Pacific Affairs

Volume 89 – No. 2

June 2016

Articles

Who’s Ready for ASEAN 2015? Firm Expectations and Preparations in the Philippines

Who’s Ready for ASEAN 2015? Firm Expectations and Preparations in the Philippines
Cesi Cruz, Prudenciano U. Gordoncillo, Benjamin A.T. Graham, Jeanette Angeline B. Madamba and Jewel Joanna S. Cabardo

Ongoing Rebel Violence in Autonomous Regions: Assam, Northeast India

Ongoing Rebel Violence in Autonomous Regions: Assam, Northeast India
Chris Wilson

Introduction: Gender Reforms, Electoral Quotas and Women’s Political Representation in Taiwan, South Korea and Singapore

Introduction: Gender Reforms, Electoral Quotas and Women’s Political Representation in Taiwan, South Korea and Singapore
Netina Tan

Reserved for Whom? The Electoral Impact of Gender Quotas in Taiwan

Reserved for Whom? The Electoral Impact of Gender Quotas in Taiwan
Chang-Ling Huang

Gender Quotas and Candidate Selection Processes in South Korean Political Parties

Gender Quotas and Candidate Selection Processes in South Korean Political Parties
Hyunji Lee and Ki-young Shin

Why Are Gender Reforms Adopted in Singapore? Party Pragmatism and Electoral Incentives

Why Are Gender Reforms Adopted in Singapore? Party Pragmatism and Electoral Incentives
Netina Tan

Perspectives

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Film Reviews

农家乐 PEASANT FAMILY HAPPINESS | By Jenny Chio 农家乐 PEASANT FAMILY HAPPINESS | By Jenny Chio
Tenzin Jinba

THE VANCOUVER ASAHI = バンクーバーの朝日 | By Yuya Ishii THE VANCOUVER ASAHI = バンクーバーの朝日 | By Yuya Ishii
Bill Staples, Jr.

DON’T THINK I’VE FORGOTTEN: Cambodia’s Lost Rock and Roll | Directed and photographed by John Pirozzi DON’T THINK I’VE FORGOTTEN: Cambodia’s Lost Rock and Roll | Directed and photographed by John Pirozzi
David Novak

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

FOREIGN POLICIES AND DIPLOMACIES IN ASIA: Changes in Practice, Concepts, and Thinking in a Rising Region | Edited by Matthias Maass FOREIGN POLICIES AND DIPLOMACIES IN ASIA: Changes in Practice, Concepts, and Thinking in a Rising Region | Edited by Matthias Maass
Joseph Caron

ASIAN-PACIFIC RIM LOGISTICS: Global Context and Local Policies | By Peter J. Rimmer ASIAN-PACIFIC RIM LOGISTICS: Global Context and Local Policies | By Peter J. Rimmer
David W. Edgington

HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE ARTS: Perspectives on Global Asia | Edited by Susan J. Henders and Lily Cho HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE ARTS: Perspectives on Global Asia | Edited by Susan J. Henders and Lily Cho
Marina Svensson

A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF EAST ASIAN CAPITALISM | Edited by Hong Yung Lee A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF EAST ASIAN CAPITALISM | Edited by Hong Yung Lee
Alison Hulme

China & Inner Asia

POWERFUL PATRIOTS: Nationalist Protest in China’s Foreign Relations | By Jessica Chen Weiss POWERFUL PATRIOTS: Nationalist Protest in China’s Foreign Relations | By Jessica Chen Weiss
June Teufel Dreyer

CHINESE MODELS OF DEVELOPMENT: Global, Local, and Comparative Perspectives | Edited by Tse-Kang Leng and Yu-Shan Wu CHINESE MODELS OF DEVELOPMENT: Global, Local, and Comparative Perspectives | Edited by Tse-Kang Leng and Yu-Shan Wu
David Bachman

PATRONAGE AND POWER: Local State Networks and Party-State Resilience in Rural China | By Ben Hillman PATRONAGE AND POWER: Local State Networks and Party-State Resilience in Rural China | By Ben Hillman
Kerry Brown

THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF CHINA’S CONSUMERISM | Edited by Alison Hulme THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF CHINA’S CONSUMERISM | Edited by Alison Hulme
Liu Kang

