'… a ground breaking volume which highlights a key issue in considering governance within East Asia.' NZJAS

• Introduction: on the significance of informal politics Haruhiro Fukui; Part I. Informal Politics under Dictatorship: 1. Informal politics among the CCP elite Lowell Dittmer; 2. North Korean informal politics Samuel S. Kim; 3. Informal politics of leadership succession in post-Mao China Peter N. S. Lee; 4. Clientage in the PRC's National Defense R&D Sector Benjamin Ostrov; 5. Formal structures, informal politics and political change in China Joseph Fewsmith; 6. Informal politics in Vietnam Douglas Pike; 7. Organizational involution and sociopolitical reform in China Xiaobo Lu and Lowell Dittmer; 8. Psychocultural foundations of informal groups Chung-fang Yang; Part II. Informal Politics under Democracy: 9. Informal politics of Japanese diet elections Haruhiro Fukui and Shigeko N. Fukai; 10. The election process and informal politics in South Korea xx Soohyon Chon; 11. Informal politics in Taiwan Tun-jen Cheng and Tein-cheng Chou; 12. Conclusion: East Asian informal politics in comparative perspective Lowell Dittmer.

'… a ground breaking volume which highlights a key issue in considering governance within East Asia.' NZJAS

• Introduction: on the significance of informal politics Haruhiro Fukui; Part I. Informal Politics under Dictatorship: 1. Informal politics among the CCP elite Lowell Dittmer; 2. North Korean informal politics Samuel S. Kim; 3. Informal politics of leadership succession in post-Mao China Peter N. S. Lee; 4. Clientage in the PRC's National Defense R&D Sector Benjamin Ostrov; 5. Formal structures, informal politics and political change in China Joseph Fewsmith; 6. Informal politics in Vietnam Douglas Pike; 7. Organizational involution and sociopolitical reform in China Xiaobo Lu and Lowell Dittmer; 8. Psychocultural foundations of informal groups Chung-fang Yang; Part II. Informal Politics under Democracy: 9. Informal politics of Japanese diet elections Haruhiro Fukui and Shigeko N. Fukai; 10. The election process and informal politics in South Korea xx Soohyon Chon; 11. Informal politics in Taiwan Tun-jen Cheng and Tein-cheng Chou; 12. Conclusion: East Asian informal politics in comparative perspective Lowell Dittmer.

'… a ground breaking volume which highlights a key issue in considering governance within East Asia.' NZJAS

• Introduction: on the significance of informal politics Haruhiro Fukui; Part I. Informal Politics under Dictatorship: 1. Informal politics among the CCP elite Lowell Dittmer; 2. North Korean informal politics Samuel S. Kim; 3. Informal politics of leadership succession in post-Mao China Peter N. S. Lee; 4. Clientage in the PRC's National Defense R&D Sector Benjamin Ostrov; 5. Formal structures, informal politics and political change in China Joseph Fewsmith; 6. Informal politics in Vietnam Douglas Pike; 7. Organizational involution and sociopolitical reform in China Xiaobo Lu and Lowell Dittmer; 8. Psychocultural foundations of informal groups Chung-fang Yang; Part II. Informal Politics under Democracy: 9. Informal politics of Japanese diet elections Haruhiro Fukui and Shigeko N. Fukai; 10. The election process and informal politics in South Korea xx Soohyon Chon; 11. Informal politics in Taiwan Tun-jen Cheng and Tein-cheng Chou; 12. Conclusion: East Asian informal politics in comparative perspective Lowell Dittmer.