ABSTRACT
Asia’s late-20th-century economic surge has generated scholarly reflection about state-led growth amidst rapid globalization and domestic economic and political liberalization. This chapter introduces a framework that serves as an original descriptive tool for more deeply probing the conceptual and practical implications of these dynamics. Using the “RICE” framework, based on the concepts of resilience, innovation, and civic enterprise, it aims to bring clarity to Asia’s disruptive collision involving market liberalization, developmentalism, and an emergent popular self-determinism. To understand trends impacting Asia’s urban growth, it is necessary first to understand the emerging forces shaping national development. The chapter also introduces the notion of “New Asian Statism” to conceptualize the political-economic context in which 21st-century Asian urbanism materializes. It explains the role of civic enterprise in collaborative urban and regional development, not only in practical application but also as an emerging theoretical paradigm.