BEIJING’S ECONOMIC STATECRAFT DURING THE COLD WAR, 1949-1991 | By Shu Guang Zhang BEIJING’S ECONOMIC STATECRAFT DURING THE COLD WAR, 1949-1991 | By Shu Guang Zhang
Xiaoming Zhang

CHINA’S JAPAN POLICY: Adjusting to New Challenges | By Joseph Yu-shek Cheng CHINA’S JAPAN POLICY: Adjusting to New Challenges | By Joseph Yu-shek Cheng
Jing Sun

CHINESE AND AMERICANS: A Shared History | By Xu Guoqi; foreword by Akira Iriye CHINESE AND AMERICANS: A Shared History | By Xu Guoqi; foreword by Akira Iriye
Madeline Y. Hsu

GREEN INNOVATION IN CHINA: China’s Wind Power Industry and the Global Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy | By Joanna I. Lewis GREEN INNOVATION IN CHINA: China’s Wind Power Industry and the Global Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy | By Joanna I. Lewis
Sam Geall

NEGOTIATING CHINA’S DESTINY IN WORLD WAR II | Edited by Hans van de Ven, Diana Lary, and Stephen R. MacKinnon NEGOTIATING CHINA’S DESTINY IN WORLD WAR II | Edited by Hans van de Ven, Diana Lary, and Stephen R. MacKinnon
Bruce A. Elleman,

CHINA’S CIVIL WAR: A Social History, 1945-1949 | By Diana Lary CHINA’S CIVIL WAR: A Social History, 1945-1949 | By Diana Lary
Matt Galway

FROM FU MANCHU TO KUNG FU PANDA: Images of China in American Film | By Naomi Greene FROM FU MANCHU TO KUNG FU PANDA: Images of China in American Film | By Naomi Greene
Stacilee Ford

IN THE LAND OF THE EASTERN QUEENDOM: The Politics of Gender and Ethnicity on the Sino-Tibetan Border | MAPPING SHANGRILA: Contested Landscapes in the Sino-Tibetan Borderlands IN THE LAND OF THE EASTERN QUEENDOM: The Politics of Gender and Ethnicity on the Sino-Tibetan Border | MAPPING SHANGRILA: Contested Landscapes in the Sino-Tibetan Borderlands
Matthew T. Kapstein

MY TIBETAN CHILDHOOD: When Ice Shattered Stone | By Naktsang Nulo; translation provided by Angus Cargill and Sonam Lhamo; edited and abridged by Angus Cargill MY TIBETAN CHILDHOOD: When Ice Shattered Stone | By Naktsang Nulo; translation provided by Angus Cargill and Sonam Lhamo; edited and abridged by Angus Cargill
Benno Ryan Weiner

Northeast Asia

JAPAN’S MARITIME SECURITY STRATEGY: The Japan Coast Guard and Maritime Outlaws | By Lindsay Black JAPAN’S MARITIME SECURITY STRATEGY: The Japan Coast Guard and Maritime Outlaws | By Lindsay Black
Alessio Patalano

CONFIGURATIONS OF FAMILY IN CONTEMPORARY JAPAN | Edited by Tomoko Aoyama, Laura Dales, Romit Dasgupta CONFIGURATIONS OF FAMILY IN CONTEMPORARY JAPAN | Edited by Tomoko Aoyama, Laura Dales, Romit Dasgupta
Allison Alexy

BAD WATER: Nature, Pollution, and Politics in Japan, 1870-1950 | By Robert Stolz BAD WATER: Nature, Pollution, and Politics in Japan, 1870-1950 | By Robert Stolz
William M. Tsutsui

BEYOND THE METROPOLIS: Second Cities and Modern Life in Interwar Japan | By Louise Young BEYOND THE METROPOLIS: Second Cities and Modern Life in Interwar Japan | By Louise Young
Peter Siegenthaler

