Format:
Online-Ressource (viii, 192 p)
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23 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0415184886
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0415184894
Series Statement:
The making of the contemporary world
Content:
Pacific Asia has witnessed arguably the most dynamic economic growth and social transformation in the world since 1945. Exploring this extraordinary pace of development this book explains the various factors that lie behind it
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [166]-184) and index
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of abbreviations; Introduction; Development theories; Development in Pacific Asia; The political economy of 'Confucian' capitalisms; The political economy of 'ersatz capitalism' in Southeast Asia; Political development in Japan: a model of 'illiberal democracy'?; Political development in Taiwan, South Korea and Thailand: the triumph of democratisation; Political development in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia: democratisation blocked; 'Welfare Orientalism' and social development in Pacific Asia
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The changing context of development: democratisation, globalisation and the 1997 crisisThe rise of regionalism in Pacific Asia: contested visions, changing realities; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780415184885
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Pacific Asia
Language:
English
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