P. W. Preston

Dynamics of Change in East Asia (eBook, PDF)

Historical Trajectories and Contemporary Development

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book illuminates the historical development trajectory of East Asia. Embracing a cross-disciplinary perspective, it summarises the history of the region and goes on to focus upon the rise of East Asia since the ruins of the Pacific War.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 310
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. März 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351854801
• Artikelnr.: 54139775

Autorenporträt

P.W. Preston is Emeritus Professor of Political Sociology at the University of Birmingham, UK. His recent publications include Political-Cultural Developments in East Asia (2017) and The Logic of Chinese Politics (2016).

Inhaltsangabe

Part One: Complex change and the logics of forms-of-life 1. Argument making
in social science 2. Substantive theoretical traditions 3. Livelihood
investigated Part Two: The shift to the modern world in East Asia 4.
Colonialism and modernity: the overall trajectory 5. Colonialism and
modernity: disentangling the issues Part Three: Successor elites and the
pursuit of national development 6. The dissolution of state-empires 7. The
formation of successor elites 8. Power, authority and dissent 9.
Development issues faced Part Four: East Asia in the changing global system
10. The region in overview 11. Globalization and the end of history Part
Five: East Asia: success and its costs 12. Elite projects and post-colonial
goals 13. States, masses and the idea of democracy 14. Collective memory
and national pasts 15. Performance and problems