Lynn T White: 10 books

Book cover of Rural Roots of Reform Before China's Conservative Change
by Lynn T. White III
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2018

China’s economic and military rise dominates discussions of the world’s most populous country. Resilient authoritarian government is credited with great successes, but this book expands the discourse to include governance by village heads - who often ignored central politicians. Chinese reforms...
Book cover of The International Relations of Northeast Asia
by Thomas Berger, Kent E. Calder, Lowell Dittmer
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2003

Is Northeast Asia primed for peace or ripe for great-power rivalry? In this turbulent region, all the world-order challenges of arms control and disarmament, global North-South tensions, human rights and humanitarian intervention, environmental protection and eco-development, and democratization and...
Book cover of Social Policy Reform in Hong Kong and Shanghai: A Tale of Two Cities
by Linda Wong, Lynn T. White, III
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2016

As the richest cities in the world's most populous nation, Hong Kong and Shanghai have recently experienced dynamic growth spurred by more and better-managed capital. These cities also have social problems whose solutions will cost money. Their urban populations are aging. Health finance at the level...
Book cover of Unstately Power

Unstately Power

Local Causes of China's Intellectual, Legal and Governmental Reforms

by Lynn T. White, III
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2017

A critique of America's flawed Asia policy that centres on US-Japan relations but harkens back to the same disastrous views that drew America into Vietnam. The technique is a narrative flow of short vignettes woven into longer chapters; the main strands are personal reflections and interviews.
Book cover of State–Society Relations and Governance in China
by John Creed, Sheng Ding, Joseph Fewsmith
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2014

State–society relations and governance are closely related areas of study and have become important topics in the social sciences in the past decades, not only in developed countries but also in the developing world. In China, state-society relations have been changing in the new era of reform and...
Book cover of Philippine Politics

Philippine Politics

Possibilities and Problems in a Localist Democracy

by Lynn T. White III
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2014

Philippine political history, especially in the twentieth century, challenges the image of democratic evolution as serving the people, and does so in ways that reveal inadequately explored aspects of many democracies. In the first decades of the twenty-first century the Philippines has nonetheless...
Book cover of Political Booms

Political Booms

Local Money and Power in Taiwan, East China, Thailand, and the Philippines

by Lynn T White
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2009

Why have Taiwan, rich parts of China, and Thailand boomed famously, while the Philippines has long remained stagnant both economically and politically? Do booms abet democracy? Does the rise of middle “classes” promise future liberalization? Why has Philippine democracy brought no boom and barely...
Book cover of Unstately Power

Unstately Power

Local Causes of China's Intellectual, Legal and Governmental Reforms

by Lynn T. White, III
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2015

A critique of America's flawed Asia policy that centres on US-Japan relations but harkens back to the same disastrous views that drew America into Vietnam. The technique is a narrative flow of short vignettes woven into longer chapters; the main strands are personal reflections and interviews.
Book cover of The Purposes, Practices, and Professionalism of Teacher Reflectivity

The Purposes, Practices, and Professionalism of Teacher Reflectivity

Insights for Twenty-First-Century Teachers and Students

by Sunya T. Collier, Dean Cristol, Sandra Dean
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2010

Very little information about the impact of reflection on teacher performance, teacher retention, and student learning is available in teacher preparation programs. This book provides practical and research-based chapters that offer greater clarity about the particular kinds of reflection that matter...
Book cover of Supporting Students with Special Health Care Needs

Supporting Students with Special Health Care Needs

Guidelines and Procedures for Schools, Third Edition

by Carole C. Atkinson, M.S., PNP-BC
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015

Essential for every school health office, this fully illustrated reference is the ultimate guide to caring for and supporting children with special health care needs in educational settings. A comprehensive update of the classic guide school nurses trust, this authoritative book compiles the latest...
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