UID:
almafu_9959242415602883
Format:
1 online resource (201 p.)
ISBN:
1-134-66776-0
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0-203-44581-3
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1-134-66777-9
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0-415-18489-4
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1-280-07058-7
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:
Description based upon print version of record.
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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 -- The changing context of development : democratisation, globalisation and the 1997 crisis -- The rise of regionalism in Pacific Asia : contested visions, changing realities.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-203-27319-2
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-18488-6
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203445815
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