Development without freedom
Subtitle: the politics of Asian globalization
By: Songok Han Thornton and William H. Thornton.
Contributors: Thornton, William H., 1950-
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Aldershot, Hants, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 237
ISBN-13: 9780754672272
Subjects: Financial crises -- Asia; Globalization -- Economic aspects; Asia -- Foreign economic relations; Asia -- Economic conditions -- 1945-; Asia -- Politics and government -- 1945-
Description: "Thanks to the inroads made by the International Monetary Fund and the 'war on terror, ' America has lost much of the soft power it enjoyed in Asia during the early 1990s. The winners, by default, are some of the world's most undemocratic development models such as Sino-globalism. 'Asian values' took a hard blow from the Asian Crash, but have returned in this even more virulent form. The West is left sitting on the sidelines of a distinctly Asian contest of development with or without freedom." "Development Without Freedom explores this crucial trial-by-development which will define the politics of globalization for decades to come. Case-study rich, the volume provides an interesting look at Asian politics and Asian globalization based on the insights of Amartya Sen, giving particular focus to Korea, the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, China and India, and the ways in which Senism has affected each of them."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.