Asian politics in development essays in honour of Gordon White
This volume adopts a multidisciplinary and comparative approach to development that brings together issues that are characteristic of the lifelong scholarship of Professor Gordon White. These include a focus on the state, civil society, welfare and globalization.
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
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Abingdon, Oxon :
Routledge
2004.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; Introduction; Social Politics, the State, Policy, Comparison: Gordon White's Contribution to China Studies; Gordon White and Development Studies: An Appreciation; Reform and the Role of the State in China; Managing Central-Local Relations During Socialist Marketisation: A Changing Role for the Chinese Communist Party; Treasuring the Word: Mao, Depoliticisation and the Material Present; State Enterprise Reform and Gender: One Step Backwards for Women?; Corporatist Capitalism: The Politics of Accumulation in South India
- Bias and Capture: Corruption, Poverty and the Limitations of Civil Society in IndiaBetween Cant and Corporatism: Creating an Enabling Political Environment for the Poor; State Entrepreneurship and Community Welfare Services in Urban China; Creating Wealth and Welfare: Entrepreneurship and the Developmental State in Rural China; Can Welfare Systems be Evaluated Outside Their Cultural and Historical Context? A Case Study of Children's Homes in Contemporary Japan; The East Asian Welfare States in Transition: Challenges and Opportunities; Is Globalisation All It is Cracked Up to Be?
- Globalisation, Privatisation and China's Industrial Labour SystemsBibliography of Gordon White's Works; Notes on Contributors; Index
