Regionalism and globalization in East Asia : politics, security and economic development / Mark Beeson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beeson, Mark, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Regionalism--East Asia.

Regionalism.

Globalization.

East Asia.

Globalization--East Asia.

National security--East Asia.

National security.

East Asia--Politics and government.

Politics and government.

East Asia--Economic conditions.

Economic conditions.

Physical Description:

xviii, 318 pages : 1 map ; 24 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Other Title:

Regionalism & globalization in East Asia

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

Summary:

The updated and revised new edition of this leading text in the field examines the political systems, economic structures, and security relationships of East Asia. It shows how trends in regionalism and globalization are central to understanding East Asia's role on the world-stage and its position in the changing global order. Mark Beeson details the strengths and weaknesses of East Asia's disparate states and assesses the region's capacity to manage its own-often troubled-internal relations, as well as those with the rest of the world. He shows how East Asian development and the prospects for a more unified East Asian region can only be understood in the context of the unique historical circumstances that have underpinned the region's remarkable rise to prominence. Two new chapters in this second edition add to the book's authoritative analysis of East Asia's international and regional relations by providing full accounts of recent regional crises and the rise of China. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Conceptualizing East Asia: From the Local to the Global 1

Recognizing regions 2

Theories of regional co-operation and integration 5

Regional divergence or global convergence? 13

Conclusion 21

2 Northeast Asia and the Weight of History 23

The decline of Chinese hegemony 24

Internal struggle 30

The rise of Japan 34

Conclusion 45

3 Southeast Asia's Dependent Development 47

The coming of the Europeans 51

Nationalism, revolution and insurrection 55

Conclusion 60

4 The Evolving Security Agenda 63

'Security governance' 63

Southeast Asian security dynamics 67

Security and the PRC 70

Conclusion 75

5 Regional Security 77

The regional strategic context 78

Hegemonic transition? 80

Managing territorial politics 82

The emergence of 'new' security issues 89

Conclusion 92

6 Nationalism and Domestic Politics 93

East Asia's democratic moment? 95

Japan and Northeast Asia 99

Korea and Taiwan 102

Southeast Asia and the making of nations 107

Conclusion 118

7 East Asia's Developmental States 120

The Japanese exemplar 121

Development in practice 125

Japan in crisis 128

Japanese lessons? 131

The rise of the NICs 133

Southeast Asia: the maligned miracles? 140

Conclusion 148

8 The China Model? 150

Politics in China 151

An economy like no other? 156

Conclusion 165

9 East Asia and the Global Economy 167

Japan and the growth of East Asian regionalization 168

The first- and second-wave industrializing economies 175

China and the region 179

Conclusion 184

10 Crises and Their Consequences 186

The East Asian financial crisis and its aftermath 187

The 'global financial crisis' 194

Conclusion 202

11 The Evolution of East Asian Regionalism 204

ASEAN and Southeast Asian Regionalism 205

Post-Cold War and the rise and fall of APEC 210

The emergence of East Asian regionalism 214

ASEAN Plus Three 218

Conclusion 221

12 East Asian Futures 223

The material constraints on the future 227

Rising to the challenge? 231

The limits to interdependence 234.

Notes:

Previous edition: 2007.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-305) and index.

ISBN:

9781137332363

1137332360

9781137332356

1137332352

OCLC:

864788788