01803nam a22001337a 4500020001800000082001300018245009400031260004300125300003200168505003500200520131600235650008001551700003801631  a9780198717553  a330.1220  aEast Asian Capitalism : Diversity, Continuity, and ChangecAndrew Walter and Xiaoke Zhang  aOxfordbOxford University Pressc 2012  axii,331 Pagesb23X15 cmbPB  aInclude index and Bibliography  aThe 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 on China, 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 the evolution 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 labor systems interact and affect the evolution of capitalist political economies in the region  aEast Asia -- Economic Conditions -- 20th Century.aCapitalism -- East Asia.  aWalter, Andrew and  Zhang, Xiaoke