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Gregory W. Noble - Collective Action in East Asia: How Ruling Parties Shape Industrial Policy - 9780801431777 - V9780801431777
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Collective Action in East Asia: How Ruling Parties Shape Industrial Policy

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Description for Collective Action in East Asia: How Ruling Parties Shape Industrial Policy Hardback. Series: Cornell Studies in Political Economy. Num Pages: 264 pages, 4. BIC Classification: 1F; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 599.

As one Asian economic crisis follows another, sending shock waves through the global market, questions about the making and conduct of industrial policy in the East take on a special urgency. Observers are sharply divided as to whether the ubiquitous attempts at cooperation among competing firms in Asia have been a key to competitiveness or a corrosive form of collusion. This timely book offers a close look at the impact of industrial policies on collective action in East Asia—in Japan and Taiwan and, more briefly, in South Korea. Systematically comparative and based on interviews and original research in the local languages, it focuses on forms of collective action such as cartels, standardization, and research and development consortia in the consumer electronics and minimill steel industries. The book combines detailed case studies with analyses of the political, bureaucratic, and industrial environments in which policy is crafted. It also considers how these environments have evolved in the past decade as long-ruling conservative parties have been challenged in all three countries.

Among the book's findings is a surprising disparity between the ways in which Japan and Taiwan have handled collective action policy, despite their many historical, demographic, and economic similarities. Collective Action in East Asia also brings to light unexpected inconsistencies in the effectiveness of Japanese policy, which frequently succeeds with R&D consortia but struggles with cartels. Studying both the rapid-growth period of the 1980s and the more recent economic slowdown in East Asia, this book provides crucial information for an understanding of today's global economy.

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Series
Cornell Studies in Political Economy
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801431777
SKU
V9780801431777
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Ref
99-1

About Gregory W. Noble
Gregory W. Noble is a Fellow in the Department of International Relations at the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University.

Reviews for Collective Action in East Asia: How Ruling Parties Shape Industrial Policy
Gregory Noble has written an important and painstakingly researched book that adds much to our understanding of the way industry policies develop and collective action problems are resolved in East Asia.
Mark Beeson
Pacific Affairs
This systematically comparative study takes a close look at the impact of industrial policies on collective action in East Asia—Japan and Taiwan and, more briefly, in South Korea.... Brought to light are the unexpected inconsistencies in the effectiveness of Japanese policy which frequently succeeds with research and development consortia but struggles with cartels.... The author throws light on these countries' approach to today's global economy.
International Review of Administrative Sciences

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