Pacific Affairs

Volume 93 – No. 2

June 2020

SPECIAL ISSUE

Renegotiating Social Risks in The People’s Republic of China and Japan

Guest Editors: Hanno Jentzsch and Alison Lamont

Articles

Introduction: Renegotiating Social Risks in The People’s Republic of China and Japan

Introduction: Renegotiating Social Risks in The People’s Republic of China and Japan
Hanno Jentzsch and Alison Lamont

External Migrants under Mainland China’s Informal Welfare Regime: Risk Shifts, Resource Environments, and the Urban Employees’ Social Insurance

External Migrants under Mainland China’s Informal Welfare Regime: Risk Shifts, Resource Environments, and the Urban Employees’ Social Insurance
Armin Müller

The Death of a Child: Institutional Maintenance of Family Welfare after the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake in the People’s Republic of China

The Death of a Child: Institutional Maintenance of Family Welfare after the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake in the People’s Republic of China
Alison Lamont

Japan’s Changing Regional World of Welfare: Agricultural Reform, Hamlet-based Collective Farming, and the Local Renegotiation of Social Risks

Japan’s Changing Regional World of Welfare: Agricultural Reform, Hamlet-based Collective Farming, and the Local Renegotiation of Social Risks
Hanno Jentzsch

Local Policy Experimentation, Social Learning, and Development of Rural Pension Provision in China

Local Policy Experimentation, Social Learning, and Development of Rural Pension Provision in China
Ting Huang

From Employment Security to Managerial Precarity: Japan’s Changing Welfare-work Nexus and its Impacts on Mid-career Workers

From Employment Security to Managerial Precarity: Japan’s Changing Welfare-work Nexus and its Impacts on Mid-career Workers
Nana Okura Gagne

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Review Essays

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Film Reviews

GEOGRAPHIES OF KINSHIP | Directed by Deann Borshay Liem GEOGRAPHIES OF KINSHIP | Directed by Deann Borshay Liem
Albert Lee

Book Reviews

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

Asia General

UNRULY WATERS: How Rains, Rivers, Coasts, and Seas have Shaped Asia’s History | By Sunil Amrith UNRULY WATERS: How Rains, Rivers, Coasts, and Seas have Shaped Asia’s History | By Sunil Amrith
David Gilmartin

China & Inner Asia

MARKET IN STATE: The Political Economy of Domination in China | By Yongnian Zheng and Yanjie Huang MARKET IN STATE: The Political Economy of Domination in China | By Yongnian Zheng and Yanjie Huang
Roselyn Hsueh

POLARIZED CITIES: Portraits of Rich and Poor in Urban China | Edited by Dorothy J. Solinger POLARIZED CITIES: Portraits of Rich and Poor in Urban China | Edited by Dorothy J. Solinger
Isabelle Côté and Yongfeng Tang

POLITICS OF RENEWABLE ENERGY IN CHINA | By Chen Gang POLITICS OF RENEWABLE ENERGY IN CHINA | By Chen Gang
Marius Korsnes

CHINA STEPS OUT: Beijing’s Major Power Engagement with the Developing World | Edited by Joshua Eisenman and Eric Heginbotham CHINA STEPS OUT: Beijing’s Major Power Engagement with the Developing World | Edited by Joshua Eisenman and Eric Heginbotham
Lynn T. White III

CHINA’S DREAM: The Culture of Chinese Communism and the Secret Sources of Its Power | By Kerry Brown CHINA’S DREAM: The Culture of Chinese Communism and the Secret Sources of Its Power | By Kerry Brown
Carolin Kautz

THE CONTENTIOUS PUBLIC SPHERE: Law, Media and Authoritarian Rule in China | By Ya-Wen Lei THE CONTENTIOUS PUBLIC SPHERE: Law, Media and Authoritarian Rule in China | By Ya-Wen Lei
Jun Liu

YELLOW PERILS: China Narratives in the Contemporary World | Edited by Franck Billé and Sören Urbansky YELLOW PERILS: China Narratives in the Contemporary World | Edited by Franck Billé and Sören Urbansky
Ka-Kin Cheuk

CHINA’S EURASIAN DILEMMAS: Roads and Risks for a Sustainable Global Power | By R. James Ferguson CHINA’S EURASIAN DILEMMAS: Roads and Risks for a Sustainable Global Power | By R. James Ferguson
Stephanie Winkler

