Contending Approaches to the Political Economy of Taiwan

This work compares IT parks in China, India, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, and Hawaii, in search of strategies that policy makers can employ to reduce the Global Digital Divide, advance distributional equity, and soften some of the negative effects of economic globalization.

List of Tables, List of Figures, Preface to the Second English Printing, Acknowledgments, Contributors, Introduction, 1. Analytical Issues and Historical Episodes, 2. Contending Approaches to East Asian Development, Prewar Background, 3. Mass Political Incorporation, 1500-2000, 4. Supranational Processes of Income Distribution, 5. Colonial Origins of Taiwanese Capitalism, Postwar Formation, 6. Autonomy and Diversity in the American State on Taiwan, 7. External Incorporation and Internal Reform, 8. Elite Political Struggle, 1945-1985, Later Development, 9. Entrepreneurs, Multinationals, and the State, 10. Technology Transfer and National Autonomy, 11 . Families and Networks in Taiwan's Economic Development, Conclusion, 12. World System and Authoritarian Regimes in Korea, 1948-1984, 13. Globalist, Statist, and Network Paradigms in East Asia, References Cited, Index