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Pacific Affairs is a peer-reviewed, independent, and interdisciplinary scholarly journal focusing on important current political, economic and social issues throughout Asia and the Pacific. Each issue contains approximately five new articles and 40-50 book reviews. Published continuously as a quarterly since 1928 under the same name, it is the oldest English-language journal with a focus on Asia and the Pacific. It enjoys an international reputation based on the high quality of articles, and its extensive book reviews section.

Publisher: Pacific Affairs, a division of the University of British Columbia

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Volume 84, Number 2, June 2011

Articles

The Competition to Attain Justice for Past Wrongs: The “Comfort Women“ Issue in Taiwan
pp. 223-244(22)
Author: Suzuki, Shogo

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Adversaries versus Partners: Urban Water Supply in the Philippines
pp. 245-265(21)
Author: Neville, Kate J.

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Daily Encounters Between Hans and Uyghurs in Xinjiang: Sinicization, Integration or Segregation?
pp. 267-287(21)
Author: Caprioni, Elena

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Land Rights in Cambodia: How Neopatrimonial Politics Restricts Land Policy Reform
pp. 289-308(20)
Authors: Un, Kheang; So, Sokbunthoeun

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Literature Review

What is going on in India's “red corridor”? Questions about India's Maoist insurgency
pp. 309-327(19)
Author: Harriss, John

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Book Reviews

Building Asia's Security
pp. 329-330(2)
Author: Roy, Denny

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Peace and Security in the Asia-Pacific: Theory and Practice
pp. 330-332(3)
Author: Envall, H.D.P.

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Multination States in Asia: Accommodation or Resistance
pp. 332-334(3)
Author: Henders, Susan J.

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Globalizing in Hard Times: The Politics of Banking-Sector Opening in the Emerging World. Cornell Studies in Political Economy
pp. 334-336(3)
Author: Cook, Malcolm

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Intercultural Relations in Asia: Migration and Work Effectiveness
pp. 336-338(3)
Author: Didham, Robert

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Legal Education in Asia: Globalization, Change and Contexts
pp. 338-339(2)
Author: Ginsburg, Tom

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Women's Movements in Asia: Feminisms and Transnational Activism
pp. 339-341(3)
Author: Chan, Jennifer

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Free Content Public Governance in Asia and the Limits of Electoral Democracy
pp. 25E-25E(1)
Author: Rock, Michael T.

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Free Content Investing in Protection: The Politics of Preferential Trade Agreements between North and South
pp. 26E-27E(2)
Author: Capling, Ann

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Free Content Exporting the Bomb: Technology Transfer and the Spread of Nuclear Weapons. Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
pp. 28E-29E(2)
Author: Sigal, Leon V.

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China, the Developing World, and the New Global Dynamic
pp. 342-343(2)
Author: Lu, Lilly Kelan

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Dancing with the Dragon: China's Emergence in the Developing World. Challenges Facing Chinese Political Development
pp. 343-345(3)
Author: Eisenman, Joshua

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The Future of China-Russia Relations: Asia in the New Millenium
pp. 345-346(2)
Author: Tubilewicz, Czeslaw

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Embattled Glory: Veterans, Military Families, and the Politics of Patriotism in China, 1949-2007. State and Society in East Asia
pp. 347-348(2)
Author: Shyu, Larry N.

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Rise of the Red Engineers: The Cultural Revolution and the Origins of China's New Class. Contemporary Issues in Asia and the Pacific
pp. 348-350(3)
Author: Zang, Xiaowei

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In Search of Paradise: Middle-Class Living in a Chinese Metropolis
pp. 350-352(3)
Author: Gaetano, Arianne M.

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China Watcher: Confessions of a Peking Tom. A Samuel and Althea Stroum Book
pp. 352-353(2)
Author: Kennedy, Scott

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Cries of Joy, Songs of Sorrow: Chinese Pop Music and Its Cultural Connotations
pp. 354-355(2)
Author: Steen, Andreas

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Hong Kong's Watershed: The 1967 Riots
pp. 355-357(3)
Author: Carroll, John M.

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Whither Taiwan and Mainland China: National Identity, the State, and Intellectuals
pp. 357-359(3)
Author: Hu, Richard W.

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Political Conflict and Economic Interdependence Across the Taiwan Strait and Beyond. Studies in Asian Security
pp. 359-361(3)
Author: Goldstein, Steven

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The Sichuan Frontier and Tibet: Imperial Strategy in the Early Qing. A China Program Book
pp. 361-362(2)
Author: Herman, John

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Free Content China and Asia: Economic and Financial Interactions. Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy
pp. 30E-31E(2)
Author: Ito, Hiro

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Free Content Was Mao Really a Monster?: The Academic Response to Chang and Halliday's Mao: The Unknown Story
pp. 32E-33E(2)
Author: Hayford, Charles W.

