Global public health is of growing concern to most governments and populations, nowhere more so than in Asia, the world’s largest and most populous continent.
Providing a comprehensive overview of the study of gender in South Asia, this Handbook covers the central contributions that have defined this area and captures innovative and emerging paradigms that ...
With around 40 million people worldwide, the ethnic Chinese and the Chinese in diaspora form the largest diaspora in the world.
India is the largest film producing country in the world and its output has a global reach.
The study of the history of Southeast Asia is still growing, evolving, deepening and changing as an academic field.
The Routledge Handbook of Japanese Culture and Society is an interdisciplinary resource that focuses on contemporary Japan and the social and cultural trends that are important at the beginn...
The Routledge Handbook of South Asian Economics addresses the recent economic transformation in South Asia.
The Routledge Handbook of Japanese Politics is an advanced level
reference guide which surveys the current state of Japanese politics,
featuring both traditional topics and cutting edge research.
The Routledge Handbook of South Asian Politics examines key issues in politics of the five independent states of the South Asian region: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal.
The Routledge Handbook of Asian Regionalism is a definitive introduction to, and analysis of, the development of regionalism in Asia, including coverage of East Asia, Southeast Asia and South Asia.
This Handbook provides a comprehensive analysis of the major themes that have defined the politics of Southeast Asia.
This Handbook is the first major volume to examine the conservation of Asia’s culture and nature in relation to the wider social, political and economic forces shaping the region today.
India’s growing economic and socio-political importance on the global stage has triggered an increased interest in the country.
South Asia’s diaspora is among the world’s largest and most widespread, and it is growing exponentially.
Nowhere is the connection between society and the environment more evident and potentially more harmful for the future of the world than in Asia.
Problems of climate change, biodiversity and air pollution are clearly growing globally, but more particularly in Asia because of its economic importance and richness in nature.
Research on the family has expanded considerably across Asia but studies tend to be fragmented, focusing on narrow issues within limited areas (cities, towns, small communities) and may not be accessi...
Located in the center of Asia with one of the largest land frontiers in the world and 14 neighbors whose dispositions could not easily be predicted, China has long been obsessed with security.
The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Malaysia offers a broad, analytical survey of Malaysia.
The Routledge Handbook of Religions in Asia provides a contemporary and comprehensive overview of religion in contemporary Asia.
The study of Chinese media is a field that is growing and evolving at an exponential rate.
Decades after the end of the World War II East Asia continues to struggle with lingering animosities and unresolved historical grievances in domestic, bilateral and regional memory landscapes.
India is the second largest country in the world with regard to population, the world’s largest democracy and by far the largest country in South Asia, and one of the most diverse and pluralistic nati...
India has the world’s fourth largest military and one of the biggest defence budgets.
While a decade ago much of the discussion of new media in Asia was couched in Occidental notions of Asia as a "default setting" for technology in the future, today we are seeing a much more complex pi...
This collection brings together cutting-edge work by established and emerging scholars focusing on key societies in the East Asian region: China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, North and South Korea, Mongo...
Beginning in the mid-nineteenth century when Korea became entangled in the world of modern imperialism and the old social, economic and political order began to change; this handbook brings together c...
The Routledge Handbook of Japanese Business and Management provides a comprehensive overview of management and business processes and practices in Japanese companies.
The Ashgate Research Companion to Chinese Foreign Policy draws out the full range of topics and issues that characterise China's external affairs.
The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Taiwan offers a comprehensive overview of both contemporary Taiwan and the Taiwan studies field.
The Routledge Handbook of Modern Japanese Literature provides a comprehensive overview of how we study Japanese literature today.
The environment is one of the defining issues of our times, and it is closely linked to questions and dilemmas surrounding economic development.
Offering a comprehensive overview of the current situation in the country, The Handbook of Contemporary Cambodia provides a broad coverage of social, cultural, political and economic development withi...
Asia is regarded as the fastest growing area for international and domestic tourism in the world today and over the next 20 years.
The Routledge Handbook of Asian Law is a cutting-edge and comprehensive resource which surveys the interdisciplinary field of Asian Law.
