• List of figures, List of tables, List of tables in the Appendix, About the authors, Preface, 1. The Problematique, 2. Theoretical Conundra, 3. From Rags to Riches, 4. Comparative Performances, 5. The (Other) Long March, 6. The Taiwan Puzzle, 7. Competing Models and Partial Results, 8. Eclecticism Beyond Orthodoxies, Appendix, Bibliography, Subject Index, Author Index

`In this important new book, Steve Chan and Cal Clark analyse the development of Taiwan, one of the `four little tigers' in Asia, in terms of four paradigms of political economy, developmentalism, dependencia and the trade-off perspective and statism. Taiwan's developmental history and comparative performances are carefully examined by means of qualitative and quantitative analysis ... This book is well researched and written and should be read by scholars as well as politicians of both developing and developed countries.' - Political Studies