. She shares her detailed descriptions of COP21 to COP25 and growing understanding of the intricacies of the climate negotiation process, leading her to ask why countries of the Global South invested in this slow-moving process and to explore how they have maneuvered it. With a focus on the Bangladeshi delegation at the COPs, Khan draws out what it means to be a small, poor, and dependent country within the negotiation process. Her interviews with negotiators within country delegations uncover their pathways to the negotiating tables. Through observations of training sessions of negotiators of the Global South, Khan seeks to reveal understandings of what is or is not achievable within negotiated texts and the power of deal-making and deferrals. She profiles individuals who had committed themselves to the climate negotiation process, moving between the Secretariat, Parties, activists, and the wider UN system to bring their principles, strategies, emotions, and visions into view. She explores how the newest pillar of climate action, loss and damage, emerged historically and how developed countries attempted to control it in the process. Khan suggests that we understand the Global South's pursuit of loss and damage not only as a politics of forcing the issue of a conjoined future upon the Global North, but as a gift to the youth of the world to secure that future. With this book Khan hopes to rekindle an older way of doing politics through the tenets of diplomacy upheld by the UN that have been overshadowed of late by the politics of confrontation. She stresses that while the tension between efforts of equity and solidarity and global economic competition, which have run through the negotiation process, might undercut the urgency to carry out climate mitigation, it needs to be addressed for meaningful and sustainable climate action. Deeply insightful and highly readable, In Quest of a Shared Planet is a stirring call to action that highlights the key role responsive and active youth have in climate negotiations. It is an invitation not only to understand the climate negotiation process, but also to navigate it (for those planning to attend sessions themselves) and to critique it-with, the author hopes, sympathy and an eye to viable alternatives. In Quest of a Shared Planet: Negotiating Climate from the Global South is available from the publisher on an open-access basis.

インド太平洋における海軍力の新時代
Grant, Catherine L. / Patalano, A. / Russell, J. A. (eds.), The New Age of Naval Power in the Indo-Pacific: Strategy, Order, and Regional Security. 360 pp. 2023:6 (Georgetown U. Pr., US) <695-1138>
ISBN 978-1-64712-338-3 hard ¥26,858.- (税込) US$ 137.95
ISBN 978-1-64712-339-0 paper ¥8,946.- (税込) US$ 45.95

A new framework contextualizes crucial international security issues at sea in the Indo-Pacific Competition at sea is once again a central issue of international security. Nowhere is the urgency to address state-on-state competition at sea more strongly felt than in the Indo-Pacific region, where freedom of navigation is challenged by regional states' continuous investments in naval power, and the renewed political will to use it to undermine its principles. The New Age of Naval Power in the Indo-Pacific provides an original framework in which five "factors of influence" explain how and why naval power matters in this pivotal part of the world. An international group of contributors make the case that these five factors draw upon a longstanding influence of naval power on regional dynamics and impact the extent to which different states in the region use naval power: the capacity to exert control over sea-lanes, the capacity to deploy a nuclear deterrent at sea, the capacity to implement the law of the sea in an advantageous way, the ability to control marine resources, and the capacity for technological innovation. The New Age of Naval Power in the Indo-Pacific offers a fresh approach for academics and policy makers seeking to navigate the complexity of maritime security and regional affairs.

Veneti, Anastasia / Rovisco, Maria (eds.), Visual Politics in the Global South. (Political Campaigning and Communication) 408 pp. 2023:4 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <695-1044>
ISBN 978-3-031-22781-3 hard ¥27,453.- (税込) EUR 129.99

The role of the visual in politics is gaining momentum in scholarly work concerned with the current social media landscape. It is widely acknowledged that the production, dissemination and consumption of visual products in the Global South is powerfully shaped by geo-politics and a power dynamics in which the Global North dominates the South (the cultural imperialism argument). However, scant attention has been paid to theoretical, methodological, and empirically grounded approaches to visual politics produced by scholars working in the Global South. Little is known about the ways in which scholarship in the Global South might challenge and resist western approaches to the study of the visual. Against this background, this project aims to examine visual politics in the Global South through theoretically driven, and empirically grounded case studies, which focus on the role of the visual in formal politics (e.g., political campaigns, the relation between state and citizens) and public and everyday politics (e.g., social movements, activism, grassroots politics, civil society initiatives). This volume examines visual politics in the Global South through theoretically driven, and empirically grounded case studies, which focus on the role of the visual in formal politics (e.g., political campaigns, the relation between state and citizens) and public and everyday politics. It will be of interest to both researchers and students interested in the study of visual politics from various disciplinary lens (media and communication, anthropology, politics, and sociology).

