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UNINA9910476796703321 |
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Cook Sarah |
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Asian Politics in Development / / Sarah Cook, Robert Benewick, Marc Blecher |
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[Place of publication not identified] : , : Taylor & Francis, , 2003 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Disciplina |
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Political planning |
Asia Economic policy |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Gordon White's intellectual legacy - introduction; -- social politics, the state, policy, comparison - Gordon White's contribution to China studies. Politics and the state: Gordon White and development studies - an appreciation; -- reform and the role of the state in China; -- managing central local relations during socialist marketization - a changing role for the Communist Party; -- treasuring the word - Mao, de-politicization and the material present; -- state enterprise reform and gender - one step backwards for women?. Civil society: corporatist capitalism - the politics of accumulation in south india; -- bias and capture - corruption, poverty and the limitations of civil society in India; -- between cant and corporatism - creating an enabling political environment for the poor. Welfare: state entrepreneurship and community welfare services in urban China; -- creating wealth and welfare - entrepreneurship and the developmental state in rural China; -- can welfare systems be evaluated outside their cultural and historical context? A case study of children's homes in contemporary Japan; -- the East Asian welfare states in transition - challenges and opportunities. Globalisation: is globalisation all it is cracked up to be?; -- globalisation, privatisation and China's industrial labour systems. |
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This volume adopts a multidisciplinary and comparative approach to development that brings together issues that are characteristic of the lifelong scholarship of Professor Gordon White. These include a focus on the state, civil society, welfare and globalization. |
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