Routledge Handbook of Asian Theatre is an advanced level reference guide which surveys the rich and diverse traditions of classical and contemporary performing arts in Asia, showcasing significant sch...
Corruption in Asia ranges from the venal rent-seeking of local officials to the million-dollar bribes received by corrupt politicians; from excessive position-related consumption to future job offers ...
Since the 1990s there has been a dramatic increase in cultural flows and connections between the countries in the East Asian region.
Southeast Asia, an economically dynamic and strategically vital region, seemed until recently to be transiting to more democratic politics.
The Routledge Handbook of Asian American Studies brings together leading scholars and scholarship to capture the state of the field of Asian American Studies, as a generation of researchers have expan...
In the past decade, Bangladesh has achieved significant social and economic progress.
The Routledge Companion to Asian American Media offers readers a comprehensive examination of the way that Asian Americans have engaged with media, from the long history of Asian American actors and ...
During the last few decades, China has accomplished unprecedented economic growth and has emerged as the second largest economy in the world.
Scholarship on premodern Japan has grown spectacularly over the past four decades, in terms of both sophistication and volume.
As the centre of world economic development has shifted towards Asia over the last two decades, many Asian countries have witnessed rapid growth in economic and business operations.
With a population of 190 million, Pakistan is strategically located at the crossroads of the Middle East, Central and South Asia, and has the second largest Muslim population in the world.
Whilst the Chinese Communist Party is one of the most powerful political institutions in the world, it is also one of the least understood, due to the party?s secrecy and tight control over the archiv...
The Routledge Handbook of Civil Society in Asia is an interdisciplinary resource, covering one of the most dynamically expanding sectors in contemporary Asia.
Human Resource Management (HRM) is fundamentally shaped by institutional and cultural factors, such as the different political environments and social philosophies of particular countries and regions.
This handbook provides a comprehensive analysis of the dynamics and prospects of democratization in East Asia.
The geographical diversity of the Indian diaspora has been shaped against the backdrop of the historical forces of colonialism, nationalism and neoliberal globalization.
The Routledge Handbook of Modern Japanese History is a concise overview of modern Japanese history from the middle of the nineteenth century until the end of the twentieth century.
Asia is a complex and diverse continent, which has seen the scope and pace of transformation increase rapidly over the past 30 years.
The Routledge Handbook of Chinese Translation presents expert and new research in analysing and solving translation problems centred on the Chinese language in translation.
This comprehensive handbook introduces the reader to the education system in India in terms of its structural features, its relations with society and culture, and the debates that have shaped present...
The Routledge Handbook of Africa?Asia Relations is the first handbook aimed at studying the interactions between countries across Africa and Asia in a multi-disciplinary and comprehensive way.
The Routledge Handbook of Asian Security Studies provides a detailed exploration of security dynamics in the three distinct subregions that comprise Asia, and also bridges the study of these regions b...
The Routledge Handbook of Energy in Asia presents a comprehensive review of the unprecedented growth of Asian energy over the past quarter of a century.
Southeast Asia is one of the most diverse regions in the world ? hosting a wide range of languages, ethnicities, religions, economies, ecosystems and political systems.
The History of Indian Philosophy is a comprehensive and authoritative examination of the movements and thinkers that have shaped Indian philosophy over the last three thousand years.
After decades of mismanagement and direct military rule, Myanmar?s contested transition to a more democratic government has rapidly shifted the outlook in this significant Southeast Asian nation.
Housing more than half of the global population, Asia is a region characterised by increasingly diverse forms of migration and mobility.
Few countries as culturally rich, politically pivotal, and naturally beautiful as Indonesia are as often misrepresented in global media and conversation.
Home to close to 60 per cent of the world?s population, Asia is the largest and by far the most populous continent.
The Routledge Handbook of Japanese Media is a comprehensive study of the key contemporary issues and scholarly discussions around Japanese media.
From a nuclear North Korea and territorial disputes in the East China Sea, to global climate change and Asia-Pacific free trade agreements, Japan is at the center of some of the most challenging issue...
