Introduction. -- The historical context. -- States and the political exective. -- Government, legislatures and judiciaries. -- The politics of bureaucracy. -- The state and the economy. -- Parties and elections. -- Participation and power. -- Ideologies, identities and political communication. -- Modernization and democracy: is there an Asian way? -- Globalization, regionalism and the myth of the Asian century.

1. Southeast Asia -- Politics and government -- 21st century
2. East Asia -- Politics and governemnt -- 21st century
3. Comparative government