The Battle for Asia

by Berger,Mark T.

• ISBN13: 9780415325288
• ISBN10: 0415325285
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781134343102
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-12-18
• Publisher: Routledge
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Summary

"Broad in sweep and rich in theory and empirical detail, this is an essential account of the turbulent ascent of Asia and the region's position in the global political economy of the twenty-first Century."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

Mark T. Berger is Senior Lecturer in International Studies at the University of New South Wales.

Table of Contents

Preface and acknowledgements	xi
Introduction: theories of progress and the nation-state system	1	(34)
The transformation of Asia and the changing global order I	3	(10)
The transformation of Asia and the changing global order II	13	(10)
Conclusion: theories of progress and the nation-state system	23	(12)
PART I The modernization project	35	(82)
1 US hegemony and national development	37	(24)
Decolonization, the Cold War and the nation-state system I	38	(9)
Decolonization, the Cold War and the nation-state system II	47	(8)
Conclusion: US hegemony and national development	55	(6)
2 Development economics	61	(25)
The spectre of communism and the pursuit of progress I: the rise of development economics	62	(7)
The spectre of communism and the pursuit of progress II: the fall of development economics	69	(10)
Conclusion: development economics	79	(7)
3 Modernization theory	86	(31)
The Cold War and nation-building I: the making of modernization theory	87	(9)
The Cold War and nation-building II: the militarization of modernization theory	96	(12)
Conclusion: modernization theory	108	(9)
PART II The globalization project	117	(104)
4 US hegemony and the passing of national development	119	(30)
The globalization project and the nation-state system I	119	(11)
The globalization project and the nation-state system II	130	(11)
Conclusion: US hegemony and the passing of national development	141	(8)
5 The neo-liberal ascendancy and the East Asian Miracle	149	(25)
Promoting neo-liberalism	150	(9)
Revising neo-liberalism	159	(9)
Conclusion: the neo-liberal ascendancy and the East Asian Miracle	168	(6)
6 The vicissitudes of the New Asian Renaissance	174	(23)
Promoting the New Asian Renaissance I	175	(6)
Promoting the New Asian Renaissance II	181	(10)
Conclusion: the vicissitudes of the New Asian Renaissance	191	(6)
7 The rise and decline of the developmental state	197	(24)
The rise of the developmental state	197	(8)
The decline of the developmental state	205	(7)
Conclusion: the rise and decline of the developmental state	212	(9)
PART III The transformation of Asia	221	(59)
8 The communist challenge and the changing global order	223	(28)
Consolidating capitalism in Asia I	224	(9)
Consolidating capitalism in Asia II	233	(12)
Conclusion: the communist challenge and the changing global order	245	(6)
9 The Asian challenge and the changing global order	251	(29)
Reorientation I	252	(9)
Reorientation II	261	(12)
Conclusion: the Asian challenge and the changing global order	273	(7)
Conclusion: the battle for Asia	280	(5)
Bibliography	285	(42)
Index	327