Pacific Affairs

Volume 88 – No. 4

December 2015

Articles

Behind the Scenes: Smuggling in the Thailand-Myanmar Borderland

Behind the Scenes: Smuggling in the Thailand-Myanmar Borderland
Sang Kook Lee

The Politics of Regulating Elections in South Korea: The Persistence of Restrictive Campaign Laws

The Politics of Regulating Elections in South Korea: The Persistence of Restrictive Campaign Laws
Erik Mobrand

Central America, China and the U.S.:What Prospects for Development?

Central America, China and the U.S.:What Prospects for Development?
Rolando Avendaño and Jeff Dayton-Johnson

A Shared History?: Postcolonial Identity and India-Australia Relations, 1947-1954

A Shared History?: Postcolonial Identity and India-Australia Relations, 1947-1954
Alexander Edmund Davis

Context and Comparison in Southeast Asia: The Practical Side of the Area Studies-Discipline Debate

Context and Comparison in Southeast Asia: The Practical Side of the Area Studies-Discipline Debate
Kai Ostwald and Paul Schuler

Perspectives

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Film Reviews

HAFU: The Mixed-Race Experience in Japan | Directed, produced and shot by Megumi Nishikura and Lara Perez Takagi HAFU: The Mixed-Race Experience in Japan | Directed, produced and shot by Megumi Nishikura and Lara Perez Takagi
Kaori Mori Want

JALANAN: A Music Documentary | By Daniel Ziv, director, producer, cinematographer JALANAN: A Music Documentary | By Daniel Ziv, director, producer, cinematographer
Edwin Jurrïens

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

CATCH UP: Developing Countries in the World Economy | By Deepak Nayyar CATCH UP: Developing Countries in the World Economy | By Deepak Nayyar
Kunal Sen

EAST ASIAN DEVELOPMENT: Foundations and Strategies | By Dwight H. Perkins EAST ASIAN DEVELOPMENT: Foundations and Strategies | By Dwight H. Perkins
Kun-chin Lin

NEW CHALLENGES FOR MATURING DEMOCRACIES IN KOREA AND TAIWAN | Edited by Larry Diamond and Gi-Wook Shin NEW CHALLENGES FOR MATURING DEMOCRACIES IN KOREA AND TAIWAN | Edited by Larry Diamond and Gi-Wook Shin
Byong-Kuen Jhee

OUT OF THE SHADOWS: The Global Intensification of Supplementary Education | Edited by Janice Aurini, Scott Davies, Julian Dierkes OUT OF THE SHADOWS: The Global Intensification of Supplementary Education | Edited by Janice Aurini, Scott Davies, Julian Dierkes
John N. Hawkins

China & Inner Asia

THE THOUGHT REMOLDING CAMPAIGN OF THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY-STATE | By Hu Ping; translated by Philip F. Williams and Yenna Wu THE THOUGHT REMOLDING CAMPAIGN OF THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY-STATE | By Hu Ping; translated by Philip F. Williams and Yenna Wu
Charlotte Lee

WALKING A TIGHTROPE: Defending Human Rights in China | By Gert Holmgaard Nielsen WALKING A TIGHTROPE: Defending Human Rights in China | By Gert Holmgaard Nielsen
David Kinley

A CONTINUOUS REVOLUTION: Making Sense of Cultural Revolution Culture | By Barbara Mittler A CONTINUOUS REVOLUTION: Making Sense of Cultural Revolution Culture | By Barbara Mittler
Stephen R. MacKinnon

BREAKING WITH THE PAST: The Maritime Customs Service and the Global Origins of Modernity in China | By Hans van de Ven BREAKING WITH THE PAST: The Maritime Customs Service and the Global Origins of Modernity in China | By Hans van de Ven
Stephanie Villalta Puig

SEEING TRANSNATIONALLY: How Chinese Migrants Make Their Dreams Come True | By Li Minghuan SEEING TRANSNATIONALLY: How Chinese Migrants Make Their Dreams Come True | By Li Minghuan
Ronald Skeldon

GUANGDONG AND CHINESE DIASPORA: The Changing Landscape of Qiaoxiang | By Yow Cheun Hoe GUANGDONG AND CHINESE DIASPORA: The Changing Landscape of Qiaoxiang | By Yow Cheun Hoe
Glen Peterson

