Studying the political and economic developments in East Asia since the end of the Cold War this text identifies a pattern of transition, focusing on the state's changing relations with economic and political institutions.
Preface IntroductionBetween the State and the Market: The Problem of Transition in East AsiaXiaoming Huang Part I The New Market Conditions Market Liberalisation and the Problem of Governance in South KoreaKwan S. Kim Insitutional Adaptation Under Pressure: China's Changing Economic EnvironmentShiping Zheng Part II The New Political ConditionsChina's Aimless StatePeter Harris The Japanese State: Surviving Neoliberal Political EconomySeiji Endo Part III The New State-Market Nexus Contested State and Competitive State: Managing the Economy in a Democratic TaiwanXiaoming Huang Macroeconomic Dilemmas and Alternative State Strategies: The Post-Developmental State of TaiwanStephen P. Green Part IV The New Global Conditions Global Dynamics and the Insitutional Flaws of East Asian GovernanceChristopher Lingle Global Capitalism in Crisis: The East Asian Problem in a Wider ContextHarry D. Shutt Conclusion Beyond the State and the Market: The Primacy of Human InterestXiaoming Huang AppendixesBibliographyIndex