The political and economic transition in East Asia : strong market, weakening state / edited by Xiaoming Huang.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Huang, Xiaoming.

John Lammey Stewart Memorial Library Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Free enterprise.

East Asia--Economic policy.

East Asia.

Economic policy.

Free enterprise--East Asia.

East Asia--Politics and government.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

xviii, 281 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, 2001.

Summary:

Since the 1960s, the Asian Tigers have combined economic success and autocratic politics. Now in the wake of a daunting financial crisis, these nations are moving toward political change as well as renewed growth. What direction will these changes take? Will the traditional Asian "development state" give way to the American model of market liberalism?

This book explores the complex transitions under way in China, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan, as the leadership shift their economic and political relationships in order to survive in the global economy. Written by a team of international scholars in political science, economics, international relations, and Asian studies, this book illuminates the significant changes in the political economies of the major Asian states.

Contents:

1 Between the State and the Market: The Problem of Transition in East Asia / Xiaoming Huang 3

Part I The New Market Conditions

2 Market Liberalisation and the Problem of Governance in South Korea / Kwan S. Kim 27

3 Institutional Adaptation Under Pressure: China's Changing Economic Environment / Shiping Zheng 55

Part II The New Political Conditions

4 China's Aimless State / Peter Harris 83

5 The Japanese State: Surviving Neoliberal Political Economy / Seiji Endo 112

Part III The New State-Market Nexus

6 Contested State and Competitive State: Managing the Economy in a Democratic Taiwan / Xiaoming Huang 139

7 Macroeconomic Dilemmas and Alternative State Strategies: The Post-Developmental State of Taiwan / Stephen P. Green 176

Part IV The New Global Conditions

8 Global Dynamics and the Institutional Flaws of East Asian Governance / Christopher Lingle 197

9 Global Capitalism in Crisis: The East Asian Problem in a Wider Context / Harry D. Shutt 220

10 Beyond the State and the Market: The Primacy of Human Interest / Xiaoming Huang 243

I South Korea's Financial Market Indicators 257

II Trends in Price, Industrial Output and Industrial Sales in South Korea 257

III Trends in Unemployment Rates and Year-on-Year Real Wage Changes in South Korea 258

IV Foreign Exchange Rates and Useable Reserves in South Korea 258.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John Lammey Stewart Memorial Library Fund.

ISBN:

0878408185

OCLC:

43894448