Governance in Asia

Series Editor: Tak-Wing Ngo (IIAS Centre for Regulation and Governance)

Most Asian countries have experienced radical social transformation in the past decades. Some have undergone democratization, yet are still plagued by problems of political instability, official malfeasance, and weak administration. Others have embraced market liberalization, but are threatened by rampant rent seeking and business capture. Without exception they all face the challenge of effective governance. Governance in Asia explores how Asian societies and markets are governed in the rapidly changing world.

The series explores the problem of governance from an Asian perspective. It encourages studies sensitive to the autochthony and hybridity of Asian history and development, which locate the issue of governance within specific meanings of rule and order, structures of political authority, and mobilization of institutional resources distinctive to the Asian context. The series publishes well-researched books that have the cumulative effect of developing theories of governance pertinent to Asian realities.

We welcome book proposals fitting the series profile. For inquiries please contact Series Editor Tak-Wing Ngo, e-mail t.w.ngo@iias.nl or NIAS Press Editor in Chief Gerald Jackson, e-mail gerald@nias.ku.dk.

New book series from NIAS Press

NIAS Press is a scholarly press specializing in publishing innovative research on modern Asia. The Press is a globally focused publisher with authors from every continent, and distribution covering all parts of the world. Governance in Asia is the successor to the Democracy in Asia series.