Since the 1960s, the Asian Tigers have combined economic success and autocratic politics. Now in the wake of a daunting financial crisis, these nations are moving toward political change as well as renewed growth. What direction will these changes take? Will the traditional Asian "development state" give way to the American model of market liberalism?
This book explores the complex transitions under way in China, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan, as the leaderships shift their economic and political relationships in order to survive in the global economy. Written by a team of international scholars in political science, economics, international relations, and Asian studies, this book illuminates the significant changes in the political economies of the major Asian states.
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
Between the State and the Market: The Problem of Transition in East Asia
Xiaoming Huang
Part I The New Market Conditions
Market Liberalisation and the Problem of Governance in South Korea
Kwan S. Kim
Insitutional Adaptation Under Pressure: China's Changing Economic Environment
Shiping Zheng
Part II The New Political Conditions
China's Aimless State
Peter Harris
The Japanese State: Surviving Neoliberal Political Economy
Seiji Endo
Part III The New State-Market Nexus
Contested State and Competitive State: Managing the Economy in a Democratic Taiwan
Xiaoming Huang
Macroeconomic Dilemmas and Alternative State Strategies: The Post-Developmental State of Taiwan
Stephen P. Green
Part IV The New Global Conditions
Global Dynamics and the Insitutional Flaws of East Asian Governance
Christopher Lingle
Global Capitalism in Crisis: The East Asian Problem in a Wider Context
Harry D. Shutt
Conclusion
Beyond the State and the Market: The Primacy of Human Interest
Xiaoming Huang
Appendixes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
Xiaoming Huang teaches at the Victoria University of Wellington.
