Asian Politics in Development : Essays in Honour of Gordon White

doi:10.4324/9780203490525

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ABSTRACT

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.

Asian Politics in Development

ABSTRACT

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter |5 pages

Introduction

chapter |14 pages

Social Politics, the State, Policy, Comparison: Gordon White’s Contribution to China Studies

chapter |12 pages

Gordon White and Development Studies: An Appreciation

chapter |18 pages

Reform and the Role of the State in China

chapter |15 pages

Managing Central-Local Relations During Socialist Marketisation: A Changing Role for the Chinese Communist Party

chapter |18 pages

Treasuring the Word: Mao, Depoliticisation and the Material Present

chapter |25 pages

State Enterprise Reform and Gender: One Step Backwards for Women?

chapter |14 pages

Corporatist Capitalism: The Politics of Accumulation in South India

chapter |27 pages

Bias and Capture: Corruption, Poverty and the Limitations of Civil Society in India

chapter |21 pages

Between Cant and Corporatism: Creating an Enabling Political Environment for the Poor

chapter |23 pages

State Entrepreneurship and Community Welfare Services in Urban China

chapter |19 pages

Creating Wealth and Welfare: Entrepreneurship and the Developmental State in Rural China

chapter |16 pages

Can Welfare Systems be Evaluated Outside Their Cultural and Historical Context? A Case Study of Children’s Homes in Contemporary Japan

chapter |23 pages

The East Asian Welfare States in Transition: Challenges and Opportunities

chapter |18 pages

Is Globalisation All It is Cracked Up to Be?

chapter |17 pages

Globalisation, Privatisation and China’s Industrial Labour Systems

chapter |7 pages

Bibliography of Gordon White’s Works

chapter |4 pages

Notes on Contributors