chapter 1 Introduction and summary of the book -- chapter 2 The economic growth record in Japan -- chapter 3 The challenges to Japanese economic growth -- chapter 4 The IT/E-business revolution and globalization: Implications of the New Economy for Japan -- chapter 5 IT and productivity growth:...

Japan's place in the contemporary economic world -- The nineteenth-century transformation of the Japanese economy -- From Meiji to the Second World War : political and international developments -- Economic developments in the first half of the twentieth century -- Planning supplies for war --...

pt. 1. Starting points -- pt. 2. The transition to socialism, 1949-1963 -- pt. 3. The late Maoist era, 1963-1978 -- pt. 4. Market socialism, 1978-1996 -- pt. 5. The transition to capitalism, 1996-2007.

Introduction: Iran in the 21st century : politics, economics and confrontation / Homa Katouzian and Hossein Shahidi -- National identity and national interests -- Crafting a national identity amidst contentious politics in contemporary Iran / Farideh Farhi -- The dilemma of national interest in...

pt. 1. (Self-)regulation in the financial sector -- pt. 2. Transnational corporations facing labour, ecological, and consumers' concerns -- pt. 3. Prospects and limits of avant-garde cases: the private regulation of the cyberspace -- pt. 4. Regional integration as a driving force towards...