Economic and Political Change in Asia and Europe

Social Movement Analyses

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Government, Social Policy, Social Science, Sociology
Cover of the book Economic and Political Change in Asia and Europe by , Springer Netherlands
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: ISBN: 9789400746534
Publisher: Springer Netherlands Publication: August 10, 2012
Imprint: Springer Language: English
Author:
ISBN: 9789400746534
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Publication: August 10, 2012
Imprint: Springer
Language: English

Since the 1973 publication of Alain Peyrefitte’s prophetic When China Awakens, developments in East Asia have outstripped even the wildest predictions. China has undergone the fastest industrialization and urbanization process in history, yet tensions there are rising as some realize how far they have been left behind. This volume explores the applicability of European economic and social models to our analysis of East Asia’s and, in particular, China’s situation. Though millions of Chinese and other Asian people have been lifted out of poverty, inequality is rising nonetheless, and contemporary Europe and Asia are both witnessing collective action against rampant economic neoliberalism in the former and the exclusion of minorities in the latter.

 

It is difficult to overstate the relevance of this assessment, which seeks answers to some central questions: Can events in Europe serve as a model for those in East Asia? Are there similarities or differences between the two regions? To what extent do political, economic or social systems stimulate or inhibit collective action? How culturally equivalent are the collective actions of marginalized/ disadvantaged people in the two locations, or are events in Europe symptomatic of specific cultural attributes? Comparing and contrasting the research tools and dominant paradigms in the social and economic sciences in East Asia and Europe, as this volume does, throws out some revealing results.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Since the 1973 publication of Alain Peyrefitte’s prophetic When China Awakens, developments in East Asia have outstripped even the wildest predictions. China has undergone the fastest industrialization and urbanization process in history, yet tensions there are rising as some realize how far they have been left behind. This volume explores the applicability of European economic and social models to our analysis of East Asia’s and, in particular, China’s situation. Though millions of Chinese and other Asian people have been lifted out of poverty, inequality is rising nonetheless, and contemporary Europe and Asia are both witnessing collective action against rampant economic neoliberalism in the former and the exclusion of minorities in the latter.

 

It is difficult to overstate the relevance of this assessment, which seeks answers to some central questions: Can events in Europe serve as a model for those in East Asia? Are there similarities or differences between the two regions? To what extent do political, economic or social systems stimulate or inhibit collective action? How culturally equivalent are the collective actions of marginalized/ disadvantaged people in the two locations, or are events in Europe symptomatic of specific cultural attributes? Comparing and contrasting the research tools and dominant paradigms in the social and economic sciences in East Asia and Europe, as this volume does, throws out some revealing results.

More books from Springer Netherlands

Cover of the book Proceedings of the Boston Colloquium for the Philosophy of Science 1964/1966 by
Cover of the book ‘In Considerable Variety’: Introducing the Diversity of Australia’s Insects by
Cover of the book Introduction to Structural Chemistry by
Cover of the book Logic, Mathematics, Philosophy, Vintage Enthusiasms by
Cover of the book Conceptual Profiles by
Cover of the book Developmental Neurocognition by
Cover of the book The Convention on Biological Diversity and Developing Countries by
Cover of the book Toxins and Hemostasis by
Cover of the book A University of the Future by
Cover of the book Free Activities and Interpersonal Relations by
Cover of the book Governance and Performance in the German Public Research Sector by
Cover of the book The Concept of Knowledge by
Cover of the book Bioenergetic Processes of Cyanobacteria by
Cover of the book Salutogenic organizations and change by
Cover of the book Dynamics of Internal Gravity Waves in the Ocean by
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy