The westernization of the East: An opportunity for development or a fallacy?
The paper re-conceptualizes the terms West and East, arguing that West is related to development whereas East is in development. From the westernization metaphor, the article asks: Does the East intend to become the West? Content analyses and comparison of cases allow for the interpretation of count...
- Autores:
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Bocatto, Evandro
Perez de Toledo,Eloisa
- Tipo de recurso:
- Fecha de publicación:
- 2022
- Institución:
- Universidad EAFIT
- Repositorio:
- Repositorio EAFIT
- Idioma:
- eng
- OAI Identifier:
- oai:repository.eafit.edu.co:10784/33400
- Acceso en línea:
- https://hdl.handle.net/10784/33400
- Palabra clave:
- Westernization
Democracy
Social inequality
Environment
Occidentalización
Democracia
Inequidad social
Medio ambiente
- Rights
- License
- Copyright © 2022 Evandro Bocatto, Eloisa Perez de Toledo
| Summary: | The paper re-conceptualizes the terms West and East, arguing that West is related to development whereas East is in development. From the westernization metaphor, the article asks: Does the East intend to become the West? Content analyses and comparison of cases allow for the interpretation of countries’ intentions regarding economic, political, social, and environmental orientations of governments, institutions, and businesses. The paper concludes that the East is unlikely to find the ‘right’ model of growth by replicating the West because the Western model has mistakenly assumed unlimited resources for growth, among other reasons. To benchmark Western development is a fallacy to the East. Tradeoffs occur as the East chooses the Western economic model as its benchmark. The paper discusses the role of social and technological innovations in business and society as possible, albeit limited, solutions. |
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