East Asian Capitalism

Andrew Walter is Reader in International Political Economy and Research Associate in the Department of Management at the London School of Economics and Political Science, and Academic Director of the TRIUM Global Executive MBA Programme. He sits on the Council of Chatham House, a leading British think-tank of international affairs, and on the Academic Advisory Panel of The International Centre for Financial Regulation. His research has focused primarily on the political economy of global financial and monetary relations, with a regional focus on East Asia. His recent books include Governing Finance: East Asia's Adoption of International Standards (Cornell University Press, 2008), Analyzing the Global Political Economy (Princeton University Press, 2009, with Gautam Sen), and China, the United States, and Global Order (Cambridge University Press, 2011, with Rosemary Foot).Xiaoke Zhang is Professor at the Manchester Business School, the University of Manchester. His research interests are in comparative political economy, with a regional focus on East Asia. His recent publications include The Political Economy of Capital Market Reforms in Southeast Asia (Palgrave Macmillan 2011) and International Financial Governance under Stress (Cambridge University Press, 2003, with Geoffrey R.D. Underhill).

• PART ONE INTRODUCTION ; 1. Debating East Asian Capitalism: Issues and Themes ; PART TWO BUSINESS-GOVERNMENT RELATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES ; 2. Government-industry Relations in China: A Review of the Art of the State ; 3. Not of a Piece: Developmental States, Industrial Policy and Evolving Patterns of Capitalism in Japan, Korea and Taiwan ; 4. State-business Linkages in Southeast Asia: The Developmental State, Neo-liberalism and Enterprises Development ; PART THREE LABOUR MARKETS AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ; 5. Reform and Institutional Change in East Asian Labour Markets ; 6. Durable Subordination: Chinese Labour Regime through a South Korean Lens ; 7. Continuity and Change in the Japanese Economy: Evidence of Institutional Interactions between Financial and Labour Markets ; PART FOUR FINANCIAL MARKET STRUCTURES ; 8. Political Hierarchy and Finance: The Politics of China's Financial Development ; 9. The Political Economy of Financial Development in Southeast Asia ; 10. The Japanese Financial Sector's Transition from High Growth to the 'Lost Decades' ; 11. Dominant Coalitions and Capital Market Changes in Northeast Asia ; PART FIVE CONCLUSION ; 12. Understanding Variations and Changes in East Asian Capitalism