Understanding Australia's Neighbours
Cambridge University Press
Edition: 2, 10/13/2011
EAN 9780521157131, ISBN10: 0521157137
Paperback, 288 pages, 25.4 x 17.8 x 1.7 cm
Language: English
Understanding Australia's Neighbours is a comprehensive introduction to the study of Asia. Written thematically, it provides comparisons between Asian and Australian societies and encourages readers to think about Australia's neighbours across a wide range of social, economic and historical contexts. Topics covered include: • The nature of tradition and modernity • Change to the family and religion • The role of colonialism and nationalism in political change • Nation-building • Economic development • International politics • Globalisation • Democracy and human rights. Fully revised and updated, it covers the region's response to the global financial crisis, war on terror and climate change. It features a brand new chapter on the rise of China, its changing dynamic with Japan and the US and what this means for the broader region and Australia. Written in an accessible and informative way, this is a book for all Australians who seek a better understanding of Australia's neighbours in East and Southeast Asia.
Introduction
thinking about Asia, thinking about Australia
1. The idea of 'Asia'
Australia's 'Near North' - East and Southeast Asia
2. Tradition and modernity in East and Southeast Asia
the family
3. Tradition and modernity in East and Southeast Asia
religion
4. Colonialism in East and Southeast Asia
how important was the impact of the West?
5. Nationalism and revolution in East and Southeast Asia
6. Nations and nation-building in East and Southeast Asia
7. International politics and East and Southeast Asia
The Cold War and the Sino-Soviet split
8. Economic growth in East and Southeast Asia
the Japanese economic 'miracle' and the newly industrialized economies
9. Democracy, human rights, and development
10. Globalisation and East and Southeast Asia (with Daniel Halvorson)
11. China-Japan relations and US Power in the twenty-first century
12. Australia in Asia, 'Asia' in Australia.