The battle for Asia : from decolonization to globalization / / Mark T. Berger

• Autore: Berger Mark T. <1955-, >
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (383 p.)
• Disciplina: 950.42
• Soggetto topico: Globalization
• Soggetto geografico: Asia History 1945-
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-326) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The battle for Asia
• ISBN: 1-134-34310-8; 0-203-35820-1; 9786611313159; 1-281-31315-7; 1-134-34311-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910777475603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Asia's transformations.