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81. Developmentalism and Dependency in Southeast Asia

    The Case of the Automotive Industry

    By Jason P. Abbott

    Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

    This book provides a detailed cross-country study of the automotive industry in South East Asia. Abbott argues that, contrary to prevailing opinion, the diffusion of manufacturing in the Asia-Pacific has been characterized by hierarchical networks of production linked to Japan for technology....

    Published November 20th 2002 by Routledge
82. The Economy of the Philippines

    Elites, Inequalities and Economic Restructuring

    By Peter Krinks

    Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

    In the late 1950s, the Filipino economy could reasonably have been described as more advanced than those of its South Asian neighbours. Ever since then, however, it has consistently lagged behind and only really started to grow strongly in the mid-1990s and even then it failed to achieve the growth...

    Published September 11th 2002 by Routledge
83. Law and Labour Market Regulation in East Asia

    Edited by Sean Cooney, Tim Lindsey, Richard Mitchell, Zhu Ying

    Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

    This edited collection examines the labour laws of seven industrializing East Asian societies - China, Indonesia, Malaysia, South Korea, Taiwan, the Philippines and Vietnam - and discusses the variation in their impact across the whole region. Leading scholars from each country consider both laws...

    Published July 24th 2002 by Routledge
84. Capitalist Development and Economism in East Asia

    The Rise of Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan and South Korea

    By Kui-Wai Li

    Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

    Taking a conceptual approach, this book studies the economic development of the four East Asian economies since 1950. The author summarizes and reconsiders many of the arguments and findings that supported and explained the economic 'miracles' of Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan and South Korea,...

    Published January 30th 2002 by Routledge
85. Women and Work in Globalizing Asia

    By Dong-Sook S. Gills, Nicola Piper

    Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

    This book sheds light on the real experiences of women in different societies, exploring the impact of globalization through the changing nature of the labour of women. A comprehensive survey of women and work is provided by using case studies and empirical data collected from throughout Asia and...

    Published December 12th 2001 by Routledge
86. Financial Markets and Policies in East Asia

    By Gordon De Brouwer

    Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

    While the financial crisis in East Asia could be said to be on the wane in some countries, the reconstruction process in the aftermath and the debate about the financial policies best suited to the region still rages on. This book examines both of these processes in authoritative detail.It includes...

    Published December 5th 2001 by Routledge
87. The Political Economy of Development and Environment in Korea

    By Jae-Yong Chung, Richard J. Kirkby

    Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

    This book looks at Korea's economic, social and spatial development processes from the early Modernisation period to the financial crisis of 1997. It focuses on the political and ideological control of the state during the developmental era, as well as the environmental problems of Korea, and...

    Published October 24th 2001 by Routledge
88. The Japanese Industrial Economy

    Late Development and Cultural Causation

    By Ian Inkster

    Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

    This book reveals that the manipulation of culture was of more importance than the character of the original cultural stock in explaining Japan's modern industrialization. Thus the features of private enterprise culture that are so often isolated as keys to the nation's historical competitiveness...

    Published September 19th 2001 by Routledge
89. Hong Kong as an International Financial Centre

    Emergence and Development, 1945-1965

    By Dr Catherine Schenk

    Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

    Based on previously unpublished archival records, this book studies the origins of Hong Kong's post war rise to global prominence. It explores the expansion of the gold market, stock market, banking system, foreign exchange market, and insurance in the years 1945-1965. This book makes a significant...

    Published March 14th 2001 by Routledge
90. Impediments to Trade in Services

    Measurements and Policy Implications

    Edited by Christopher Findlay, Tony Warren

    Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

    Published December 13th 2000 by Routledge