Capitalism and Capitalisms in Asia(SNUAC SERIES in Asian Studies 7)

Introduction; Capitalism in Asia

Theoretical Contexts and Analytical Framework

Organization of the Argument



PART I: Recent Changes in Asian Capitalism



1. Formation and Development of Capitalism in the Modernization of East Asia: An Alternative Theoretical Explication

Introduction

A Theory of Selective Modernization and Alternative Modernities: A Synopsis

The Birth of Capitalism in the First-Wave Modernization in East Asia

The Development of the Modern Capitalism in the Second-Wave Modernization in East Asia

In Closing



2. Comparing Capitalisms, East and West

Introduction

Why Totalize Capitalism?: 'The Map is Not the Same as the Territory'?Borges

Plurality and Layered Analysis



3. Regional Capitalisms and Global Technoscience: Controllable or Uncontrollable Forces of Planetary Change?

Introduction

The Capitalism plus Technoscience Conundrum

Capitalism As It Is and As It Should Be

Technoscience As It Is and As It Could Be

Final Remarks



4. A New "Spirit" of Capitalism?: Globalization and Its Impact on the Diffusion of Neoliberal Management Thinking in Germany and the East Asian Economies

Introduction

Theoretical Foundations

Methodology

Global Elites as Pacemakers?

German Top-Managers as Global Elites?

Global Elites in East Asia?

A New Neoliberal Spirit of Capitalism?

The Financial Market Mindset amongst German Managers

The Neoliberal Management Mindset: German Top Managers on Leadership

The Collective Mindsets of Top Managers in East Asia

Conclusions



PART II Diversity of Asian Capitalism: China, Japan and Indonesia



5. Capitalism in China: A Centrally Managed Capitalism (CMC) and Its Future

Introduction

The Role of the State in Capitalism

Forms of State Capitalism

Centrally Managed Capitalism

The CMC in the Marketplace and Its Costs

Challenges to CMC

Legitimizing CMC: From Marxism to Economic Growth and Social Stability

Transforming Ideology: Towards Xiaokang and Datong?

The Transforming CMC: Democratization?

Conclusion: The Future of Chinese Capitalism



6. State Neoliberalism: The Chinese Road to Capitalism in Comparative Perspective

China and Developmental State Capitalism in the South

China and Neoliberal Capitalism in the West

China and Neoliberal Reforms in Post-Socialist Eastern Europe

State Neoliberalism and the Ceaseless Drive of Capital Accumulation

State Neoliberalism in China: Distinctive Characteristics

Whither the Chinese Road to Capitalism



7. The End of the Long Boom?: A Comparative Institutional Analysis of Long-term Growth in China

Introduction

Historical Evolution and Global Insertion

Private-Public Growth Alliances: A Chinese Mode of Coordination

Key Institutional Domains

Summary and Outlook



8. Beyond Predatory Productivism?: The Political Economy of Welfare Capitalism in Post-New Order Indonesia

Introduction

Explaining Welfare Capitalism

Actors, Interests, and Agendas

The Political Economy of Welfare Capitalism in Indonesia

Conclusion



PART III Asia Capitalism in Global Context



9. How Financial Liberalization Transformed the East Asian Development Model

Introduction

Financial Liberalization in Japan, Korea, and Chinas

Financial Liberalization and Transformation of the East Asian Development Model

Conclusion 359



10. The "Renminbi Swap Lines" and the Emergent Role of China as an Emergency Lender: Evidence from Argentina

Introduction and Objectives

Reviewing Chinese Measures toward an International Yuan-Renminbi

Case Study: The Sino-Argentine Swap Line

Concluding Remarks



11. East Asia's Inter- and Intra-Regional Trade Networks and Changing Roles in Global Mobile Phone Value Chains

Introduction

International Trade and Divergence in GVC Integration

Data and Methods

International Trade of Mobile Phones and Parts

Countries' Changing Positions in the Mobile Phone GVC

Inter- and Intra-Reginal Trade Networks of Mobile Phones and Parts

Intra-Asian Trade Networks of Mobile Phones and Parts

Conclusions



12. Development Cooperation and the Legacy of the Developmental State: Government Initiative and State-Business Partnership in Korean Development Cooperation with Mozambique and Rwanda

Introduction

First Case: State-Led Development Coopration and "Resource Diplomacy" in Mozambique

Second Case: Extending into New Markets in Rwanda through Public Private Partnership

Conclusions



Conclusion: Exploring 21st Century Capitalisms and Asia: The Impact of Financialization

Introduction

Financialization and Capitalism

East Asian Capitalism and Financialization

Conclusions



Biographies

Index

임현진 Hyun-Chin Lim is Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Founding Director of Asia Center at Seoul National University. He is Member of the National Academy of Sciences, Korea, and serves as the president of Korean Social Science Research Council. He taught and did research at Harvard, Chicago, University of California (San Diego), Duke, Paris Diderot, and Vietnam National University (Hanoi). He was previously the dean of Faculty of Liberal Education, the dean of the College of Social Sciences, and the director of Asia Center, all at Seoul National University. He also served as the president of such professional association as Korean Association of NGO Studies, Korean Sociological Association, and International Development and Cooperation Association. His publications include more than 50 books and over 250 scholarly articles on dependency, development, democracy, and civil society in East Asia and Latin America.