KINDAI NIHON NO KAKUSHINRON TO AJIA SHUGI: Kita Ikki, Ōkawa Shūmei, Mitsukawa Kametarō ra no Shisō to Kōdō 近代日本の革新論とアジア主義: 北一輝，大川周明，満川亀太郎らの思想と行動 | By Christopher W.A. Szpilman (Kurisutofā W.A. Supiruman cho)KINDAI NIHON NO KAKUSHINRON TO AJIA SHUGI: Kita Ikki, Ōkawa Shūmei, Mitsukawa Kametarō ra no Shisō to Kōdō 近代日本の革新論とアジア主義: 北一輝，大川周明，満川亀太郎らの思想と行動 | By Christopher W.A. Szpilman (Kurisutofā W.A. Supiruman cho)
Tosh Minohara

JAPANESE NEW YORK: Migrant Artists and Self-reinvention on the World Stage | By Olga Kanzaki Sooudi JAPANESE NEW YORK: Migrant Artists and Self-reinvention on the World Stage | By Olga Kanzaki Sooudi
Andrew Horvat

WORKING SKIN: Making Leather, Making a Multicultural Japan | By Joseph D. Hankins WORKING SKIN: Making Leather, Making a Multicultural Japan | By Joseph D. Hankins
Timothy D. Amos

JAPANESE AND KOREAN POLITICS: Alone and Apart from Each Other | Edited by Takashi Inoguchi JAPANESE AND KOREAN POLITICS: Alone and Apart from Each Other | Edited by Takashi Inoguchi
Seung Hyok Lee

SOUTH KOREA’S RISE: Economic Development, Power and Foreign Relations | By Uk Heo and Terence Roehrig SOUTH KOREA’S RISE: Economic Development, Power and Foreign Relations | By Uk Heo and Terence Roehrig
Hyung-Gu Lynn

ON THE MARGINS OF EMPIRE: Buraku and Korean Identity in Prewar and Wartime Japan | By Jeffrey Paul Bayliss ON THE MARGINS OF EMPIRE: Buraku and Korean Identity in Prewar and Wartime Japan | By Jeffrey Paul Bayliss
Sidney Xu Lu

THE REAL MODERN: Literary Modernism and the Crisis of Representation in Colonial Korea | By Christopher P. Hanscom THE REAL MODERN: Literary Modernism and the Crisis of Representation in Colonial Korea | By Christopher P. Hanscom
Chul Kim

South Asia & the Himalayas

GLOBALIZATION AND INDIA’S ECONOMIC INTEGRATION | By Baldev Raj Nayar GLOBALIZATION AND INDIA’S ECONOMIC INTEGRATION | By Baldev Raj Nayar
Stuart Corbridge

INDIA’S GRAND STRATEGY: History, Theory, Cases | Edited by Kanti Bajpai, Saira Basit, V. Krishnappa INDIA’S GRAND STRATEGY: History, Theory, Cases | Edited by Kanti Bajpai, Saira Basit, V. Krishnappa
Sumit Ganguly

ELITE PARTIES, POOR VOTERS: How Social Services Win Votes in India | By Tariq Thachil ELITE PARTIES, POOR VOTERS: How Social Services Win Votes in India | By Tariq Thachil
Rob Jenkins

INDIA’S NORTH-EAST: Identity Movements, State, and Civil Society | By Udayon Misra INDIA’S NORTH-EAST: Identity Movements, State, and Civil Society | By Udayon Misra
Sajjad Hassan

DALIT WOMEN’S EDUCATION IN MODERN INDIA: Double Discrimination | By Shailaja Paik DALIT WOMEN’S EDUCATION IN MODERN INDIA: Double Discrimination | By Shailaja Paik
Surinder S. Jodhka

THE DURABLE SLUM: Dharavi and the Right to Stay Put in Globalizing Mumbai | By Liza Weinstein THE DURABLE SLUM: Dharavi and the Right to Stay Put in Globalizing Mumbai | By Liza Weinstein
Sanjeev Routray

STREET CORNER SECRETS: Sex, Work, and Migration in the City of Mumbai | By Svati P. Shah STREET CORNER SECRETS: Sex, Work, and Migration in the City of Mumbai | By Svati P. Shah
Atreyee Sen

THE FIRST NAXAL: An Authorised Biography of Kanu Sanyal | By Bappaditya Paul THE FIRST NAXAL: An Authorised Biography of Kanu Sanyal | By Bappaditya Paul
Alpa Shah

