Responsible development : vulnerable democracies, hunger and inequality / / Omar Noman
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| Autore: |
Noman Omar
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| Titolo: |
Responsible development : vulnerable democracies, hunger and inequality / / Omar Noman
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| Pubblicazione: | London : , : Routledge, , 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 330.95 |
| Soggetto topico: | Economic development projects - East Asia |
| Soggetto geografico: | East Asia Economic conditions |
| East Asia Social conditions | |
| East Asia Politics and government 21st century | |
| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Responsible development |
| ISBN: | 1-135-18075-X |
| 1-135-18076-8 | |
| 1-282-59055-3 | |
| 9786612590559 | |
| 0-203-86406-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910818473703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
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Routledge studies in the growth economies of Asia ; ; 94.