Emerging states at crossroads / Keiichi Tsunekawa, Yasuyuki Todo, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tsunekawa, Keiichi, 1948-

Todo, Yasuyuki, editor.

Series:

Emerging-economy state and international policy studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic policy.

Asia--Economic conditions.

Asia.

Economic conditions.

Democracy.

Economic development.

Social change.

Physical Description:

xiii, 293 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Singapore : Springer, [2019]

Summary:

This book is open access under a CC BY-NC-ND license. This volume analyzes the economic, social, and political challenges that emerging states confront today. Notwithstanding the growing importance of the 'emerging states' in global affairs and governance, many problems requiring immediate solutions have emerged at home largely as a consequence of the rapid economic development and associated sociopolitical changes. The middle-income trap is a major economic challenge faced by emerging states. This volume regards interest coordination for technological upgrading as crucial to avoid the trap and examines how various emerging states are grappling with this challenge by fostering public-private cooperation, voluntary associations of market players, and/or social networks. Social disparity is another serious problem. It is deeply rooted in history in the emerging states such as South Africa and many Latin American countries. However, income distribution is recently deteriorating even in East Asia that was once praised for its high economic growth with equity. Increasing pressure for political opening is another challenge for emerging states. This volume argues that the economic, social, and political problems are interwoven in the sense that the emerging states need to build political consensus in order to tackle the economic and social difficulties. Democratic institutions have not always been successful in this respect.

Contents:

Emerging challenges for emerging states

Part I. Middle-income trap and beyond

Responses to the middle-income trap in China, Malaysia, and Thailand

The middle-income trap in the ASEAN-4 countries from the trade structure viewpoint

Emerging states in Latin America: how and why they different from their Asian counterparts

Economic and political networks and firm openness: evidence from Indonesia

Industrial technology upgrading and innovation policies: a comparison of Taiwan and Thailand

Changing resource-based manufacturing industry: the case of the rubber industry in Malaysia and Thailand

Marketing risks and standards compliance: challenges in accessing the global market for high-value agricultural and aquacultural industries

Part II. Social and political dimensions

How nations resurge: overcoming historical inequality in South Africa

Education, development, and politics in South Korea

Politics of inequality in Indonesia: does democracy matter?

Civil-military relations in an emerging state: a perspective from Indonesia's democratic consolidation

Democratization and the military in Thailand.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9811328587

9789811328589

OCLC:

1052872717