Description
Taking a long view, and a wide perspective, this book by Japan's leading scholars on Asia and Eurasia provides a comprehensive and systematic comparison of the three greatest powers in the region and assesses how far the recent growth trajectories of these countries are sustainable in the long run. The book demonstrates the huge impact on the region of these countries. It examines the population, resource and economic basis for the countries' rise, considers political, social and cultural factors, and sets recent developments in a long historical context. Throughout, the different development paths of the three countries are compared and contrasted, and the new models for the future of the world order which they represent are analysed.
Table of Contents
Introduction Part 1: Economic Development 1. Industrialization in the Process of Economic Reform: Comparative Analysis of China, Russia, and India 2. A Comparison of Trade Policy Reform in China, India, and Russia 3. Emergence of Regional Powers in the International Financial System Part 2: Political Systems and Diplomacy 4. Power and Limitations of Dominant Party Control: United Russia, the Indian Congress, and the Chinese Communist Party Compared 5. Client, Agent or Bystander? Patronage and Village Leadership in India, Russia and China 6. Loss of Political Leadership and Passive "Triple Transformation" in the Former Soviet Union: A Comparison with China’s Reform Strategy 7. The Political Consequences of Peace: China’s Retreat for Survival, 1988-1991 8. India’s Pragmatic Diplomacy with Major Powers: A Comparative Study of the Strategic Partnership with the US, China, and Russia Part 3: History 9. Autonomous Regions in the Eurasian Borderlands as a Legacy of the First World War 10. Empires and Sharia: A Comparison of Colonial Islamic Legal Systems Part 4: Culture and Society 11. Delineating Contours: Portrayal of Regional Powers in British Asian Migrant Literature 12. Illusion and Mirror: Images of China in the Contemporary Russian Literature 13. UNESCO World Heritage in Regional Powers: Changing Representation of Cultural Heritage of Religious Interest
