Review of Akira Suehiro, 'Catch-Up Industrialization: The Trajectory and Prospects of East Asian Economies', NUS Press, 2008, ISBN 978-4-87698-741-2 Paperback US $30

Title
Review of Akira Suehiro, 'Catch-Up Industrialization: The Trajectory and Prospects of East Asian Economies', NUS Press, 2008, ISBN 978-4-87698-741-2 Paperback US $30
Publication Date
2009
Author(s)
Brown, Andrew J
Type of document
Review
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Place of publication
United Kingdom
DOI
10.1017/S1468109909990053
UNE publication id
une:7286
Abstract
First published in 2000 under the title 'Kyatchi-appa gata Kōgyōka-ron: Ajia Keizai no Kiseki to Tenbō', this book by distinguished Japanese economist Akira Suehiro offers a timely analysis of industrialization in East Asia (a term that also includes the economies of Southeast Asia). This revised English language edition is especially welcome as it offers non-Japanese speakers access to the work of a scholar who has long been making significant contributions to debates on East Asian development issues. Professor Suehiro sets himself the ambitious task of developing a theory of East Asian economic transformation based upon a critical examination of 'catch-up industrialization'. In pursuing this objective, he critically engages with debates concerned with the nature of relations between governments and markets in East Asia, the role of state enterprises, state-society relations, and the contributions of ideology and Asian values. The book contains 13 chapters organized into two broad sections.
Link
Citation
Japanese Journal of Political Science, 10(3), p. 355-356
ISSN
1474-0060
1468-1099
Start page
355
End page
356

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