Book Reviews

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THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS AND ASIA: Implications and Challenges | Edited by Masahiro Kawai, Mario B. Lamberte and Yung Chul Park

Youngwon Cho

SALTWATER SOCIALITY: A Melanesian Island Ethnography | By Katharina Schneider

Anna-Karina Hermkens

NO FAMILY IS AN ISLAND: Cultural Expertise among Samoans in Diaspora | By Ilana Gershon

Jessica A. Hardin

FREEDOM IN ENTANGLED WORLDS: West Papua and the Architecture of Global Power | By Eben Kirksey

Larry M. Lake

LAUGHING AT LEVIATHAN: Sovereignty and Audience in West Papua | By Danilyn Rutherford

Sjoerd R. Jaarsma

JAPAN AND CHINA AS CHARM RIVALS: Soft Power in Regional Diplomacy | By Jing Sun

Marc L. Moskowitz

OUT OF PLACE: Madness in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea | By Michael Goddard

John Barker

KING BHUMIBOL ADULYADEJ: A Life’s Work: Thailand’s Monarchy in Perspective | Edited by Nicholas Grossman, Dominic Faulder

Jim Taylor

NGOS IN INDIA: The Challenges of Women’s Empowerment and Accountability | By Patrick Kilby

Purna Sen

NEVER FORGET NATIONAL HUMILIATION: Historical Memory in Chinese Politics and Foreign Relations | By Zheng Wang

Xiangfeng Yang