ABSTRACT
The book examines the political and economic developments in East Asia since the end of the Cold War in an attempt to identify a broad pattern of transition, particularly in terms of the reshaping of the state's relations with forces and institutions in economy, politics and domestic- international interactions. The chapters are organised into three parts: I: The state in the new economy; II: The state in the new politics; III: The state in the new global environment. The contributors find a general pattern of the state's withdrawal from these three areas. But it is not simply that the market takes over, as some envisaged. Instead, the transition is moving towards a set of governance-producing arrangements in which the role of both the market and the state are appreciated. The book concludes that a more sophisticated approach is needed to the problems of development vs. governance, the state vs. the market, and global dynamics vs. national interests, for a better understanding of the dynamic transition and the consequent new political economy in East Asia.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|23 pages
Introduction
chapter Chapter One|21 pages
Between the State and the Market: The Problem of Transition in East Asia
part I|54 pages
The New Market Conditions
chapter Chapter Three|25 pages
Institutional Adaptation Under Pressure: China's Changing Economic Environment
part II|55 pages
The New Political Conditions
part III|58 pages
The New State-Market Nexus
chapter Chapter Six|37 pages
Contested State and Competitive State: Managing the Economy in a Democratic Taiwan *
chapter Chapter Seven|19 pages
Macroeconomic Dilemmas and Alternative State Strategies: The Post–Developmental State of Taiwan *
part IV|46 pages
The New Global Conditions
part |13 pages
Conclusion