TRUST AND MISTRUST IN THE ECONOMIES OF THE CHINA-RUSSIA BORDERLANDS | Edited by Caroline Humphrey TRUST AND MISTRUST IN THE ECONOMIES OF THE CHINA-RUSSIA BORDERLANDS | Edited by Caroline Humphrey
Steven Parham

CONTESTING CYBERSPACE IN CHINA: Online Expression and Authoritarian Resilience | By Rongbin Han CONTESTING CYBERSPACE IN CHINA: Online Expression and Authoritarian Resilience | By Rongbin Han
Hualing Fu

DESTINATION CHINA: Immigration to China in the Post-Reform Era | Edited by Angela Lehmann and Pauline Leonard DESTINATION CHINA: Immigration to China in the Post-Reform Era | Edited by Angela Lehmann and Pauline Leonard
Gordon Mathews

NAVIGATING SEMI-COLONIALISM: Shipping, Sovereignty, and Nation-Building in China, 1860–1937 | By Anne Reinhardt NAVIGATING SEMI-COLONIALISM: Shipping, Sovereignty, and Nation-Building in China, 1860–1937 | By Anne Reinhardt
Zhaojin Zeng

MONGOLIA REMADE: Post-socialist National Culture, Political Economy, and Cosmopolitics | By David Sneath MONGOLIA REMADE: Post-socialist National Culture, Political Economy, and Cosmopolitics | By David Sneath
Morris Rossabi

Northeast Asia

POLITICAL CORRUPTION AND SCANDALS IN JAPAN | By Matthew M. Carlson and Steven R. Reed POLITICAL CORRUPTION AND SCANDALS IN JAPAN | By Matthew M. Carlson and Steven R. Reed
Kenneth Mori McElwain

SOKA GAKKAI’S HUMAN REVOLUTION: The Rise of a Mimetic Nation in Modern Japan | By Levi McLaughlin SOKA GAKKAI’S HUMAN REVOLUTION: The Rise of a Mimetic Nation in Modern Japan | By Levi McLaughlin
Daniel K. Nagashima

DRINKING BOMB AND SHOOTING METH: Alcohol and Drug Use in Japan | By Jeffrey W. Alexander DRINKING BOMB AND SHOOTING METH: Alcohol and Drug Use in Japan | By Jeffrey W. Alexander
Paul Christensen

FOOD SAFETY AFTER FUKUSHIMA: Scientific Citizenship and the Politics of Risk | By Nicolas Sternsdorff-Cisterna FOOD SAFETY AFTER FUKUSHIMA: Scientific Citizenship and the Politics of Risk | By Nicolas Sternsdorff-Cisterna
Daniel P. Aldrich

JAPAN: History and Culture From Classical to Cool | By Nancy K. Stalker JAPAN: History and Culture From Classical to Cool | By Nancy K. Stalker
Linda H. Chance

JAPANESE CULTURE THROUGH VIDEOGAMES | By Rachael Hutchinson JAPANESE CULTURE THROUGH VIDEOGAMES | By Rachael Hutchinson
Kathryn Hemmann

INTERPRETING ANIME | By Christopher Bolton INTERPRETING ANIME | By Christopher Bolton
Marc Steinberg

MODERN KYOTO: Building for Ceremony and Commemoration, 1868–1940 | By Alice Y. Tseng MODERN KYOTO: Building for Ceremony and Commemoration, 1868–1940 | By Alice Y. Tseng
Timothy Unverzagt Goddard

THE RISE OF K-DRAMAS: Essays on Korean Television and Its Global Consumption | Edited by JaeYoon Park and Ann-Gee Lee THE RISE OF K-DRAMAS: Essays on Korean Television and Its Global Consumption | Edited by JaeYoon Park and Ann-Gee Lee
Ju Oak Kim

INVINCIBLE AND RIGHTEOUS OUTLAW: The Korean Hero Hong Gildong in Literature, History, and Culture | By Minsoo Kang INVINCIBLE AND RIGHTEOUS OUTLAW: The Korean Hero Hong Gildong in Literature, History, and Culture | By Minsoo Kang
James H. Grayson

FROM THE MOUNTAINS TO THE CITIES: A History of Buddhist Propagation in Modern Korea | By Mark A. Nathan FROM THE MOUNTAINS TO THE CITIES: A History of Buddhist Propagation in Modern Korea | By Mark A. Nathan
Lucy Jee

