Driven by Growth: Political Change in the Asia-Pacific Region

✍ Scribed by James William Morley

Publisher: Routledge
Year: 1998
Tongue: English
Leaves: 408
Series: Studies of the East Asian Institute
Edition: 2
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

A thoroughly revised and updated edition of the highly regarded 1993 book "Driven by Growth", this work presents the political-economic evolution of the Asia-Pacific countries, with overviews of the impact of economic development on political change. This new edition now includes chapters on Burma and Vietnam. New authors have been added and all the original chapters have been revised.

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