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Book SynopsisIn his final work, Murakami confronts three crucial questions: How and in what form can a harmonious and stable post-cold-war world order be created? How can the world maintain the necessary economic performance while minimizing conflicts and environmental deterioration? What must be done to safeguard the freedoms of all peoples?
Trade Review"At last we have a translation of a major work explaining how the world looks from a Japanese perspective. . . . Murakami undertakes a thorough analysis of liberalism, the nation-state, national security, and East-West relations. His thinking is complex and subtle. . . . This book offers an important perspective from a major thinkers." —
Choice Table of ContentsTranslator's preface Translator's introduction 1. On progress 2. Nationalism and transnationalism 3. The theory of hegemonic stability: a compromise between economic liberalism and nationalism 4. The demise of the classical belief 5. An economics of decreasing cost 6. Developmentalism as a system 7. The increasing complexity of the international economy A scenario for a new international system: the rules for polymorphic liberalism 9. Developmentalism, heterogeneity, and parliamentary politics 10. Understanding 'understanding' Afterword Notes Index.