REGULATING PROSTITUTION IN CHINA: Gender and Local Statebuilding, 1900–1937 | By Elizabeth J. Remick REGULATING PROSTITUTION IN CHINA: Gender and Local Statebuilding, 1900–1937 | By Elizabeth J. Remick
Kimberley Ens Manning

CONSUMPTION IN CHINA: How China’s New Consumer Ideology is Shaping the Nation | By LiAnne Yu CONSUMPTION IN CHINA: How China’s New Consumer Ideology is Shaping the Nation | By LiAnne Yu
C. Simon Fan, Yu Pang

MOBILE HORIZONS: Dynamics Across the Taiwan Strait | Edited by Wen-hsin Yeh MOBILE HORIZONS: Dynamics Across the Taiwan Strait | Edited by Wen-hsin Yeh
C.X. George Wei

Northeast Asia

GOVERNING INSECURITY IN JAPAN: The Domestic Discourse and Policy Response | JAPAN’S CIVIL-MILITARY DIPLOMACY: The Banks of the Rubicon GOVERNING INSECURITY IN JAPAN: The Domestic Discourse and Policy Response | JAPAN’S CIVIL-MILITARY DIPLOMACY: The Banks of the Rubicon
Andrew L. Oros

GROWING DEMOCRACY IN JAPAN: The Parliamentary Cabinet System since 1868 | By Brian Woodall GROWING DEMOCRACY IN JAPAN: The Parliamentary Cabinet System since 1868 | By Brian Woodall
Kuniaki Nemoto

THE GREAT TRANSFORMATION OF JAPANESE CAPITALISM | Edited by Sébastien Lechevalier; translated by J.A.A. Stockwin THE GREAT TRANSFORMATION OF JAPANESE CAPITALISM | Edited by Sébastien Lechevalier; translated by J.A.A. Stockwin
Derek Hall

JAPAN: The Paradox of Harmony | By Keiko Hirata and Mark Warschauer JAPAN: The Paradox of Harmony | By Keiko Hirata and Mark Warschauer
Hye Won Um

INEQUALITY IN THE WORKPLACE: Labor Market Reform in Japan and Korea | By Jiyeoun Song INEQUALITY IN THE WORKPLACE: Labor Market Reform in Japan and Korea | By Jiyeoun Song
Jae Won Sun

FROM CULTURES OF WAR TO CULTURES OF PEACE: War and Peace Museums in Japan, China, and South Korea | By Takashi Yoshida FROM CULTURES OF WAR TO CULTURES OF PEACE: War and Peace Museums in Japan, China, and South Korea | By Takashi Yoshida
Shogo Suzuki

DISCOURSES OF DISCIPLINE: An Anthropology of Corporal Punishment in Japan’s Schools and Sports | By Aaron L. Miller DISCOURSES OF DISCIPLINE: An Anthropology of Corporal Punishment in Japan’s Schools and Sports | By Aaron L. Miller
Brent McDonald

FAILED DEMOCRATIZATION IN PREWAR JAPAN: Breakdown of a Hybrid Regime | By Harukata Takenaka FAILED DEMOCRATIZATION IN PREWAR JAPAN: Breakdown of a Hybrid Regime | By Harukata Takenaka
Frederick R. Dickinson

IN TRANSIT: The Formation of the Colonial East Asian Cultural Sphere | By Faye Yuan Kleeman IN TRANSIT: The Formation of the Colonial East Asian Cultural Sphere | By Faye Yuan Kleeman
Franklin Rausch

MABIKI: Infanticide and Population Growth in Eastern Japan, 1660–1950 | By Fabian Drixler MABIKI: Infanticide and Population Growth in Eastern Japan, 1660–1950 | By Fabian Drixler
Robert Eskildsen

BEYOND AINU STUDIES: Changing Academic and Public Perspectives | Edited by Mark J. Hudson, Ann-Elise Lewallen, and Mark K. Watson BEYOND AINU STUDIES: Changing Academic and Public Perspectives | Edited by Mark J. Hudson, Ann-Elise Lewallen, and Mark K. Watson
Mayumi Okada, Rina Shiroishi, Yasushige Takahashi

