UID:
almafu_9959233904902883
Format:
1 online resource (383 p.)
ISBN:
1-134-34310-8
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0-203-35820-1
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9786611313159
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1-281-31315-7
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1-134-34311-6
Series Statement:
Asia's transformations
Content:
Asia has long been an ideological battleground between capitalism and communism, between nationalism and Westernisation and between the nation-state and globalization. This book is a history of the Asian region from 1945 to the present day which delineates the various ideological battles over Asia's development. Subjects covered include:* theories of development* decolonization* US political and economic intervention* the effects of communism* the end of the Cold War* the rise of neo-liberalism* Asia after the crisis* Asia in the era of globalisationBroa
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Introduction: theories of progress and the nation-state system -- The modernization project: U.S. hegemony and national development. Development economics. Modernization theory -- The globalization project: U.S. hegemony and the passing of national development. The neo-liberal ascendancy and the East Asian miracle. The vicissitudes of the new Asian renaissance. The rise and decline of the developmental state -- The transformation of Asia: The communist challenge and the changing global order. The Asian challenge and the changing global order -- Conclusion: The battle for Asia.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-32529-3
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-32528-5
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203358207
