Part one: China / Harold C. Hinton -- I: The historical background -- Ancient China -- Imperial China -- The western impact -- The revolutionary movement -- the Kuomintang in power (1928-1937) -- The Chinese communist movement (1921-1937) -- The war against Japan (1937-1945) -- Civil war (1945-1949) -- II: China since 1949 -- Historical summary -- The communist part of China -- Other public bodies -- Constitutional structure and development -- Governmental organization -- Political realities -- Economic and technological policy and problems -- Social and cultural policy and trends -- Military affairs -- Foreign policy and foreign relations -- Problems and prospects of communist China -- The republic of China since 1949 -- Suggested reading -- Part two: Japan / Nobutaka Ike -- III: The historical background -- Early history -- The Tokugawa heritage -- The Meiji regime (1867-1912) -- The Taisho era (1912-1926) -- The Showa era (from 1926) -- IV: The social and economic structure -- The individual and the group -- Social stratification -- The social basis of power
V: Governmental organization: past and present -- The constitution -- The prewar constitution -- The postwar constitution -- The emperor -- The emperor as a symbol -- The political role of the emperor -- The diet -- The imperial diet -- National diet: organization -- The cabinet -- The prewar cabinet -- The postwar cabinet -- The civil service -- The prewar civil service -- The postwar civil service -- The judiciary -- The prewar judicial system -- The postwar judicial system -- Local government -- Prewar local government -- Postwar local government -- VI: Major political forces -- Interest groups -- Business organizations -- Labor organizations -- Farm organizations -- Women's organizations -- Student organizations -- pressure-group tactics -- Political parties -- Prewar parties -- Postwar parties -- Party organization -- The social basis of parties -- VII: The power structure -- Political power at the local level -- Political power at the national level -- Electoral behavior -- The determinants of voting -- The legislative process -- Bureaucratic behavior -- VIII: Problems of contemporary Japan -- Economic problems -- Defense problems -- Foreign relations -- Political problems -- Suggested reading -- Part three: India / Norman D. Palmer -- IX: The political heritage of modern India -- Patterns of government in Hindu India -- Mogul government and administration -- British rule to 1857 -- British rule after 1857 -- Toward self-government -- The transfer of power
X: India since independence: the political record -- The cost of partition -- The integration of the states -- Constitution making -- The constitution system -- The constitution in operation -- XI: Political parties in India -- Attitudes toward political parties -- The Indian national congress -- The Swatantra party -- Communal parties -- Socialist parties -- The Communist party of India -- Other parties and groups -- XII: Political dynamics -- Elections and electoral procedures -- Public opinion -- Pressure groups, conventional and unconventional -- XIII: Economic development and foreign relations -- Economic development -- Foreign relations -- Underlying factors -- Foreign policy and of Indian national congress -- Nonalignment and panchsheel -- Relations with Pakistan -- Other aspects of foreign relations -- Suggested reading -- Part four: Pakistan / Keith Callard and Richard S. Wheeler -- XIV: Pakistan and its origin -- The mogul empire -- British rule -- Political awakening -- Political ideas -- The Pakistan movement -- The new state -- Mohammed Ali Jinnah -- The first year (1947-1948) -- 1948-1951 -- 1951-1954 -- 1954-1958 -- 1958-1962 -- XV: Economic and social structure -- The economy -- Religion -- The Islamic state -- The minorities
XVI: The structure of government -- The central government -- The central legislature -- Emergency provisions -- The provinces and central-provincial relations -- Local government -- The public service -- The courts -- The armed forces -- XVII: The political process -- The decline and fall of the Muslim league -- The politics of east Pakistan -- The Awami league -- The Krishak Sramik party -- Non-Muslim parties -- The Republican party -- The national Awami party -- Religious parties -- Martial law -- Post-martial law political revival XVIII Pakistan and its problems -- National unity -- A free society -- Economic development -- Social policy -- Foreign policy -- Constitutional stability -- Suggested reading -- Part five: Indonesia / George McT. Kahin -- XIX: The precolonial and colonial background -- Precolonial history and government -- Netherlands control through indirect rule -- Emergence of a new Indonesian elite and the rise of nationalism -- XX: The revolution and the revolutionary government -- The Japanese occupation -- The revolutionary struggle -- Effect of the revolution on Indonesian government -- Government in Sumatra and in the Dutch-controlled areas -- XXI: Postrevolutionary Indonesia: the period of parliamentary democracy (1950-1957) -- Heightened expectations -- Economic conditions -- The bureaucracy -- The army -- The political elite -- Some traditional factors affecting decision making -- Formation of a federal government -- The Unitarian movement and creation of a unitary government -- Soekarno -- The presidency -- Hatta and the Vice-Presidency -- Cabinet and parliament -- Political parties -- Political developments (1950-1957) -- The failure of Indonesia's parliamentary democracy -- XXII: The introduction of guided democracy (1957-1962) -- Soekarno's views -- The army's views -- 1957-1958: A period of crisis -- Power relationships (1958-1962) -- The Communist party's dilemma -- Rivalry between partners in power: Soekarno and the army -- The shaping of guided democracy (1958-1962) -- XXIII: Some major problems -- The army -- Regionalism and decentralization -- Economic problems -- Foreign relations
