Yumei Zhang

Pacific Asia

The Politics of Development

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Pacific Asia has witnessed arguably the most dynamic economic growth and social transformation in the world since 1945. Inspired by the example of Japan, a number of high performing economies have emerged in the region. This book explores this extraordinary pace of development and explains the various factors that lay behind it.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Januar 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 139mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 280g
• ISBN-13: 9780415184892
• ISBN-10: 0415184894
• Artikelnr.: 21312963

Autorenporträt

Yumei Zhang

Inhaltsangabe

List of abbreviations
Introduction
1 Development theories
2 Development in Pacific Asia
3 The political economy of 'Confucian' capitalisms
4 The political economy of 'ersatz capitalism' in Southeast Asia
5 Political development in Japan: a model of 'illiberal democracy'?
6 Political development in Taiwan
South Korea and Thailand: the triumph of democratization
7 Political development in Malaysia
Singapore and Indonesia: democratisation blocked
8 'Welfare Orientalism' and social development in Pacific Asia
9 The changing context of development: democratisation
globalisation and the 1997 crisis
10 The rise of regionalism in Pacific Asia: contested visions
changing realities
Conclusion
Appendix 1
Appendix 2
Bibliography
Index