In this study of the Comparative Political Economy of East and South Asia, the author adopts an interdisciplinary perspective on Third World development, thus recognising the importance of the interrelationships between the economy and the society and emphasising the need to direct attention to political, institutional and historical factors.

REGINALD C. MASCARENHAS is Reader in Political Science and Public Policy Victoria University Wellington, New Zealand. He has been Professor at the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta and held visiting positions at Melbourne and Monash universities in Australia, Penn State and California State University San Bernadino in the United States and the University of the West Indies. He is the author of Public Enterprise in New Zealand, Technology Transfer and Development: India's Hindustan Machine Tool Company, Strategy for Rural Development: Dairy Cooperatives in India, Government and the Economy in Australia and New Zealand: The Politics of Economic Policy Making.

Preface Development: A Comparative Study Development: Problems and Constraints Development: Changing Objectives State and Market: Alternatives to Development Comparative Development of the Two Asias Development Policies: Analysis and Implementation Developing Capability for Managing Development Technology and Industrialisation: A Strategy for Development Public Enterprise and Development Strategies for the Development and Management of Agriculture Conclusion Bibliography Index