Chapter Two. Only Yesterday: China, Japan And The Transformation Of East Asia

Shiraishi, Takashi; Hau, Caroline S.

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“…Instead, China and Vietnam, opting for their own version of developmentalism, transformed themselves from socialist party-states into socialist market economy party-states. Myanmar chose for a different path of political liberalization, even though its future prospects look shaky, while North Korea remains Kim's brutally repressive and economically stagnant dynastic party-state (Shiraishi and Hau 2010).…”

Section: Asia Under the Us Hegemonymentioning

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Emerging States and Economies

Shiraishi¹,

Sonobe²

2019

Emerging-Economy State and International Policy Studies

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This is the first series to highlight research into the processes and impacts of the state building and economic development of developing countries in the non-Western World that have recently come to influence global economy and governance. It offers a broad and interactive forum for discussions about the challenges of these countries and the responses of other countries to their rise. The term 'emerging-economy state,' a part of the series title, or its shorthand 'emerging states,' is intended to promote dialogues between economists who have discussed policy problems faced by 'emerging-market economies' and scholars in political science and international relations who have discussed 'modern state formation.' Many emerging states are still in the middle-income status and not immune from the risk of falling into the middle-income trap. The manner of their external engagement is different from that of the high-income countries. Their rise has increased the uncertainty surrounding the world. To reduce the uncertainty, good understanding of their purpose of politics and state capacity as well as their economies and societies would be required. Although the emerging states are far from homogenous, viewing them as a type of countries would force us to understand better the similarity and differences among the emerging states and those between them and the high-income countries, which would in turn to help countries to ensure peace and prosperity. The series welcomes policy studies of empirical, historical, or theoretical nature from a micro, macro, or global point of view. It accepts, but does not call for, interdisciplinary studies. Instead, it aims to promote transdisciplinary dialogues among a variety of disciplines, including but not limited to area studies, economics, history, international relations, and political science. Relevant topics include emerging states' economic policies, social policies, and politics, their external engagement, ensuing policy reactions of other countries, ensuing social changes in different parts of the world, and cooperation between the emerging states and other countries to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The series welcomes both monographs and edited volumes that are accessible to academics and interested general readers.

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Section: Asia Under the Us Hegemonymentioning

confidence: 99%

Emerging States and Economies

Shiraishi¹,

Sonobe²

2019

Emerging-Economy State and International Policy Studies

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Emerging States and Economies in Asia: A Historical and Comparative Perspective

Shiraishi

2018

Emerging States and Economies

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Emerging nations are gaining weight in global economy and politics in the 21st century. Proud of their achievement in recent years but confronted with the challenge of middle-income trap as well as specific risks and uncertainties that attend changes brought about by their rapid economic growth, they often question the post-Cold War global system of Pax Americana, liberal democracy, market economy, and self-regulating market and offer a new social contract of a life of plenty and security as the basis for a new global system. This chapter examines its significance in a long historical and comparative perspective and underscores the importance of states' ability to manage risks and uncertainties. The notion of emerging nations-a shorthand for emerging states and economies-derives its meaning from such terms as emerging markets, emerging market economies, emerging powers, and emerging states, as well as the very idea of "emergence." But the notion is very much anchored in the idea of emerging economies and markets, the three fundamental characteristics of which are high economic growth, middle-income status, and higher risks and uncertainties institutional investors see those economies as facing compared to advanced industrialized economies. High economic growth over decades has put some of the emerging countries, most prominently BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India and China, a category originally invented by an investment bank), on a par in size with G7 advanced economies. The global share of developing and emerging economies also expanded from 20.2% in 2000 to 39.7% in 2015, while the G7 share declined from 65.6% in 2000 to 46.3% in 2015. Yet many emerging nations with middle-income status, confronted with the challenge of middle-income trap, tend to adopt approaches to global governance issues that differ from those of advanced industrialized nations. They also confront specific risks and uncertainties that attend the social, cultural, and political changes brought about by their rapid economic growth and their state capacity and behavior in manag

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Cold War Sewing Machines: Production and Consumption in 1950s China and Japan

Finnane¹

2016

J of Asian Stud

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With the “consumption turn” in the humanities and the social sciences, a phenomenon evident in English-language scholarship from the 1980s onward, production ceased to command the attention it had once received from historians. A recent (2012) study of the sewing machine in modern Japan by Harvard historian Andrew Gordon demonstrates the effects: what could feasibly have been published under the title “Making Machinists” was instead marketed as “Fabricating Consumers.” What does it mean to talk about consumers in 1950s Japan, a time and place of hard work, thrift, and restraint? For Gordon an important premise was the role of women in the postwar economy. This provides a point of departure from which to explore the ideologies and practices of production and consumption across the Cold War dividing line between “consumerist” and “productionist” regimes in East Asia. The Cold War was a time of sharp differences between the two societies, but also a time of shared preoccupations with productivity and national growth. In their different political contexts, Japanese and Chinese women were acting out many of the same roles.

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Chapter Two. Only Yesterday: China, Japan And The Transformation Of East Asia

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Emerging States and Economies

Emerging States and Economies

Emerging States and Economies in Asia: A Historical and Comparative Perspective

Cold War Sewing Machines: Production and Consumption in 1950s China and Japan

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