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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 87, Number 2, June 2014

Articles

Open Access From Patronage Machine to Partisan Melee: Subnational Corruption and the Evolution of the Indonesian Party System
pp. 221-245(25)
Author: Allen, Nathan W.

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What Explains ASEAN's Leadership in East Asian Community Building?
pp. 247-264(18)
Author: Katsumata, Hiro

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Perspectives

China's Future in a Multinodal World Order
pp. 265-284(20)
Author: Womack, Brantly

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An Uncertain World: Rising Powers, Systemic Risk and the Role of Institutions and Entrepreneurship: A Response to Brantly Womack's "China's Future in a Multinodal World Order"
pp. 285-293(9)
Author: Tiberghien, Yves

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Book Reviews: Asia General

Free Content Global Futures in East Asia: Youth, Nation, and the New Economy in Uncertain Times
pp. 295-297(3)
Author: Fukuoka, Kazuya

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Free Content Non-Traditional Security in Asia: Issues, Challenges, and Framework for Action
pp. 297-299(3)
Author: Kohno, Takeshi

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Free Content Diminishing Conflicts in Asia and the Pacific: Why Some Subside and Others Don't
pp. 299-301(3)
Author: Firth, Stewart

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Free Content Digital Media in East Asia: National Innovation and the Transformation of a Region
pp. 301-303(3)
Author: Jin, Dal Yong

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Free Content Media, Erotics, and Transnational Asia
pp. 303-305(3)
Author: Yoon, Kyong

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Free Content Structure, Audience and Soft Power in East Asian Pop Culture
pp. 305-307(3)
Author: Berry, Michael

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Free Content Harbin to Hanoi: The Colonial Built Environment in Asia, 1840 to 1940
pp. 307-309(3)
Author: Carroll, Peter

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Book Reviews: China and Inner Asia

Free Content Handbook of China's Governance and Domestic Politics
pp. 309-311(3)
Author: Wright, Teresa

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Free Content China Goes Global: The Partial Power
pp. 311-313(3)
Author: Gallagher, Mary E.

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Free Content Europe and China: Strategic Partners or Rivals?
pp. 313-315(3)
Author: Paz, Gonzalo S.

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Free Content Foreign Relations of the PRC: The Legacies and Constraints of China's International Politics since 1949
pp. 315-317(3)
Author: Cohen, Warren I.

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Free Content Defending Rights in Contemporary China
pp. 317-319(3)
Author: Svensson, Marina

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Free Content In the Name of Justice: Striving for the Rule of Law in China
pp. 319-321(3)
Author: Fang, Qiang

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Free Content Organizing Rural China—Rural China Organizing
pp. 321-323(3)
Author: Ruf, Gregory A.

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Free Content Reinventing Modern China: Imagination and Authenticity in Chinese Historical Writing
pp. 324-326(3)
Author: Hodes, Nancy J.

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Free Content From Mao to Market: China Reconfigured
pp. 326-328(3)
Author: Sullivan, Lawrence R.

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Free Content Burning Money: The Material Spirit of the Chinese Lifeworld
pp. 328-330(3)
Author: Goh, Daniel P.S.

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Free Content Restless Empire: China and the World Since 1750
pp. 331-332(2)
Author: Benite, Zvi Ben-Dor

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Free Content A History of Land Use in Mongolia: The Thirteenth Century to the Present
pp. 333-334(2)
Author: Sneath, David

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Free Content Taiwan's Political Economy: Meeting Challenges, Pursuing Progress
pp. 335-337(3)
Author: Gold, Thomas B.

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Book Reviews: Northeast Asia

Free Content Japan's Security Identity: From a Peace State to an International State
pp. 337-338(2)
Author: Izumikawa, Yasuhiro

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Free Content Japan and Germany as Regional Actors: Evaluating Change and Continuity after the Cold War
pp. 339-341(3)
Author: Kuzuya, Aya

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Free Content Northeast Asia and the Legacy of Harry S. Truman: Japan, China, and the Two Koreas
pp. 341-342(2)
Author: Best, Antony

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Free Content Protesting America: Democracy and the U.S.-Korea Alliance
pp. 343-345(3)
Author: Yeo, Andrew

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Free Content Superhuman Japan: Knowledge, Nation, and Culture in US-Japan Relations
pp. 345-347(3)
Author: Morris, Narrelle

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Free Content 3.11: Disaster and Change in Japan
pp. 347-349(3)
Author: Aldrich, Daniel P.

