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Autore |
Berger Mark T. <1955-> |
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Titolo |
The battle for Asia : from decolonization to globalization / / Mark T. Berger |
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New York, : RoutledgeCurzon, 2004 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-34310-8 |
0-203-35820-1 |
9786611313159 |
1-281-31315-7 |
1-134-34311-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (383 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Globalization |
Asia History 1945- |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-326) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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