The USA and the Rise of East Asia since 1945

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. The Reorganisation of the Postwar World System and the Imposition of ‘Benevolent’ Hegemony

   • Jacques Hersh

   Pages 1-37

3. The International Environment and the East Asian Export-Oriented Economies

   • Jacques Hersh

   Pages 39-73

4. International Political Economy in the Twilight Zone

   • Jacques Hersh

   Pages 75-128

5. Future Prospects

   • Jacques Hersh

   Pages 129-152

6. Back Matter

   Pages 153-174

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'Incisive and insightful, analytic and synthetic, Jacques Hersh's excellent book is like a guide through the maze of modern times.' Stuart Holland, European University Institute, Florence. The book offers an interpretation of the international political economy focusing on the opportunities and constraints which the leading members of the capitalist system have to confront. Not disregarding the significance of the presently marginalised Third World, the underlying theme relates to the secular tendency of uneven development between major core nations. This trend accelerated during the era of US 'benevolent hegemony', resulting in the creation of surplus production capacity: a problem exacerbated by the growth of the NICs in East Asia.

• East Asia
• Europe
• growth
• hegemony
• International Political Economy
• political economy

• Aalborg University, Denmark

  Jacques Hersh

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