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Free Content International Education Policy in Japan in an Age of Globalisation and Risk
pp. 349-351(3)
Author: Shibata, Masako

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Free Content The Soul of Anime: Collaborative Creativity and Japan's Media Success Story
pp. 351-353(3)
Author: Lee, Hye-Kyung

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Free Content Contemporary South Korean Society: A Critical Perspective
pp. 353-355(3)
Author: Yi, Gihong

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Free Content The Great Enterprise: Sovereignty and Historiography in Modern Korea
pp. 355-357(3)
Author: Allen, Chizuko T.

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Free Content Arming the Two Koreas: State, Capital, and Military Power
pp. 357-359(3)
Author: Kawaguchi, Tomohiko

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Free Content Choosing Ethnicity, Negotiating Race: Korean Adoptees in America
pp. 359-361(3)
Author: McGinnis, Hollee

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Book Reviews: South Asia

Free Content Informal Labor, Formal Politics, and Dignified Discontent in India
pp. 362-364(3)
Author: Harriss, John

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Free Content The Power of Promise: Examining Nuclear Energy in India
pp. 364-366(3)
Author: Anderson, Robert

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Free Content The Great Indian Phone Book: How the Cheap Cell Phone Changes Business, Politics, and Daily Life
pp. 366-368(3)
Author: Chapman, Graham P.

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Free Content The Language of Secular Islam: Urdu Nationalism and Colonial India
pp. 368-370(3)
Author: Ahmed, Ishtiaq

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Free Content Transitional Justice in South Asia: A Study of Afghanistan and Nepal
pp. 370-372(3)
Author: Bakiner, Onur

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Free Content The Changing Face of Electoral Politics in Sri Lanka (1994-2010)
pp. 372-374(3)
Author: Moore, Mick

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Book Reviews: Southeast Asia

Free Content Figures of Southeast Asian Modernity
pp. 374-376(3)
Author: Nordholt, Henk Schulte

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Free Content Macarthur in Asia: The General and His Staff in the Philippines, Japan, and Korea
pp. 376-378(3)
Author: Claudio, Lisandro E.

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Free Content Managers and Management in Vietnam: 25 Years of Economic Renovation (Doi Moi)
pp. 378-380(3)
Author: Vuong, Quan Hoang

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Free Content Cambodia: Progress and Challenges Since 1991
pp. 380-382(3)
Author: Longmuir, D. Gordon

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Free Content The Perfect Business?: Anti-Trafficking and the Sex Trade along the Mekong
pp. 382-385(4)
Author: Yea, Sallie

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Free Content Singapore Malays: Being Ethnic Minority and Muslim in a Global City-State
pp. 385-387(3)
Author: Mohamad, Maznah

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Free Content Malay Kingship in Kedah: Religion, Trade, and Society
pp. 387-389(3)
Author: Yamamoto, Hiroyuki

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Free Content Contemporary Developments in Indonesian Islam: Explaining the "Conservative Turn."
pp. 389-391(3)
Author: Qurtuby, Sumanto Al

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Free Content The Dance that Makes You Vanish: Cultural Reconstruction in Post-Genocide Indonesia
pp. 391-393(3)
Author: Bodden, Michael H.

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Book Reviews: Australasia and the Pacific Islands

Free Content Engendering Violence in Papua New Guinea
pp. 394-396(3)
Author: Schoeffel, Penelope

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Free Content Ebia Olewale: A Life of Service
pp. 396-398(3)
Author: Gray, Geoffrey

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Free Content The Ben Moide Story: Nameless Warriors
pp. 398-399(2)
Author: Burton, John

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Free Content Mundane Objects: Materiality and Non-Verbal Communication
pp. 400-402(3)
Author: Hays, Terence E.

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Free Content Captured: The Forgotten Men of Guam
pp. 402-404(3)
Author: McQuarrie, Peter

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Free Content Interpreting Corruption: Culture and Politics in the Pacific Islands
pp. 404-406(3)
Author: Andersen, Barbara

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Free Content Polynesian Outliers: The State of the Art
pp. 406-408(3)
Author: Mills, Andy

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Documentary Films Reviewed

Free Content The Act of Killing
pp. 408-410(3)
Author: Roosa, John

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