{"product_id":"the-unraveling-of-island-asia-bruce-vaughn-9780275974589","title":"The Unraveling of Island Asia?: Governmental, Communal, and Regional Instability","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis edited collection takes a primary focus on security issues in Oceania, but here the word security is expanded to include such topics as domestic Indonesian and Philippine instability, environmental degradation, the work of international crime syndicates, the generic problem of post-colonial state failure, and the always overhanging concern with China--in short all of the significant troubles roiling Island Asia today. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUsing this expanded notion of security and stability, the volume pulls in new anxieties about global warming, which may submerge half of the South Pacific microstates within the next 30 years, and pollution, which covers Indonesia nad Malaysia in thick smoke now visible from space, as well as traversing the more traditional security and economic issues. Vaughn and his contributors describe a 7,000-mile swath of wobbly island states ranging from the world's fourth most populous country to tiny bogus sovereignties in thrall to globalized criminals-through which more than $1 trillion worth of goods move each year. An important resource for scholars, students, researchers, and policy makers involved with Oceania and Asian studies as well as contemporary geo-political concerns.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bruce Vaughn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0275974588\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780275974589\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Praeger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/30\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2002 pg. 704","brand":"Bruce Vaughn","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47001122767103,"sku":"9780275974589","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_884671c9-4607-4839-a40d-8e086ec7e72d.jpg?v=1751600131","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-unraveling-of-island-asia-bruce-vaughn-9780275974589","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}