The long postwar economic boom in Japan ended in the early 1990s. Since then, the Japanese economy has stagnated and a series of reforms have failed to initiate economic growth. S. Javed Maswood focuses on the period after the Asian Crisis and looks at the measures that have been taken to revitalize the banking sector and to overcome regulatory and administrative impediments to economic growth. Including analysis of the latest data from Japan, this is an important study of Japan's political economy and the implications of Japan's economic slowdown for regional and global economic prosperity.
The long postwar economic boom in Japan ended in the early 1990s. Since then, the Japanese economy has stagnated and a series of reforms have failed t...
This book provides a comprehensive introduction to international political economy and to the different trade and financial issues in the contemporary international system. The modern international political economy is characterized by globalization of production and finance. This book explains the growth and consequences of globalization from a historical and evolutionary perspective. It explores not only the long-standing issues of trade protectionism and financial stability, but also the newer issues of international labor standards, liberalization of investment regulations, and...
This book provides a comprehensive introduction to international political economy and to the different trade and financial issues in the contemporary...
A comprehensive introduction to international political economy and to the different trade and financial issues in the contemporary international system. The modern international political economy is characterized by globalization of production and finance. This book explains the growth and consequences of globalization from a historical and evolutionary perspective. It explores not only the long-standing issues of trade protectionism and financial stability, but also the newer issues of international labour standards, liberalization of investment regulations, and environmental protection....
A comprehensive introduction to international political economy and to the different trade and financial issues in the contemporary international syst...
The trade regime established at the end of the Second World War did not cater for and in some cases excluded the developmental interests of the newly independent countries.
This book provides a longitudinal study of developing country involvement in multilateral trade negotiations. It examines three periods of coalitional bargaining that have all been relatively unsuccessful in significantly amending the architecture of international trade, despite some modest successes. It offers a detailed analysis of:
The first attempts to revise the trade regime in the 1960s through...
The trade regime established at the end of the Second World War did not cater for and in some cases excluded the developmental interests of the new...