Political Economy of Transnational Governance

Hong Liu is Tan Lark Sye Chair Professor of Public Policy and Global Affairs at the School of Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, where he also serves as Director of the Nanyang Centre for Public Administration.

"This book discusses the political economy of transnational governance in Asia in eight well-detailed chapters. The book heavily depends on the Chinese perspective and its relationship with the world and East and Southeast Asian countries. The book’s explicit message seems to be that the importance of the Asian continent, mainly under the leading power of China, has been steadily increasing over the last three decades... those who systematically want to comprehend the political economy of transnational governance and its multilayered dimensions in Asia will find this book of interest." - Fatih Kırşanlı, Public Choice"Hong Liu’s latest book on the political economy of relations between China and South-East Asia is an important contribution to the latest analyses of the rapidly changing socioeconomic and political dynamics in the region. Undergirding this study is a novel argument on multidimensional interactions between China and Southeast Asian countries. The book documents with careful detail and empirical data the complexity and depth of intraregional flow of goods, human capital, knowledge transfers and people, especially the diaspora community where locality, language and dialect, customs, cultural practices and kinship underpin the connectivity, reciprocity and network of exchanges in the region….[T]he book’s rich empirical data, interdisciplinary approach to its subject matter, and innovative and refreshing argument are important advancements and contributions to the field and for those seeking to truly understand the political economy of this vibrant part of the world." - Chin-Hao Huang, The China Quarterly

• Introduction: A Rising Asia in Three Keys1. Transnational Asia and Regional Networks: Toward a New Political Economy of East Asia2. China Engages Southeast Asia: Shifting Trajectories and Evolving Themes3. China’s Diaspora Policies as a New Mode of Transnational Governance4. The Political Economy of a Rising China in Southeast Asia: Malaysia Responds to the Belt and Road Initiative5. New Chinese Capitalism and ASEAN Economic Community6. Domesticating ‘Transnational Cultural Capital’: The Chinese State and Diasporic Entrepreneurship7. Global Talent Management and Higher Education Governance: The Singapore Experience in a Comparative Perspective8. China and the 'Singapore Model': Perspectives from Mid-level Cadres and Implications for Transnational Knowledge Transfer