Pacific Affairs

Volume 88 – No. 3

September 2015

SPECIAL ISSUE

Governing Flooding in Asia’s Urban Transition

Guest Editors: Michelle Ann Miller and Mike Douglass

Articles

Introduction: Governing Flooding in Asia’s Urban Transition

Introduction: Governing Flooding in Asia’s Urban Transition
Michelle Ann Miller and Mike Douglass

Water, Water Everywhere: Toward Participatory Solutions to Chronic Urban Flooding in Jakarta

Water, Water Everywhere: Toward Participatory Solutions to Chronic Urban Flooding in Jakarta
Rita Padawangi and Mike Douglass

Informality, Resilience, and the Political Implications of Disaster Governance

Informality, Resilience, and the Political Implications of Disaster Governance
Devanathan Parthasarathy

Bargaining with Disaster: Flooding, Climate Change and Urban Growth Ambitions in Quy Nhon City, Vietnam

Bargaining with Disaster: Flooding, Climate Change and Urban Growth Ambitions in Quy Nhon City, Vietnam
Michael DiGregorio

Risky Change? Vietnam’s Urban Flood Risk Governance between Climate Dynamics and Transformation

Risky Change? Vietnam’s Urban Flood Risk Governance between Climate Dynamics and Transformation
Matthias Garschagen

The Urban Political Ecology of the 2011 Floods in Bangkok: The Creation of Uneven Vulnerabilities

The Urban Political Ecology of the 2011 Floods in Bangkok: The Creation of Uneven Vulnerabilities
Danny Marks

Links between Floods and Other Water Issues in the Himalayan and Tibetan Plateau Region

Links between Floods and Other Water Issues in the Himalayan and Tibetan Plateau Region
Robert J. Wasson and Barry Newell

Perspectives

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Film Reviews

RED WEDDING: Women Under the Khmer Rouge | By Lida Chan and Guillaume Suon RED WEDDING: Women Under the Khmer Rouge | By Lida Chan and Guillaume Suon
Sophal Ear

AINU: Paths to Memory | By Marcos Centeno Martín AINU: Paths to Memory | By Marcos Centeno Martín
Jeffry Gayman

Review Essays

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Book Reviews

Asia General China & Inner Asia Northeast Asia South Asia & the Himalayas Southeast Asia Australasia & the Pacific Islands

Asia General

HOW FINANCE IS SHAPING THE ECONOMIES OF CHINA, JAPAN, AND KOREA | Edited by Yung Chul Park and Hugh Patrick with Larry Meissner HOW FINANCE IS SHAPING THE ECONOMIES OF CHINA, JAPAN, AND KOREA | Edited by Yung Chul Park and Hugh Patrick with Larry Meissner
Masao Nakamura

COMPARING INSTITUTION-BUILDING IN EAST ASIA: Power Politics, Governance, and Critical Junctures | By Hidetaka Yoshimatsu COMPARING INSTITUTION-BUILDING IN EAST ASIA: Power Politics, Governance, and Critical Junctures | By Hidetaka Yoshimatsu
Kevin G. Cai

BRIDGING TROUBLED WATERS: China, Japan, and Maritime Order in the East China Sea | By James Manicom BRIDGING TROUBLED WATERS: China, Japan, and Maritime Order in the East China Sea | By James Manicom
Linus Hagström

ARCHITECTURALIZED ASIA: Mapping a Continent through History | Edited by Vimalin Rujivacharakul, H. Hazel Hahn, Ken Tadashi Oshima, Peter Christensen ARCHITECTURALIZED ASIA: Mapping a Continent through History | Edited by Vimalin Rujivacharakul, H. Hazel Hahn, Ken Tadashi Oshima, Peter Christensen
Tze M. Loo

SLANTING I, IMAGINING WE: Asian Canadian Literary Production in the 1980s and 1990s | By Larissa Lai SLANTING I, IMAGINING WE: Asian Canadian Literary Production in the 1980s and 1990s | By Larissa Lai
Donald C. Goellnicht

China & Inner Asia

THE CHINA PATH TO ECONOMIC TRANSITION AND DEVELOPMENT | By Hong Yinxing; translated by Xiao-huang Yin THE CHINA PATH TO ECONOMIC TRANSITION AND DEVELOPMENT | By Hong Yinxing; translated by Xiao-huang Yin
Yong Chen

