An invaluable introduction to the region, this book assesses Pacific Asia both in terms of its historical development and the present global system, placing general development issues in their local contexts

Cover -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Part I: Trade and the International Economy -- 1 Boundary-transcending technologies, trade development and the micro-structural activities of firms -- 2 Borders, national industrial structures and...

Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- 1 Idealised models of 'efficient' international exchange -- 2 Aboriginal external trade and the global evolution of inter-state trade relations -- 3 The national political economy of overseas colonial...

The current framework of development cooperation is dominated by the experiences of industrialized countries. But emerging economies have begun to accelerate their own development programmes, and attempts to bring them into existing aid models have been met with caution. This expert volume...

Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Part I Economic Globalization and Cross-Societal Cultural Differences -- Chapter 1 A Movement Toward Greater Integration of the Global Economy -- 1.1 Stylized Facts Related to Public Opinion on International Trade --...

During the first three decades following the Second World War, an increasingly open international trading system led to unprecedented economic growth throughout the world. But in recent years, that openness has been threatened by increased protectionism, regional trading arrangements-Europe 1992...