Dear Friends and Colleagues:
I am pleased to announce the publication of my edited volume "Globalization and Economic Nationalism in Asia" (Oxford: Oxford University Press).
This collection documents the different ways in which Asian governments
have been pursuing economic nationalism even as they have been
integrating with the world economy. The book challenges the popular
view that with globalization, either the role of the state becomes
redundant or that states are unable to purposefully intervene in the
economy. The book argues that since most states pursue national
interests, which largely include economic development, they work with
national business and often intervene on their behalf to create
internationally competitive industries. States are thus viewed as
integral to capitalist development, and economic nationalism
is neither theoretically nor empirically redundant.
Contributors
from Asia and elsewhere present wide-ranging arguments and evidence to
counter the view that with globalization economic nationalism is passé.
Instead, they demonstrate that states in Asia are active in shaping
trade, investment, technological, industrial, and financial outcomes.
Using interdisciplinary social science approaches that are also
historically sensitive, this book critically assesses why and how states
in select Asian countries continue to intervene in the economy in both
familiar and novel ways. Countries covered include India, China, South
Korea, Singapore, Japan, and the East Asian region as a whole. Together
they illustrate why these states practice economic nationalism even as
they
enthusiastically embrace the generalized process of globalization
through domestic reforms and liberalization.
Readership: Academics,
researchers, graduate students, policy makers, advanced undergraduates
interested in Asia, globalization, economics and finance, political
economy, and government.
Table of Contents
Ajit Singh: Foreword
1: Anthony P. D'Costa: Capitalism and Economic Nationalism: Asian State Activism in the World Economy
2: Mark Selden: Economic Nationalism and Regionalism in Contemporary East Asia
3: Surajit Mazumdar: Big Business and Economic Nationalism in India
4: Yongnian Zheng and Rongfang Pan: From Defensive to Aggressive Strategies: The Evolution of Economic Nationalism in China
5: Takaaki Suzuki: Globalization, Finance, and Economic Nationalism: The Changing Role of the State in Japan
6: Toshiya Ozaki: Open Trade, Closed Industry: The Japanese Aerospace
Industry in the Evolution of Economic Nationalism and Implications for
Globalization
7: You-il Lee: South Korea's Globalization in the Late Twentieth Century: An End to Economic Nationalism?
8: Alan Chong: Disciplining Globalization for Local Purposes? The Peculiarity of Contending Singaporean Economic Nationalism
9: Karl Gerth: A New "Brand" of Chinese Economic Nationalism: From China Made to China Managed
10: Keikoh Ryu: Chinese Economic Nationalism, Japanese Enterprises, and
Localization: The Growing Importance of Social Engagement
11: Anthony P. D'Costa: Looking Ahead at Economic Nationalism: Concluding Remarks
Additional details can be found here:
GLOBALIZATION AND ECONOMIC NATIONALISM IN ASIA
http://tinyurl.com/6r4g7ld
Best wishes. Anthony
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