1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910450361103321

Autore

Rowen Henry S

Titolo

Behind East Asian Growth [[electronic resource] ] : The Political and Social Foundations of Prosperity

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Routledge, 1997

ISBN

1-134-70928-5

1-280-31864-3

0-203-44694-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (373 p.)

Disciplina

338.95

338.959

Soggetti

East Asia - Economic policy - Case studies

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Editor's foreword; The political and social foundations of the rise of East Asia: an overview; Constructing the political foundations of an economic miracle; Distinctive institutions in the rise of industrial Asia; Business, politics and policy in East and Southeast Asia; Singapore's model of development: is it transferable?; Economic reform in Indonesia: the transition from resource dependence to industrial competitiveness; Human capital: how the East excels; Education in Korea and Malaysia

Science and technology policy and its influence on economic development in Taiwan Poverty reduction in Indonesia; Demographic transition, education and economic growth in East Asian countries; How many models of Japanese growth do we want or need?; Japan's influence on the East Asian economies; National security and the rise of the developmental state in South Korea and Taiwan; What are the lessons from East Asia?; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A wide-ranging, interdisciplinary analysis of the evolution of successful economic policies in East Asia, this study advances a thorough examination of the sustained economic growth enjoyed by the



countries in this region.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910781256703321

Autore

Heilman Samuel C

Titolo

Portrait of American Jews [[electronic resource] ] : the last half of the 20th century / / Samuel C. Heilman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Seattle, : University of Washington Press, c1995

ISBN

0-295-80065-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (210 p.)

Collana

The Samuel and Althea Stroum lectures in Jewish studies

Disciplina

305.892/4073

Soggetti

Jews - Cultural assimilation - United States

Judaism - United States

Judaism - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Second printing (pbk.), 1998.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-186) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents ; Preface ; Prologue ; 1. Starting Over: Acculturation and Suburbia, the Jews of the 1950's ; 2. The Emergence of Two Types of Jews: Choices Made in the 1960's and 1970's ; 3. Quality versus Quantity: The Challenge of the 1980's and 1990's ; Notes ; Index