A FAMILY OF NO PROMINENCE: The Descendants of Pak Tŏkhwa and the Birth of Modern Korea |By Eugene Y. Park A FAMILY OF NO PROMINENCE: The Descendants of Pak Tŏkhwa and the Birth of Modern Korea |By Eugene Y. Park
Anders Karlsson

South Asia & the Himalayas

INDIA’S OCEAN: The Story of India’s Bid for Regional Leadership | By David Brewster INDIA’S OCEAN: The Story of India’s Bid for Regional Leadership | By David Brewster
Rajeev Ranjan Chaturvedy

THE PARIAH PROBLEM: Caste, Religion, and the Social in Modern India | By Rupa Viswanath THE PARIAH PROBLEM: Caste, Religion, and the Social in Modern India | By Rupa Viswanath
C. J. Fuller

THE RIGHT SPOUSE: Preferential Marriages in Tamil Nadu | By Isabelle Clark-Decès THE RIGHT SPOUSE: Preferential Marriages in Tamil Nadu | By Isabelle Clark-Decès
Haripriya Narasimhan

1971: A Global History of the Creation of Bangladesh | By Srinath Raghavan 1971: A Global History of the Creation of Bangladesh | By Srinath Raghavan
Nayanika Mookherjee

Southeast Asia

THE POLITICS OF ACCOUNTABILITY IN SOUTHEAST ASIA: The Dominance of Moral Ideologies | By Garry Rodan and Caroline Hughes THE POLITICS OF ACCOUNTABILITY IN SOUTHEAST ASIA: The Dominance of Moral Ideologies | By Garry Rodan and Caroline Hughes
Edmund Terence Gomez

ADVANCING SINGAPORE-CHINA ECONOMIC RELATIONS | Edited by Saw Swee-Hock and John Wong ADVANCING SINGAPORE-CHINA ECONOMIC RELATIONS | Edited by Saw Swee-Hock and John Wong
Shee Poon Khim

ARCHIVING THE UNSPEAKABLE: Silence, Memory, and the Photographic Record in Cambodia | By Michelle Caswell ARCHIVING THE UNSPEAKABLE: Silence, Memory, and the Photographic Record in Cambodia | By Michelle Caswell
Karen Strassler

GHOSTS OF THE NEW CITY: Spirits, Urbanity, and the Ruins of Progress in Chiang Mai | By Andrew Alan Johnson GHOSTS OF THE NEW CITY: Spirits, Urbanity, and the Ruins of Progress in Chiang Mai | By Andrew Alan Johnson
Eric C. Thompson

DEBATING DEMOCRATIZATION IN MYANMAR | Edited by Nick Cheesman, Nicholas Farrelly, Trevor Wilson DEBATING DEMOCRATIZATION IN MYANMAR | Edited by Nick Cheesman, Nicholas Farrelly, Trevor Wilson
Matthew J. Walton

THE ROOTS OF TERRORISM IN INDONESIA: From Darul Islam to Jema’ah Islamiyah | By Solahudin; translated by Dave McRae; foreword by Greg Fealy THE ROOTS OF TERRORISM IN INDONESIA: From Darul Islam to Jema’ah Islamiyah | By Solahudin; translated by Dave McRae; foreword by Greg Fealy
Shane J. Barter

Australasia & the Pacific Islands

GENDER ON THE EDGE: Transgender, Gay, and other Pacific Islanders | Edited by Niko Besnier and Kalissa Alexeyeff GENDER ON THE EDGE: Transgender, Gay, and other Pacific Islanders | Edited by Niko Besnier and Kalissa Alexeyeff
Åse Ottosson

GREED AND GRIEVANCE: Ex-Militants’ Perspectives on the Conflict in Solomon Islands, 1998–2003 | By Matthew G. Allen GREED AND GRIEVANCE: Ex-Militants’ Perspectives on the Conflict in Solomon Islands, 1998–2003 | By Matthew G. Allen
Terry M. Brown

THE SHARK WARRIOR OF ALEWAI: A Phenomenology of Melanesian Identity | By Deborah Van Heekeren THE SHARK WARRIOR OF ALEWAI: A Phenomenology of Melanesian Identity | By Deborah Van Heekeren
Roger Ivar Lohmann