Capital, the State, and Late Industrialization: Comparative Perspectives on the Pacific Rim

by John Borrego (Editor)

Overview

This book explores the foundation and nature of the relationship between capitalist accumulation and the state in East Asia and Latin America that has profoundly influenced industrialization and macroeconomic performance. .

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367160241
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/31/2022
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.62(h) x (d)

About the Author

John Borrego is an Associate Professor of Community Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz, where he teaches global political economy, regional integration, and community development. His current research is focused on how North American integration and transnational production are restructuring daily life at the community level. His publications include a co-edited book, La Insercion de Mexico ~n la Cuenca del Pacifico. Alejandro Alvarez Bejar is a Professor of Economics at the National University of Mexico (UNAM) in Mexico City. He has authored and edited many books, including La crisis global del capitalismo en Mexico, La Inserci6n de Mexico en la Cuenca del Pacifico (co-edited), and Mexico 1988- 1991: l Un Ajuste Econ6mico Existoso? (co-authored). Jomo K. S. is Professor in the Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur. He is the author and editor of many books, including A Question of Class, Growth and Structural Change in the Malaysian Economy, Islamic Economic Alternatives, Industrializing Malaysia, Trade Unions and the State in Peninsula Malaysia, Malay Peasant Women and the Land, Japan and Malaysian Development, Privatizing Malaysia, and Malaysia's Political Economy.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. Financial Liberalization in Latin American and East Asian Countries 3. Globalization and Technology Acquisition by the Developing Countries of East Asia 4. Trade Liberalization and Income Distribution: Lessons for Mexico from East Asia 5. The Idea of National Economic Integration and the Experience of Korean Development 6. Agricultural Reforms in Taiwan and South Korea 7. The Political Economy of Industrial Policy in South Korea and Taiwan 8. China and Mexico: Comparable Development Strategies, Disparate Results 9. State Intervention, Rents and Malaysian Industrialization 10. Japanese Investments and Technology Transfer to Malaysia 11. The Economic Development of Guangdong and Its Impact on Hong Kong and Taiwan 12. Merchants, Small Employers and a Non-Interventionist State: Hong Kong as a Case of Unorganized Late Industrialization

Editorial Reviews

Scholars from both sides of the Pacific explore the foundation and nature of the relationship between capitalist accumulation and the state in East Asia and Latin America, and how that relationship has influenced the widely divergent industrialization and macroeconomic performance of the two regions. The role of markets, developmental states, location, ethnic networks, and competitiveness are among the dimensions addressed. Some of the 12 essays were presented at a June 1992 conference in Kuala Lampur, Malaya. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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