FOLLOWING THE LEADER: Ruling China, from Deng Xiaoping to Xi Jinping | By David M. Lampton FOLLOWING THE LEADER: Ruling China, from Deng Xiaoping to Xi Jinping | By David M. Lampton
Justin Jon (Ben-Adam) Rudelson

ENGAGING CHINA: Myth, Aspiration, and Strategy in Canadian Policy from Trudeau to Harper | By Paul M. Evans ENGAGING CHINA: Myth, Aspiration, and Strategy in Canadian Policy from Trudeau to Harper | By Paul M. Evans
David Curtis Wright

EXHIBITING THE PAST: Historical Memory and the Politics of Museums in Postsocialist China | By Kirk A. Denton EXHIBITING THE PAST: Historical Memory and the Politics of Museums in Postsocialist China | By Kirk A. Denton
Rubie S. Watson

SPYING FOR THE PEOPLE: Mao’s Secret Agents, 1949–1967 | By Michael Schoenhals SPYING FOR THE PEOPLE: Mao’s Secret Agents, 1949–1967 | By Michael Schoenhals
Thomas S. Mullaney

THE COMPELLING IDEAL: Thought Reform and the Prison in China, 1901–1956 | By Jan Kiely THE COMPELLING IDEAL: Thought Reform and the Prison in China, 1901–1956 | By Jan Kiely
Philip F. Williams

THE MAKING OF MODERN CHINESE MEDICINE, 1850–1960 | By Bridie Andrews THE MAKING OF MODERN CHINESE MEDICINE, 1850–1960 | By Bridie Andrews
David Luesink

CHINA’S BATTLE FOR KOREA: The 1951 Spring Offensive | By Xiaobing Li CHINA’S BATTLE FOR KOREA: The 1951 Spring Offensive | By Xiaobing Li
Peter Worthing

MY FIGHT FOR A NEW TAIWAN: One Woman’s Journey from Prison to Power | By Lu Hsiu-lien and Ashley Esarey; foreword by Jerome A. Cohen MY FIGHT FOR A NEW TAIWAN: One Woman’s Journey from Prison to Power | By Lu Hsiu-lien and Ashley Esarey; foreword by Jerome A. Cohen
Ya-chen Chen

WIVES, HUSBANDS, AND LOVERS: Marriage and Sexuality in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Urban China | Edited by Deborah S. Davis and Sara L. Friedman WIVES, HUSBANDS, AND LOVERS: Marriage and Sexuality in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Urban China | Edited by Deborah S. Davis and Sara L. Friedman
Wang Pan

Northeast Asia

RISE OF A JAPANESE CHINATOWN: Yokohama, 1894–1972 | By Eric C. Han RISE OF A JAPANESE CHINATOWN: Yokohama, 1894–1972 | By Eric C. Han
David Y.H. Wu

THE “GREATEST PROBLEM”: Religion and State Formation in Meiji Japan | By Trent E. Maxey THE “GREATEST PROBLEM”: Religion and State Formation in Meiji Japan | By Trent E. Maxey
Joshua Baxter

BREWED IN JAPAN: The Evolution of the Japanese Beer Industry | By Jeffrey W. Alexander BREWED IN JAPAN: The Evolution of the Japanese Beer Industry | By Jeffrey W. Alexander
Kevin Richardson

CONTENTIOUS ACTIVISM & INTER-KOREAN RELATIONS | By Danielle L. Chubb CONTENTIOUS ACTIVISM & INTER-KOREAN RELATIONS | By Danielle L. Chubb
Hazel Smith

THE MAKING OF THE FIRST KOREAN PRESIDENT: Syngman Rhee’s Quest for Independence 1875–1948 | By Young Ick Lew THE MAKING OF THE FIRST KOREAN PRESIDENT: Syngman Rhee’s Quest for Independence 1875–1948 | By Young Ick Lew
John P. DiMoia

TREACHEROUS TRANSLATION: Culture, Nationalism, and Colonialism in Korea and Japan from the 1910s to the 1960s | By Serk-Bae Suh TREACHEROUS TRANSLATION: Culture, Nationalism, and Colonialism in Korea and Japan from the 1910s to the 1960s | By Serk-Bae Suh
Edward Mack

LIVING ON YOUR OWN: Single Women, Rental Housing, and Post-Revolutionary Affect in Contemporary South Korea | By Jesook Song LIVING ON YOUR OWN: Single Women, Rental Housing, and Post-Revolutionary Affect in Contemporary South Korea | By Jesook Song
Laurel Kendall

