Trousson, Raymond / Vercruysse, Jeroom (dir.), Dictionnaire general de Voltaire. (Champion classiques, references et dictionnaires 18) 1272 p. 2020:10 (Champion, FR) <670-9>
ISBN 978-2-38096-016-7 paper ¥7,064.- (税込) EUR 38.00

Balakrishnan, Kogila / Lazar, Zsolt (eds.), Asia-Pacific Defense and Security Outlook: Arming the Region in the Era of Big Power Competition. 126 pp. 2023:6 (Routledge, UK) <697-776>
ISBN 978-1-032-50155-0 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *

The book focuses on the main security threats, defence industry, arms trade, defence policies and military capabilities related issues in the Asia-Pacific region.There are only a very few regions in the world which have advanced so fast both economically and technologically as the Asia-Pacific in the past few decades. Probably this is one of the reasons why several countries in the region have gained confidence, sharpened their diplomatic tone, increased their defence expenditure, invested into military capabilities, and questioned both the local and global status-quo. The region contains emerging powers, far-reaching ambitions, threatening rhetoric, rising political tensions, and concerns about military conflicts. Factors that show that critical issues are at stake, the reopening of long-forgotten debates, are more relevant than ever and masses of uncertainties are yet to be resolved.This book will be of much interest to all students and scholars of Asia-Pacific Security, Asian politics and International Relations in general. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Defense & Security Analysis.

Arora, Shubhda / J. Kumar, Keval (eds.), Media Narratives and the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Asian Experience. 262 pp. 2023:7 (Routledge, UK) <697-805>
ISBN 978-1-03-200390-0 hard ¥39,886.- (税込) GB￡ 140.00 *
ISBN 978-1-03-252415-3 paper ¥10,822.- (税込) GB￡ 37.99 *

This volume investigates mediated lives and media narratives during the Covid-19 pandemic, with Asia as a focus point. It shows how the pandemic has created an unprecedented situation in this globalized world marked by many disruptions in the social, economic, political, and cultural lives of individuals and communities- creating a 'new normal'. It explores the different media vocabularies of fear, panic, social distancing, and contagion from across Asian nations. It focuses on the role media played as most nations faced lockdowns and unique challenges during the crisis. From healthcare workers to sex workers, from racism to nationalism, from the plight of migrant workers in news reporting to state propaganda, this book brings critical questions confronting media professionals into focus.The volume is of critical interest to scholars and researchers of media and communication studies, politics, especially political communication, social and public policy, and Asian studies.

Chiu, Tuen Yi / Yeoh, Brenda S. A. (eds.), Marriage Migration, Family and Citizenship in Asia. 144 pp. 2023:6 (Routledge, UK) <697-808>
ISBN 978-1-03-249016-8 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *

Amidst the increasing global trend of cross-border marriage migration, this book offers timely theoretical and empirical insights into contemporary debates about migration and citizenship. Extant scholarship on marriage migration and citizenship have concentrated on East-West inter-cultural marriages and tended to approach citizenship as an individual-centred concept linked to the nation-state, thus fading the family into the background.Focusing on cross-border marriages within Asia, a region where collectivist and familistic values are still prevalent, this book points to the importance of going beyond the state-individual nexus to conceptualise and foreground the family as a strategic site where citizenship is mediated, negotiated and experienced. Through six critical and in-depth case studies on cross-border marriages between East, Southeast, and South Asia, this book reveals how nation-states mobilize patriarchal notions of the family for its citizenship project; how formal frameworks of citizenship structure the trajectory and circumstances of cross-border families; how the repercussions of marriage migrants' citizenship are experienced and negotiated across generations; and how the tensions between the individual, the family and the state are produced along gender, class, race/ethnic, religious, cultural, geographical and generational boundaries. Collectively, this book calls for a rethinking of citizenship from an individual-centred proposition to a family-level concept.Its wealth of case studies and examples make it an essential resource for students, academics and researchers of Sociology, Geography, Anthropology, Politics, International Development Studies and Asian Studies. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Citizenship Studies.

