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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818473703321

Autore

Noman Omar

Titolo

Responsible development : vulnerable democracies, hunger and inequality / / Omar Noman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-135-18075-X

1-135-18076-8

1-282-59055-3

9786612590559

0-203-86406-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in the growth economies of Asia ; ; 94

Disciplina

330.95

Soggetti

Economic development projects - East Asia

East Asia Economic conditions

East Asia Social conditions

East Asia Politics and government 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I Prosperity and discontent; 1 Freedom and responsibility; 2 The Asian boom on the eve of the Great Recession; 3 Asia's hunger test; 4 The loss of egalitarian capitalism: The dangerous rise in inequality; 5 Damage control: Can Asia reduce environmental stress?; Part II Expansion of freedoms; 6 Investing in just democracies; 7 The end of 'Asian' values and the spread of democracy in south-east and north Asia; Part III Comparison of Asian development strategies

8 Conflict and arrested development: Pakistan's divergence from eastern Asia9 Democratic India and authoritarian east Asia: Are economic and political systems converging?; 10 Responsible development in a vulnerable world; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Until the dramatic economic collapse of 1997, East Asia was the symbol of a successful market-led development strategy for Western governments, aid agencies and academics, despite underlying concerns about a lack of rights and freedoms. The crisis changed Asia and the



world; currency depreciations, personal and state indebtedness, mass unemployment and rioting brought the paternalistic capitalist phase to an end in Asia. The decade following the economic crisis has seen a swift response, with the major restructuring of Asian economies, improved corporate governance, banks recapitalized, mor