The Political Economy of Regionalism in East Asia: Integrative Explanation for Dynamics and Challenges

✍ Scribed by Hidetaka Yoshimatsu

• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 226
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Since the mid 1990s, East Asian states have developed an increasing interest in creating regional cooperation. The Political Economy of Regionalism in East Asia explores this trend and looks at how it is explained in terms of the major theoretical perspectives of international relations. Analysing moves towards free trade agreements, and cooperation in information technology, environments, energy, and agriculture, the book argues that global and regional economic forces have transformed the political and economic context in which East Asia states interact in pursuit of national interests. Such forces have influenced measures and environments of which the states take advantage for securing national interests.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Tables and Figure......Page 10
List of Abbreviations......Page 11
Introduction......Page 14
1 Explaining Regionalism in East Asia: Theoretical Perspectives......Page 19
2 State Sovereignty, Collective Action Problems and Regional Integration in Southeast Asia......Page 37
3 Business Interests and Regional Integration in Southeast Asia: A Comparison with Europe......Page 57
4 Intergovernmentalism and Emerging Regionalism in Northeast Asia......Page 74
5 Business Involvement in Regional Cooperation in Northeast Asia......Page 95
6 ASEAN's Manipulation of Balancing and Entangling Strategy in East Asia......Page 118
7 China's Regional Economic Diplomacy in Pursuit of Domestic and Global Interests......Page 140
8 Japan's East Asian Diplomacy: Patchwork Realism and Naïve Liberalism......Page 160
9 Conclusions......Page 182
Notes......Page 194
References......Page 208
B......Page 222
E......Page 223
K......Page 224
S......Page 225
Z......Page 226