1st Edition

East Asian Transformation On the Political Economy of Dynamism, Governance and Crisis

By Jeffrey Henderson Copyright 2011
184 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

184 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

184 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

From the re-emergence of Japan as an industrial power in the 1950s through to the contemporary rise of China as a potential economic and political behemoth, the story of East Asian development has been central to any serious analysis of the dynamics and trajectory of the global political economy. Integrated into a coherent, critical narrative, this book examines key political-economic and social... Read more

Preface: An East Asian Journey  Acknowledgements  1. Making Sense of East Asian Transformation  2. Danger and Opportunity in the Transformation Process  3. States and Transformation  4. Economic Crises and Governance Failures  5. Governing Growth and Inequality  6. Limits to Industrialization - Jeffrey Henderson and Richard Phillips  7. China and Global Development  8. Towards a Global-Asian Era?  Endnotes.  References.  Index

Biography

Jeffrey Henderson is Leverhulme Research Professor of International Development and Co-Director of the Centre for East Asian Studies in the University of Bristol, UK.  His books include  The Globalisation of High Technology Production (published by Routledge), States and Development in the Asian Pacific Rim and Industrial Transformation in Eastern Europe in the Light of the East Asian Experience.