Pal, Viktor / Borowy, Iris (eds.), Waste and Discards in the Asia Pacific Region: Social and Cultural Perspectives. (Routledge Studies in Sustainability) 216 pp. 2023:6 (Routledge, UK) <695-1184>
ISBN 978-1-03-236614-2 hard ¥31,603.- (税込) GB￡ 130.00

This book uncovers, explores and analyses the cultural and social factors and values that lie behind waste making, recycling and disposal in the Asia Pacific region, where impressive economic growth has led to significant increases in production, consumption and concomitant waste production. This volume demonstrates the immense scope of waste as a multi-sectoral phenomenon, covering discussions on food, menstrual products, sewage, electronics, scrap, nuclear waste, plastics, and even entire villages as they are submerged underwater by dam building, considered expendable in favour of economic growth. It discusses the wide range of approaches and contexts through which people interact with waste, including socio-economic analysis, participatory observation, laboratory science, art, video, installations, literature and photography. Case studies focusing on India, China and Japan, in addition to other regional examples, demonstrate the ubiquity of waste, materially and geographically. It examines the duality of waste management, fostering community building while simultaneously excluding marginalised groups; how it can be linked to efforts creating circular economies, to then reappear in oceanic garbage patches; or technical waste repurposed for high-tech laboratory research before being discarded once again. This timely and wide-ranging collection of essays will be an important read for scholars, researchers and students in sustainability, development studies, discard studies, and social and cultural history, particularly focusing on countries in the Asia-Pacific.

Riaz, Umair / Iqbal, Shazia / Jamil, Moazzam (eds.), Waste Problems and Management in Developing Countries. 370 pp. 2023:7 (Apple Academic Pr., US) <695-1185>
ISBN 978-1-77491-054-2 hard ¥33,790.- (税込) GB￡ 139.00

This new volume offers effective solutions to the mismanagement of waste, particularly in developing countries, by providing an understanding of different types of wastes, their generation, and use of advanced technologies for waste management, and by focusing on integrating the technical and regulatory complexities of waste management.Waste Problems and Management in Developing Countries provides a comprehensive overview of the characterization, issues, and regulatory development of waste management for sustainable solutions and prevention techniques. It covers the various types of pollution, including pollution from plastics, industrial activities, metals, livestock, healthcare, food loss and waste, etc. It explores new techniques for thermal and radioactive waste management and includes such methods as vermicomposting and composting for organic wastes management and profitable use. The volume also looks at the role of modern technologies and legislation measures to manage biosolid waste. The volume includes numerous data sets obtained from various surveys and highlights special categories of waste that may not fit precisely into either RCRA Subtitle D (solid wastes) or Subtitle C (hazardous wastes).Academicians, researchers, and students will find the volume to be a comprehensible volume about waste management and its diversity, exploration, exploitation, and management strategies.

Sengar, Bina / Adjoumani, A. Mia Elise (eds.), Indigenous Societies in the Post-colonial World: Responses and Resilience Through Global Perspectives. 274 pp. 2023:4 (Springer, GW) <695-1189>
ISBN 978-981-19-8721-2 hard ¥27,453.- (税込) EUR 129.99

