Routledge Studies on Asia in the World will be an authoritative source of knowledge on Asia studying a variety of cultural, economic, environmental, legal, political, religious, security and social questions, addressed from an Asian perspective. We aim to foster a deeper understanding of the domestic and regional complexities which accompany the dynamic shifts in the global economic, political and security landscape towards Asia and their repercussions for the world at large. We’re looking for scholars and practitioners – Asian and Western alike – from various social science disciplines and fields to engage in testing existing models which explain such dramatic transformation and to formulate new theories that can accommodate the specific political, cultural and developmental context of Asia’s diverse societies. We welcome both monographs and collective volumes which explore the new roles, rights and responsibilities of Asian nations in shaping today’s interconnected and globalized world in their own right.
We are particularly interested in books that demonstrate interdisciplinary and holistic thinking; rigorous and creative research; cross-fertilization of Western and Asian thought; and/or a grass-roots approach.
While we are open to any exciting ideas for edited, single or co-authored work, we are currently inviting book proposals which address the following areas:
If you have an idea for a new book in Routledge Studies on Asia in the World, please send a written proposal to the Editor in Chief:
Matthias Vanhullebusch [email protected]
Series Editors:
Prof. Dr. Matthias Vanhullebusch – Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Prof. Dr. Ji Weidong– Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Editorial Board:
Prof. Dr. Danny Quah - National University of Singapore
Prof. Dr. Gurharpal Singh – School of Oriental and African Studies
Prof. Dr. Javaid Rehman – Brunel University
Prof. Dr. Jing Men – College of Europe
Prof. Dr. Lanxin Xiang – Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
Prof. Dr. Nira Wickramasinghe – Leiden University
Prof. Dr. R. Sudarshan – Jindal Global University
Prof. Dr. Vinod K. Aggarwal – University of California, Berkeley
Edited
By Huiyun Feng, Kai He, Yan Xuetong
January 14, 2019
How does China see the rest of the world? One way to answer this question is to look at the work of China’s scholars in the field of International Relations (IR). This leads to a second question – to what extent do Chinese IR scholars influence Beijing’s foreign policy and outlook? The contributors...
Edited
By Fanny M. Cheung, Ying-yi Hong
November 05, 2018
China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is intended to radically increase investment and integration along a series of land and maritime routes. As the initiative involves more than 100 countries or international organizations and huge amounts of infrastructure construction, cooperation between many...
By Lucy Bailey, Gül İnanç
September 04, 2018
Until 2015, no refugees in Malaysia were able to access higher education, and they were unable to attend government schooling. Since then, six private higher education institutions have agreed to open their doors to refugees for the first time. This book contains stories from this small group of ...
Edited
By Hidetoshi Taga, Seiichi Igarashi
September 20, 2018
In the context of the end of the Cold War and the spread of globalism, sub-regions are attracting attention as new social units of international society never before observed. In the "second wave" of regionalism that became active in the 1980s, a new regionalism, which differed qualitatively from ...
Edited
By Tae Yong Jung
May 10, 2018
This book explores the attempts of South Korea in its to achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. It addresses 6 of the 17 goals – clean water, affordable and clean energy, decent work and economic growth, sustainable cities and communities, climate action, and partnership – ...
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By Jing Men, Annika Linck
May 17, 2017
Reform and governance are of vital interest to both the People’s Republic of China and the European Union (EU). China is facing demographic and environmental challenges and has been experiencing a rapid economic transition. The social tensions arising from these challenges call for a governance ...
By M. Anwar Hossen
March 17, 2017
Dr. Hossen carried out an exceptional program of research in Bangladesh which focused on water governance in relation to human rights, international water law and environmental sustainability. His major argument is that eco-agricultural system encounters major disruptions due to a number of factors...
By Katy Ngan Ting Lam
December 28, 2016
This book investigates the globalization process of Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in West Africa, primarily in Benin and Ghana, based on ethnographical studies. It challenges the dominant vision of "a powerful China in Africa", and argues that the so-called "Chinese business advantages" – ...