Table of Contents -- List of Tables and Illustrations -- Preface to the Fourth Edition -- 1: Introduction: Themes in Asian Politics -- Why Asia? -- Themes in Asan Politics, Culture and Tradition -- Themes in Asian Politics: Development, State, and Nation in International Context -- Lenses -- Organization and Approach -- For Discussion -- Exploring Further -- Notes -- 2: India: People and Politics -- Demographic Divides -- Gender -- Caste and Class -- Language -- Religion -- Summary -- For Discussion: Probing the Data -- Exploring Further -- Notes -- 3: Indian National Identity: Secular or HIndu? -- Early India: Empire and Village -- Creating the Indian State: The Mughal and British Empires -- Defining the Indian Nation-State -- Swaraj and Partition -- A Divided Subcontinent: Ayodhya and Kashmire -- Summary -- For Discussion -- Exploring Further -- Notes -- 4: China: People and Politics -- Population Size and Distribution -- Gender -- Regions, Religion, and Ethnic Minorities -- Summary -- For Discussion -- Exploring Further -- Notes -- 5: Recreating the Chinese Nation-State -- Confucianism: Social Harmony and Virtuous Rule -- Opium, Humiliation, and Failed Reform -- Republican and Communist Revolution -- The Historic Legacy: Hong Kong and Taiwan -- Summary -- For Discussion -- Exploring Further -- Notes -- 6: Japan: People and Politics -- Population Size and Distribution -- Gender -- Minority Populations -- Religion -- Summary -- For Discussion -- Exploring Further -- Notes -- 7: Japan: Tension in Tradition -- The Tokugawa Shounate -- The Meiji Period -- The Twentieth Century: Pluralistic and Authoritarian Legacies -- A New Constitutional Order -- Summary -- For Discussion -- Exploring Further -- Notes -- 8: Constitutions -- India -- Japan -- Summary -- For Discussion -- Exploring Further -- Notes.

9: The Parliamentary System in India and Japan -- Introduction: Structuring Power at the National Level -- Overview Legislatures and Executives -- India -- Japan -- Summary -- For Discussion -- Exploring Further -- Notes -- 10: China: The Party-State System -- The Party-State System -- The Leading Role of the Party -- Summary: Assessing the Party-State System -- For Discussion -- Exploring Further -- Notes -- 11: Elusive Democracy: The Decay of On-Party Rule -- The Congress, Liberal, Democratic, and Chinese Communist Parties -- Opposition Parties and Coalition Politics -- Election Dynamics -- Summary -- For Discussion -- Exploring Further -- Notes -- 12: Levels of Government and Regionalism -- Federal and Unitary Systems -- (Dis)Unity in the Indian Federation -- The Regionalizaion of Politics -- Regions and Regionalism in China -- Crafting Local Autonomy in Japan -- Summary -- For Discussion -- Exploring Further -- Notes -- 13: Development Strategies and Policies -- The Meaning of Development -- Idioms of Development and Political Legitimacy -- Measuring Development -- Development and Democracy -- Environmental Voices Transforming Asian Politics -- Summary -- For Discussion -- Exploring Further -- Notes -- 14: Asian Politics and Global Transformation -- Globalization -- The Confluence of National, Transnational, and Global Politics -- Identity Politics and Cultural Rights -- Human Security in the Twenty-First Century -- Learning from Asia -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Glossary -- Index.