Japan and South Africa in a Globalising World: A Distant Mirror

ISBN-13: 9781138725980 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 292 str.

Chris Alden; Katsumi Hirano

Opis

This title was first published in 2003. Illuminating the challenges facing the prospective partnership, and deconstructing the international political economy, this text contextualizes the South African and Japanese experiences within the contemporary globalization debate.

Recenzje

'This book is an excellent analysis of the development policy of Korea and the associated political developments in revent years.' Journal of Contemporary Asia

Spis treści

Part I: Japan and South Africa. 1. North and South: The changing contours of Japanese-South African relations, Chris Alden. 2. Japan's Trade with South Africa in the Inter-War Period: A study of Japanese consular reports, Katsujiko Kitagawa. 3. Japanese-South African Relations During the Apartheid Era, Masako Osada. 4. Japanese Investments in South Africa, 1992-1996: The state, private enterprise and strategic minerals, Kweku Ampiah. 5. Japan-South Africa Economic Relations: New Prospects or Neo-Mercantilist Perpetuation, Willem van der Spuy and Monika Glinzler. 6. Japan and Southern Africa: The resource diplomacy rationale, Deborah Sharp. 7. Japan, South Africa and the Region: Possibilities and Prospects, Matthew Simmonds. Part II: Comparative Dimensions in Development. 8. The Impact of Japanese Investment on South Africa as Viewed through an Asian Lens, Peter Draper. 9. Mass Unemployment in South Africa: A comparative study with East Asia, Katsumi Hirano. 10. South African Agriculture and the East Asian Experience, Makoto Sato and Chizuko Sato. 11. Civil Society, Development and Political Change: A comparative review of theory in Japan and South Africa, Mitsugi Endo. 12. The Political Economy of Population Change in Japan: Implications for South Africa, Yoichi Mine. 13. South Africa's Economic Relations with Asia: Changes and Implications, Hiroyuki Sudo.

O autorze

Dr Chris Alden, Lecturer in International Relations, Department of International Relations, London School of Economics, United Kingdom. Katsumi Hirano, Senior Researcher, Institute for Developing Economies, Chiba, Japan.