クレアモント康子編　アジア太平洋戦争－影響、遺産、和解
Claremont, Yasuko (ed.), The Asia Pacific War: Impact, Legacy, and Reconciliation. (Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia) 312 pp. 2023:7 (Routledge, UK) <697-809>
ISBN 978-1-138-22234-2 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *

This book examines key aspects of the Asia Pacific War (1931-1945), that was initially waged between Japan and China, before Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor drew in the U.S.-led allied forces from 1941 to 1945.Part I of the book examines three interlocking components, the origins of the war; its impact on combatants and civilians; and its short-term legacy, including the huge changes that took place in the postwar governance of Japan. Part II explores the ongoing impact and legacy of the war for those in postwar Japan, and later generations, particularly through the examination of the ambiguity of state-led reconciliation with Japan's neighbors, the growth of dynamic civil reconciliation efforts, and the prominent role of the arts in peace movements. Through a people-centered approach it filters historical events through the lens of the war's impact on individuals, who found themselves players within a larger frame of the social history of Japan and caught up in the international power dynamics of the nuclear age.Featuring studies of contemporary peace activism, this will be a valuable resource to students and scholars of Modern Asian and U.S. History, as well as those interested in postwar memory and reconciliation.

Jacobs, Katrien / Baudinette, Thomas / Hambleton, A. (eds.), East Asian Pornographies and Online Porn Cultures. 100 pp. 2023:7 (Routledge, UK) <697-810>
ISBN 978-1-03-252164-0 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *

Pornography's impact on transnational models of media aesthetics and governance has been well documented from a Euro-American perspective. This book contributes to the field of pornography studies by rethinking the cultural impact of pornography as audio-visual and online media from an East Asian perspective. It focuses on pornographies made and consumed in and across Japan, Korea, China, and Hong Kong. The chapters examine under-reported East Asian cultures of pornography, not only to uncover phenomena from within this region but also to challenge and fine-tune existing academic research networks and paradigms. This book proposes that the lived experience of producing and consuming various pornographies throughout East Asia may extend, nuance, challenge, or even affirm the dominant Euro-American understandings of pornography that are becoming increasingly axiomatic within pornography studies as an emerging interdisciplinary field of study. This book was originally published as a special issue of the journal Porn Studies.

Mathieu, Jon, Mount Sacred: Eine kurze Globalgeschichte der heiligen Berge seit 1500. 192 S. 2023:1 (Boehlau, AU) <697-811>
ISBN 978-3-205-21702-2 hard ¥8,239.- (税込) EUR 35.00 *

Der Mount Kailash in Asien, die Black Hills in Nordamerika oder der Uluru in Australien: Rund um den Erdball gibt es zahlreiche Berge, denen in Geschichte und Gegenwart Heiligkeit zugesprochen wird. Die religioese Verehrung erfolgt mit Gebet, Meditation und Wallfahrt. Man kann diese Berge als Sonden gebrauchen, um hinter das Aeussere der Gesellschaften zu blicken. Eine Kontrastfolie dazu bildet das Christentum, das lange wenig Interesse fuer die Natur aufbrachte. Erst die europaeische Gebirgsforschung und der Alpinismus sorgten fuer eine gewisse Oeffnung. Im Zeitalter des Kolonialismus entstanden so vielfaeltige Spannungen. Die Dekolonisation und die ≪oekologischen Wende≫ veraenderten die religioese Deutungsmacht und gaben der Rede ueber heilige Berge einen neuen Sinn. Global bleiben sie indessen ein hervorragendes Beispiel fuer kulturelle Diversitaet, das auch Fragen der Gendergerechtigkeit und des Umweltschutzes beruehrt.

Raffield, Ben / Hirasawa, Yu / Price, Neil (eds.), Multivocal Archaeologies of the Pacific War, 1941-45: Collaboration, Reconciliation, and Renewal. 304 pp. 2023:7 (Routledge, UK) <697-812>
ISBN 978-0-367-22041-9 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-0-367-22043-3 paper ¥10,538.- (税込) GB￡ 36.99 *

