{"title":"Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRoutledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia\u003c\/strong\u003e offers insightful explorations into the complex historical narratives shaping Asia's modern era. This series delves into political, social, and cultural transformations, revealing the forces that have defined contemporary Asian societies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect rigorous scholarship presented with clarity, providing fresh perspectives for historians and enthusiasts alike. 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Although he was one of the twentieth century’s most prominent constitutional scholars, his opinion and influence were often controversial and remain so due to his advocating British norms in Asian form.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eConstitution-making in Asia\u003c\/em\u003e examines the process of constitutional formation in the era of decolonisation and state building in Asia. It sheds light upon the influence and participation of Jennings in particular and British ideas in general on democracy and institutions across the Asian continent. Critical case studies on India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, and Nepal— all linked by Britain and Jennings— assess the distinctive methods and outcomes of constitution making and how British ideas fared in these major states.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe book offers chapters on the Westminster model in Asia, Human Rights, Nationalism, Ethnic politics, Federalism, Foreign influence, Decolonisation, Authoritarianism, the Rule of Law, Parliamentary democracy and the power and influence of key political actors. Taking an original stance on constitution making in Asia after British rule, it also puts forward ideas of contemporary significance for Asian states and other emerging democracies engaged in constitution making, regime change, and seeking to understand their colonial past.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe first political, historical or constitutional analysis comparing Asia’s experience with its indelible British constitutional legacy, this book is a critical resource on state building and constitution making in Asia following independence. 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However, as this book argues, Thailand, though never formally a client state of the United States, was very closely embedded in the Western camp through the commitment of Thailand’s cosmopolitan urban communities to developing a modern, consumerist lifestyle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eConsidering popular culture, including film, literature, fashion, tourism and attitudes towards Buddhism, \u003cem\u003eThailand in the Cold War\u003c\/em\u003e shows how an ideology of consumerism and integration into a \"free world\" culture centred in the United States gradually took hold and became firmly established. 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