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This volume provides highly illuminating, analytic perspectives on key facets of the East Asian economies. It discusses weaknesses in the financial sector, corporate governance, exchange rate and trade policies, regulatory capability, and proposes remedies. Rethinking the East Asian Miracle is an indispensable book for all those with an interest in East Asia's prospects in the early decades of the new century.
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sequels seldom top the original.......2002-05-08
There is a reason why people remember those James Bond movies with Sean Connery and forget the ones with Roger Moore. Follow-up to the World Bank's "East Asian Miracle" study, "Rethinking the East Asian Miracle" is an uneven conference volume. Despite its publication in 2001, none of the papers deal centrally with the Asian financial crisis. In several instances (Ito's overview, McKinnon on international monetary arrangement, Urata on FDI), authors simply go through the motions, rehashing their well-known positions on issues without adding any new insight. Woo on corporate governance is long on jargon and short on substance. The only paper that really presents new results is Lawrence and Weinstein on Japanese industrial policy, though Pack's dissection of the growth accounting debate as it relates to Asia is very informative. Some of the other papers (Okazaki on Japanese industrial policy, Perkins on corruption in China and Vietnam, Jomo on SE Asian capitalism) while not presenting new research per se, at least offer some interesting ideas.
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Rethinking Development in East Asia: From Illusory Miracle to Economic Crisis (Nordic Institute of Asian Studies)
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This digital document is an article from ASEAN Economic Bulletin, published by Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) on August 1, 2002. The length of the article is 1024 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Title: Rethinking the East Asian Miracle.(Book Review)
Author: Denis Hew
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ASEAN Economic Bulletin (Refereed)
Date: August 1, 2002
Publisher: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS)
Volume: 19
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Page: 217(2)
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The Dilemma of Difference.......2006-01-03
For Martha Minow the "difference dilemma" is the social condition, social paradigm, and set of social events - in particular those in relation with the law, that remove all possibility to consider and provide a `choice between integration and separation' (pp. 20-21). This is when it becomes either (politically) unfeasible, or (financially) impracticable, or even (legally) impossible to treat people as other, as different without making them carry the stigma of difference and exclusion, and consider people as same without becoming insensitive and indifferent to their otherness, needs and idiosyncrasies.
To reduce the effects of the dilemma and to suggest first solutions, Minow advocates a shift in the paradigm used to describe "difference": `from a focus on the distinctions between people to a focus on the relationships within which we notice and draw distinctions' (p. 15). This is because the "difference dilemma" has grown from the way society has constructed categories and decided on this basis whom to include and whom to exclude.
To achieve her purpose, with an emphasis on the law and legal practice in the US, Minow divides her book into three parts.
Part 1 deals with the dilemma as such. Minow gives in chapter 1 detailed explanations and legal examples in education (bilingual and special) that illustrate well the "difference dilemma". Chapter 2 is concerned with examining the forces (i.e. assumptions) that render the "difference dilemma" intractable. These sources of difference include considering that "difference" is intrinsic, adopting an unstated point of reference and comparison, treating the other as having no perspective, considering the other perspectives as irrelevant, and considering that the social and economic arrangements are natural and neutral. Minow offers some ways out in chapter 3 around the idea that "difference" is not inherent but rather a feature of a comparison drawn between people.
Part 2 looks into the historical aspects and the evolution in social and legal thought that has brought about and consolidated the dilemma in contemporary legal practice. Chapter 4 presents three contrasting approaches to "difference". The first assumes that "difference" is inherent hence the need for special legal treatment; the second, in guaranteeing equal rights, constructs a category of sameness (i.e. those whose equality of rights is guaranteed) different from those who are not the same; with the third, "difference" is a function of social relationships and knowledge. Chapter 5 critically examines the persistence of the abnormal-persons and rights approaches; the latter is further expanded in chapter 6 around the idea that `commitment to provide the same treatment to all' strengthens `institutional arrangements that deny special accommodations.' (p. 146) This critique leads to the adoption of a relational view of the social domain, which is reviewed in chapter 7.
Part 3 places emphasis on the question of rights from a social-relations approach. But before putting this approach to work with examples, Minow seeks to address in chapter 8 three problems associated with this approach, namely, its enactment, its comprehension, and its risks. Chapter 9 then deals with rights and relations in families and chapter 10 examines the medical sector. The concluding chapter 11 explores relational strategies in the political domain.
This is a well written and well researched book that other difference-minded law practitioners and academics may want to take inspiration from for additional study and investigation into possible ways to solve the "difference dilemma", and to constitute an international library concerned with making a "difference" in this world.
Excellent review of the literature and well-told stories.......1998-07-08
Minow gives a well-balanced overview of the problem of being different and how we tend to define "difference" as something inherent in others. She offers solid suggestions for overcoming the unstated assumptions we make that harm those whom we see as different. Her references are well-documented, and cover a broad spectrum of political perceptions.
Minow recognizes that the same unstated assumptions that affect our views of the "different" also affect the inflexibility of our legal system. Her explanations are both clear and cogent.
The work is strengthened by practical illustrations and by the realization that sometimes we work in less than ideal situations, with what we have. Well written and very "read"able. One of my favorites.
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Making All the Difference: Inclusion, Exclusion and the American Law
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As microarray technology has matured, data analysis methods have advanced as well.
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Three tutorial papers are presented to assist with a basic understanding of underlying principles in microarray data analysis, and twelve new papers are highlighted analyzing the same CAMDA'02 datasets: the Project Normal data set or the Affymetrix Latin Square data set. A comparative study of these analytical methodologies brings to light problems, solutions and new ideas. This book is an excellent reference for academic and industrial researchers who want to keep abreast of the state of art of microarray data analysis.
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Best for use with Giancoli Physics 6th Edition but beware! This is only the first volume!.......2005-10-16
When I bought this item I thought I would get both the first and second volume of the study guide. However, amazon shipped to me only the first volume...
I pretty much suspect that "Physics: Principles and Applications" by Boyle is the second volume because Boyle is NOT really the author of Physics: Principles and Applications; it is Giancoli who is the real author.
Overall, this book is very good; it helps you understand more about the concepts and problems of physics presented in the actual textbook. Highly recommended for students who are taking IBS/IBH Physics.
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