Weak and strong states in Asia-Pacific societies
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Weak and strong states in Asia-Pacific societies
(Studies in world affairs, 18)
Allen & Unwin in association with the Department of International Relations, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australia National University, 1998
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-205) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Arising from a workshop held in 1997, this study examines the concepts of weak and strong states within a state-in-society approach. It focuses on South East Asia and Melanesia, areas with a wide variety of states and societies, from the seemingly strong states of Indonesia, Singapore and Vietnam to the apparently weak states of Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. The contributors analyze why so many states stay intact despite poor services and internal disorder, why seemingly strong states can be strikingly weak in particular areas or at certain times, and why apparently weak states are sometimes remarkably resilient.
Table of Contents
ContributorsAcknowledgmentsWeak states, strong states: A state in society perspectivePeter DauvergneWhy do so many states stay intact?Joel S. MigdalIn weakness and strength: State, societies and order in Papua New GuineaSinclair DinnenState, society and governance: a Philippines-Papua New Guinea comparisonR.J. MayMigdal in MelanesiaPeter LarmourIndonesia's 'strong' stateHarold CrouchConfucius in Singapore: Culture, politics and the PAP stateStephanie LawsonWeak states and the environment in Indonesia and the Solomon IslandsPeter DauvergneLand regimes and state strengths and weaknesses in the Philippines and VietnamBenedict J. Tria KerkvlietIndex
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