Pacific Affairs

Volume 96 – No. 2

June 2023

Articles

Globalization of Arms Production and Hierarchical Market Economies: Explaining the Transformation of the South Korean Defense Industry

Globalization of Arms Production and Hierarchical Market Economies: Explaining the Transformation of the South Korean Defense Industry
Chonghyun Choi and Soul Park

The Geographic Scope of Opposition Challenges in Malaysia’s Parliament

The Geographic Scope of Opposition Challenges in Malaysia’s Parliament
Sebastian Dettman

Perspectives

Decline and Fall of Malaysia’s Dominant-party System

Decline and Fall of Malaysia’s Dominant-party System
Meredith L. Weiss and Ibrahim Suffian

Social Media and Malaysia’s 2022 Election: The Growth and Impact of Video Campaigning

Social Media and Malaysia’s 2022 Election: The Growth and Impact of Video Campaigning
Ross Tapsell

Moderation of Sarawak Regionalism in Malaysia’s 15th General Elections

Moderation of Sarawak Regionalism in Malaysia’s 15th General Elections
Ik Tien Ngu

Special Section

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Review Essays

Climate Change and the Production of Knowledge

Climate Change and the Production of Knowledge
Anna-Karina Hermkens

Critical Dialogues

Accidental Holy Land: The Communist Revolution in Northwest China | By Joseph Esherick // The Chinese Revolution on the Tibetan Frontier | By Benno Weiner Accidental Holy Land: The Communist Revolution in Northwest China | By Joseph Esherick // The Chinese Revolution on the Tibetan Frontier | By Benno Weiner
Benno Weiner and Joseph W. Esherick

Film Reviews

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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

DELIBERATIVE DEMOCRACY IN ASIA | Edited by Baogang He, Michael Breen, and James Fishkin DELIBERATIVE DEMOCRACY IN ASIA | Edited by Baogang He, Michael Breen, and James Fishkin
Kanishka Jayasuriya

OPPOSING POWER: Building Opposition Alliances in Electoral Autocracies | By Elvin Ong OPPOSING POWER: Building Opposition Alliances in Electoral Autocracies | By Elvin Ong
Yoonkyung Lee

MOBILIZING FOR DEVELOPMENT: The Modernization of Rural East Asia | By Kristen E. Looney MOBILIZING FOR DEVELOPMENT: The Modernization of Rural East Asia | By Kristen E. Looney
René Trappel

PRECARIOUS ASIA: Global Capitalism and Work in Japan, South Korea, and Indonesia | By Arne L. Kalleberg, Kevin Hewison, and Kwang-Yeong Shin PRECARIOUS ASIA: Global Capitalism and Work in Japan, South Korea, and Indonesia | By Arne L. Kalleberg, Kevin Hewison, and Kwang-Yeong Shin
Teresita Cruz del Rosario

ASIA-PACIFIC FISHING LIVELIHOODS | By Michael Fabinyi and Kate Barclay ASIA-PACIFIC FISHING LIVELIHOODS | By Michael Fabinyi and Kate Barclay
Robert Winstanley-Chesters

JAPAN IN AUSTRALIA: Culture, Context and Connection | Edited by David Chapman and Carol Hayes JAPAN IN AUSTRALIA: Culture, Context and Connection | Edited by David Chapman and Carol Hayes
Chris Burgess

SKATEBOARDING AND URBAN LANDSCAPES IN ASIA: Endless Spots | By Duncan McDuie-Ra SKATEBOARDING AND URBAN LANDSCAPES IN ASIA: Endless Spots | By Duncan McDuie-Ra
Stephanie Geertman

China & Inner Asia

CHINA’S FOREIGN POLICY CONTRADICTIONS: Lessons from China’s R2P, Hong Kong, and WTO Policy | By Tim Nicholas Rühlig CHINA’S FOREIGN POLICY CONTRADICTIONS: Lessons from China’s R2P, Hong Kong, and WTO Policy | By Tim Nicholas Rühlig
Omar Ramon Serrano Oswald

CHINA’S RISE IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH: The Middle East, Africa, and Beijing’s Alternative World Order | By Dawn C. Murphy CHINA’S RISE IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH: The Middle East, Africa, and Beijing’s Alternative World Order | By Dawn C. Murphy
Joshua Eisenman

RIVERS OF IRON: Railroads and Chinese Power in Southeast Asia | By David M. Lampton, Selina Ho, and Cheng-Chwee Kuik RIVERS OF IRON: Railroads and Chinese Power in Southeast Asia | By David M. Lampton, Selina Ho, and Cheng-Chwee Kuik
Chen Li

