This textbook presents a comprehensive overview of the political systems of East Asia in its expanded and updated 4th edition. The introduction focuses on institutional and societal change in the individual systems, drawing on social science theories and also undertaking a comparative analysis.

Fundamentals of comparative social science in regional studies (area studies).- The political system of the PRC.- The political system of Hong Kong.- The political system of Macau.- The political system of Taiwan.- The political system of Japan.- The political system of South Korea .- The political system of North Korea.- The political systems of East Asia compared.

This textbook presents a comprehensive overview of the political systems of East Asia in its expanded and updated 4th edition. Readers will find chapters on the People's Republic of China, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, Japan, and South and North Korea. The introduction focuses on institutional and societal change in the individual systems, drawing on social science theories and also undertaking a comparative analysis. The book is thus an indispensable volume for an in-depth understanding of the processes of change in a dynamic world region.The ContentsFundamentals of comparative social science in area studies - The political system of the People's Republic of China - The political system of Hong Kong - The political system of Macao - The political system of Taiwan - The political system of Japan - The political system of South Korea - The political system of North Korea - The political systems of East Asia in comparisonThe editorsDr. Claudia Derichs is Professor of Transregional Southeast Asian Studies at the Institute for Asian and African Studies at the Humboldt University in Berlin. Dr. Thomas Heberer is Senior Professor of Politics and Society of China at the Institute of East Asian Studies, University of Duisburg-Essen. Dr. Gunter Schubert is Professor of Greater China Studies at the Asia-Orient Institute, Department of Sinology, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence. A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content.