Format:
1 online resource (748 pages)
ISBN:
9789812836830
Series Statement:
Series on Contemporary China Ser. v.16
Content:
Key Features:Suggests new general perspectives on the need for political economy to take more account of geography, history, culture and power in local networks, not just in statesAdds crucial new information about the processes of politics in Asian political economies, involving concrete situations (e.g. economic booms), not just normsIncludes detailed maps of the countries profiled - i.e. Taiwan, China, Thailand, and the Philippines - covering all the sizeable places mentioned in the text of the book.
Content:
Contents -- Abbreviations -- Romanizations -- TAIWAN -- EAST CHINA -- THAILAND -- THE PHILIPPINES -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1 Introduction: What Politics Aids Booms? -- LIBERAL MONEY POLITICS -- LOCAL NONSTATE AUTONOMIES IN FOUR RICE COUNTRIES -- RICE REFORMS -- FAMILY-LIKE SMEs -- EXPLAINING CAUSES OF LOCAL DYNAMISM -- NONSTATE LEADERS FOR CREATIVITY OR STABILITY? -- COMPARISONS WITH ALTERNATIVE VIEWS -- LOCAL PATH DEPENDENCE AND BRINGING ALL POLITICS "BACK IN" -- GROUP IDENTITIES IN BOOM TIMES -- GROWTH HAPPENS WHEN LEADERS OF THE EFFECTIVE SIZES OF COLLECTIVITY WANT IT -- ELECTIONS AS ECONOMIC FACTORS AND RESULTS -- BOOMS AND GREED IN LOCAL POLITICS -- METHODS -- Chapter 2 Political Roots of Taiwan's Boom -- THE POLITICAL INDUSTRIALIZATION OF TAIWAN'S RURAL ELITE -- LAND AND LOCALIZATION -- POLITICAL MODELS OF DEVELOPMENT: THE TAIWAN VARIANT -- RESOURCE SHORTAGE ALSO SHAPED THE POLITICS OF INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT -- EXPORT PROMOTION THEN SHAPES THE POLITICS OF SME DEVELOPMENT -- "ETHNIC" COOPERATION DURING TAIWAN'S BOOM -- SMALL FIRMS AS TAIWAN'S DYNAMO -- NONSTATE AND STATE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN SMEs -- FAMILY HEAD AUTONOMY AS AN EXISTENTIAL ECONOMIC MOTIVE -- FAST GROWTH WITH INCOME LEVELLING: A RESULT OF SME-STATE SEPARATION -- LOYALTY TO PROSPERITY -- Chapter 3 Political Roots of East China's Boom -- GREEN REVOLUTION, GRAIN TAXES, AND POLITICAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR RURAL LEADERS -- THE ECONOMIC RESULTS OF MORE LOCAL AUTONOMY -- NONSTATE COMPETITION WITH THE STATE -- URBAN RESULTS OF RURAL CHANGE: UNINTENDED DUAL PRICING AND LESS PLANNING -- CENTRAL DEBATES AND LOCAL ACTION -- UNENFORCEABLE CONTRACTS REPLACE UNENFORCEABLE PLANS -- MOTIVES AND PROPERTY RIGHTS OF THE RURAL INDUSTRIALISTS -- THE EFFECTS OF PROPERTY LABELS ON CREDIT -- THE EFFECT OF PROPERTY LABELS ON PERMISSIONS, TECHNOLOGY, AND PROFITS -- THE MID-BOOM FLOW OF THE GUAHU TIDE.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789812836816
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9789812836816
Language:
English
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