Southeast Asia

SOUTHEAST ASIA AND THE EUROPEAN UNION: Non-Traditional Security Crises and Cooperation | By Naila Maier-Knapp SOUTHEAST ASIA AND THE EUROPEAN UNION: Non-Traditional Security Crises and Cooperation | By Naila Maier-Knapp
Anja Jetschke

SLOW ANTHROPOLOGY: Negotiating Difference with the Iu Mien | By Hjorleifur Jonsson SLOW ANTHROPOLOGY: Negotiating Difference with the Iu Mien | By Hjorleifur Jonsson
Jean Michaud

WOMEN AND SEX WORK IN CAMBODIA: Blood, Sweat and Tears | By Larissa Sandy WOMEN AND SEX WORK IN CAMBODIA: Blood, Sweat and Tears | By Larissa Sandy
Michael L. Rekart

LIVING WITH RISK: Precarity & Bangkok’s Urban Poor | By Tamaki Endo LIVING WITH RISK: Precarity & Bangkok’s Urban Poor | By Tamaki Endo
Gisèle Yasmeen

MYANMAR: The Dynamics of an Evolving Polity | Edited by David I. Steinberg MYANMAR: The Dynamics of an Evolving Polity | Edited by David I. Steinberg
Bruce Matthews

CIVILIAN STRATEGY IN CIVIL WAR: Insights from Indonesia, Thailand, and the Philippines | By Shane Joshua Barter CIVILIAN STRATEGY IN CIVIL WAR: Insights from Indonesia, Thailand, and the Philippines | By Shane Joshua Barter
Damien Kingsbury

INDONESIA’S CHANGING POLITICAL ECONOMY: Governing the Roads | By Jamie S. Davidson INDONESIA’S CHANGING POLITICAL ECONOMY: Governing the Roads | By Jamie S. Davidson
T.G. McGee

LAND’S END: Capitalist Relations on an Indigenous Frontier | By Tania Murray Li LAND’S END: Capitalist Relations on an Indigenous Frontier | By Tania Murray Li
Jonathan Rigg

CARS, CONDUITS, AND KAMPONGS: The Modernization of the Indonesian City, 1920-1960 | Edited by Freek Colombijn, Joost Coté CARS, CONDUITS, AND KAMPONGS: The Modernization of the Indonesian City, 1920-1960 | Edited by Freek Colombijn, Joost Coté
Christopher Silver

Australasia & the Pacific Islands

AUSTRALIA’S ‘WAR ON TERROR’ DISCOURSE | By Kathleen Gleeson AUSTRALIA’S ‘WAR ON TERROR’ DISCOURSE | By Kathleen Gleeson
Clarke Jones

FOUR DEGREES OF GLOBAL WARMING: Australia in a Hot World | Edited by Peter Christoff FOUR DEGREES OF GLOBAL WARMING: Australia in a Hot World | Edited by Peter Christoff
Roderick Ewins

PACIFIC FUTURES: Projects, Politics and Interests | Edited by Will Rollason PACIFIC FUTURES: Projects, Politics and Interests | Edited by Will Rollason
Rachel E. Smith

BIOMEDICINE IN AN UNSTABLE PLACE: Infrastructure and Personhood in a Papua New Guinean Hospital | By Alice Street BIOMEDICINE IN AN UNSTABLE PLACE: Infrastructure and Personhood in a Papua New Guinean Hospital | By Alice Street
John Barker

DISASSEMBLING AND DECOLONIZING SCHOOL IN THE PACIFIC: A Genealogy from Micronesia | By David W. Kupferman DISASSEMBLING AND DECOLONIZING SCHOOL IN THE PACIFIC: A Genealogy from Micronesia | By David W. Kupferman
Rachana Agarwal

HOUSEHOLD VULNERABILITY AND RESILIENCE TO ECONOMIC SHOCKS: Findings from Melanesia | Edited by Simon Feeny HOUSEHOLD VULNERABILITY AND RESILIENCE TO ECONOMIC SHOCKS: Findings from Melanesia | Edited by Simon Feeny
Chelsea Wentworth