South Asia & the Himalayas

DEATH OF AN INDUSTRY: The Cultural Politics of Garment Manufacturing during the Maoist Revolution in Nepal | By Mallika Shakya DEATH OF AN INDUSTRY: The Cultural Politics of Garment Manufacturing during the Maoist Revolution in Nepal | By Mallika Shakya
Chris Crews

MAKING NEW NEPAL: From Student Activism to Mainstream Politics | By Amanda Thérèse Snellinger MAKING NEW NEPAL: From Student Activism to Mainstream Politics | By Amanda Thérèse Snellinger
Kumud Rana

Southeast Asia

NONTRADITIONAL SECURITY CHALLENGES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA: The Transnational Dimension | By Amy L. Freedman and Ann Marie Murphy NONTRADITIONAL SECURITY CHALLENGES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA: The Transnational Dimension | By Amy L. Freedman and Ann Marie Murphy
Ja Ian Chong

THAILAND: Shifting Ground between the US and a Rising China | By Benjamin Zawacki THAILAND: Shifting Ground between the US and a Rising China | By Benjamin Zawacki
Kornphanat Tungkeunkunt

MYANMAR TRANSFORMED?: People, Places and Politics. Myanmar Update Series | Edited by Justine Chambers, Gerard McCarthy, Nicholas Farrelly, and Chit Win MYANMAR TRANSFORMED?: People, Places and Politics. Myanmar Update Series | Edited by Justine Chambers, Gerard McCarthy, Nicholas Farrelly, and Chit Win
Isabel Chew

A NATION ON THE LINE: Call Centres as Postcolonial Predicaments in the Philippines | By Jan M. Padios A NATION ON THE LINE: Call Centres as Postcolonial Predicaments in the Philippines | By Jan M. Padios
Kingsley Bolton

CAMBODIA: Return to Authoritarianism | By Kheang Un CAMBODIA: Return to Authoritarianism | By Kheang Un
David Chandler

CHINESE INDONESIANS IN POST-SUHARTO INDONESIA: Democratisation and Ethnic Minorities | By Wu-Ling Chong CHINESE INDONESIANS IN POST-SUHARTO INDONESIA: Democratisation and Ethnic Minorities | By Wu-Ling Chong
Alexander R. Arifianto

HAMKA AND ISLAM: Cosmopolitan Reform in the Malay World | By Khairudin Aljunied HAMKA AND ISLAM: Cosmopolitan Reform in the Malay World | By Khairudin Aljunied
James Edmonds

INDONESIA: Twenty Years of Democracy | By Jamie S. Davidson INDONESIA: Twenty Years of Democracy | By Jamie S. Davidson
Nila Ayu Utami

DEMOCRACY FOR SALE: Elections, Clientelism, and the State in Indonesia | By Edward Aspinall and Ward Berenschot DEMOCRACY FOR SALE: Elections, Clientelism, and the State in Indonesia | By Edward Aspinall and Ward Berenschot
Shane Barter

DEPARTING FROM JAVA: Javanese Labour, Migration and Diaspora | Edited by Rosemarijn Hoefte and Peter Meel DEPARTING FROM JAVA: Javanese Labour, Migration and Diaspora | Edited by Rosemarijn Hoefte and Peter Meel
Andy Scott Chang

HOME IS NOT HERE | By Wang Gungwu HOME IS NOT HERE | By Wang Gungwu
Ooi Kee Beng

Australasia & the Pacific Islands

INSIDE THE GREENS: The origins and future of the party, the people and the politics | By Paddy Manning INSIDE THE GREENS: The origins and future of the party, the people and the politics | By Paddy Manning
Randall Doyle

PATHWAY OF THE BIRDS: The voyaging achievements of Māori and their Polynesian ancestors | By Andrew Crowe PATHWAY OF THE BIRDS: The voyaging achievements of Māori and their Polynesian ancestors | By Andrew Crowe
Sylvia Frain

RESOURCE EXTRACTION AND CONTENTIOUS STATES: Mining and the Politics of Scale in the Pacific Islands | By Matthew G. Allen RESOURCE EXTRACTION AND CONTENTIOUS STATES: Mining and the Politics of Scale in the Pacific Islands | By Matthew G. Allen
Stephen A. Zorn