In Asia, where authoritarian-developmental states have proliferated, statehood and social control are heavily contested in borderland spaces.
The Philippines is a fascinating example of a "poor country democracy" where issues of economic development and poverty, political participation and stability, as well as ethnicity and migration are c...
Providing a comprehensive overview of Russia?s foreign policy directions, this handbook brings together an international team of scholars to develop a complex treatment of Russia?s foreign policy.
This handbook for educators and researchers consists of an unparalleled set of conceptual essays and empirical studies that advance new perspectives and build empirical ground on multicultural educati...
The Routledge Handbook of Politics in Asia is designed to serve as a comprehensive reference guide to politics in Asia.
This comprehensive handbook is the ultimate reference work, providing authoritative and international overviews of all aspects of schools and schooling in Asia.
The study of early China has been radically transformed over the past fifty years by archaeological discoveries, including both textual and non-textual artefacts.
Asian transportation systems and services, as well as their usage, are fraught with challenges.
In the present global context, some countries still face many challenges to bringing about inclusive, efficient, and environmentally sustainable development.
When Britain and China negotiated the future of Hong Kong in the early 1980s, their primary concern was about maintaining the status quo.
There is increasing interest in accounting issues in China.
The resurgence of modern China has generated much interest, not only in the country?s present day activities, but also in its long history.
The Routledge Companion to Pakistani Anglophone Writing forms a theoretical, comprehensive, and critically astute overview of the history and future of Pakistani literature in English.
The study of urbanization in Southeast Asia has been a growing field of research over the past decades.
The Routledge Handbook of Banking and Finance in Asia brings together leading scholars, policymakers, and practitioners to provide a comprehensive and cutting-edge guide to Asia?s financial insti...
The Routledge Handbook of Modern Chinese Literature presents a comprehensive overview of Chinese literature from the 1910s to the present day.
<P>The <I>Routledge Handbook of Human Rights in Asia</I> provides a rich study of human rights challenges facing some of the most vulnerable people in Asia.
Recent years have witnessed the remarkable development of the cultural and creative industries (CCIs) in Asia, from the global popularity of the Japanese games and anime industries, to Korea?s film an...
The economic growth of East and South-East Asia in the context of the global financial crisis has strengthened the view that this region is emerging in the 21st century as the most economically vibran...
In a relatively short period of time, the study of China?s international relations has gone from being a topic that interested a fairly small group of scholars and analysts to one that is close to ? i...
This Handbook looks at how China is governed, how its domestic political system functions and the critical issues that it currently faces.
This International Handbook gives an overview of India?s international relations, given the development of India as a major economic power in the world, and the growing interest in the impact of Asia ...
Security and Conflict in East Asia provides a timely and thorough analysis of the sources and implications of conflict on the Korean peninsula, China and Japan, the three biggest economies in the worl...
<P>Throwing new light on how colonisation and globalization have affected the food practices of different communities in Asia, the <I>Routledge Handbook of Food in Asia</I> explores ...
<P>Reflecting on the legacies of Timor-Leste's remarkable journey from colonialism to sovereign and democratic Independence, the <I>Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Timor-Leste</I>...
<P>This must-have handbook offers a comprehensive survey of the field.
Presenting new approaches and results previously inaccessible in English, the Routledge Handbook of Japanese Sociolinguistics provides an insight into the language and society of contemporary Japan fr...
This book introduces readers to the many dimensions of historical and contemporary Indian transnationalism and the experiences of migrants and workers to reveal the structures of transnationalism and ...
The Routledge Handbook of Revolutionary China covers the evolution of Chinese society from the roots of the Republic of China in the early 1900s until the end of the Cultural Revolution in 1976.
Although the literature and cultural practices of the South Asian region demonstrate a rich understanding of criminology, this handbook is the first to focus on crime, criminal justice, and victimizat...
The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Thailand is a timely survey and assessment of the state of contemporary Thailand.
The Routledge Handbook of East Asian Gender Studies presents up-to-date theoretical and conceptual developments in key areas of the field, taking a multi-disciplinary and comparative approach.