This volume draws together the ground-breaking work of researchers and archaeological practitioners, working in multiple countries, to explore and understand the material and cultural impacts of the Pacific War.The combat taking place in the Pacific region during the years 1941-45 was characterized by a brutality and violence unmatched in any other theatre of the Second World War. Described by indigenous Micronesians as a 'typhoon,' the war was an unstoppable force that rolled across the islanders' homes, leaving only a trail of destruction in its wake, with physical, psychological, and cultural impacts that continue to resonate today. This difficult period is examined in a variety of ways through chapters that include targeted studies of archaeological sites, wider surveys of battlefield landscapes, and the ways in which we commemorate the experiences and legacies of both combatants and civilian populations. The translation of important research by Okinawan, Japanese, and Russian archaeologists brings into focus regions that have previously been neglected in Anglophone literature, and enriches this comprehensive exploration of the archaeology of the Pacific War.This book will be of interest to archaeological practitioners, students, and members of the general public working in conflict studies or with an interest in the material culture, history, and legacies of the Pacific War.

Spitzer, Peggy Ann, Empowering Female Climate Change Activists in the Global South: The Path Toward Environmental Social Justice. (Diverse Perspectives on Creating a Fairer Society) 260 pp. 2023:7 (Emerald, UK) <697-813>
ISBN 978-1-80382-922-7 paper ¥6,899.- (税込) US$ 32.00 *

The ebook edition of this title is Open Access, thanks to Knowledge Unlatched funding, and freely available to read online. The COP27 climate change conference in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt made it clear that fighting global warming will require continuing commitment, cooperation, and collaborative action from multiple constituencies around the world. Urging readers from the Global North to rethink their approaches and potential contributions to long-term change, Empowering Female Climate Change Activists in the Global South explains how woman climate change leaders are confronting patriarchal structures to achieve social justice. Examining the lived experiences of woman climate change activists based in rural areas, Peg Spitzer presents eighty-five original interviews that feature women whose careers in business, education, politics, and the arts have championed women's rights in Asia, environmental defenders who have established projects in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, and woman farmers in three Indian villages who have faced climate-related droughts and floods. Suggesting ways in which successful climate change amelioration and adaptation led by women in the Global South may be replicated elsewhere, Spitzer also considers how NGOs and other organizations from the Global North can best contribute to facilitating positive changes in the communities where they work by focusing on empathetic cooperation. Addressing the urgent need to develop gender-just solutions that uplift and empower those who are experiencing environmental degradation in their communities, Empowering Female Climate Change Activists in the Global South uncovers the flaws in current combative structures and strategies and re-examines scholarly research at the nexus of feminism, transnational advocacy, and hierarchies of need.

民主化するアジアにおける政党再考
Teehankee, Julio C. / Echle, Christian (eds.), Rethinking Parties in Democratizing Asia. 272 pp. 2023:6 (Routledge, UK) <697-814>
ISBN 978-1-03-234921-3 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-1-03-234920-6 paper ¥10,538.- (税込) GB￡ 36.99 *

Looking at eight case studies of Asian democracies, the contributors to this volume analyze the role of political parties in stabilizing and institutionalizing democracies. How have democracies such as Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and the Philippines survived against the odds, despite struggling economic performance and highly unequal distribution of income? How have formerly authoritarian regimes in places like South Korea and Taiwan evolved into stable democracies? The contributors to this volume examine these case studies, along with Mongolia, Malaysia, and India, arguing that the common element is the extent to which political parties, including opposition parties, have become institutionalized and act as stabilizers on democracy. They contend that the role of political parties has been significantly underestimated in comparison with structural elements, which are insufficient to explain how these democracies have persisted. An essential resource for students and scholars of Asian politics, especially those with a focus on comparative politics, political parties, and institutions.The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license. Funded by Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung.

Wu, Fulong / Keil, Roger (eds.), Changing Asian Urban Geographies: Urbanism and Peripheral Areas. 142 pp. 2023:6 (Routledge, UK) <697-817>
ISBN 978-1-03-229090-4 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *

This book investigates changing geographies of fast growing Asian metropolitan regions, in particular their peripheral areas.Through examining the intersection of global suburbanisation and Asian urbanism, the book depicts a complex (sub)urban world in Asia. It explains how the forces of globalisation, the logic of capital accumulation, and the history of rural-urban divide and interaction, path-dependent local institutions, and government policies work together to reshape the geographies of Asian urbanism. Touching on social, environmental, governance and planning aspects of contemporary urban Asia, the chapters in this volume provide grounded studies of residential relocation and changing rural settlements, property development by a congregation of developers, political ecologies of water provision, middle-class consumers, and local state agencies, transit-oriented development and infrastructure finance in peri-urban areas. It demonstrates an assemblage of actors and coexistence of multiple urban governance regimes with everyday negotiations.Changing Asian Urban Geographies will be interesting not only to those who wish to know more about Asian urban geographies but also to scholars and students wishing to see Asian metropolises in a comparative perspective of (sub)urban dynamics. The chapters in this book were originally published in Urban Geography.

