US-Asia Economic Relations: A Political Economy of Crisis and the Rise of New Business Actors

by Robertson; Justin

• ISBN13: 9780415469517
• ISBN10: 0415469511
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-10-15
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This book provides a sophisticated understanding of US economic interests in Asia and includes a close analysis of the politics of finance capital in the region with reference to the Asian financial crisis.

Table of Contents

Introduction: opportunism, resistance and divergent US economic interests in post-financial crisis Asia	p. 1
Towards a different approach	p. 29
The foreign-domestic divide in studying the aftermath of economic crises and outlining an alternative approach	p. 31
The divergent US interests approach: a different theoretical lens	p. 50
US economic behaviour in Asia after the financial crisis	p. 71
An opportunity for foreign investors: crisis-induced market opening in Korea and Thailand	p. 73
Significant US interests and influence in the market liberalization process	p. 87
Limited American and aggressive non-American foreign investment in post-crisis Korea and Thailand	p. 104
Explaining divergent US economic interests	p. 127
New forms of international business in East Asia	p. 129
Misleading theoretical models of economic crises	p. 150
Conclusion: reviewing findings and looking outside Asia	p. 165
Appendices	p. 188
Bibliography and sources	p. 218
Index	p. 243
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