Pacific-Asia and the Future of the World-System

Herausgeber: Palat, Ravi Arvind

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Produktbeschreibung

By the late 1970s, scholars and journalists were quick to proclaim the dawn of a new era--the Age of the Pacific. The 1980s--with the economic growth of Japan and the Four Dragons, the industrialization of several Southeast Asian states, the growth of new industries on the West Coast of North America and decline of industry in the U.S. Midwest and Northeast, and the collapse of centrally planned economies--seemed to confirm this prognosis. Yet, despite consensus on these issues, there are still questions regarding the future directions of an impending Pacific Century. This contributed volume considers those questions from a world-historical perspective, with one chapter from the viewpoint of a friendly critic of that perspective. The work opens with an introductory section, including Palat's introductory overview and a consideration of the amorphous nature of the term Pacific Rim. Part II continues to analyze the changing patterns of the relational networks along Asia's Pacific parimeters as integral parts of the ongoing restructuring of the capitalist world-economy, while Part III examines the individual trajectories of two Asian giants--India and China. The final section explores how changes in the patterning of production processes have contoured the nature of antisystemic movements in the 1980s.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury 3PL
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. März 1993
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 501g
• ISBN-13: 9780313284014
• ISBN-10: 0313284016
• Artikelnr.: 25568569

Autorenporträt

Ravi Palat

Inhaltsangabe

Recasting Pacific-Asia Introduction: The Making and Unmaking of
Pacific-Asia by Ravi Arvind Palat Political Economy of the Pacific Rim by
Bruce Cumings Changing Contours of Production Networks The Rise of East
Asia: One Miracle or Many? by G. Arrighi, S. Ikeda and A. Irwan
International Subcontracting and Global Capitalism: Reshaping the Pacific
Rim by Gary Gereffi Strategies of Economic Ascendants for Access to Raw
Materials: A Comparison of the U.S. and Japan by Stephen Bunker & Denis
O'Hearn Agro-Food Restructuring in the Pacific Rim: A
Comparative-International Perspective on Japan, S. Korea, the United
States, Australia and Thailand by Philip McMichael Politics of the
Interstate System Transition in the Era of U.S. Hegemony: Indian State
Expansion and World-Systems Analysis by Sankaran Krishna Ascent through
National Integration: The Chinese Triangle of Mainland-Taiwan-Hong Kong by
Hsin-Huang, Michael Hsiao and Alvin Y. So Antisystemic Movements The Social
and Political Consequences of Chinese Reform: The Road to Tiananmen by Mark
Selden Democratic Devolutions: East Asian Democratization in Comparative
Perspective by Robert Schaeffer Index Bibliography Index