The Rise and Fall of the East Asian Growth System, 1951-2000 : Institutional Competitiveness and Rapid Economic Growth

ISBN-13: 9780415651509 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 304 str.

Huang Xiaoming

Opis

The author examines the long run of economic growth in East Asia from 1945 to the present, assessing the various theories put forward to explain the phenomenon, and appraising the various factors which have contributed to economic growth in East Asia.

Spis treści

Part 1: Making Sense of the 50-Year Growth: Theories and Evidence  Part 2: Initial Conditions: Growth Imperatives and Alternative Scenarios  Part 3: Striving for Sustainable International Competitiveness  Part 4: Cultural and Social Setting  Part 5: Crafting The National Growth System  Part 6: The Dynamism and Consequences of East Asian Growth  Part 7: Conclusion: Institutional Competitiveness and East Asian Growth

O autorze

Xiaoming Huang is a senior lecturer in East Asian politics at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. His research interests focus on the patterns of political and social change in different institutional settings, and frameworks for their meaningful description and explanation to people across critical boundaries, national, cultural or otherwise.