The Four Asian Tigers : Economic Development and the Global Political Economy

This book critically examines the geopolitical and economic contexts of the region's export-oriented industrialization. The first part of the book focuses on the global and regional elements of the economic system and recent geo-politics. The second part of the book focuses on the domestic actors and institutions which played critical roles in the miracle economies of East Asia. This collection of original papers describes the economic developments and environment that underlie the East Asian NICs. Through a comparison of the Four Tigers - South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore - the contributors deliver a case-oriented study that explains the region's most successful economies. This book is the first region-wide comparative study to provide readers with country-specific information about economic environments and development. The authors examine the transferability of this region's experience to others. It charts the successful dynamic relationships between geopolitical, economic, and social resources. It is relevant to sociological and economic studies. There are in-depth case studies combined with comparative analysis within the region. There is incorporation of global security and economic contexts in the analysis of economic development and democratization.

This book critically examines the geopolitical and economic contexts of the region's export-oriented industrialization. The first part of the book focuses on the global and regional elements of the economic system and recent geopolitics. The second part of the book focuses on the domestic actors and institutions that played critical roles in the miracle economies of East Asia. The third part provides a timely evaluation of the financial crisis in 1997 that swept through Southeast Asia and other Asian countries, with an emphasis on the South Korean case. This collection of original papers describes the economic developments and environment that underlie the East Asian NICs. Through a comparison of the Four Tigers-South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore-the contributors deliver a case-oriented study that explains the region's most successful economies.

The Four Asian Tigers also provides an important discussion of the causes of the 1997 financial crisis experienced in many Asian economies and offers a prognosis for the future of the Asian economies. This book is the first region-wide comparative study to provide readers with country-specific information about economic environments and development.