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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828853603321

Autore

Francks Penelope <1949, >

Titolo

Agriculture and economic development in East Asia : from growth to protectionism in Japan, Korea and Taiwan / / Penelope Francks with Johanna Boestel and Choo Hyop Kim

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1999

ISBN

1-134-68274-3

1-134-68275-1

1-280-33202-6

9780203266315

0-203-26631-5

0-203-02536-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (270 p.)

Collana

ESRC Pacific Asia Programme

Altri autori (Persone)

BoestelJohanna

KimChoo Hyop

Disciplina

338.1/095

Soggetti

Agriculture - Economic aspects - East Asia

Agriculture and state - East Asia

Produce trade - East Asia

Protectionism - East Asia

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 (p. [236]-244) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of tables; Preface; Conventions; Agriculture and industrialisation: the East Asian case; East Asian agriculture: patterns and trends; The role of agriculture in Japanese industrialisation; The state and agricultural adjustment inindustrial Japan; Agriculture and industrialisation in Korea; Agricultural adjustment in industrial Korea; The role of agriculture in Taiwan's economic development; Agricultural adjustment in industrial Taiwan; Conclusions: the past and future of East Asian agriculture; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A comparative study which describes and analyses the contribution of agriculture to the economies of East Asia. Until now, little attention has been paid to the agricultural sector which actually underpins industrial



and commercial development. Recently, this sector has become the focus of increasingly bitter economic disputes, especially over protection and the use of import tariffs. A comparative framework is used, employing case studies from Japan, Taiwan and South Korea to highlight both the common characteristics of agriculture's role in East Asian development, and features particular