Asia's Giants
. Ed(S): Friedman, Edward; Gilley, Bruce
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Description for Asia's Giants
Paperback. This edited volume reconsiders the conventional wisdom, which argues that comparative performance of China has been superior to that of India. Exploring 'new paradigms' for evaluating the comparative performance, these essays show that if not outright wrong, conventional wisdom has proven to be overly simplified. Editor(s): Friedman, Edward; Gilley, Bruce. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FPC; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
This edited volume reconsiders the conventional wisdom, which argues that comparative performance (in economic, social, political, as well as diplomatic arenas) of China has been superior to that of India. The book brings together 'new paradigms' for evaluating the comparative performance of two countries. Essays show that if not outright wrong, conventional wisdom has proven to be overly simplified. The book brings out the complexity and richness of the India-China comparison.
This edited volume reconsiders the conventional wisdom, which argues that comparative performance (in economic, social, political, as well as diplomatic arenas) of China has been superior to that of India. The book brings together 'new paradigms' for evaluating the comparative performance of two countries. Essays show that if not outright wrong, conventional wisdom has proven to be overly simplified. The book brings out the complexity and richness of the India-China comparison.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
Number of Pages
253
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230606166
SKU
V9780230606166
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99-15
About . Ed(S): Friedman, Edward; Gilley, Bruce
HUANG JINXIN PhD in Political Science from University of Wisconsin, USA TARUN KHANNA Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor at the Harvard Business School, USA RODERICK MACFARQUHAR Leroy B. Williams Professor of History and Political Science at the John King Fairbank Centre for East Asian Research at Harvard University, USA JAMES MANOR Professor of Political Science and Director of the Civil Society ... Read more
Reviews for Asia's Giants
"...The authors are on solid ground when they conclude that India and China will decisively shape the future of Asia and become major actors in world politics." - Foreign Affairs'In the West, the conventional India/China comparisons of the 1970's and 1980's were deeply influenced by the misleading self-reports of a Chinese society so closed that fact checking was impossible. The ... Read more