Geopolitics and Trajectories of Development The Cases of Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Germany, and Puerto Rico / edited by Sungho Kang and Ramón Grosfoguel.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Grosfoguel, Ramón (1956-....)., Editor.

Kang, Sŏng-ho (1959-....)., Editor.

Series:

Research Papers and Policy Studies

Research papers and policy studies ; vol.45

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Relations exterieures--États-Unis--Études de cas.

Relations exterieures.

Reconstruction d'apres-guerre--Études de cas.

Reconstruction d'apres-guerre.

Geopolitique--Études de cas.

Geopolitique.

Postwar reconstruction.

Geopolitics.

Diplomatic relations.

Postwar reconstruction--Case studies.

Geopolitics--Case studies.

United States.

United States--Foreign relations--Case studies.

Genre:

Case studies.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 vol. XII-127 p.) : graph. ;

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : Institute of East Asian Studies, op. 2010.

Summary:

"This edited volume compares and contrasts the geopolitics and trajectories of South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Germany, and Puerto Rico in response to post-World War II U.S. foreign policy to show how these countries have developed within the modern capitalist World-System"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Notes to this edition

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Contributors

Foreword

Introduction - Sungho Kang and Ramón Grosfoguel

1. Beyond Divide and Rule? From the Washington to the Beijing Consensus - Thomas Ehrlich Reifer

2. U.S. Policies and the Rise and Demise of Japan, Korea, and Taiwan: An Examination of the World-System during the Cold War and After - Satoshi Ikeda

3. The United States and the Internal Development of Korea in the Post-WWII World-System - Sungho Kang

4. Patronage, Partnership, Contested Solidarity: The United States and West Germany after World War II - Bernd Schaefer

5. Puerto Rico: A Cold War Showcase in Rapid Decline - Ramón Grosfoguel

Back Cover.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-55729-097-0

OCLC:

1200480253