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...

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Bocatto, Evandro
Perez de Toledo,Eloisa
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2022
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Universidad EAFIT
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Repositorio EAFIT
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eng
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Westernization
Democracy
Social inequality
Environment
Occidentalización
Democracia
Inequidad social
Medio ambiente
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Copyright © 2022 Evandro Bocatto, Eloisa Perez de Toledo
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spelling Universidad MacEwanBocatto, EvandroPerez de Toledo,Eloisa20222024-02-19T17:23:25Z20222024-02-19T17:23:25Z2344-8172https://hdl.handle.net/10784/3340010.17230/map.v11.i20.01The 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.El artículo reconceptualiza los términos Occidente y Oriente, argumentando que Occidente está relacionado con desarrollo, mientras que Oriente con en-desarrollo. A partir de la metáfora de la occidentalización, el artículo pregunta: ¿Tiene el Oriente la intención de convertirse en Occidente? Los análisis de contenido y la comparación de casos permiten interpretar las intenciones de los países con respecto a las orientaciones económicas, políticas, sociales, y ambientales de los gobiernos, las instituciones, y las empresas. El artículo concluye que es poco probable que el Oriente encuentre el modelo “correcto” de crecimiento replicando al Occidente porque el modelo occidental ha asumido erróneamente recursos ilimitados para el crecimiento, entre otras razones. Compararse al desarrollo occidental es una falacia para oriente. Las compensaciones ocurren cuando el Oriente elige el modelo económico occidental como su punto de referencia. El artículo discute el rol de las innovaciones sociales y tecnológicas en los negocios y la sociedad como posibles soluciones, aunque limitadas.application/pdfUniversidad EAFIThttps://publicaciones.eafit.edu.co/index.php/map/article/view/7459https://publicaciones.eafit.edu.co/index.php/map/article/view/7459Copyright © 2022 Evandro Bocatto, Eloisa Perez de ToledoopenAccessLibre accesohttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Mundo Asia Pacífico, Vol. 11, Núm. 20 (2022)The westernization of the East: An opportunity for development or a fallacy?La occidentalización de Oriente: ¿una oportunidad de desarrollo o una falacia?articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlepublishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionArtículohttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1WesternizationDemocracySocial inequalityEnvironmentOccidentalizaciónDemocraciaInequidad socialMedio ambienteMundo Asia Pacífico1120621engORIGINALthe-westernization.pdfTexto completoapplication/pdf515824https://repository.eafit.edu.co/bitstreams/341e4e6d-4377-4418-83e8-75fe913b770b/downloadfc8d92f6bbce880782af83434453a575MD51THUMBNAILminaitura-map_Mesa de trabajo 1.jpgCarátulaimage/jpeg193168https://repository.eafit.edu.co/bitstreams/f4051c20-e299-47f3-b74f-249e1b32f3b1/downloadbba97f39db3eff6ef515d9ceb3aa4910MD5210784/33400oai:repository.eafit.edu.co:10784/334002024-02-20 18:31:20.882open.accesshttps://repository.eafit.edu.coRepositorio Institucional Universidad EAFITrepositorio@eafit.edu.co
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title The westernization of the East: An opportunity for development or a fallacy?
spellingShingle The westernization of the East: An opportunity for development or a fallacy?
Westernization
Democracy
Social inequality
Environment
Occidentalización
Democracia
Inequidad social
Medio ambiente
title_short The westernization of the East: An opportunity for development or a fallacy?
title_full The westernization of the East: An opportunity for development or a fallacy?
title_fullStr The westernization of the East: An opportunity for development or a fallacy?
title_full_unstemmed The westernization of the East: An opportunity for development or a fallacy?
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Perez de Toledo,Eloisa
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Perez de Toledo,Eloisa
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dc.subject.keyword.eng.fl_str_mv Westernization
Democracy
Social inequality
Environment
topic Westernization
Democracy
Social inequality
Environment
Occidentalización
Democracia
Inequidad social
Medio ambiente
dc.subject.keyword.spa.fl_str_mv Occidentalización
Democracia
Inequidad social
Medio ambiente
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