Asia’s Giants

I. Overviews

1. Preface
Edward Friedman

2. Introduction
Roderick MacFarquhar

3. Two Passages to Modernity
Bruce Gilley

II. Economic Reforms

4. The Causes of Differential Development: Beyond Regime Dichotomies
Joydeep Mukherji

5. Chasing China: Can India Bridge the Gap?
Subramanian Swamy

6. India’s Reform Strengths
James Manor

III. Subnational Factors

7. The Persistence of Informal Finance
Kellee S. Tsai

8. The Political Basis of Decentralization
Aseema Sinha

9. Indigenous versus Foreign Business Models
Yasheng Huang, Tarun Khanna

IV. New Perspectives

10. Why Democracy Matters
Edward Friedman

11. China Rethinks India
Huang Jinxin

12. Development and Choice
Tony Saich

13. Conclusion
Bruce Gilley

Keywords: Political Science and International Relations, Asian Politics, Regional/Spatial Science, Sociology, general, Asian Culture, Political Science, International Relations