Journal of East Asian Studies articles from January 2007

Journal of East Asian Studies archives from January 2007

How globalization drives institutional diversity: the Japanese electronics industry's response to value chain modularity.(Industry overview)
January 1, 2007... The failure of Japanese electronics firms to participate fully in the Internet-fueled growth of the global electronics industry during the late 1990s triggered a period of questioning among top executives. This article examines Japanese...

Economic interdependence and peace: a game-theoretic analysis.
January 1, 2007... Most of the contemporary policy debate regarding economic interdependence and peace has focused on devising responses either in favor of or in opposition to the prevailing notion that trade is positively and unconditionally correlated with...

The evolution of South Korea's rural institutions: the political economy of export promotion and market protection.(agricultural and livestock sectors )
January 1, 2007... South Korea's economic takeoff in the 1960s triggered a scholarly debate over the causes behind its economic growth. Neoclassical economists and "statist" scholars focused on government policies toward the industrial sector, but as this article...

Chronic food shortages and the collective farm system in North Korea.
January 1, 2007... This article considers the problem of North Korea's collective farms from a micro-institutional perspective. It begins with an analysis of the collective fanning system introduced in 1958, the changes in 1966 that allowed for subwork teams, and...

Institutional incentives and informal local political groups (Phuak) in Thailand: comments on Allen Hicken and Paul Chambers.
January 1, 2007... Post-1997 Thai politics have been shaped by the effects of two momentous events that occurred almost at the same time: the introduction of far-reaching structural changes by the 1997 constitution, and the appearance of a singularly overbearing...

Omitted variables, intent, and counterfactuals: a response to Michael H. Nelson.
January 1, 2007... I have written elsewhere: "Where there exists a critical mass of scholars working on similar sets of questions--critiquing and building on one another's work--knowledge accumulation is more likely to occur." (1) It is with this statement in...

In response to Michael H. Nelson.(Letter to the editor)
January 1, 2007... I am flattered by Michael Nelson's interest in my article ("Evolving Toward What? Parties, Factions, and Coalition Behavior in Thailand Today," Journal of East Asian Studies 5, no. 3). He takes issue with my discussion of four levels of...

Japan's Foreign Aid: Old Continuities and New Directions.(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Japan's Foreign Aid: Old Continuities and New Directions. Edited by David Arase. Oxon and New York: Routledge, 2005. 312 pp. 75.00 [pounds sterling]. Cloth and paperback. Japan's Official Development Assistance (ODA) has long been a...

Gender and Human Rights Politics in Japan: Global Norms and Domestic Networks.(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Gender and Human Rights Politics in Japan: Global Norms and Domestic Networks. By Jennifer Chan-Tiberghien. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2004. 220 pp. $48.00. Cloth. The past fifteen years have seen an explosion of research from...

China Rising: Power and Motivation in Chinese Foreign Policy.(Book review)
January 1, 2007... China Rising: Power and Motivation in Chinese Foreign Policy. Edited by Yong Deng and Fei-Ling Wang. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2005.349 pp. $34.95. Paper. The rise of China is arguably one of the most important events in world...

Public Opinion and Political Change in China.(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Public Opinion and Political Change in China. By Wenfang Tang. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2005. 237 pp. $55.00. Cloth. This book seeks to explore what forces shape public opinion and whether public opinion in turn can affect...

Citizen Power, Politics, and the "Asian Miracle": Reassessing the Dynamics.(Book review)
January 1, 2007... Citizen Power, Politics, and the "Asian Miracle": Reassessing the Dynamics. By O. Fiona Yap. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 2005. 186 pp. $49.95. Cloth. In this concise yet comprehensive book Fiona Yap has developed a new theory to account...