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Book SynopsisEver since the Asia-Pacific transformed from an 'institutional desert' into one of the most networked areas in the world, questions of the region's future and the future of the global system have become closely intertwined. This volume explores the key issues of regional co-operation, economic and political integration, security relations and international affairs within and across the Asia-Pacific.
The expert contributors shed critical light on how significant developments are impacting on the global system. In particular, they consider emerging forms of global governance, and how the Asia-Pacific as a region, individual countries such as China, Japan, South Korea and the US, and regional organizations and forums like APEC are shaping the world. Uniquely, the discussion is not limited to East Asia but also takes Latin America prominently into the equation.
This timely book will prove to be a stimulating read for academics, students, researchers and policy makers with an interest in Asian studies, development and agriculture, economics, international studies.
Contributors: R.P. Appelbaum, M. Chen, C.M. Dent, H. Dobson, J. Dosch, M. Falck Reyes, Q. Fang, D.S.G. Goodman, J. Henderson, Y. Hong, J.L. Leon-Manriquez, S.A. Oyen, C.H. Park, R. Parker, J. Ravenhill, J. Reilly, A. Santa-Cruz, C. Yao
Trade ReviewDent and Dosch have put together a superb volume that explores new dimensions of the world events for the past five decades and take decrypting the processes of regionalism, global system, and world society to a new height. The contributors have enhanced our understanding of how regionalism has been changing, when a world society will be created, and why East Asia's centrality matters in this unfolding drama. Policymakers, academics, and mass media opinion makers will find the book useful, provocative, and refreshing. --Eul-Soo Pang, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore
Table of ContentsContents: Preface PART I: INTRODUCTION 1. The Asia-Pacific, Regionalism and the Global System: An Introduction Jörn Dosch and Christopher M. Dent PART II: ECONOMIC INTEGRATION: ASIA-PACIFIC AND GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES 2. Is Japanese Foreign Direct Investment Fostering Production Networks in Mexico? Melba Falck Reyes 3. Managing the Great Recession in South Korea and Mexico: Economic Institutions, Domestic Market and Regional Trade José Luis León-Manríquez 4. On Globalisation and Region-building: The Case of North America Arturo Santa-Cruz PART III: REGIONAL AND GLOBAL MULTILATERALISM 5. The Numbers Game in Asia-Pacific Cooperation John Ravenhill 6. The Principle of ‘Subsidiarity’ and Asian Unification Yao Chaocheng 7. Asia Shaping the Group of 20 or the Group of 20 Shaping Asia? Hugo Dobson 8. From G8 to G20: A Shift of the Dynamics of Global Economic Governance? Hong Yousheng and Fang Qing 9. Regional Answers to the Global Crisis? Asia-Pacific Multilateral Organisations and the Economic Downturn Jörn Dosch 10. Intra-regional Geopolitical Dynamics in Northeast Asia Cheol Hee Park PART IV: EAST ASIA AND GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT 11. China and the Changing Nature of Globalisation Jeffrey Henderson 12. China’s Developmental Experience: Lessons for the Asia-Pacific Minglu Chen and David S.G. Goodman 13. China’s Move to High-tech Innovation: Some Regional Policy Implications Richard P. Appelbaum and Rachel Parker 14. A Northeast Asian Model of ODA? Comparing Chinese, Japanese and Korean Official Development Assistance James Reilly PART V: SOCIETAL PERSPECTIVES 15. The Rise of an Empire: EXPO 2010 as a Symbol of the Ambiguity of Chinese Modernisation Simen Andersen Øyen 16. The Century Belongs to All of Us: East Asian Regionalism and World Society Christopher M. Dent Index
