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The contributors compare and contrast the geopolitics and trajectories of South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Germany, and Puerto Rico in response to post-WWII U.S. foreign policy to understand how these countries have developed. Through their papers we may not only better understand the past and present of thse states but also essay to forecast the future of the rapidly changing modern capitalist World-System.
Price: $25.00
Pages: 144
Publisher: Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley
Imprint: Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley
Series: Research Papers and Policy Studies
Publication Date:
01 January 2010
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9781557290977
Format: Paperback
Sungho Kang is professor of history at Sunchon National University, South Korea. His research interests include the theory of history, modern social thought, and comparative world history. He is coeditor of Geopolitics and Trajectories of Development: The Cases of Korea, Japan, Taiwan,Germany and Puerto Rico (IEAS, 2010).
Education: B.A., History, Korea University; M.A., History, Korea University; Ph.D., History, Korea University Post-Doc., Freie Universität Berlin
Ramón Grosfoguel is associate professor of Chicano/Latino studies at the University of California, Berkeley. He works on Latin American migration and development in global systems. He is coeditor of Geopolitics and Trajectories of Development: The Cases of Korean, Japan, Taiwan, Germany and Puerto Rico (2010). Education: B.A., Sociology, University of Puerto Rico; M.A., Urban Studies, Temple University; Ph.D., Sociology, Temple University
Ramón Grosfoguel is associate professor of Chicano/Latino studies at the University of California, Berkeley. He works on Latin American migration and development in global systems. He is coeditor of Geopolitics and Trajectories of Development: The Cases of Korean, Japan, Taiwan, Germany and Puerto Rico (2010). Education: B.A., Sociology, University of Puerto Rico; M.A., Urban Studies, Temple University; Ph.D., Sociology, Temple University
Contributors – vii
Foreword – ix
Clare You
Introduction – xi
Sungho Kang and Ramón Grosfoguel
- 1. Beyond Divide and Rule? From the Washington to the Beijing Consensus – 1
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 – 53
Satoshi Ikeda - 3. The United States and the Internal Development of Korea in the Post-WWII World-System – 78
Sungho Kang - 4. Patronage, Partnership, Contested Solidarity: The United States and West Germany after World War II – 96
Bernd Schaefer - 5. Puerto Rico: A Cold War Showcase in Rapid Decline – 106
Ramón Grosfoguel
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