Reforming Economic Systems in Asia

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Edited by the late Maria Weber, former Associate Professor of International Relations and Comparative Politics, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy

After the 1997 Asian crisis, most Asian countries embarked on a serious process of reform to revitalise their economies. This highly topical book begins with a thorough analysis of the reforms proposed and implemented in China, South Korea, Japan, Thailand and Malaysia. This analysis focuses on financial and corporate sector reforms and on the changing role of public administrations. The authors argue that the chain effects of the Asian crisis are not only confined to a regional economic context: the evolution of the role of regional associations and of the security scenario in East Asia outlines the beginning of a deep and comprehensive political, economic and social change.

‘I would recommend this book as a very useful introduction to: contemporary reforms being implemented across the region in the wake of the traumatic financial and economic crisis of 1997/98.’
– Charles Harvie, The Journal of the Korean Economy