A regional grouping such as ASEAN may provide relatively small countries with some economies of scale, and access to a larger market, but their ultimate salvation seems to lie in an active participation in the international system. The LDCs of the region will have to be prepared eventually to...

Maps of East Asia -- Complex change and the logics of forms-of-life -- Argument making in social science -- Substantive theoretical traditions -- Livelihood investigated -- The shift to the modern world in East Asia -- Colonialism and modernity : the overall trajectory -- Colonialism and...