EBOOK East Asian Capitalism:Diversity, Continuity, and Change

The increasing economic and political importance of East Asia in the global        political economy requires a deeper analysis of the nature of the capitalist systems        in this region than has been provided by the existing literature on comparative        capitalisms. This volume brings together conceptual and empirical analyses of the        evolving patterns of East Asian capitalism against the backdrop of regional and        global market integration and periodic economic crises since the 1980s. Focusing        onChina, Japan, South Korea, Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Taiwan, and        Thailand, it provides an interdisciplinary account of variations, continuities, and        changes in the institutional structures that govern financial systems, industrial        relations, and product markets, and that shape theevolution of national political        economies.While the volume encompasses a range of different cases, specific issues,        and diverse methodologies, all the chapters address two dominant themes - the        continuities and changes in the institutional underpinnings of capitalist        development and the main driving forces behind them. The book thus provides an        integrated analysis of how changing institutional practices in business, financial,        and labour systems interact and affect the evolution of capitalist political        economies in theregion.