Asia’s Giants: Comparing China and India

✍ Scribed by Edward Friedman, Bruce Gilley (eds.)

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 252
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Preface....Pages 3-7
Introduction....Pages 9-17
Two Passages to Modernity....Pages 19-52
Front Matter....Pages 53-53
The Causes of Differential Development: Beyond Regime Dichotomies....Pages 55-75
Chasing China: Can India Bridge the Gap?....Pages 77-95
India’s Reform Strengths....Pages 97-119
Front Matter....Pages 121-121
The Persistence of Informal Finance....Pages 123-140
The Political Basis of Decentralization....Pages 141-160
Indigenous versus Foreign Business Models....Pages 161-179
Front Matter....Pages 181-181
Why Democracy Matters....Pages 183-210
China Rethinks India....Pages 211-226
Development and Choice....Pages 227-241
Conclusion....Pages 243-250
Back Matter....Pages 251-253

✦ Subjects

Asian Politics; Regional/Spatial Science; Sociology, general; Asian Culture; Political Science; International Relations