Asian politics in development : essays in honour of Gordon White / / editors, Robert Benewick, Marc Blecher, Sarah Cook

• Autore: Benewick Robert
• Pubblicazione: 2004; Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2017; ©2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (326 p.)
• Disciplina: 320/.6/095
• Soggetto topico: Political planning - Asia
• Soggetto geografico: Asia Politics and government 1945- Congresses; Asia Economic policy Congresses; Asia Social policy Congresses
• Classificazione: POL000000
• Persona (resp. second.): BenewickRobert; BlecherMarc J.; CookSarah <1961->
• Note generali: Papers presented at the Gordon White Memorial Conference held at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, Apr. 30 and May 1, 1999.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Contents; Introduction; Social Politics, the State, Policy, Comparison: Gordon White's Contribution to China Studies; Gordon White and Development Studies: An Appreciation; Reform and the Role of the State in China; Managing Central-Local Relations During Socialist Marketisation: A Changing Role for the Chinese Communist Party; Treasuring the Word: Mao, Depoliticisation and the Material Present; State Enterprise Reform and Gender: One Step Backwards for Women?; Corporatist Capitalism: The Politics of Accumulation in South India ; Bias and Capture: Corruption, Poverty and the Limitations of Civil Society in IndiaBetween Cant and Corporatism: Creating an Enabling Political Environment for the Poor; 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; Is Globalisation All It is Cracked Up to Be? ; Globalisation, Privatisation and China's Industrial Labour SystemsBibliography of Gordon White's Works; Notes on Contributors; Index
• 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
• ISBN: 9781135773793; 1135773793; 9780203607602; 0203607600; 9781135773809; 1135773807; 9781280051562; 1280051566; 9780203490525; 0203490525
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910765703903321
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