The 21st Century as Whose Century

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ID12433804
AuthorsDavid A Scott (0000-0001-9083-580X), David Scott (0000-0002-4176-0466, Brunel University of London, corresponding author)
Year2007
Pages96-118
Publication date2007-08-26
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of World-Systems Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1076-156X • E-ISSN: 1076-156X
PublisherUniversity Library System, University of Pittsburgh (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.5195/jwsr.2007.350
OpenAlexW2274903535
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited46

Macro-analysis and East-West encounter are shown through consideration of objective yet subjective constructed concepts for the international system and international economy in the 21st century. Three paradigms are considered, namely the 21st century as the Pacific Century , as China s Century and as the Asian Century . Overlaps are shown between these three paradigms, as also developments in time, and gradually shift in geographical location. The Pacific Century , and its associated Rimspeak, was the paradigm emerging in the late 1970s, knitting together America s West Coast and the Japanese economy. By the late 1980s this was already shifting to talk of the 21st century likely to be an Asian Century model, mark-1, based on the Pacific Asia dynamism shown by the Asian Tigers and Japan. However, the Asian financial crash of 1997-8, and the economic downturn in Japan, meant that such an Asian Century seemed premature as the 21st century arrived. Instead, it was China s economic growth that seemed most evident, and with it the concept of the 21st century as China s Century . However, in turn that has already been modified during the first decade of the century by India s arrival as a rapidly growing economy. Consequently the 21st century as China s Century and as India s Century has been combined into talk of an Asian Century , mark-2

China · Development economics · Dynamism · East Asia · Economic history · Economics · Economy · Geography · Global History, Politics, and Ideology · Globalization and Economic Impact · History · World Systems and Global Transformations

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