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Innovation and Change in Japanese Management
pp. 363-364(2)
Author: Lynn, Leonard

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Book Reviewed

Changing Politics in Japan
pp. 364-366(3)
Author: Hasunuma, Linda

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Book Reviews

The Supreme Court and Benign Elite Democracy in Japan
pp. 366-367(2)
Author: Matsui, Shigenori

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Filling the Hole in the Nuclear Future: Art and Popular Culture Respond to the Bomb. AsiaWorld
pp. 368-369(2)
Author: Youssef, Sandra

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Korea's Changing Roles in Southeast Asia: Expanding Influence and Relations
pp. 370-371(2)
Author: Lee, Jaehyon

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The Cleanest Race: How North Koreans See Themselves and Why it Matters
pp. 371-373(3)
Author: Cargill, Thomas F.

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Free Content Overcoming Modernity: Cultural Identity in Wartime Japan. Weatherhead Books on Asia
pp. 34E-35E(2)
Author: Szpilman, Christopher W. A.

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Political Economy, Growth and Liberalisation in India, 1991-2008
pp. 374-375(2)
Author: Palit, Amitendu

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Khaki and the Ethnic Violence in India: Armed Forces, Police and Paramilitary Forces During Communal Riots
pp. 375-377(3)
Author: Guha, Sohini

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Pakistan's Nuclear Weapons. Routledge Security in Asia Pacific Series; 7
pp. 377-379(3)
Author: Jetly, Rajshree

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The Rise of Ethnic Politics in Nepal: Democracy in the Margins. Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series; 25
pp. 379-380(2)
Author: Muni, S.D.

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Inside Nuclear South Asia
pp. 380-382(3)
Author: Anderson, Robert

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Free Content Tsunami Recovery in Sri Lanka: Ethnic and Regional Dimensions. Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series; 27
pp. 36E-37E(2)
Author: Stokke, Kristian

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Imperial Alchemy: Nationalism and Political Identity in Southeast Asia
pp. 383-384(2)
Author: Tønnesson, Stein

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Vietnam: Le Moment Moderniste. Collection Le Temps de L'Histoire
pp. 384-386(3)
Author: McHale, Shawn

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Farming with Fire and Water: The Human Ecology of a Composite Swiddening Community in Vietnam's Northern Mountains. Kyoto Area Studies on Asia, V. 18
pp. 386-387(2)
Author: Tan, Stan BH

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Migrants for Export: How the Philippine State Brokers Labor to the World
pp. 387-390(4)
Author: Angeles, Leonora C.

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Tai Lands and Thailand: Community and State in Southeast Asia. Southeast Asia Publications Series
pp. 390-391(2)
Author: Baird, Ian G.

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Beyond Democracy in Cambodia: Political Reconstruction in a Post-Conflict Society. Democracy in Asia; no. 12
pp. 392-393(2)
Author: Peou, Sorpong

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Rural Livelihoods, Resources and Coping with Crisis in Indonesia: A Comparative Study
pp. 393-395(3)
Author: Potter, Lesley

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Collective Violence in Indonesia
pp. 395-397(3)
Author: Davidson, Jamie S.

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Understanding Islam in Indonesia: Politics and Diversity
pp. 397-399(3)
Author: Qurtuby, Sumanto Al

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The Appearances of Memory: Mnemonic Practices of Architecture and Urban Form in Indonesia
pp. 399-401(3)
Author: Rukmana, Deden

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Free Content Modern Noise, Fluid Genres: Popular Music in Indonesia, 1997-2001. New Perspectives in Southeast Asian Studies
pp. 38E-39E(2)
Author: McGraw, Andrew Clay

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Tuamaka: The Challenge of Difference in Aotearoa New Zealand
pp. 402-403(2)
Author: McCormack, Fiona

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Raupatu: The Confiscation of Maori Land
pp. 403-405(3)
Author: van Meijl, Toon

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Pacific Ways: Government and Politics in the Pacific Islands
pp. 405-407(3)
Author: Timmer, Jaap

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Migration and Transnationalism: Pacific Perspectives
pp. 407-409(3)
Author: Shankman, Paul

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Cheap Meat: Flap Food Nations in the Pacific Islands
pp. 409-410(2)
Author: Silverman, Eric K.

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Oceanic Encounters: Exchange, Desire and Violence
pp. 411-412(2)
Author: Quanchi, Max

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Substantial Justice: An Anthropology of Village Courts in Papua New Guinea
pp. 413-414(2)
Author: Zorn, Jean

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Gunnar Landtman in Papua: 1910 to 1912
pp. 414-416(3)
Author: Goddard, Michael

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After the Cult: Perceptions of Other and Self in West New Britain (Papua New Guinea)
pp. 416-418(3)
Author: Lindstrom, Lamont

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Free Content Restoring the Balance: Performing Healing in West Papua
pp. 40E-41E(2)
Author: Townsend, Patricia K.

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Free Content Evolution in the Antipodes: Charles Darwin and Australia
pp. 41E-42E(2)
Author: Beavis, Amber S.

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