Emerging States at Crossroads.

Emerging States at Crossroads.

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Superior document:Emerging-Economy State and International Policy Studies
:
Tsunekawa, Keiichi.
TeilnehmendeR:
Todo, Yasuyuki.
Place / Publishing House:Singapore : : Springer Singapore Pte. Limited,, 2018.
©2019.
Year of Publication:2018
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Emerging-Economy State and International Policy Studies
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Physical Description:1 online resource (298 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Contributors
  • Abbreviations
  • 1 Emerging Challenges for Emerging States
  • 1.1 Middle-Income Trap?
  • 1.1.1 Early Debate Concerning Development and Underdevelopment
  • 1.1.2 Globalization and Issues Concerning Emerging States
  • 1.1.3 How to Cope with the Middle-Income Trap?
  • 1.2 How to Cope with Social Disparity
  • 1.2.1 Early Views on Social Disparity in the Developing Countries
  • 1.2.2 Financial Crisis and Reformulation of Welfare Mechanisms
  • 1.2.3 Sustainability of the New Social Welfare Schemes
  • 1.3 Pressures for Political Opening
  • 1.3.1 Early Debate Concerning Democratization in the Developing Countries
  • 1.3.2 The Third Wave and Its Demise
  • 1.3.3 Toward a Greater Political Uncertainty
  • 1.4 Can Politics Manage Economic and Social Difficulties?
  • References
  • Middle-Income Trap and Beyond
  • 2 Responses to the Middle-Income Trap in China, Malaysia, and Thailand
  • 2.1 Rethinking the Middle-Income Trap
  • 2.1.1 Studies on the "Middle-Income Trap"
  • 2.1.2 Several Questions About the Discussion of the Middle-Income Trap
  • 2.1.3 From "the East Asian Miracle" to "Innovative East Asia"
  • 2.2 Higher Wages and Lower Labor Productivity
  • 2.2.1 End of the Low-Cost Advantage Era
  • 2.2.2 Labor Productivity in East Asia
  • 2.3 Innovation and R&amp
  • D in East Asia
  • 2.3.1 R&amp
  • D Activities in Asian NIES, ASEAN Countries, and China
  • 2.3.2 Strategies to Avoid the Middle-Income Trap
  • 2.4 Cases of China, Malaysia, and Thailand
  • 2.4.1 China: ADB Policy Options
  • 2.4.2 Malaysia: From "National Vision Plan" to a "New Economic Model"
  • 2.4.3 Thailand: Pursuing Thai-ness and Next-Generation Industries
  • 2.5 The Role of the State in New Challenges
  • References
  • 3 The Middle-Income Trap in the ASEAN-4 Countries from the Trade Structure Viewpoint
  • 3.1 Middle-Income Trap and the ASEAN-4.
  • 3.1.1 Arguments of MIT for East Asia
  • 3.1.2 How Slow Is the Rate of the Trap Threshold?
  • 3.1.3 Historical Growth of the ASEAN-4
  • 3.2 The Flying Geese Pattern from the NXR
  • 3.2.1 Explanation of the FGP
  • 3.2.2 FGP in Trade Structure
  • 3.3 Export Structure of the ASEAN-4
  • 3.3.1 Malaysia
  • 3.3.2 Thailand
  • 3.3.3 Indonesia
  • 3.3.4 The Philippines
  • 3.4 Why Has Industrial Upgrading in the ASEAN-4 Stalled?
  • 3.4.1 Resource Curse Hypothesis
  • 3.4.2 Lack of Homegrown MNCs in the Manufacturing Sector
  • 3.4.3 Two Alternative Approaches to Industrialization
  • 3.5 Conclusion
  • References
  • 4 Emerging States in Latin America: How and Why They Differ from Their Asian Counterparts
  • 4.1 Different Economic Performance
  • 4.2 First-Order Causes: Competitiveness of Manufacturing Industries
  • 4.3 Second-Order Causes: Political Economy
  • 4.3.1 R&amp
  • D and Education
  • 4.3.2 Fixed Capital Formation
  • 4.3.3 Capacity to Coordinate
  • 4.3.4 Intraregional Transaction
  • 4.3.5 Effectiveness of Public Administration
  • 4.4 Root Causes: Historical Legacies
  • 4.4.1 High Inequality and Weak Trust
  • 4.4.2 Weak Intraregional Business Networks
  • 4.4.3 Public Administration of Average Quality
  • 4.4.4 High Consumption, Low Investment
  • 4.5 Conclusion
  • References
  • 5 Economic and Political Networks and Firm Openness: Evidence from Indonesia
  • 5.1 Hypotheses and Estimation Methods
  • 5.1.1 Benefits of Globalization
  • 5.1.2 Linkages Between Protectionism, Business and Political Networks, and Trust
  • 5.1.3 Estimation Method
  • 5.2 Data
  • 5.2.1 Survey
  • 5.2.2 Variables
  • 5.2.3 Summary Statistics
  • 5.3 Estimation Results
  • 5.3.1 Benchmark Results
  • 5.3.2 Alternative Measure of Political Ties
  • 5.3.3 Discussion
  • 5.4 Conclusion
  • References
  • 6 Industrial Technology Upgrading and Innovation Policies: A Comparison of Taiwan and Thailand.
