Governance in Pacific Asia political economy and development from Japan to Burma
Introduction -- New states, old nations and nationalism -- Political culture, social values: affinity and diversity -- Modernization strategies and multiple modernities -- Developmental states and beyond -- Industrial policies -- Agriculture -- Financial sector -- Patterns of business across Pacific...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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New York
Continuum Publ. Corp.
2012
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| Schriftenreihe: | EBL-Schweitzer
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Entwicklung
> Demokratisierung
> Regionale Wirtschaftsintegration
> Ostasien
> Südostasien
> Democratization
> Regionalism
> Democratization -- East Asia
> Democratization -- Southeast Asia
> East Asia -- Economic conditions
> East Asia -- Economic policy
> East Asia -- Politics and government -- 1945-
> Regionalism -- East Asia
> Regionalism -- Southeast Asia
> Southeast Asia -- Economic conditions
> Southeast Asia -- Economic policy
> Southeast Asia -- Politics and government -- 1945-
> East Asia
> Economic conditions
> Southeast Asia
> Politics and government
> Economic policy
> Politisches System
> Governance
> Internationaler Vergleich
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Introduction -- New states, old nations and nationalism -- Political culture, social values: affinity and diversity -- Modernization strategies and multiple modernities -- Developmental states and beyond -- Industrial policies -- Agriculture -- Financial sector -- Patterns of business across Pacific Asia -- Welfare societies -- Political development and democratization -- Tribulations of democratic consolidation -- Regionalism and regionalization in Pacific Asia -- Conclusion. Title page; Copyright page; Contents; List of Tables; Preface; 1. Introduction; Why Pacific Asia?; 2. New States, Old Nations and Nationalism; Introduction: The importance of history in the region; The legacy of colonialism; State-building and rebuilding; Nation-building and nationalism; Imposition of a European-style international system; Conclusion; Further reading; 3. Political Culture, Social Values: Affinity and Diversity; Introduction; Common themes; 'Asian values', Orientalism and Occidentalism; Some intra-regional differences in social attitudes; Intra-regional changes over time ConclusionFurther reading; 4. Modernization Strategies and Multiple Modernities; Introduction; Searching for non-Western paths; Modernization: Persisting commonalities; Conclusion; Further reading; 5. Developmental States and Beyond; Introduction; The 'classical' developmental state; Developmental states in Southeast Asia; Developmental states restructured; A new domain for the developmental state? Foreign exchange accumulation; The developmental state in still formally communist regimes; How much does the institutional form of political economy matter? - Hong Kong and Singapore; Conclusion Further reading6. Industrial Policies; Introduction; Is industrial policy needed?; Has industrial policy been important in Pacific Asia?; Varieties of industrial policy there; Strengths and weaknesses; Conclusion: A return to industrial policy?; Further reading; 7. Agriculture; Introduction; Agriculture and Tradition; Contribution of agriculture to economic development; State protection of agriculture and the issue of rice; Role of MAFF in agricultural policy-making; Conclusion; Further reading; 8. Financial Sector; Introduction; Developmental state and repressed finance Banking and 'crony' capitalism in Southeast AsiaFinance in Malaysia; Japan's woes; The Asian financial crisis and liberalization responses: Increasing sophistication and autonomy of the banking sector; Conclusion; Further reading; 9. Patterns of Business Across Pacific Asia; Introduction; The State and Asian business systems: The shadow of the developmental state and the network economy; National variations: Patterns of business organization; Travails of labour organizations; Reform of business since the Asian financial crisis: Neoliberalism rules? Conclusion: Towards Anglo-American capitalism or coordinated market economies?Further reading; 10. Welfare Societies; Introduction; Three worlds of welfare; Use of welfare to stabilize and maintain macroeconomic performance; Welfare societies in Pacific Asia; Implications for gender relations; Conclusion; Further reading; 11. Political Development and Democratization; Introduction; Multiple modernities, Asian values and democracy; Emergence of democracy; Factors promoting democratization; Persistence of authoritarianism; Persistence of communist party rule; Conclusion; Further reading 12. Tribulations of Democratic Consolidation This book examines the political economy of the states of Pacific Asia, stretching from Japan to Burma since the end of WWII |
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| Beschreibung: | Description based upon print version of record |
| Beschreibung: | X, 420 S. |
| ISBN: | 1441167595 1-4411-6759-5 1441158758 1-4411-5875-8 9781441158758 978-1-4411-5875-8 9781441167590 978-1-4411-6759-0 |