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Autore: | Berger Mark T. <1955-> |
Titolo: | The battle for Asia : from decolonization to globalization / / Mark T. Berger |
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.: | 9910807673503321 |
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