Geopolitics and trajectories of development : the cases of Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Germany, and Puerto Rico

"This edited volume compares and contrasts the geopolitics and trajectories of South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Germany, and Puerto Rico in response to post-World War II U.S. foreign policy to show how these countries have developed within the modern capitalist World-System"--Provided by publisher. Cover Notes to this edition Title Page Copyright Page Contents Contributors Foreword Introduction - Sungho Kang and Ramón Grosfoguel 1. Beyond Divide and Rule? From the Washington to the Beijing Consensus - 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 - Satoshi Ikeda 3. The United States and the Internal Development of Korea in the Post-WWII World-System - Sungho Kang 4. Patronage, Partnership, Contested Solidarity: The United States and West Germany after World War II - Bernd Schaefer 5. Puerto Rico: A Cold War Showcase in Rapid Decline - Ramón Grosfoguel Back Cover This volume compares the trajectories of South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Germany, and Puerto Rico in response to post-WWII U.S. foreign policy to understand how these showcases developed within the modern capitalist World-System. It also focuses on the changing relations between the United States and these societies from the Cold War to the post-Cold War period and provides a way to forecast the future of the rapidly changing World-System