SPLIT SCREEN KOREA: Shin Sang-ok and Postwar Cinema | By Steven Chung SPLIT SCREEN KOREA: Shin Sang-ok and Postwar Cinema | By Steven Chung
Kyu Hyun Kim

South Asia & the Himalayas

INDIA’S HUMAN SECURITY: Lost Debates, Forgotten People, Intractable Challenges | Edited by Jason Miklian and Åshild Kolås INDIA’S HUMAN SECURITY: Lost Debates, Forgotten People, Intractable Challenges | Edited by Jason Miklian and Åshild Kolås
M. Vijayabaskar

BORDERLAND LIVES IN NORTHERN SOUTH ASIA | Edited by David N. Gellner; with an afterword by Willem van Schendel BORDERLAND LIVES IN NORTHERN SOUTH ASIA | Edited by David N. Gellner; with an afterword by Willem van Schendel
Laldinkima Sailo

CROSSING THE BAY OF BENGAL: The Furies of Nature and the Fortunes of Migrants | By Sunil S. Amrith CROSSING THE BAY OF BENGAL: The Furies of Nature and the Fortunes of Migrants | By Sunil S. Amrith
John Harriss

THE ARMY AND DEMOCRACY: Military Politics in Pakistan | By Aqil Shah THE ARMY AND DEMOCRACY: Military Politics in Pakistan | By Aqil Shah
Taimur Rahman

Southeast Asia

THE GOVERNMENT OF MISTRUST: Illegibility and Bureaucratic Power in Socialist Vietnam | By Ken MacLean THE GOVERNMENT OF MISTRUST: Illegibility and Bureaucratic Power in Socialist Vietnam | By Ken MacLean
Eren Zink

CAMBODIA: Entering a New Phase of Growth | Edited by Olaf Unteroberdoerster CAMBODIA: Entering a New Phase of Growth | Edited by Olaf Unteroberdoerster
D. Gordon Longmuir

ENERGY, GOVERNANCE AND SECURITY IN THAILAND AND MYANMAR (BURMA): A Critical Approach to Environmental Politics in the South | By Adam Simpson ENERGY, GOVERNANCE AND SECURITY IN THAILAND AND MYANMAR (BURMA): A Critical Approach to Environmental Politics in the South | By Adam Simpson
Pichamon May Yeophantong

SQUATTERS INTO CITIZENS: The 1961 Bukit Ho Swee Fire and the Making of Modern Singapore | By Loh Kah Seng SQUATTERS INTO CITIZENS: The 1961 Bukit Ho Swee Fire and the Making of Modern Singapore | By Loh Kah Seng
Sandra Hudd

BEING MALAY IN INDONESIA: Histories, Hopes and Citizenship in the Riau Archipelago | By Nicholas J. Long BEING MALAY IN INDONESIA: Histories, Hopes and Citizenship in the Riau Archipelago | By Nicholas J. Long
Hiroyuki Yamamoto

MOBILIZING PIETY: Islam and Feminism in Indonesia | By Rachel Rinaldo MOBILIZING PIETY: Islam and Feminism in Indonesia | By Rachel Rinaldo
Carla Jones

RECOLLECTING RESONANCES: Indonesian-Dutch Musical Encounters | Edited by Bart Barendregt and Els Bogaerts RECOLLECTING RESONANCES: Indonesian-Dutch Musical Encounters | Edited by Bart Barendregt and Els Bogaerts
Christina Sunardi

Australasia & the Pacific Islands

DON’T EVER WHISPER: Darlene Keju, Pacific Health Pioneer, Champion for Nuclear Survivors | By Giff Johnson DON’T EVER WHISPER: Darlene Keju, Pacific Health Pioneer, Champion for Nuclear Survivors | By Giff Johnson
Glenn Petersen

DRINKING SMOKE: The Tobacco Syndemic in Oceania | By Mac Marshall DRINKING SMOKE: The Tobacco Syndemic in Oceania | By Mac Marshall
Daniela Kraemer

LEVIATHANS AT THE GOLD MINE: Creating Indigenous and Corporate Actors in Papua New Guinea | By Alex Golub LEVIATHANS AT THE GOLD MINE: Creating Indigenous and Corporate Actors in Papua New Guinea | By Alex Golub
John Cox

RITUAL TEXTUALITY: Pattern and Motion in Performance | By Matt Tomlinson RITUAL TEXTUALITY: Pattern and Motion in Performance | By Matt Tomlinson
Pauline McKenzie Aucoin