"The book is a key reading which provides a comprehensive and systematic overview of the contemporary Asian economy. The book focuses on the structural changes that are rapidly transforming the regional economic landscape in the 21st century. It highlights the concomitant challenges that have...

Prologue: china and an increasingly disrupted world -- Change, the Chinese principle and the greatest show on earth -- History, philosophy, strategy and governance -- 20 essential ideas for life, family, business and government -- Pivots of change -- Managing change : China's x-factor -- The...

This book studies the sources of inequality in contemporary South Korea and the social and political contention this engenders. Korean society is becoming more polarized. Demands for "economic democratization" and a fairer redistribution of wealth occupy centre-stage of political campaigns,...

The politics and the economics -- The Industrial Revolution in Britain -- Economics and politics in 19th century America -- Politics of resistance in the 19th century -- Britain: The inter war years -- The Progressive Era in the United States -- Britain and the post-war settlement -- Politics...

Tomo I. Encuentro de las Américas : escenarios y perspectivas en los bicentenarios americanos : los retos sociales -- tomo II. Perspectivas en crecimiento y desarrollo económico : estado, gestión y políticas públicas

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book delves into the widely held belief that the 21st century will be the "Asian Century" by examining the Asia's rapid economic development in the post-war era and the challenges it faces in forging ahead of world leaders in the West. The...

Ever since Jim O'Neill at Goldman Sachs coined the term BRICS in 2001 there have been many different assessments of these major emerging economies, with some even proclaiming that the promise of the BRICS (comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) is over. However, the so called...

Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- China's reforms : overview and a view from below -- Development strategy and the countryside -- The hela, wuxi : transformation of the land of rice and fish -- State and party : agencies of reforms -- Local state and the agency trap -- The party and its...