1st Edition

East Asia and the Trials of Neo-Liberalism

Edited By Kevin Hewison, Richard Robison Copyright 2006
184 Pages
by Routledge

184 Pages
by Routledge

184 Pages
by Routledge

A much-needed examination of the impact of neo-liberalism in East Asia in the years since the 1997 to 1998 Asian Economic Crisis. These leading contributors tackle the nature of neo-liberalism, and the forces and institutions driving it. With fresh case studies of Indonesia, Thailand, South Korea, Malaysia, China and Vietnam, showing how domestic elites are critical to the ways... Read more
1. East Asia and the Trials of Neo-Liberalism  2. Neo-Liberal Reforms and Illiberal Consolidations: The Indonesian Paradox  3. A Legitimate Paradox: Neo-Liberal Reform and the Return of the State in South Korea  4. Neo-Liberalism and Domestic Capital: The Political Outcomes of the Economic Crisis in Thailand  5. Malaysia: New reforms, Old Continuities, Tense Ambiguities  6. China's Engagement with Neo-Liberalism: Path Dependency, Party Self-Reinvention and Geography  7. The Politics of State Sector Reforms in Vietnam: Contested Agendas and Uncertain Trajectories  8. Neo-Liberalism and East Asia: Resisting the Washington Consensus

Biography

Richard Robison is Professor of Political Economy at the Institute of Social Studies in The Hague, The Netherlands.
Kevin Hewison is Director of the Carolina Asia Center at the University of North Carolina.