ABSTRACT

Focuses both on specific regional organizations like ASEAN, The Asian Development Bank and APEC, as well as on key institutions such as East Asian legal systems, the media, organized labour, Asian business systems, and the developmental state.

chapter |6 pages

Introduction

part 1|130 pages

Institutions

chapter 7|22 pages

Social Movement Unionism in East Asia?

Regional and South Korean Union Responses to the Crisis

chapter 8|20 pages

Capitalism in East Asia

The Political Economy of Business Organisation in Japan, Korea and China

part 2|99 pages

Organisations

chapter 12|20 pages

Institutional Evolution at the Trans-Regional Level

APEC and the Promotion of Liberalisation

chapter 13|11 pages

Conclusion

The More Things Change ...? Path Dependency and Convergence in East Asia