Asia-Pacific Transitions

List of Figures and Tables Notes on the Contributors INTRODUCTION Overview; D.E.Andersson & J.P.H.Poon Growth and Development in Eastern Asia and the OECD Countries; A.E.Andersson PART I: INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORKS The Chinese Kaleidoscope: Chinese Economic Development in the Light of the New Institutional Theories; K.Lundgren On Lao Tzu: His Impact on Chinese Thought; Z.Wei-bin Value Systems and Organization of Scholarship and Research in East and West; M.Beckmann Illiberal Democracy in Southeast Asia; J.Engberg Beyond Dire Straits? Transnationalization and Renationalization in the Southern Growth Triangle; N.Eklund Landuse Controls and Economic Freedom: The Diverging Histories of Singapore and Taipei; D.E.Andersson PART II: ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC CONSTRAINTS Ecological Sustainability; F.Forsund Pollution Transitions and Economic Growth in Asia; H.Chang-I Social Security Systems in Southeast Asia: Are They Sustainable; M.Asher Stable Expansion for the Chinese Economy: Lessons from International Experience; L.R.Klein PART III: CROSS-BORDER NETWORKS The Complexity of Self-Organizing East Asian Networks; D.F.Batten Asia Pacific and European Patterns of Intra and Extra Regional Trade; J.P.H.Poon & E.R.Thompson Japanese Exports and Foreign Direct Investment; P.Aberg Business Integration Across the Hong Kong-Chinese Border: Patterns and Explanations in the Garment Industry; E.R.Thompson Illiberal and Successful? In Search of Sustainable Regional Growth in Authoritarian States; J.Gidlund Japanese Transition to Knowledge Arenas: An Infrastructural Perspective; K.Kobayashi Emerging Knowledge Networks in Eastern Asia; D.E.Andersson Bibliography Index