Governments and Markets in East Asia: The Politics of Economic Crises

ISBN-13: 9780415648110 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 192 str.

Jungug Choi

Opis

The Asian economic crisis of 1997 to 1998 had a dramatic impact on the region's economies and its politics. This book is a comparative study of five countries' experiences, making important contributions to key theoretical debates on the relationship between economic performance and practical stability.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Economic Crises, Political Elites, and Democratic Stability  2. The Outbreak of the Asian Economic Crisis and Its Socioeconomic Consequences  3. Political Circumstances before the Asian Economic Crisis: Elite Configurations in the Five Countries  4. Economic Crisis, Divided Elites and Prospects for an Elite Settlement  5. Economic Crisis, Fragmented Elites and Prospects for Elite Convergence  6. Economic Crisis, Consensual Elites and Prospects for the Further Consensus  7. Conclusions

O autorze

Jungug Choi is Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science, Konkuk University, Korea. His main research interests include political party systems, electoral behavior and political economy in East and Southeast Asia.