1st Edition

US-Asia Economic Relations A political economy of crisis and the rise of new business actors

By Justin Robertson Copyright 2009
272 Pages
by Routledge

272 Pages
by Routledge

272 Pages
by Routledge

In a world of continuing financial volatility, this book critically evaluates the oft-cited claim that US firms and the US government attempt to open emerging markets in economic distress and acquire valuable industrial and financial assets.  Focusing particularly on Korea and Thailand, the author examines the degree of market opening, the roles US actors played in this process and the... Read more

1. Introduction: Opportunism, Resistance and Divergent U.S. Economic Interests in Post-Financial Crisis Asia  PART I: Towards a Different Approach  2. The Foreign-Domestic Divide in Studying the Aftermath of Economic Crises and Outlining an Alternative Approach  3. The Divergent U.S. Interests Approach: A Different Theoretical Lens  PART II: U.S. Economic Behaviour in Asia After the Financial Crisis  4. An Opportunity for Foreign Investors: Crisis-Induced Market Opening in Korea and Thailand  5. Significant U.S. Interests and Influence in the Market Liberalization Process  6. Limited American and Aggressive Non-American Foreign Investment in Post-Crisis Korea and Thailand  PART III: Explaining Divergent U.S. Economic Interests  7. New Forms of International Business in East Asia  8. Misleading Theoretical Models of Economic Crises  9. Conclusion: Reviewing Findings and Looking Outside Asia 

 

Biography

Justin Robertson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Asian and International Studies at the City University of Hong Kong and an Associate of both the Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation and the Southeast Asia Research Centre.