Neoliberalism and Institutional Reform in East Asia: A Comparative Study / Edition 1

by Kenneth A. Loparo

Overview

This book brings together scholars of political economy, law and sociology to interrogate the seemingly unproblematic notions - the rules of law, good corporate governance, and flexible labour market - that inform neoliberal policy prescriptions. It also discusses how these concepts have been translated and practiced in East Asia.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780230527348
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	11/06/2007
Edition description:	2007
Pages:	283
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.03(d)

About the Author

BRUCE G. CARRUTHERS is Professor in the Department of Sociology, Northwestern University, USA. YUN-HAN CHU is Professor of Political Science at National Taiwan University, Taiwan. TERENCE CHARLES HALLIDAY is Senior Research Fellow at American Bar Foundation, and Adjunct Professor of Sociology at Northwestern University, USA. EVELYNE HUBER is Morehead Alumni Professor of Political Science, and Director of the Institute of Latin American Studies, University of North Carolina, USA. SUNG WOOK JOH is Associate Professor of Economics at Korea University, Korea. MICHAEL LORIAUX is Professor of Political Science at Northwestern University, USA. JOHN K.M. OHNESORGE is Assistant Professor at University of Wisconsin Law School, USA. JOHN D. STEPHENS is Gerhard E. Lenski, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Sociology, University of North Carolina, USA. FRANK K. UPHAM is Professor of Law and Faculty Director of the Global Law School Program at New York University School of Law, USA. JUHANA WARTIAINEN is Head of Labour Market Studies, Labour Institute for Economic Research, Finland.

Table of Contents

Foreword Preface Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors List of Abbreviations and Acronyms After the Miracle: Neoliberalism and Institutional Reform in East Asia; M.Jung-En Woo PART ONE: LAW Ideology, Experience and the Rule of Law in Developing Societies; F.K.Upham Asia's Legal Systems in the Wake of the Financial Crisis: Can the Rule of Law Carry Any of the Weight?; J.K.M.Ohmesorge PART TWO: BUREAUCRACY AND INDUSTRIAL POLICY Re-engineering the Developmental State in an Age of Globalization: Taiwan in Defiance of Neoliberalism; Y.Chu Developmentalism as Political Culture and Liberalization in France; M.Loriaux PART THREE: LABOUR Asian Regimes and the Labour Contract; J.Vartianinen Continuity and Change in Welfare State and Production Regimes in Advanced Industrial Societies; E.Huber & J.D.Stephens PART FOUR: GOVERNANCE OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR The Korean Corporate Governance System: Before and After the Crisis; S.Wook Joh Institutionalizing Creative Destruction: Predictable and Transparent Bankruptcy Law in the Wake of the East Asian Financial Crisis; B.G.Carruthers & T.C.Halliday Index Bibliography