East Asia's reemergence
By: Philip Golub
Publisher: Polity; Polity Press
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9780745664651; 9780745664668
Subjects: Economic policy; Foreign economic relations; Economic conditions; Capitalism
Description: "East Asia has re-emerged after a long eclipse as a centre of world wealth creation and growth. Over the past four decades the region's share of world GDP has risen from less than 10 to 30 percent, a ratio that is set to rise to 40 percent by 2030.  What has made East Asia's remarkable ascent possible, and what does this economic rebalancing between East and West mean for world politics?  In this insightful and provocative book, Philip Golub addresses these questions, tracing the region's rise from the early modern European-Asian encounter to the imperial confrontations of the nineteenth century, and China's state capitalist turn in the latter half of the twentieth century. Together, he argues,  the dynamics of imperialism, war and revolution led to the constitution of developmental states that made possible East Asia's return to a central position in the global economy.  Combining rich historical narrative and social theory, this book is an invaluable guide to one of the core issues in world politics today"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:  Preface 1. Globalization, East Asia and the Dynamics of Capitalist Development 2. Early-Modern Encounters, Late-Modern Collisions 3. War Making and State Making After 1945 4. Developmental States and Flying Geese 5. China's State Capitalist Mutation 6. Looking Forward Notes.