TY - BOOK AU - Berger,Mark T. TI - The battle for Asia: from decolonization to globalization SN - 0415325285 U1 - 950.42 21 PY - 2004/// CY - New York, London PB - RoutledgeCurzon KW - Asia KW - Economic conditions KW - 1945- KW - Politics and government KW - Social conditions N1 - Introduction: theories of progress and the nation-state system --; Pt. I; The modernization project --; 1; US hegemony and national development --; 2; Development economics --; 3; Modernization theory --; Pt. II; The globalization project --; 4; US hegemony and the passing of national development --; 5; The neo-liberal ascendancy and the East Asian Miracle --; 6; The vicissitudes of the New Asian Renaissance --; 7; The Rise and decline of the developmental state --; Pt. III; The transformation of Asia --; 8; The communist challenge and the changing global order --; 9; The Asian challenge and the changing global order --; Conclusion: the battle for Asia N2 - "Broad in sweep and rich in theory and empirical detail, this is an essential account of the turbulent ascent of Asia and the region's position in the global political economy of the twenty-first Century."--BOOK JACKET ER -