This Companion is a comprehensive examination of the varied ways in which gender issues manifest throughout culture in Japan, using a range of international perspectives to examine private and public ...
The Routledge Handbook on Historic Urban Landscapes in the Asia-Pacific sheds light onto the balancing act of urban heritage management, focusing specifically on the Asia-Pacific regions in which...
The Routledge Handbook of Korean Politics and Public Administration gathers the expertise of leading international scholars to survey the full spectrum of contemporary South Korean international relat...
The Routledge Handbook of the Caucasus offers an integrated, multidisciplinary overview of the historical, ethno-linguistic, cultural, socio-economic and political complexities of the Caucasus.
The Routledge Handbook of China?India Relations provides a much-needed understanding of the important and complex relationship between India and China.
The Routledge Handbook of Chinese Culture and Society is an interdisciplinary resource that offers a comprehensive overview of contemporary Chinese social and cultural issues in the twenty-first centu...
The Routledge Handbook of Modern Korean Literature provides a comprehensive overview of a Korean literary tradition, which is understood as a multifaceted nexus of practices, both homegrown and transn...
This is the first book to offer a comprehensive overview of the history, development and contemporary significance of sport in Asia.
The Routledge Handbook of Indian Defence Policy brings together the most eminent scholarship in South Asia on India?s defence policy and contemporary military history.
This handbook critically examines the three concepts of exclusion, inequality and stigma and their interrelationship in the Indian context.
The Routledge Handbook of Japanese Cinema provides a timely and expansive overview of Japanese cinema today, through cutting-edge scholarship that reflects the hybridity of approaches defining the fie...
The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Japan presents a synthesized, interdisciplinary study of contemporary Japan based on up-to-date theoretical models designed to provide readers with a comprehensi...
The Routledge Handbook of Yoga and Meditation Studies is a comprehensive and interdisciplinary resource, which frames and contextualises the rapidly expanding fields that explore yoga and meditative t...
The Routledge Handbook of South Asian Religions presents critical research, overviews, and case studies on religion in historical South Asia, in the seven nation states of contemporary South Asia: Ind...
This companion provides the most comprehensive and up-to-date comparative overview of the cyber-security strategies and doctrines of the major states and actors in Europe, North America, South America...
This handbook offers an analysis of Asian diaspora and development, and explores the role that immigrants living within diasporic and transnational communities play in the development of their host co...
The Routledge Handbook of Asian Music: Cultural Intersections introduces Asian music as a way to ask questions about what happens when cultures converge and how readers may evaluate cultural junctures...
Examining the complex linkages between gender and education in the Indian context forms part of a wider matrix of inquiry related to understanding gender and its intersections with class, caste, relig...
The Routledge Handbook of the South China Sea presents a comprehensive and in-depth analysis of South China Sea issues.
This handbook is a unique and major resource on modern educators of Asia and their contribution to Asian educational development through the 19th and 20th centuries when modernization started in Asia.
This handbook examines 25 years of decentralised governance and development in India.
This handbook offers a comprehensive overview of South Asian foreign policy, examining the complex history and present state of South Asian foreign policy, the foreign policy of the countries of the r...
The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary South Korea offers a ground-breaking study of the socio-political development of the Korean peninsula in the contemporary period.
The Routledge Handbook of the History of Colonialism in South Asia provides a comprehensive overview of the historiographical specialisation and sophistication of the history of colonialism in South A...
The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Central Asia offers the first comprehensive, cross-disciplinary overview of key issues in Central Asian studies.
The Routledge Handbook on Islam in Asia offers both new and established scholarship on Muslim societies and religious practices across Asia, from a variety of interdisciplinary angles, with chapters c...
The Routledge Handbook of Race and Ethnicity in Asia introduces theoretical approaches to the study of race, ethnicity and indigeneity in Asia beyond those commonly grounded in the Western experience.
This comprehensive handbook introduces the reader to the education system in India in terms of its structural features, its relations with society and culture, and the debates that have shaped the pre...
