Journal of East Asian Studies articles from September 2004

Journal of East Asian Studies archives from September 2004

The adaptive developmental state in East Asia.
September 1, 2004... In 1997, several of Asia's economies collapsed and the international community was called in to help mend the ailing region. The crisis attracted a great deal of attention among both the scholarly and policy communities. At that time, it seemed...

After the developmental state: civil society in Japan.
September 1, 2004... The Japanese developmental state catapulted Japan into economic prominence. However, almost just as world attention focused on Japan's distinctive model, the era of the developmental state was drawing to a close. A generation of scholars has...

Postindustrial pressures, political regime shifts, and social policy reform in Japan and South Korea.
September 1, 2004... This article examines how postindustrial pressures and political changes have shaped recent social policy reforms in Japan and South Korea. Postindustrial pressures are categorized into exogenous and endogenous factors: exogenous being economic...

Development, the second time around: the political logic of developing western China.
September 1, 2004... The Great Development of the West is no more than grand conferences held in the west (Xibu Dakaifa zhishi xibu dakaihui). --State Council officials in charge of developing the west (1) On the surface, the Great Development of the West...

Industrial policy, Chinese-style: FDI, regulation, and dreams of national champions in the auto sector.
September 1, 2004... Long after the start of the reform period, and well after the proven success of the private sector, the fate of the state-owned sector in China continued to disturb the sleep of many policymakers in the Chinese central government. During...

From learning to creating: biotechnology and the postindustrial developmental state in Korea.
September 1, 2004... South Korea is currently undergoing a process of industrial restructuring. As competitors in the Asian region have begun to catch up--in terms of technological know-how, investment mobilization, price competition, and human capital...

Japan Between Asia and the West: Economic Power and Strategic Balance.(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... Japan Between Asia and the West: Economic Power and Strategic Balance. By Mint Wan. New York: M. E. Sharpe, 2001, 240 pp. Japan is quite often depicted as a "reactive state," responding passively to the stimuli emanating from the...

The North Korean Revolution, 1945-1950.(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... The North Korean Revolution, 1945-1950. By Charles K. Armstrong. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2003. 265 pp. Confronted with an irregular flow of confusing and often conflicting information on North Korea, bewilderment is what descends...

China's Past, China's Future: Energy, Food, Environment.(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... China's Past, China's Future: Energy, Food, Environment. By Vaclav Smil. New York: Routledge Curzon, 2004. 232 pp. What is truly extraordinary about Vaclav Smil is not only his productivity but also the consistently high quality and...

Globalization and Democratization in Asia: the Construction of Identity.(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... Globalization and Democratization in Asia: The Construction of Identity. Edited by Catarian Kinnvall and Kristina Jonsson. New York: Routledge, 2002. 276 pp. This collection of essays focuses on the effect of globalization on political...

Machiavelli's Children: Leaders and Their Legacies in Italy and Japan.(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... Machiavelli's Children: Leaders and Their Legacies in Italy and Japan. By Richard J. Samuels. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2003. 456 pp. Leaders matter. That is the message of Richard Samuels's exhaustive and evocative study of the...

Books received.
September 1, 2004... The books listed below were recently received by the editor and are available for review. General Barro, Robert J. 2003. Nothing Is Sacred: Economic Ideas for the New Millennium. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press. Ong, Aihwa. 2003....