THE CHINESE COMMUNIST YOUTH LEAGUE: Juniority and Responsiveness in a Party Youth Organization | By Konstantinos D. Tsimonis THE CHINESE COMMUNIST YOUTH LEAGUE: Juniority and Responsiveness in a Party Youth Organization | By Konstantinos D. Tsimonis
Wen-Hsuan Tsai

THE COMMUNIST JUDICIAL SYSTEM IN CHINA, 1927–1976: Building on Fear | By Qiang Fang THE COMMUNIST JUDICIAL SYSTEM IN CHINA, 1927–1976: Building on Fear | By Qiang Fang
Yang Feng

DREAMS OF FLIGHT: The Lives of Chinese Women Students in the West | By Fran Martin DREAMS OF FLIGHT: The Lives of Chinese Women Students in the West | By Fran Martin
Christina Ho

MAO’S BESTIARY: Medicinal Animals and Modern China | By Liz P. Y. Chee MAO’S BESTIARY: Medicinal Animals and Modern China | By Liz P. Y. Chee
Scott Hurley

Northeast Asia

SOCIAL CHANGE IN JAPAN, 1989–2019: Social Status, Social Consciousness, Attitudes and Values | Edited by Carola Hommerich, Naoki Sudo, and Toru Kikkawa SOCIAL CHANGE IN JAPAN, 1989–2019: Social Status, Social Consciousness, Attitudes and Values | Edited by Carola Hommerich, Naoki Sudo, and Toru Kikkawa
Ian Neary

SUPERCORPORATE: Distinction and Participation in Post-Hierarchy South Korea | By Michael M. Prentice SUPERCORPORATE: Distinction and Participation in Post-Hierarchy South Korea | By Michael M. Prentice
Olga Fedorenko

BETTING ON THE FARM: Institutional Change in Japanese Agriculture | By Patricia L. Maclachlan and Kay Shimizu BETTING ON THE FARM: Institutional Change in Japanese Agriculture | By Patricia L. Maclachlan and Kay Shimizu
Leonard Schoppa

DREAM SUPER-EXPRESS: A Cultural History of the World’s First Bullet Train | By Jessamyn R. Abel DREAM SUPER-EXPRESS: A Cultural History of the World’s First Bullet Train | By Jessamyn R. Abel
Ulrike Schaede

HEALING LABOR: Japanese Sex Work in the Gendered Economy | By Gabriele Koch HEALING LABOR: Japanese Sex Work in the Gendered Economy | By Gabriele Koch
Kaoru Aoyama

JAPAN ON AMERICAN TV: Screaming Samurai Join Anime Clubs in the Land of the Lost | By Alisa Freedman JAPAN ON AMERICAN TV: Screaming Samurai Join Anime Clubs in the Land of the Lost | By Alisa Freedman
Michal Daliot-Bul

ADMINISTERING AFFECT: Pop-Culture Japan and the Politics of Anxiety | By Daniel White ADMINISTERING AFFECT: Pop-Culture Japan and the Politics of Anxiety | By Daniel White
John Ostermiller

THE PRISONER: A Memoir | By Hwang Sok-yong; translated by Anton Hur and Sora Kim-Russell THE PRISONER: A Memoir | By Hwang Sok-yong; translated by Anton Hur and Sora Kim-Russell
Seung Hee Jeon

South Asia & the Himalayas

ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENTS OF INDIA: Chipko Narmada Bachao Andolan Navdanya | By Krishna Mallick ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENTS OF INDIA: Chipko Narmada Bachao Andolan Navdanya | By Krishna Mallick
Surajkumar Thube

ORDERING VIOLENCE: Explaining Armed Group-State Relations from Conflict to Cooperation | By Paul Staniland ORDERING VIOLENCE: Explaining Armed Group-State Relations from Conflict to Cooperation | By Paul Staniland
Shivaji Mukherjee

FROM RAJ TO REPUBLIC: Sovereignty, Violence, and Democracy in India | By Sunil Purushotham FROM RAJ TO REPUBLIC: Sovereignty, Violence, and Democracy in India | By Sunil Purushotham
Oliver Godsmark

COLONIAL INSTITUTIONS AND CIVIL WAR: Indirect Rule and Maoist Insurgency in India | By Shivaji Mukherjee COLONIAL INSTITUTIONS AND CIVIL WAR: Indirect Rule and Maoist Insurgency in India | By Shivaji Mukherjee
Paul Staniland

