Two Crises, Different Outcomes: East Asia and Global Finance
T. J. Pempel (Ed.)
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Description for Two Crises, Different Outcomes: East Asia and Global Finance
Hardback. Editor(s): Pempel, T. J.; Tsunekawa, Keiichi. Series: Cornell Studies in Political Economy. Num Pages: 280 pages, 32, 10 tables, 22 charts. BIC Classification: 1FP; KCP; KCX; KFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 514.
Two Crises, Different Outcomes examines East Asian policy reactions to the two major crises of the last fifteen years: the global financial crisis of 2008–9 and the Asian financial crisis of 1997–98. The calamity of the late 1990s saw a massive meltdown concentrated in East Asia. In stark contrast, East Asia avoided the worst effects of the Lehman Brothers collapse, incurring relatively little damage when compared to the financial devastation unleashed on North America and Europe. Much had changed across the intervening decade, not least that China rather than Japan had become the locomotive of regional growth, and that the ... Read more
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Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Series
Cornell Studies in Political Economy
Condition
New
Weight
513g
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801453403
SKU
V9780801453403
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About T. J. Pempel (Ed.)
T. J. Pempel is Jack M. Forcey Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the coeditor of Crisis as Catalyst: Asia’s Dynamic Political Economy, also from Cornell, and Japan in Crisis: What Will It Take for Japan to Rise Again? Keiichi Tsunekawa is Professor in the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies and Professor Emeritus ... Read more
Reviews for Two Crises, Different Outcomes: East Asia and Global Finance
T. J. Pempel and Keiichi Tsunekawa have edited a volume that succeeds in providing a comprehensive overview of the extent to which domestic politics across several East Asian countries determined their responses—and fate—during each of the crises.... Considering that the region seems to have learnt from the 1997–8 experience, this should be of interest to scholars and policy-makers in the ... Read more