This edited book provides perceptions on "indigeneity" through a global perspective. Emphasizing the contemporary and postcolonial debates on indigenous, it delves into diversity and dissonance within indigenous concepts. Through its chapters based on theoretical and empirical studies from Asian, African, and American perceptions of indigenous societies, it brings out complexity, resilience, and response of "indigenous" in the post-colonial global society. It especially looks at how these societies manage to move forward by going beyond the stigma of the colonial past. The chapters in the book are divided into three sections where they discuss indigenous cultures through interdisciplinary perspectives. The narrative approach of historical concepts and contemporary indigenous challenges within the book include anthropological, cultural, ecological, historical, literary, and legal studies. The contributions in the collection come from widely respected international scholars who are engaged in indigeneity and postcolonial questions. It allows the reader to (re)discover the theories and resilience of the indigenous societies that are historically marked and are reshaping the histories and contemporary narratives in the world. This book is of particular interest to scholars, students, policymakers, and people curious about the histories and the dynamic progress of the indigenous and indigenous societies of Africa, the Americas, and Asia.

Stelling, Oliver, CommunicAsian: How Asia's Rise Is Shaping the Future of Communications, and How to Plan for It. 176 pp. 2023:6 (Routledge, UK) <695-1191>
ISBN 978-1-03-247333-8 hard ¥31,603.- (税込) GB￡ 130.00
ISBN 978-1-03-247334-5 paper ¥6,560.- (税込) GB￡ 26.99

The rise of Asia has changed the world, now shaped by greater global connectivity, geopolitics and shifting spheres of influence. Tapping into research and decades of experience in the world's fastest-moving markets, this book makes a compelling case for a new and future-ready approach to communications planning and implementation, which the Asian Century demands. Facing a new operating environment, policymakers and business leaders have to act quickly. This book outlines the necessary adjustments to long-established practices and value propositions in both corporate and government communications and provides a step-by-step plan for strategy development, laid out in a two-pronged approach designed to appeal to a multicultural audience. It is an essential read for global practitioners and students in international relations and mass communications.

Lee, Joo-Yup, The Turkic Peoples in World History. (Themes in World History) 216 pp. 2023:7 (Routledge, UK) <695-1182>
ISBN 978-1-03-218837-9 hard ¥31,603.- (税込) GB￡ 130.00
ISBN 978-1-03-217001-5 paper ¥8,748.- (税込) GB￡ 35.99

The Turkic Peoples in World History is a thorough and rare introduction to the Turkic world and its role in world history, providing a concise history of the Turkic peoples as well as a critical discussion of their identities and origins.The "Turks" stepped on to the stage of history by establishing the Tuerk Qaghanate, the first trans-Eurasian empire in history, in 552 CE. In the following millennium, they went on to create empires that had a profound impact on world history, such as the Uyghur, Khazar, and Ottoman empires. They also participated in building the Mongol empire, and these Turko-Mongol empires are credited with shaping the destinies of pre-modern China, the Middle East, and Europe. By treating the history of the Turkic peoples as a process of amalgamation and integration, rather than simply categorizing the Turkic peoples chronologically or geographically, this book offers new insights into Turkic history.This volume is a comprehensive guide for students and scholars in the fields of world history, Central Asian history, and Middle Eastern studies who seek to understand the historical roles of Turkic peoples and their origins.

共通の未来を持つ共同体へ向けたカンボジア・中国包括的戦略的パートナーシップ
Touch, Sok / Wang, Linggui / Phea, Kin et al. (eds.), Cambodia-China Comprehensive Strategic Partnership towards a Community with a Shared Future. 180 pp. 2023:2 (Springer, GW) <695-1192>
ISBN 978-981-19-9154-7 hard ¥23,229.- (税込) EUR 109.99

This book focuses on the bilateral relationship between China and and Cambodia to present an though and deep cooperation of the two countries involving political, security, economic and cultural areas. It collects wisdom by the researchers and scholars attending the first China-Cambodia Cooperation Forum, which was held in Siem Reap, Cambodia, from December 6 to 8, 2019, with the theme of “Cambodia-China toward a Community with a Shared Future: We Grow Together”. It aims to build an overview with balanced perspectives on China-Cambodia relationship.

