John E Endicott - The Politics of East Asia: China, Japan, Korea

First published 1978 by Westview Press

Published 2019 by Routledge

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Endicott, John E.

The politics of east Asia.

Bibliography: p.

Includes index.

1. East AsiaPolitics and government. I. Heaton, William R., joint author. II. Title.

DS518.1.E52 320.95 771346

ISBN 13: 978-0-367-29510-3 (hbk)

The Politics of East Asia: China, Japan, Korea

John E. Endicott and William P. Heaton

This is the first undergraduate text on the politics of East Asia to be published since 1970. Looking at both domestic and international politics, the authors discuss the political systems of China, Japan, and Korea within the context of environmental factors, culture, society, the economy, geography, language, historical and political traditions, etc. The Peoples Republic of China is presented as a country with strong traditions, committed to rapid development under frequently changing ideological auspices. Its two governmental apparatusesthe party and the bureaucracysometimes act in unison, sometimes are locked in fierce struggles, and often are motivated by differing ideologies and administrative dynamics. Japan is seen as a mature society and a developed economy with functioning democratic institutions and a strong party system, but, like the PRC, subject to powerful traditions and influenced by radical ideologies. Both North and South Korea are discussed, with a comparison and contrast of the authoritarian-democratic system in the South, where a basically democratic parliament finds itself in conflict with a quasi-dictatorial regime and an all-powerful president.

The book is completely up to date. The section on China takes into account the major developments of the post-Mao period, including the accession of Hua Kuo-feng and the struggle against the Shanghai faction. The discussion of Japanese politics covers the 1976 elections, and the creation of the Shin Jiyu club in the developing thrust away from factional politics to an issue-oriented electorate.

Lt. Col. John E. Endicott is a member of the Pentagon Air Staff. He received a Ph.D. from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. Capt. William R. Heaton holds a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. He is currently a research fellow at the National Defense University. Both authors were formerly professors of political science at the U.S. Air Force Academy.

A revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture, or doing embroidery; it cannot be so refined, so leisurely and gentle, so temperate, kind, courteous, restrained and magnanimous. A revolution is an insurrection, an act of violence by which one class overthrows another.