Four Asian Tigers Economic Development and the Global Political Economy

Name: Four Asian Tigers Economic Development and the Global Political Economy
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ISBN: 9780124074408

ISBN-10: 0124074405

ISBN-13: 9780124074408

Edition: 1998

Authors: Eun Mee Kim

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This book critically examines the geopolitical and economic contexts of the region's export-oriented industrialization. The first part of the book focuses on the global and regional elements of the economic system and recent geo-politics. The second part of the book focuses on the domestic actors and institutions which played critical roles in the miracle economies of East Asia. This collection of original papers describes the economic developments and environment that underlie the East Asian NICs. Through a comparison of the Four Tigers-South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore-the contributors deliver a case-oriented study that explains the region's most successful economies. This…

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List price: $87.99
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
Publication date: 8/11/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 234
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.27" tall
Weight: 0.924
Language: English



Contributors


Preface



The Regional and Global Contexts for Economic Development



The Political Economy of Economic Growth in East Asia: South Korea and Taiwan




Defining Security in East Asia: History, Hotspots, and Horizon-Gazing




The Export-Oriented Industrialization of Pacific Rim Nations and Their Presence in the Global Market




The Actors and Institutions of Economic Development



Commodity Chains and Regional Divisions of Labor in East Asia




State Autonomy and Its Social Conditions for Economic Development in South Korea and Taiwan




Is Small Beautiful? The Political Economy of Taiwan's Small-Scale Industry




Industrial Flexibility, Economic Restructuring, and East Asian Labor




Crisis in Korea and the IMF Control



Index