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This book explores the theoretical and empirical relationship between democracy and governance in the Asia-Pacific region. Examining a variety of country cases and themes addressing the theoretical tension between governance and democracy, it illuminates how this impacts political and civil societies across the region.

Security and Migration in Asia provides compelling insights into contemporary forms of illegal migration under conditions of globalization, and makes a contribution to the literature in international relations and migration studies.

This book explores new perspectives, concepts, and theories that are socially relevant, culturally suitable, and normatively attractive in the East Asia context.

To celebrate Singapore''s fiftieth anniversary for its independence from Malaysia in 2015, 35 students, academics and activists came together to discuss and write about pioneering Singaporean human rights activists and their under-reported stories in Singapore. The city-state is known for its remarkable economic success while having strict laws on　individual freedom in the name of national security, public order and racial harmony. Singapore''s tough stance on human rights, however, does not negate the　long and persistent existence of a human rights society that is little known to the world until today. This volume, composed of nine distinctive chapters, records a history of human rights activists, their campaigns, main contentions with the government, survival strategies and other untold stories in Singapore''s first 50 years of state-building.

This edited book addresses these questions systematically and theoretically, with contributions from leading scholars in the field of US-China relations and Asian security. It elevates the analysis of the SCS disputes from maritime and legal issues to the strategic level between the United States and China.

The Jamaat Question in Bangladesh addresses the complex intersection of global politics and local dynamics in Bangladesh, particularly in relation to Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami (Jamaat).

The contributors to this book demonstrate empirically how Japanese public opinion is formed amid strained Japan-South Korea relations.Studying public opinion in Japan and South Korea is critically important for exploring the causes and consequences of the deterioration of the relationship between the two countries. Japan-South Korea relations are at their worst level since World War II. Faced with North Korea's nuclear threat and China's regional and global advances, Japan and South Korea are each allied with the US and function as key stabilizers within the Asia-Pacific "Pax Americana." These relations play a decisive role in East Asia's international security.The contributors explore a variety of social scientific methodologies-both conventional quantitative surveys and experiments, as well as quantitative text analyses of published books and computational analyses of social media data-to disentangle the dynamic relationship between Japanese public opinion and Japan-South Korea relations.An invaluable resource for scholars of East Asian regional security issues.

The Political Economy of China-Myanmar Relations is a comprehensive guide that seeks to fill the gap in research on China-Myanmar relations. This book provides readers with a deeper understanding of the long-term continuity of China-Myanmar relations, which has yet to be fully explored by the academic community.