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Pacific Asia : the politics of development
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Title
Pacific Asia : the politics of development / Yumei Zhang.
ISBN
0203445813 (electronic bk.)
9780203445815 (electronic bk.)
0415184886
0415184894
9780415184885
9780415184892
Published
London ; New York : Routledge, 2003.
Physical Description
1 online resource (viii, 192 pages.)
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Summary
"Pacific Asia explores this extraordinary pace of development and explains the various factors that lie behind it. It introduces the complex politics of development and sets Pacific Asia in its geographical and sociocultural context."
"As well as Japan, the role model of development, Pacific Asia examines the experiences of Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan."--Jacket.
Variant and related titles
Taylor & Francis. EBA 2024-2025.
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Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 07, 2024
Series
The making of the contemporary world
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 166-184) and index.
Contents
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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