Stalinist Reconstruction and the Confirmation of a New Elite, 1945–1953

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Overview....Pages 1-11
Growth and Development in East Asia and the OECD Countries....Pages 12-27
Front Matter....Pages 29-29
The Chinese Kaleidoscope: Chinese Economic Development in the Light of the New Institutional Theories....Pages 31-46
On Lao Tzu: His Impact on Chinese Thinking....Pages 47-56
Value Systems and Organization of Scholarship and Research in East and West....Pages 57-63
Illiberal Democracy in Southeast Asia....Pages 64-80
Beyond Dire Straits? Transnationalization and Renationalization in the Southern Growth Triangle....Pages 81-99
Land-Use Controls and Economic Freedom: the Diverging Histories of Singapore and Taipei....Pages 100-112
Front Matter....Pages 113-113
Ecological Sustainability....Pages 115-123
Pollution Transitions and Economic Growth in Asia....Pages 124-134
Social Security Systems in Southeast Asia: Are They Sustainable?....Pages 135-154
Stable Expansion for the Chinese Economy: Lessons from International Experience....Pages 155-168
Front Matter....Pages 169-169
The Complexity of Self-Organizing East Asian Networks....Pages 171-188
Asia Pacific and European Patterns of Intra- and Extra-Regional Trade Compared....Pages 189-206
Japanese Exports and Foreign Direct Investment....Pages 207-223
Business Integration across the Hong Kong-Chinese Border: Patterns and Explanations in the Garment Industry....Pages 224-238
Illiberal and Successful? In Search of Sustainable Regional Growth in Authoritarian States....Pages 239-254
Japanese Transition to Knowledge Arenas: an Infrastructural Perspective....Pages 255-268
Emerging Knowledge Networks in Eastern Asia....Pages 269-276
Back Matter....Pages 277-282