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.