Norman Flynn

Miracle to Meltdown in Asia

Business, Government, and Society

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The book examines the social, economic, and political modes of governance in the region. It finds that there is a shifting balance between rule by the market, rule by connections, and rule by force. In the sphere of economic management, it shows that the period of the 'developmental state' in Japan and Korea has come to an end, but that it has not yet been replaced by a liberal market. Elsewhere the close connections between governments and business have been weakened but not yet broken. There are still special 'Asian' characteristics in economic management and in politics. The forces of 'Globalization' are strong, but they are confronted with political and economic cultures that are not rooted in liberal market ethics.

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The crisis in Asia has caused economic hardship and brought an end to the 'economic miracle' of fast economic growth in the region. This book asks whether the 1997/8 crisis marks a break with the past and signals an end to 'Asian' ways of running economies. The book examines the social, economic, and political modes of governance in the region and finds a shifting balance between rule by the market, rule by connections, and rule by force.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 180
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Februar 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 161mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9780198295525
• ISBN-10: 0198295529
• Artikelnr.: 22330763

Autorenporträt

Norman Flynn is currently Research Fellow at the London School of Economics. He was formerly Professor of Public Management at the City University of Hong Kong. He has consulting experience in China, Hong Kong, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Bosnia, Bolivia, and Slovenia.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Lessons from the Asian Crisis
What sort of 'miracles'?
How did the 'meltdown' happen?
Why did it happen?
Responses
Lessons
2. Expressive Relationships and Networks
Challenged assumptions
Expressive and instrumental ties
Mixed ties and networks
Implications
3. The Economy and the State
Intervention and the market
The 'developmental state'
'Good governance'
The development of the debate
Networks and economic development
The end of rule by connections?
4. The Final Victory of Globalization?
Homogenization
The supranational institutions
The global market
Globalization as power struggle
What is left for the state?
Global governance for a global economy?
5. Democracy, the Economy, and the Crisis
Democracy and the crisis
Democracy and the economy
Asian democracy?
6. The Family, the Company, and the State
Rights and obligations
Politics and culture
explanations of 'Asian' ways of welfare
The crisis
vulnerability of the self-reliant society in market downturns
7. Managing the Network State
Differences among states
Trends before the crisis
The crisis and public management
Convergence
the end of rule by connections?
Conclusions
Economy
Politics
Labour and welfare
Managing the state
After rule by force and rule by connections?
Stability
Global market rules?