{"product_id":"informal-politics-in-east-asia-paperback-9780521645386","title":"Informal Politics in East Asia (Paperback) 9780521645386","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eInformal Politics in East Asia\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book, first published in 2000, is a pioneering effort to develop theoretical principles about informal political structures in East Asia.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLowell Dittmer (Edited by), Haruhiro Fukui (Edited by), Peter N. S. Lee (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521645386, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 19 June 2000\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e344 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.51 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'… a ground breaking volume which highlights a key issue in considering governance within East Asia.' NZJAS\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe authors of Informal Politics in East Asia, first published in 2000, argue that political interaction within the informal dimension (behind-the-scenes politics) is at least as common and influential, though not always as transparent or coherent, as formal politics, and that this understudied category of social interaction merits more serious and methodical attention from social scientists. This book is a pioneering effort to delineate the various forms of informal politics within different East Asian political cultures and to develop some common theoretical principles for understanding how they work. Featured here are contributions by political scientists specializing in the regions of China, Taiwan, Japan, the Korean peninsula, and Vietnam. The authors apply to this dynamic region the classic core questions of politics: who gets what, when, how, and at whose expense?\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction: on the significance of informal politics Haruhiro Fukui\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Informal Politics under Dictatorship: 1. Informal politics among the CCP elite Lowell Dittmer\u003cbr\u003e 2. North Korean informal politics Samuel S. Kim\u003cbr\u003e 3. Informal politics of leadership succession in post-Mao China Peter N. S. Lee\u003cbr\u003e 4. Clientage in the PRC's National Defense R\u0026amp;D Sector Benjamin Ostrov\u003cbr\u003e 5. Formal structures, informal politics and political change in China Joseph Fewsmith\u003cbr\u003e 6. Informal politics in Vietnam Douglas Pike\u003cbr\u003e 7. Organizational involution and sociopolitical reform in China Xiaobo Lu and Lowell Dittmer\u003cbr\u003e 8. Psychocultural foundations of informal groups Chung-fang Yang\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Informal Politics under Democracy: 9. Informal politics of Japanese diet elections Haruhiro Fukui and Shigeko N. Fukai\u003cbr\u003e 10. The election process and informal politics in South Korea xx Soohyon Chon\u003cbr\u003e 11. Informal politics in Taiwan Tun-jen Cheng and Tein-cheng Chou\u003cbr\u003e 12. Conclusion: East Asian informal politics in comparative perspective Lowell Dittmer.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Politics \u0026amp; government [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Politics \u0026amp; government\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Politics%20\u0026amp;%20government%20%5BJP%5D%22\"\u003eJP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46251976261912,"sku":"9780521645386","price":27.78,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521645386.gif?v=1691927729","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/informal-politics-in-east-asia-paperback-9780521645386","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}