Asian politics in development : essays in honour of Gordon White /

Asian politics in development : essays in honour of Gordon White / editors, Robert Benewick, Marc Blecher, Sarah Cook. - 1 online resource (viii, 315 pages)

Papers presented at the Gordon White Memorial Conference held at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, Apr. 30 and May 1, 1999.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [290]-298) and index.

chapter Introduction -- chapter Social Politics, the State, Policy, Comparison: Gordon White's Contribution to China Studies -- chapter Gordon White and Development Studies: An Appreciation -- chapter Reform and the Role of the State in China -- chapter Managing Central-Local Relations During Socialist Marketisation: A Changing Role for the Chinese Communist Party -- chapter Treasuring the Word: Mao, Depoliticisation and the Material Present -- chapter State Enterprise Reform and Gender: One Step Backwards for Women? -- chapter Corporatist Capitalism: The Politics of Accumulation in South India -- chapter Bias and Capture: Corruption, Poverty and the Limitations of Civil Society in India -- chapter Between Cant and Corporatism: Creating an Enabling Political Environment for the Poor -- chapter State Entrepreneurship and Community Welfare Services in Urban China -- chapter Creating Wealth and Welfare: Entrepreneurship and the Developmental State in Rural China -- chapter Can Welfare Systems be Evaluated Outside Their Cultural and Historical Context? A Case Study of Children's Homes in Contemporary Japan -- chapter The East Asian Welfare States in Transition: Challenges and Opportunities -- chapter Is Globalisation All It is Cracked Up to Be? -- chapter Globalisation, Privatisation and China's Industrial Labour Systems -- chapter Bibliography of Gordon White's Works -- chapter Notes on Contributors.

9780203490525 9781135773755 9781135773793 9781135773809

10.4324/9780203490525 doi


Political planning--Asia--Congresses.


Asia--Politics and government--1945---Congresses.
Asia--Economic policy--Congresses.
Asia--Social policy--Congresses.

JQ24 / .G67 1999

320.6095 / G665