Broden Gyberg, Veronica, Sweden's Research Aid Policy: The Role of Science in Development. (Routledge Explorations in Development Studies) 224 pp. 2023:6 (Routledge, UK) <695-100>
ISBN 978-0-367-46725-8 hard ¥31,603.- (税込) GB￡ 130.00

Science and technology have long been considered key for development, problem solving and education in low-income countries, and Sweden has been at the forefront of efforts in this area, as one of the first countries to formalise research aid. This book analyses how The Swedish Agency for Research Cooperation with Developing Countries (SAREC) and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) have worked to promote science in low-income countries. In doing so, the book tackles challenging questions around whose knowledges and capacities count, who sets the research agenda, how knowledge resources are distributed, and how complex donor-recipient relationships serve both to address and inflate these issues.Through a discursive analysis of policy material and interviews with former directors at Sarec and Sida as well as other key persons, the book traces how perceptions of the relationship between research and development have shifted over the last five decades. Pointing to why long-term collaboration is necessary in order to contribute significantly to capacity building, as well as highlighting more general tensions relating to the production of knowledge, Sweden's Research Aid Policy: The Role of Science in Development will be a valuable resource for advanced students and researchers of foreign aid, development cooperation, and the history of science and technology.

Sinha Palit, Parama, New Media and Public Diplomacy: Political Communication in India, the United States and China. 176 pp. 2023:4 (Routledge, UK) <694-680>
ISBN 978-0-367-27831-1 hard ¥29,172.- (税込) GB￡ 120.00
ISBN 978-0-367-27832-8 paper ¥8,991.- (税込) GB￡ 36.99

This book examines the role of new media and digital technologies in public diplomacy and political communication.Exploring political communication in India, as well as in the US and China, it highlights the fundamental changes that new technology has brought about in public diplomacy. While facilitating direct engagement with constituents, and tapping into territories and audiences which were harder to reach before, the new media's power to influence perceptions has revolutionised public diplomacy and engagement like never before. The book analyses the role of social media in not only defining and shaping political attitudes of citizens but their ability to empower citizens as well. The author, through examples from India, the US and China, also examines the challenges of using digital tools in diplomacy and its effects on democracies across the world.Lucid and engaging, this book will be an essential read for students and scholars of communication studies, political studies, diplomacy and foreign policy, defence and strategic analysis, media and culture studies and international relations.

21世紀の行政－グローバル・サウスの視点　第2版
Basu, Rumki, Public Administration in the 21st Century: A Global South Perspective. 2nd ed. 184 pp. 2023:5 (Routledge, UK) <694-682>
ISBN 978-1-03-220854-1 hard ¥29,172.- (税込) GB￡ 120.00
ISBN 978-1-03-225251-3 paper ¥8,505.- (税込) GB￡ 34.99

Public Administration has experienced a fundamental rethinking of its basic objectives, concepts and theories during the 21st century.This book examines the transformations happening in global societies, the economy and in politics, to trace the trajectory of public administration as an academic discipline as well as being a focus of social science research. It presents a reassessment of governance in heterogenous developing countries that goes beyond the traditional Weberian bureaucratic model, toward new models of organization and management, informed by their legal, constitutional, economic and political needs, aspirations and ground realities. This is especially important in relation to the marginalized sections of society that primarily rely on citizen entitlements through public service delivery systems. The author looks at widening the range and scope of public administrative agencies with the gradual cooperation of multiple actors, such as the civil society, people at large and even the private sector, in a partnering role. The author revisits the discipline to tackle intellectual dilemmas that current governance theories and practices are confronting, or will have to confront in future administrative situations.In the second edition, the volume brings into focus lessons on policy and governance learnt from the Global South in building administrative capacities in post-Covid-19 times.An essential read on the mandates and challenges for the state regarding the rising South, this book will be indispensable to scholars and researchers of politics, especially governance and public policy, sociology and development studies. It will also be of interest to bureaucrats, NGOs and government officials.

Hardt, Michael, The Subversive Seventies. 256 pp. 2023:9 (Oxford U. Pr., US) <694-694>
ISBN 978-0-19-767465-9 hard ¥5,441.- (税込) US$ 27.95