東アジア及び東南アジアのナショナリズム・ハンドブック
Zhouxiang, Lu (ed.), The Routledge Handbook of Nationalism in East and Southeast Asia. 632 pp. 2023:7 (Routledge, UK) <697-818>
ISBN 978-0-367-62920-5 hard ¥62,678.- (税込) GB￡ 220.00 *

This handbook presents a comprehensive survey of the formation and transformation of nationalism in 15 East and Southeast Asian countries.Written by a team of international scholars from different backgrounds and disciplines, this volume offers new perspectives on studying Asian history, society, culture, and politics, and provides readers with a unique lens through which to better contextualise and understand the relationships between countries within East and Southeast Asia, and between Asia and the world. It highlights the latest developments in the field and contributes to our knowledge and understanding of nationalism and nation building. Comprehensive and clearly written, this book examines a diverse set of topics that include theoretical considerations on nationalism and internationalism; the formation of nationalism and national identity in the colonial and postcolonial eras; the relationships between traditional culture, religion, ethnicity, education, gender, technology, sport, and nationalism; the influence of popular culture on nationalism; and politics, policy, and national identity. It illustrates how nationalism helped to draw the borders between the nations of East and Southeast Asia, and how it is re-emerging in the twenty-first century to shape the region and the world into the future.The Routledge Handbook of Nationalism in East and Southeast Asia is essential reading for those interested in and studying Asian history, Social and Cultural history, and modern history.

Cavalcanti, Roxana Pessoa / Squires, P. / Waseem, Z. (eds.), Southern and Postcolonial Perspectives on Policing, Security and Social Order. 320 pp. 2023:5 (Bristol U. Pr., UK) <697-558>
ISBN 978-1-5292-2366-8 hard ¥25,922.- (税込) GB￡ 90.99 *

Postcolonial legacies continue to impact upon the Global South and this edited collection examines their influence on systems of policing, security management and social ordering. Expanding the Southern Criminology agenda, the book critically examines social harms, violence and war crimes, human rights abuses, environmental degradation and the criminalization of protest. The book asks how current states of policing came about, their consequences and whose interests they continue to serve through vivid international case studies, including prison struggles in Latin America and the misuse of military force. Challenging current criminological thinking on the Global South, the book considers how police and state overreach can undermine security and perpetuate racism and social conflict.

Tshiyembe, Mwayila, Geopolitique mondiale: theorie generale et geopolitique de la Russie, la Chine, l'Inde, l'Afrique et le monde musulman. (Geopolitique mondiale) 183 p. 2023:1 (L'Harmattan, FR) <697-747>
ISBN 978-2-343-25663-4 paper ¥4,590.- (税込) EUR 19.50

日本国際連合学会編　国連のシステムの進化－東アジアの視点
The JAUNS (ed.), Evolution of the United Nations System: An East Asian Perspective. (Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global Politics) 232 pp. 2023:7 (Routledge, UK) <697-767>
ISBN 978-1-03-243962-4 hard ¥39,886.- (税込) GB￡ 140.00 *

Contributors from Japan, Korea, and China explore the reaction of the United Nations to emerging global issues.A collaboration between the Japan Association for United Nations Studies with the Korea Academic Council on the United Nations System and the China Academic Net for United Nations Studies, this book presents a range of perspectives from both academics and practitioners. The areas explored and discussed include global governance, peace and security, global health governance, global citizenship, nuclear disarmament, and the Sustainable Development Goals. In particular and among other issues it addresses both the coordination of COVID-19 management and responses to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.An invaluable, diverse, and concertedly non-Western approach to the challenges facing the UN.