Paradigm Theory & Policy Making: Reconfiguring the Future - Hardcover

Iida, Akira

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0804835403 ISBN 13: 9780804835404

Publisher: Tuttle Pub, 2004

Synopsis

A review of clashes between global and local economics, reveals a new insight for anticipating the economic future.

Paradigm Theory and Policy Making is a wideranging and thoughtprovoking treatise on the forces that have shaped the political economies of the developed and developing world since World War II. The authora vastly experienced policy maker, nationally and internationallytakes us on a journey that encompasses not just economics but political science, sociology, philosophy and cultural studies as he presents an alternative framework to conventional academic ideas.

Along the way, he provides a critical evaluation of theories that have dominated economic thought in the last 50 years and highlights the dangers of a blanket application of such theories without taking into account the "realworld" practicalities confronted by nation states in a globalizing world.

Topics include:

• The Conceptual Framework of the Paradigm Theory
• Civilization, Culture and the Paradigm of Political Economy
• American Values and the Paradigm of Political Economy
• The PostTerror Paradigm
• Developing Economies and the Paradigm of Political Economy
• A reflection on "Innocence and Design"

Praise for Paradigm Theory & Policy Making:

"An alternative framework of ideas for understanding the complexity of policy making in the fast lane." John H. McArthur,Dean Emeritus, Harvard Business School.

About this title

About the Author

Akira Iida was born in Tokyo in 1939. He has been assigned to the World Bank Group three times in key economic roles throughout the 70's, 80's, and 90's. He also assisted Finance Ministers Watanabe and Takeshita in their meetings with foreign counterparts, including the G5 Finance Ministers and the G7 Summit meetings (1982-83).

Edition details

• Publisher: Tuttle Pub
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0804835403
• ISBN 13: 9780804835404
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 160