The authors of Informal Politics in East Asia, first published in 2000, argue that political interaction within the informal dimension (behind-the-scenes politi

Comparative analysis of case studies across East Asia provides new insights into the relationship between state building, stateness, and democracy.

Informal relations have been one of the major research topics of the social sciences since the 1990s. In order to allow for meaningful comparisons between diffe

This book is a study of the role of clan networks in Central Asia from the early twentieth century through 2004. Exploring the social, economic, and historical

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