
Taiwan's Economic Transformation
Leadership, Property Rights and Institutional Change 1949-1965
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 8. July 2011
Book
Hardback
176 pages
978-0-415-66590-2 (ISBN)
Description
This book tells the story of Taiwan's economic revolution-how Taiwan transformed itself from a planned economy into a market economy between 1949 and 1965. The authors posit that it was the Kuomintang Government's endorsement of property rights reform and institutional change that enabled Taiwan to transform from an impoverished command economy to one of the fastest growing economies in the world. The book gives special attention to how a small group of political and economic leaders began adopting the new ideas and beliefs that created the vision that enabled them to embrace institutional and organizational innovations, actions which led to the formation of the new market economy.
Using first-hand interview material with key government officials from the period, and analyses of hitherto unused Chinese-language archives including: the diaries of Chiang Kai-shek, Kuomintang party archives, and personal papers of Kuomintang leaders, as well as newspaper and journal articles published in Taiwan between 1949 and 1965, this book is both empirically rich, and gives the reader insights into Taiwan's developmental experience and the direction in which, under different circumstances, China's post-war expansion might have proceeded.
Taiwan's Economic Transition will be an invaluable resource for anyone interested in the economic and political history and development of Taiwan. More broadly it will also appeal to scholars and students of China's historical and contemporary development, Asian economics, and Asian studies.
Using first-hand interview material with key government officials from the period, and analyses of hitherto unused Chinese-language archives including: the diaries of Chiang Kai-shek, Kuomintang party archives, and personal papers of Kuomintang leaders, as well as newspaper and journal articles published in Taiwan between 1949 and 1965, this book is both empirically rich, and gives the reader insights into Taiwan's developmental experience and the direction in which, under different circumstances, China's post-war expansion might have proceeded.
Taiwan's Economic Transition will be an invaluable resource for anyone interested in the economic and political history and development of Taiwan. More broadly it will also appeal to scholars and students of China's historical and contemporary development, Asian economics, and Asian studies.
Reviews / Votes
"[T]his book gives the reader insights into Taiwan's developmental experience and the direction in which, under different circumstances, the Chinese post-war development of Taiwan might have proceeded. The work will be an invaluable resource for anyone interested in the economic and political history and development of Taiwan. More broadly, it will also appeal to scholars and students of China's historical and contemporary development, Asian economics, and Asian studies." - Cheng Linsun, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth; Journal of International and Global Studies Vol. 3, No. 2 Spring 2012'The chapters are particularly convincing in demonstrating the significance of technocratic elites to Taiwan's shift to a market economy, and the volume overall would appeal to students and scholars of East Asian economic development.' - Fritz Gaenslen; JOURNAL OF CHINESE POLITICAL SCIENCE (2013)
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
3 s/w Abbildungen, 3 s/w Zeichnungen, 4 s/w Tabellen
4 Tables, black and white; 3 Line drawings, black and white; 3 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
435 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-66590-2 (9780415665902)
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Taiwan's Economic Transformation
Leadership, Property Rights and Institutional Change 1949-1965
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Taiwan's Economic Transformation
Leadership, Property Rights and Institutional Change 1949-1965
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Tai-Chun Kuo | Ramon H. Myers
Taiwan's Economic Transformation
Leadership, Property Rights and Institutional Change 1949-1965
E-Book
08/2012
1st Edition
Routledge
€64.49
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Persons
Tai-Chun Kuo is Research Fellow and Ramon H. Myers is Senior Fellow, both at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, USA.
Author
The Hoover Institution, Stanford University, USA
Stanford University, USA
Content
1. Posing the Problem 2. Taiwan's Political Economy in Historical Perspective, 1683-1945 3. Taiwan's Command Economy and the Tipping Point, 1945-1952 4. The First Debate, 1952-1954: Command Economy or Market Economy? 5. The Second Debate, 1954-1958: How to Restructure the Trade System? 6. The Third Debate, 1959 to 1960: Whether to Promote Foreign Investment? 7. Political Leadership, Institutional Change, and the Rise of a Modern Market Economy 8. Conclusion