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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
ISBN: 9781557291660
Format: eBook
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