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Pacific Affairs:
An International Review of Asia and the Pacific
Summer 2000 (Vol. 73 No. 2)
Articles
Books Reviewed In This Issue
Asia General
ASEM (THE ASIA-EUROPE MEETING): A Window Of Opportunity.
Edited By Wim Stokhof And Paul Van Der Velde.
Reviewed by Christopher M. Dent
ASIAN CONTAGION: The Causes And Consequences Of A Financial Crisis.
Edited By Karl D.
Reviewed by Jackson. Bill Sewell
ECONOMIC DYNAMISM IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC: The Growth Of Integration And Competitiveness.
Edited By Grahame Thompson.
Reviewed by Roger Hayter
ASIA AFTER THE "MIRACLE": Redening U.S. Economic And Security Priorities.
Edited By Selig S. Harrison And Clyde V. Prestowitz, Jr.
Reviewed by Bruce Stronach
THE EAST ASIAN WELFARE MODEL: Welfare Orientalism And The State.
Edited By Roger Goodman, Gordon White And Huck-ju Kwon.
Reviewed by Linda Wong
JAPAN AND SINGAPORE IN THE WORLD ECONOMY: Japan's Economic Advance Into Singapore 1870?1965.
By Hiroshi Shimizu And Hitoshi Hirakawa.
Reviewed by Bernard Saint-Jacques
China and Inner Asia
TIGER ON THE BRINK: Jiang Zemin And China's New Elite.
By Bruce Gilley.
Reviewed by Lowell Dittmer
CHINESE BUSINESS HISTORY: Interpretive Trends And Priorities For The Future. Edited By Robert Gardella, Jane K. Leonard And Andrea McElderry.
Reviewed by Greg Lewis
CITIES IN CHINA: Recipes For Economic Development In The Reform Era.
Edited By Jae Ho Chung.
Reviewed by Roman Cybriwsky
CADRES AND KIN: Making A Socialist Village In West China, 1921 - 1991.
By Gregory A. Ruf.
Reviewed by Ellen R. Judd
VILLAGE INC.: Chinese Rural Society In The 1990s.
Edited By Flemming Christiansen And Zhang Junzuo.
Reviewed by Ellen R. Judd
GAO VILLAGE: Rural Life In Modern China.
By Mobo C. F. Gao.
Reviewed by Shu-min Huang
THE ARTISANS AND ENTREPRENEURS OF DONGYANG COUNTY: Economic Reform And Flexible Production In China.
By Eugene Cooper With Jiang Yinhuo.
Reviewed by Alan Smart
THE INTERNATIONALIZATION OF TELEVISION IN CHINA: The Evolution Of Ideology, Society, And Media Since The Reform.
By Junhao Hong. Foreword By John Lent.
Reviewed by Graeme Lang
THE POLITICS OF CHINESE LANGUAGE AND CULTURE: The Art Of Reading Dragons.
By Bob Hodge And Kam Louie.
Reviewed by Richard King
THINKING FROM THE HAN: Self, Truth And Transcendence In Chinese And Western Culture.
By David L. Hall And Roger T. Ames.
Reviewed by Bryan W. Van Norden
HISTORICAL DICTIONARY OF GUANGZHOU AND GUANGDONG .
By Graham E. Johnson And Glen D. Peterson.
Reviewed by Stanley Rosen
WEALTH AND FREEDOM: Taiwan's New Political Economy.
By Gerald A. McBeath.
Reviewed by Joseph Wong
Northeast Asia
GOVERNING JAPAN : Divided Politics In A Major Economy, Third Edition.
By J. A. A. Stockwin. Kim.
Reviewed by Eric Bettcher
THE ART OF BALANCE IN HEALTH POLICY : Maintaining Japan's Low-Cost, Egalitarian System.
By John Creighton Campbell And Naoki Ikegami.
Reviewed by Susan Horton
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BURAKU ISSUE : Questions And Answers. By Suehiro Kitaguchi.
Translation And Introduction By Alastair McLaUchlan.
