Globalisation and the Asia-Pacific - 9780415199209

Taylor & Francis

In this collection of essays, leading interdisciplinary scholars explore various dimensions of globalisation and their relationship to development processes in the Asia-Pacific region. > Most books that analyse the crucial subject of globalisation only look at it from a western perspective. This is the first detailed study to look at globalisation specifically in the Asia-Pacific region. An impressive collection of leading, interdisciplinary scholars explore various dimensions of globalisation and their relationship to development processes in the region. > Acknowledgements. Questions in a crisis: The contested meanings of globalisation in the Asia Pacific. Phillip Kelly and Kris Olds . Global Discourses. Reflections on golobalisation and its (il)logic(s). Bob Jessop . Globalism and the politics of place. Arif Dirlik . The globaisation of the system of business knowledge. Nigel Thrift . Resisting Globalisation: Environmental politics in Eastern Asia. James H. Mittelman . Regio,