Environmental Politics in Asia

This bibliography covers the intersection of environmental politics and Asian studies. As part of the discipline of political science, it has a necessary focus on public participation, governance, and democracy. Since many countries in Asia experience less than democratic governance, the nature of political regimes and the impact of authoritarianism and illiberalism on environmental politics are also recurrent themes. While the forms of governance in countries across Asia are incredibly diverse, so are their societies and economies. States in Asia include some at the very top of the development scale, such as Singapore and Japan, and those near the bottom, including Myanmar and Laos. With such diversity across the region, we have adopted an issues-themed approach to the bibliography with sections on Climate, Rivers and Water, Energy and Environmental Politics under Illiberal Regimes. A General Sources section opens the bibliography by introducing readers to the key journals and handbooks for the topic, along with some important country studies.