HINDUTVA AS POLITICAL MONOTHEISM | By Anustup Basu HINDUTVA AS POLITICAL MONOTHEISM | By Anustup Basu
Shefali Jha

THE JUDICIALIZATION OF POLITICS IN PAKISTAN: A Comparative Study of Judicial Restraint and Its Development in India, the US and Pakistan | By Waris Husain THE JUDICIALIZATION OF POLITICS IN PAKISTAN: A Comparative Study of Judicial Restraint and Its Development in India, the US and Pakistan | By Waris Husain
Sadaf Aziz

VILLAGE TIES: Women, NGOs, and Informal Institutions in Rural Bangladesh | By Nayma Qayum VILLAGE TIES: Women, NGOs, and Informal Institutions in Rural Bangladesh | By Nayma Qayum
David Lewis

Southeast Asia

SHARIA TRANSFORMATIONS: Cultural Politics and the Rebranding of an Islamic Judiciary | By Michael G. Peletz SHARIA TRANSFORMATIONS: Cultural Politics and the Rebranding of an Islamic Judiciary | By Michael G. Peletz
Arskal Salim

ALLURING MONSTERS: The Pontianak and Cinemas of Decolonization | By Rosalind Galt ALLURING MONSTERS: The Pontianak and Cinemas of Decolonization | By Rosalind Galt
Adam Knee

STRIKE PATTERNS: Notes from Postwar Laos | By Leah Zani STRIKE PATTERNS: Notes from Postwar Laos | By Leah Zani
Erin Lin

CHRISTIAN CIRCULATIONS: Global Christianity and the Local Church in Penang and Singapore, 1819–2000 | By Jean DeBernardi CHRISTIAN CIRCULATIONS: Global Christianity and the Local Church in Penang and Singapore, 1819–2000 | By Jean DeBernardi
Daniel P. S. Goh

THE FILIPINO MIGRATION EXPERIENCE: Global Agents of Change | By Mina Roces THE FILIPINO MIGRATION EXPERIENCE: Global Agents of Change | By Mina Roces
Pauline Gardiner Barber

MOUNTAINS OF BLAME: Climate and Culpability in the Philippine Uplands | By Will Smith; foreword by K. Sivaramakrishnan MOUNTAINS OF BLAME: Climate and Culpability in the Philippine Uplands | By Will Smith; foreword by K. Sivaramakrishnan
Maria F. Mangahas

TOWARDS A NEW MALAYSIA? The 2018 Election and Its Aftermath | Edited by Meredith L. Weiss and Faisal S. Hazis TOWARDS A NEW MALAYSIA? The 2018 Election and Its Aftermath | Edited by Meredith L. Weiss and Faisal S. Hazis
Chan Xin Ying

PERFORMING POWER: Cultural Hegemony, Identity, and Resistance in Colonial Indonesia | By Arnout van der Meer PERFORMING POWER: Cultural Hegemony, Identity, and Resistance in Colonial Indonesia | By Arnout van der Meer
Muhammad Yuanda Zara

RELIGIOUS PLURALISM IN INDONESIA: Threats and Opportunities for Democracy | Edited by Chiara Formichi RELIGIOUS PLURALISM IN INDONESIA: Threats and Opportunities for Democracy | Edited by Chiara Formichi
Saskia Schäfer

Australasia & the Pacific Islands

WAYFINDING AND CRITICAL AUTOETHNOGRAPHY | Edited by Fetaui Iosefo, Stacy Holman Jones, and Anne Harris WAYFINDING AND CRITICAL AUTOETHNOGRAPHY | Edited by Fetaui Iosefo, Stacy Holman Jones, and Anne Harris
Emily C. Donaldson

BECOMING A GARAMUT PLAYER IN BALUAN, PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Musical Analysis as a Pathway to Learning | By Tony Lewis BECOMING A GARAMUT PLAYER IN BALUAN, PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Musical Analysis as a Pathway to Learning | By Tony Lewis
Michelle Ladwig Williams

COCONUT COLONIALISM: Workers and the Globalization of Samoa | By Holger Droessler COCONUT COLONIALISM: Workers and the Globalization of Samoa | By Holger Droessler
Paul Shankman

MUSIC WORLDING IN PALAU: Chanting, Atmospheres, and Meaningfulness | By Birgit Abels MUSIC WORLDING IN PALAU: Chanting, Atmospheres, and Meaningfulness | By Birgit Abels
Donald H. Rubinstein

TEARS OF RANGI: Experiments Across Worlds | By Anne Salmond TEARS OF RANGI: Experiments Across Worlds | By Anne Salmond
Doug Dalton