Governance in Pacific Asia
Subtitle: political economy and development from Japan to Burma
By: Peter Ferdinand
Publisher: Continuum International Pub. Group
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 420
ISBN-13: 9781441158758; 9781441167590
Subjects: Politics and government; Economic policy; Democratization; Economic conditions; Regionalism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [379]-411) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: New states, old nations and nationalism; title: Political culture, social values: affinity and diversity; title: Modernization strategies and multiple modernities; title: Developmental states and beyond; title: Industrial policies; title: Agriculture; title: Financial sector; title: Patterns of business across Pacific Asia; title: Welfare societies; title: Political development and democratization; title: Tribulations of democratic consolidation; title: Regionalism and regionalization in Pacific Asia; title: Conclusion.