  • 6.1 Evolution of Manufacturing Industries in Taiwan and Thailand
  • 6.1.1 Taiwan
  • 6.1.2 Thailand
  • 6.2 A Comparison of Taiwanese and Thai Policy Instruments Supporting Technology Upgrading and Innovation
  • 6.2.1 Tax Incentives
  • 6.2.2 Grants
  • 6.2.3 Loans
  • 6.2.4 Equity Financing
  • 6.2.5 Capital Market Funding
  • 6.3 Institutions Affecting Policy Formulation and Implementation
  • 6.3.1 Unity and Capability of Government Bureaucracy
  • 6.3.2 Perception of the Role of Government in Strengthening Private Firms
  • 6.3.3 Corruption and Attitudes Toward Corruption
  • 6.3.4 Laws, Regulations and Norms
  • 6.3.5 Entrepreneurship
  • 6.3.6 Trust
  • 6.4 Conclusion
  • References
  • 7 Changing Resource-Based Manufacturing Industry: The Case of the Rubber Industry in Malaysia and Thailand
  • 7.1 Outlook of the Rubber Industry in Malaysia and Thailand
  • 7.2 Development of the Rubber Industry in Malaysia
  • 7.2.1 Upstream Segment
  • 7.2.2 Midstream Segment
  • 7.2.3 Downstream Segment
  • 7.3 The Development of the Rubber Industry in Thailand
  • 7.3.1 Upstream Segment
  • 7.3.2 Midstream Segment
  • 7.3.3 Downstream Segment
  • 7.4 Discussion and Implications
  • References
  • 8 Marketing Risks and Standards Compliance: Challenges in Accessing the Global Market for High-Value Agricultural and Aquacultural Industries
  • 8.1 Marketing Risks: Pineapple Exporting Industry in Ghana and Thailand
  • 8.1.1 Pineapple Industry in Ghana
  • 8.1.2 Pineapple Industry in Thailand
  • 8.2 Standards Compliance: Export Shrimp Aquaculture in Vietnam and Thailand
  • 8.2.1 Shrimp Industry in Vietnam
  • 8.2.2 Shrimp Industry in Thailand
  • 8.3 Conclusion
  • References
  • Social and Political Dimensions
  • 9 How Nations Resurge: Overcoming Historical Inequality in South Africa
  • 9.1 South Africa as an African Middle-Income State
  • 9.2 The Land Question and the History of Inequality.
  • 9.3 The Rise of the "Black Middle Class"
  • 9.4 Reform Deferred
  • 9.5 Conclusion: Addressing Both Pressing Issues and Root Causes
  • References
  • 10 Education, Development, and Politics in South Korea
  • 10.1 The Park Chung-Hee Framework for Human-Capital Development
  • 10.1.1 Initial Stage: Expansion of Middle-School Education
  • 10.1.2 Heavy and Chemical Industry: Expansion of Upper Secondary Education
  • 10.1.3 Higher-Education Zeal and the Demand for Technical Experts in the Late 1970s
  • 10.2 Science and Technology Development and Human Capital in Higher Education
  • 10.2.1 Advancement to Science and Technology Development
  • 10.2.2 Corporations' Demands and Students' Responses in the 1980s
  • 10.3 Democratization and Bloated Higher Education
  • 10.3.1 Transition to Democracy and Economic Liberalization
  • 10.3.2 Transformation of University Policy and Swelling Higher-Education Enrollment
  • 10.4 Enterprises and University Students in the Globalized Economy
  • 10.4.1 Changes in the Economic Structure After the Asian Financial Crisis
  • 10.4.2 The Dual Labor Markets and the Oversupply of University Graduates
  • 10.5 The Government's Limited Response to Imbalanced Human Resources
  • 10.5.1 Successive Governments' Responses to Economic Disparity
  • 10.5.2 Development and the Institutionalization of the Political System
  • 10.6 Conclusion
  • References
  • 11 Politics of Inequality in Indonesia: Does Democracy Matter?
  • 11.1 Poverty and Inequality in Indonesia
  • 11.2 Social Policies in Indonesia
  • 11.3 Budget Allocations to Social Sectors
  • 11.4 Budgetary Politics Under Indonesia's Democracy
  • 11.5 Politics of Fuel-Subsidy Cuts Under the Yudhoyono Presidency
  • 11.6 The Rise of Populist President and Redistribution
  • 11.7 Conclusion
  • References.
  • 12 Civil-Military Relations in an Emerging State: A Perspective from Indonesia's Democratic Consolidation
  • 12.1 Military Politics Under Democratic Consolidation
  • 12.1.1 Yudhoyono's Military Management
  • 12.1.2 Preservation of the TNI's Vested Interests
  • 12.1.3 MOOTW and the War on Terrorism
  • 12.2 Civil-Military Relations Under the Jokowi Presidency
  • 12.2.1 Jokowi's Military
  • 12.2.2 Politics of Gatot
  • 12.3 Conclusion
  • References
  • 13 Democratization and the Military in Thailand
  • 13.1 Bhumibol Regime at Bay
  • 13.1.1 Birth of a Regime
  • 13.1.2 Decline of the Regime
  • 13.2 The 2006 Coup and the Rise of the "Tigers of the East"
  • 13.2.1 Thai Military in Politics
  • 13.3 A Coup on September 19, 2006
  • 13.4 Rise of the 2nd Infantry Division and the 2014 Coup
  • 13.4.1 Rise of the 2nd Infantry Division
  • 13.4.2 The 2014 Coup and "Transition"
  • 13.5 Political Prospects
  • 13.5.1 Assertive Monarch
  • 13.5.2 Fighting Against Democracy for the Monarchy
  • References
  • Index
  • Correction to: Emerging States at Crossroads
  • Correction to: K. Tsunekawa and Y. Todo (eds.), Emerging States at Crossroads, Emerging-Economy State and International Policy Studies, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2859-6
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