The Battle for Asia

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ISBN: 9780415325288 | 0415325285
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 12/18/2003

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"Broad in sweep and rich in theory and empirical detail, this is an essential account of the turbulent ascent of Asia and the region's position in the global political economy of the twenty-first Century."--BOOK JACKET.

Preface and acknowledgements

Introduction: theories of progress and the nation-state system

(34)

The transformation of Asia and the changing global order I

(10)

The transformation of Asia and the changing global order II

(10)

Conclusion: theories of progress and the nation-state system

(12)

PART I The modernization project

(82)

1 US hegemony and national development

(24)

Decolonization, the Cold War and the nation-state system I

(9)

Decolonization, the Cold War and the nation-state system II

(8)

Conclusion: US hegemony and national development

(6)

2 Development economics

(25)

The spectre of communism and the pursuit of progress I: the rise of development economics

(7)

The spectre of communism and the pursuit of progress II: the fall of development economics

(10)

Conclusion: development economics

(7)

3 Modernization theory

(31)

The Cold War and nation-building I: the making of modernization theory

(9)

The Cold War and nation-building II: the militarization of modernization theory

(12)

Conclusion: modernization theory

108

(9)

PART II The globalization project

117

(104)

4 US hegemony and the passing of national development

119

(30)

The globalization project and the nation-state system I

119

(11)

The globalization project and the nation-state system II

130

(11)

Conclusion: US hegemony and the passing of national development

141

(8)

5 The neo-liberal ascendancy and the East Asian Miracle

149

(25)

Promoting neo-liberalism

150

(9)

Revising neo-liberalism

159

(9)

Conclusion: the neo-liberal ascendancy and the East Asian Miracle

168

(6)

6 The vicissitudes of the New Asian Renaissance

174

(23)

Promoting the New Asian Renaissance I

175

(6)

Promoting the New Asian Renaissance II

181

(10)

Conclusion: the vicissitudes of the New Asian Renaissance

191

(6)

7 The rise and decline of the developmental state

197

(24)

The rise of the developmental state

197

(8)

The decline of the developmental state

205

(7)

Conclusion: the rise and decline of the developmental state

212

(9)

PART III The transformation of Asia

221

(59)

8 The communist challenge and the changing global order

223

(28)

Consolidating capitalism in Asia I

224

(9)

Consolidating capitalism in Asia II

233

(12)

Conclusion: the communist challenge and the changing global order

245

(6)

9 The Asian challenge and the changing global order

251

(29)

Reorientation I

252

(9)

Reorientation II

261

(12)

Conclusion: the Asian challenge and the changing global order

273

(7)

Conclusion: the battle for Asia

280

(5)

Bibliography

285

(42)

Index

327

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The Battle for Asia

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