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A systematic reassessment, by two leading figures in the field, of the paradigm of international development in both theory and practice. It offers an overview and critique of development theory and strategy, and a new framework for the analysis of global inequality, poverty and development in an era of globalization.

A systematic reassessment, by two leading figures in the field, of the paradigm of international development in both theory and practice. It offers an overview and critique of development theory and strategy, and a new framework for the analysis of global inequality, poverty and development in an era of globalization.

Asia has long been an ideological battleground between capitalism and communism, between nationalism and Westernisation and between the nation-state and globalization. This book is a history of the Asian region from 1945 to the present day which delineates the various ideological battles over Asia's development. Subjects covered include:• theories of development• decolonization• US political and economic intervention• the effects of communism• the end of the Cold War• the rise of neo-liberalism• Asia after the crisis• Asia in the era of globalisationBroad in sweep and rich in theory and empirical detail, this is an essential account of the growth of'Asian miracle'and its turbulent position in the global economy of the twenty-first century.