1st Edition

The Political and Economic Transition in East Asia Strong Market, Weakening State

By Xioaming Huang Copyright 2001
304 Pages
by Routledge

304 Pages
by Routledge

304 Pages
by Routledge

The book examines the political and economic developments in East Asia since the end of the Cold War in an attempt to identify a broad pattern of transition, particularly in terms of the reshaping of the state's relations with forces and institutions in economy, politics and domestic- international interactions. The chapters are organised into three parts: I: The state in the new economy; II: The... Read more
Preface IntroductionBetween the State and the Market: The Problem of Transition in East AsiaXiaoming Huang Part I The New Market Conditions Market Liberalisation and the Problem of Governance in South KoreaKwan S. Kim Insitutional Adaptation Under Pressure: China's Changing Economic EnvironmentShiping Zheng Part II The New Political ConditionsChina's Aimless StatePeter Harris The Japanese State: Surviving Neoliberal Political EconomySeiji Endo Part III The New State-Market Nexus Contested State and Competitive State: Managing the Economy in a Democratic TaiwanXiaoming Huang Macroeconomic Dilemmas and Alternative State Strategies: The Post-Developmental State of TaiwanStephen P. Green Part IV The New Global Conditions Global Dynamics and the Insitutional Flaws of East Asian GovernanceChristopher Lingle Global Capitalism in Crisis: The East Asian Problem in a Wider ContextHarry D. Shutt Conclusion Beyond the State and the Market: The Primacy of Human InterestXiaoming Huang AppendixesBibliographyIndex

Biography

Xiaoming Huang

'This book provided a useful snapshot of how the debate is being developed in the case of East Asia.'Contemporary Southeast Asia