Table of Contents

Notes on the Contributors - Introduction: Asia Development and Super-Optimizing Analysis; S.S.Nagel - PART 1: ECONOMIC POLICY - Political Consequences of Rapid Economic Development: The Singapore Case; J.S.T.Quah - The State, Society, and Democratization in South Korea: The Impact of Deepening Industrialization; C-S.Ahn - India's Textile Policy and the Informal Sectors; S.Misra - PART 2: SOCIAL POLICY - Social Welfare Policies: A Glimpse of the Himalayan Kingdom of Nepal; K.Medhi - Political Education and Political Socialization in a Pluralistic Society: A Case Study of Two Generations of Women in India; V.L.Pandit - PART 3: TECHNOLOGY POLICY - The Earth Protection: The Theory, Technological Policies, and Practice in China; O.Kang - Science, Technology, and National Goals: A Study of the Role of the Indian Council in Agricultural Research in the Agricultural Development in India; O.P.Sharma - Environmental Management in the Republic of Korea: Origin, Policy, Program, Questions; Y.H.Choi - The State and Information Technology in India: Emerging Trends; P.Thomas - PART 5: POLITICAL POLICY - Administrative Reform in the Asian Pacific Region: Issues and Prospects; R.de Guzman & M.A.Reforma - Inter-Governmental Relations in India; R.Thandavan - The Transformation of Authoritarianism in Postwar Taiwan; C-J.Shiau - Changes and Conflicts in the Gulf; M.Mozaffari - Index