A region of regimes : prosperity and plunder in the Asia-Pacific / T.J. Pempel.
Series: Cornell studies in political economy: Publisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2021Description: xi, 237 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm.Content type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781501758805; 9781501758799.Subject(s): East Asia -- Economic conditions -- Regional disparities | Southeast Asia -- Economic conditions -- Regional disparities | East Asia -- Economic policy -- 20th century | East Asia -- Economic policy -- 21st century | Southeast Asia -- Economic policy -- 20th century | Southeast Asia -- Economic policy -- 21st centuryDDC classification: 330.95 Summary: 'A Region of Regimes' traces the relationship between politics and economics - power and prosperity - in the Asia-Pacific in the decades since WWII. It complicates familiar and incomplete narratives of the 'Asian economic miracle' to show radically different paths leading to high growth for many but abject failure for some. T. J. Pempel analyses policies and data from ten East Asian countries, categorising them into three distinct regime types, each historically contingent and the product of specific configurations of domestic institutions, socio-economic resources, and external support. Pempel identifies Japan, Korea, and Taiwan as developmental regimes, showing how each then diverged due to domestic and international forces.| Item type | Current library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
'A Region of Regimes' traces the relationship between politics and economics - power and prosperity - in the Asia-Pacific in the decades since WWII. It complicates familiar and incomplete narratives of the 'Asian economic miracle' to show radically different paths leading to high growth for many but abject failure for some. T. J. Pempel analyses policies and data from ten East Asian countries, categorising them into three distinct regime types, each historically contingent and the product of specific configurations of domestic institutions, socio-economic resources, and external support. Pempel identifies Japan, Korea, and Taiwan as developmental regimes, showing how each then diverged due to domestic and international forces.
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