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Autore: | Cook Sarah |
Titolo: | Asian Politics in Development / / Sarah Cook, Robert Benewick, Marc Blecher |
Pubblicazione: | [Place of publication not identified] : , : Taylor & Francis, , 2003 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource |
Disciplina: | 320.6 |
Soggetto topico: | Political planning |
Soggetto geografico: | Asia Economic policy |
Persona (resp. second.): | BlecherMarc |
BenewickRobert | |
Nota di contenuto: | Gordon White's intellectual legacy - introduction; -- social politics, the state, policy, comparison - Gordon White's contribution to China studies. Politics and the state: Gordon White and development studies - an appreciation; -- reform and the role of the state in China; -- managing central local relations during socialist marketization - a changing role for the Communist Party; -- treasuring the word - Mao, de-politicization and the material present; -- state enterprise reform and gender - one step backwards for women?. Civil society: corporatist capitalism - the politics of accumulation in south india; -- bias and capture - corruption, poverty and the limitations of civil society in India; -- between cant and corporatism - creating an enabling political environment for the poor. Welfare: state entrepreneurship and community welfare services in urban China; -- creating wealth and welfare - entrepreneurship and the developmental state in rural China; -- can welfare systems be evaluated outside their cultural and historical context? A case study of children's homes in contemporary Japan; -- the East Asian welfare states in transition - challenges and opportunities. Globalisation: is globalisation all it is cracked up to be?; -- globalisation, privatisation and China's industrial labour systems. |
Sommario/riassunto: | This volume adopts a multidisciplinary and comparative approach to development that brings together issues that are characteristic of the lifelong scholarship of Professor Gordon White. These include a focus on the state, civil society, welfare and globalization. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Asian Politics in Development |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910476796703321 |
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