Asia-Pacific Transitions

Inbunden, Engelska, 2001

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Since the 1997 Asia Pacific economic crisis, attention has turned to transformation that has and will affect the direction of the region's long term development. Drawing from a range of contributors from several disciplines, this book seeks to capture some of the multifaceted dimensions of these transitions as the region adjusts to new global realities.

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Utgivningsdatum2001-01-19
Mått140 x 216 x 23 mm
Vikt566 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor282
Upplaga2001
FörlagPalgrave Macmillan
ISBN9780333803011

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DAVID E. ANDERSSON is an Economist with the World Economics Institute in Taipei and a Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica, Taiwan. His research interests are on spatial and institutional economics. - JESSIE P.H. POON is Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and Canada-US Trade Center at the University of Buffalo-SUNY, USA. Her main research fields are in economic geography, trade studies, and Asian economic development.

List of Figures and Tables Notes on the Contributors INTRODUCTION Overview; D.E.Andersson & J.P.H.Poon Growth and Development in Eastern Asia and the OECD Countries; A.E.Andersson PART I: INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORKS The Chinese Kaleidoscope: Chinese Economic Development in the Light of the New Institutional Theories; K.Lundgren On Lao Tzu: His Impact on Chinese Thought; Z.Wei-bin Value Systems and Organization of Scholarship and Research in East and West; M.Beckmann Illiberal Democracy in Southeast Asia; J.Engberg Beyond Dire Straits? Transnationalization and Renationalization in the Southern Growth Triangle; N.Eklund Landuse Controls and Economic Freedom: The Diverging Histories of Singapore and Taipei; D.E.Andersson PART II: ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC CONSTRAINTS Ecological Sustainability; F.Forsund Pollution Transitions and Economic Growth in Asia; H.Chang-I Social Security Systems in Southeast Asia: Are They Sustainable; M.Asher Stable Expansion for the Chinese Economy: Lessons from International Experience; L.R.Klein PART III: CROSS-BORDER NETWORKS The Complexity of Self-Organizing East Asian Networks; D.F.Batten Asia Pacific and European Patterns of Intra and Extra Regional Trade; J.P.H.Poon & E.R.Thompson Japanese Exports and Foreign Direct Investment; P.Aberg Business Integration Across the Hong Kong-Chinese Border: Patterns and Explanations in the Garment Industry; E.R.Thompson Illiberal and Successful? In Search of Sustainable Regional Growth in Authoritarian States; J.Gidlund Japanese Transition to Knowledge Arenas: An Infrastructural Perspective; K.Kobayashi Emerging Knowledge Networks in Eastern Asia; D.E.Andersson Bibliography Index