1st Edition

Eurasia's Regional Powers Compared – China, India, Russia

Edited By Shinichiro Tabata Copyright 2015
    260 Pages
    by Routledge

    258 Pages
    by Routledge

    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.

    Introduction Shinichiro Tabata  Part 1: Economic Development  1. Industrialization in the Process of Economic Reform: Comparative Analysis of China, Russia, and India Akira Uegaki  2. A Comparison of Trade Policy Reform in China, India, and Russia Tomoo Marukawa and Yugo Konno  3. Emergence of Regional Powers in the International Financial System Shinichiro Tabata  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 Atsushi Ogushi and Yuko Adachi  5. Client, Agent or Bystander? Patronage and Village Leadership in India, Russia and China Fumiki Tahara  6. Loss of Political Leadership and Passive "Triple Transformation" in the Former Soviet Union: A Comparison with China’s Reform Strategy Liang Tang  7. The Political Consequences of Peace: China’s Retreat for Survival, 1988-1991 Yoshifumi Nakai  8. India’s Pragmatic Diplomacy with Major Powers: A Comparative Study of the Strategic Partnership with the US, China, and Russia Toru Ito  Part 3: History  9. Autonomous Regions in the Eurasian Borderlands as a Legacy of the First World War Yoshiro Ikeda  10. Empires and Sharia: A Comparison of Colonial Islamic Legal Systems Jun Akiba  Part 4: Culture and Society  11. Delineating Contours: Portrayal of Regional Powers in British Asian Migrant Literature Hisae Komatsu  12. Illusion and Mirror: Images of China in the Contemporary Russian Literature Go Koshino  13. UNESCO World Heritage in Regional Powers: Changing Representation of Cultural Heritage of Religious Interest Sanami Takahashi, Noriko Maejima, and Hiroshi Kobayashi

    Biography

    Shinichiro Tabata is Professor in the Slavic-Eurasian Research Center at Hokkaido University, Japan