Conflict and Communication: A Changing Asia in a Globalizing World - Social and Political Perspectives

Focusing on the themes of conflict, communication, and globalisation, this book provides interdisciplinary studies of modern and contemporary Asia and highlights the latest developments in Asian Studies. Beginning with a discussion on the role of communications, the book offers theoretical and methodological considerations on dealing with conflict and communication. It then explores self-other relationships through an investigation of the ethical structure of responsibility in the context of globalisation. In the following chapters, contributors from China, Germany, Ireland, Japan and South Korea provide a clear grasp of conflicts and communications within and beyond Asia from political, economic and cultural perspectives. They offer insight on a wide range of topics including the Sino-Japanese conflict, the political and ideological struggles between the two Koreas, Asian countries' responses to the economic crisis, the World Fair and globalisation, the development of NBA culture in China, and Sino-Western comparison on mother-in-law-daughter-in-law dynamic. The book concludes that Asia's rise should present more opportunities than conflicts and threats, and that it will eventually lead to the emergence of a multipolar world.
Table of Contents:

Chapter 1 pp. 1-16. Cohesion Instead of Integration - Shifting Borders and the Role of Communications
(Peter Herrmann, EURISPES - Istituto di Studi Politici, Economici e Sociali, Rome, Italy)

Chapter 2 pp. 17-38. Neo-Confucian Theory on the Self-Other Relationship: Rethinking the Concept of Responsibility
(Yinya Liu, School of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures, National University of Ireland Maynooth (NUIM), Ireland)

Chapter 3 pp. 39-64. Ideological Conflict and Communication in Sport between the Two Koreas
(Gwang Ok and Karam Lee, Chungbuk National University, South Korea, and others)

Chapter 4 pp. 65-96. Political Responses to the Economic Crisis: China, Japan and South Korea
(Niall Duggan and Kamila Szczepanska, Department of Government at University College Cork, Ireland, and others)

Chapter 5 pp. 97-114. Engaging with the World: The History of China's Participation in the World Fairs (1851-1915)
(Lu Zhouxiang, National University of Ireland Maynooth, Ireland)

Chapter 6 pp. 115-136. Globalisation, Americanisation and the Emergence of Consumer Culture in China: A Narrative Study of NBA Fans
(Fuhua Huang, School of Physical Education and Sports, Jiangxi Normal University, China)

Chapter 7 pp. 137-166. An Intra-Country Comparison of Chinese Business Leaders' Personal Values
(Yuhui Gao, Marketing at DCU Business School, Dublin City University, Ireland)

Chapter 8 pp. 167-188. Mother-in-Law and Daughter-in-Law Relationships: A Cross Cultural Comparison
(Qin Bo and Cheng Chen, Department of Philosophy & Sociology at the Sichuan Administration Academy for Government Agencies, China, and others)