Dr Chris Alden, Lecturer in International Relations, Department of International Relations, London School of Economics, United Kingdom. Katsumi Hirano, Senior Researcher, Institute for Developing Economies, Chiba, Japan.

• Part I: Japan and South Africa. 1. North and South: The changing contours of Japanese-South African relations, Chris Alden. 2. Japan's Trade with South Africa in the Inter-War Period: A study of Japanese consular reports, Katsujiko Kitagawa. 3. Japanese-South African Relations During the Apartheid Era, Masako Osada. 4. Japanese Investments in South Africa, 1992-1996: The state, private enterprise and strategic minerals, Kweku Ampiah. 5. Japan-South Africa Economic Relations: New Prospects or Neo-Mercantilist Perpetuation, Willem van der Spuy and Monika Glinzler. 6. Japan and Southern Africa: The resource diplomacy rationale, Deborah Sharp. 7. Japan, South Africa and the Region: Possibilities and Prospects, Matthew Simmonds. Part II: Comparative Dimensions in Development. 8. The Impact of Japanese Investment on South Africa as Viewed through an Asian Lens, Peter Draper. 9. Mass Unemployment in South Africa: A comparative study with East Asia, Katsumi Hirano. 10. South African Agriculture and the East Asian Experience, Makoto Sato and Chizuko Sato. 11. Civil Society, Development and Political Change: A comparative review of theory in Japan and South Africa, Mitsugi Endo. 12. The Political Economy of Population Change in Japan: Implications for South Africa, Yoichi Mine. 13. South Africa's Economic Relations with Asia: Changes and Implications, Hiroyuki Sudo.

'This book is an excellent analysis of the development policy of Korea and the associated political developments in revent years.' Journal of Contemporary Asia