This new edition of the Routledge Handbook of Gender in South Asia provides a comprehensive overview of the study of gender in South Asia.
This handbook presents a comprehensive study of the post-reform Indian economy, three decades after the economic liberalization started in the early 1990s.
Two assumptions prevail in the study of Chinese citizenship: one holds that citizenship is unique to the Western political culture, and China has historically lacked the necessary conditions for its d...
This handbook presents an authoritative account of the development of movements, thoughts and policies of OBCs (Other Backward Classes) in India.
This handbook offers a comprehensive analysis of the processes and actors contributing to autocratization in South Asia.
This companion provides broad and in-depth insights into family business in Asia and how Asian family firms navigate in the digital economy.
This handbook presents a multilayered and multidimensional history of state formation in premodern India.
This handbook explores the ways in which Islam, as one of the fastest growing religions, has become a global faith for both Muslims and non-Muslims in Southeast Asia with its universality, inclusivity...
This handbook marks a key intervention in refugee studies in India?home to diverse groups of refugees, including an entire government in exile.
Yan Lianke is one of the most important, prolific, and controversial writers in contemporary China.
The Routledge Companion to Korean Literature consists of 35 chapters written by leaders in the field, who explore significant topics and who have pioneered innovative approaches.
This volume looks at the implications of transcultural humanities in South Asia, which is becoming a crucial area of research within literary and cultural studies.
Among one of the older subfields in Buddhist Studies, the study of Theravāda Buddhism is undergoing a revival by contemporary scholars who are revising long-held conventional views of the tradition wh...
The Routledge Handbook of Chinese Medicine is an extensive, interdisciplinary guide to the nature of traditional medicine and healing in the Chinese cultural region, and its plural epistemologies.
This handbook provides an authoritative account of social work field education in the global south.
The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Brunei presents an overview of significant themes, issues, and challenges pertinent to Brunei Darussalam in the twenty-first century.
The Routledge Handbook of Cultural Landscape Heritage in the Asia-Pacific revisits the use, growth, and potential of the cultural landscape methodology in the conservation and management of culture-na...
This handbook presents cutting-edge research on Asian transnationalism written by experts in the areas of migration, diaspora, ethnicity, gender, language, education, politics, media, art, popular cul...
The Routledge Handbook of Highland Asia is the first comprehensive and critical overview of the ethnographic and anthropological work in Highland Asia over the past half a century.
The Routledge Companion to Northeast India is a trans-disciplinary and comprehensive compendium of a vital yet under-researched region in South Asia.
This companion presents a critical collection of Sinhala resistance literature from Sri Lanka.
The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Vietnam is a comprehensive resource exploring social, political, economic, and cultural aspects of Vietnam, one of contemporary Asia’s most dynamic but least und...
This handbook focuses on the practices, initiatives, and innovations of urban planning in response to the rapid urbanisation in Indonesian cities.
This handbook offers a comprehensive overview of the international relations of South Asia.
This handbook is a comprehensive study of the archaeology, social history and the cultural landscape of the Hindu temple.
The Routledge Handbook of Critical Kashmir Studies presents emerging critical knowledge frameworks and perspectives that foreground situated histories and resistance practices to challenge colonial an...
This companion is the first study of caste and its representation in Indian cinema.
This handbook, representing the collaboration of 40 scholars, provides a multi-faceted exploration of roughly 6,000 years of Chinese architecture, from ancient times to the present.
The Handbook of Constitutional Law in Greater China surveys important issues of constitutional law in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.
This substantial collection of newly commissioned essays presents an ambitious, entertaining, and accessible guide to developments in Asian art over the past 20 years of the epoch of globalization.
This handbook provides foundational, conceptual, and practical knowledge and understanding of inclusive education and special needs education.
This handbook showcases the rich varieties of legislatures that exist in Asia and explains how political power is constituted in 17 jurisdictions in East, Southeast and South Asia.
The Routledge Handbook of Civil and Uncivil Society in Southeast Asia explores the nature and implications of civil society across the region, engaging systematically with both theoretical approaches ...
This handbook offers a comprehensive understanding of the use of technology in education.
