Globalisation and the Asia-Pacific: Contested Territories (Routledge Studies in Globalisation)

Globalisation and the Asia-Pacific: Contested Territories (Routledge Studies in Globalisation)

by HenryWai-chungYeung (Editor), KrisOlds (Editor), PeterDicken (Editor), PhilipF.Kelly (Editor), Lily Kong (Editor), Henry Wai-Chung Yeung (Editor), Kris Olds (Editor), Lily Kong (Editor), Peter Dicken (Editor), Philip F. Kelly (Editor)

Synopsis

Most books that analyse the crucial subject of globalisation only look at it from a western perspective. This is the first detailed study to look at globalisation specifically in the Asia-Pacific region. An impressive collection of leading, interdisciplinary scholars explore various dimensions of globalisation and their relationship to development processes in the region.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Edition: 1
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 22 Apr 1999

ISBN 10: 0415199190
ISBN 13: 9780415199193

Media Reviews
Yeung The Asian economic crisis of the late 1990s brought to the fore debates over the meanings of globalization. This collection brings together diverse accounts of how this force is beign understood, managed, and resisted at various scales in relation to economic, social, cultural, and political change in the region..
-Business Horizons
This book is a timely and much-needed addition to the debates on ongoing globalization.
-Yuko Aoyama Clark University