Reviewed by Keiko Yamanaka
CREATING SOCIALIST WOMEN IN JAPAN : Gender, Labour And Activism, 1900-1937.
By Vera Mackie.
Reviewed by Michael W. Donnelly
POPLULAR BUDDHISM IN JAPAN : Shin Buddhist Religion & Culture.
By Esben Andreasen (Foreword By Alfred Bloom).
Reviewed by David Moreton
BASIL HALL CHAMBERLAIN: Portrait Of A Japanologist.
By Yuzo Ota.
Reviewed by Edward R.Beauchamp
HIROHITO AND WAR : Imperial Tradition And Military Decision Making In Prewar Japan.
By Peter Wetzler.
Reviewed by Genzo Yamamoto
ALIGNMENT DESPITE ANTAGONISM : The US-Korea-Japan Security Triangle.
By Victor D. Cha.
Reviewed by Robert Triendl
THE DESCENDANTS OF CAIN .
By Hwang Sun-Won (Translated By Shu Ji-Moon And Julie Pickering).
Reviewed by Wolhee Choe
South Asia
INDIA'S ELDERLY: Burden Or Challenge?
By S. Irudaya Rajan, U. S. Mishra, And P. Sankara Sarma.
Reviewed by Kamala E. Nayar
Southeast Asia
PATHS TO CONFLAGRATION: Fifty Years Of Diplomacy And Warfare In Laos, Thailand, And Vietnam, 1778-1828.
By Mayoury Ngaosvvathn And Pheuiphanh Ngaosvvathn.
Reviewed by Constance M. Wilson
IDENTITÉS, TERRITOIRE ET ENVIRONNEMENT EN ASIE DU SUD-EST: Identities, Territory And Environment In Southeast Asia.
Edited By Rodolphe De Koninck, Steve Déry, Bruce Matthews Et Judith Nagata.
Reviewed by David S. Moyer
IMAGINING DEMOCRACY: Reading "The Events Of May" In Thailand.
By William A. Callahan.
Reviewed by Kevin Hewison
GUN GIRLS GAMBLING GANJA: Thailand's Illegal Economy And Public Policy.
By Pasuk Phongpaichit, Sungsidh Piriyarangsan, And Nualnoi Treerat.
Reviewed by Ramdas Menon
POWER AND INTIMACY IN THE CHRISTIAN PHILIPPINES . By Fenella Cannell. Reviewed by Anne C. Kwantes
MERCHANTS AND MIGRANTS: Ethnicity And Trade Among Yunnanese Chinese In Southeast Asia.
By Ann Maxwell Hill.
Reviewed by Edgar Wickberg
THE DOMESTICATION OF DESIRE: Women, Wealth And Modernity In Java.
By Suzanne April Brenner.
Reviewed by Jennifer Alexander
Australasia and the South Pacific
DELIBERATIVE DEMOCRACY IN AUSTRALIA: The Changing Place Of Parliament.
By John Uhr.
Reviewed by Graham Maddox
COLLABORATIVE FEDERALISM: Economic Reform In Australia In The 1990s.
By Martin Painter.
Reviewed by Robert J. Williams
UNCANNY AUSTRALIA : Sacredness And Identity In A Postcolonial Nation.
By Ken Gelder And Jane M. Jacobs.
Reviewed by Glenn Banks
UNIONS IN A CONTRARY WORLD: The Future Of The Australian Trade Union Movement.
By David Peetz.
Reviewed by Warwick Eather
PACIFIC DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINED: Policy For Pacic Environments.
By Colin Hunt.
Reviewed by Mike Evans
PACIFIC ISLAND LANDSCAPES . By Patrick D. Nunn. Paul Rainbird Samoa: Mapping Diversity.
By R. Gerard Ward And Paul Ashcroft.
Reviewed by Douglass Drozdow-St. Christian
ACROSS THE GREAT DIVIDE: Journeys In History And Anthropology.
By Bronwen Douglas.
Reviewed by Eugene Ogan