Transforming East Asian Domestic and International Politics: The Impact of Economy and Globalization

219 Pages·2002·17.376 MB·English

by  Robert W Compton

TRANSFORMING EAST ASIAN DOMESTIC
AND INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
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Transforming East Asian
Domestic and International
Politics
The Impact of Economy and Globalization
Edited by
ROBERT W. COMPTON, Jr.
State University of New York at Oneonta
First published 2002 by Ashgate Publishing
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Contents
List of Tables vii
List ofA bbreviations viii
List of Contributors x
1 Introduction: Globalization and the Changing Nature of East
Asian Politics
Robert W. Compton, Jr. 10
2 Globalization and the Developmental State: Reflections on the
Asian Financial Crisis
Vincent Wei-Cheng Wang 10
3 Chinese Elite Conflict over Globalization
Lawrence C. Reardon 36
4 Political Culture as a Source of Japanese Immobilism
in the New World Order
Robert W Compton, Jr. 68
5 Globalization, Asian Political Culture and State Control
Kunihiko lmai 83
6 South Korea as a Middle Power: The Growing Globalization
of South Korean Foreign Policy in the 1990s
Dlynn Armstrong-Williams 100
7 East Timor Independence: The Changing Nature of
International Pressure
Thomas Ambrosio 115
8 Japan's Regional Environmental Foreign Aid:
Responding to Global and Regional Realities
David M Potter 138
9 Prospects for a Regional Human Rights Mechanism
in East Asia
Hidetoshi Hashimoto 161
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10 Demilitarizing Okinawa: Globalization and Comparative
Social Movements
Vincent Kelly Pollard 180
Index 201
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List of Tables
Table 2.1 Globalization-deja vu? 13
Table 2.2 Uneven Globalization-Internet Users by Region 15
Table 2.3 Explaining the East Asian Miracle: Two Different Accounts 18
Table 2.4 Rising Trade Dependence and External Debt 21
Table 2.5 Uneven Globalization-Disparate Information Power 23
Table 2.6 Asian Crisis: Shrinking Currency and Vanishing Wealth 25
Table 2.7 Developmental State vs. Regulatory State 28
Table 4.1 Interest Rates, Deficit Spending, and Economic Growth 77
Table 5.1 Globalization and Civil Liberties: A Pooled Time-Series
Analysis 94
Table 6.1 South Korean ODA from 1987 to 2001 in US$ Millions 110
Table 8.1 Japan's Environmental OD A, 1990-1999 146
Table 8.2 Japan's Bilateral ODA by Sector, Selected Years 146
Table 8.3 MF A Support for NGOs by Category (%), Selected Years 151
Table 8.4 MPT Support for NGOs by Sector (%), Selected Years 151
Table 9.1 NGOs Surveyed 165
Table 9.2 Characteristics of Leaders Interviewed 166
Table 9.3 Salient Socioeconmic Factors and RIGO Formation 171
Table 9.4 Signing and Ratifying International Human Rights
Instruments 176
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List of Abbreviations
ADB-Asian Development Bank
AID-(US) Agency for International Development
AIDS-Acquired hnmune Deficiency Syndrome
AMS-Agreement on Maintaining Security (Indonesia -Australia)
APEC-Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
APODETI-Timorese Democratic People's Union
ASEAN-Association of South East Asian Nations
AU-Asian Union
CGIAR-Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
CIS-Commonwealth of Independent States
COP3-Convention of Climate Change
DAC-Development Assistance Committee (OECD)
EAF-East Asian Forum
EDCF-Economic Development Cooperation Fund (Korea)
EIA-Environmental Impact Assessment
ELI-Export Led Industrialization
EPA -Economic Planning Agency (Japan)
EU-European Union
FAO-Food and Agriculture Organization
FDI-Foreign Direct Investment
FFYP-First Five-Year Plan
FRETILIN-Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Tuinr
GATI-General Agreement on Trade & Tariffs
GDI-Gross Domestic Investment
GDP-Gross Domestic Product
GEF-Global Environmental Fund
GLF -Great Leap Forward
GNP-Gross National Product
ICJ-International Court of Justice
lGO-Inter-governmental Organization
IMF-International Monetary Fund
INTERFET-International Force East Timor
ISD-Initiative for Sustainable Development
1S1-Import Substitution Industrialization
IT-Information Technology
mo-
International Timber Trade Organization
JB1C-Japan Bank: for International Cooperation
JlCA-Japan International Cooperation Agency
JOCV-Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers
KOICA-Korea International Cooperation Agency
LDC-Less Developed Countries
LDP-Liberal Democratic Party
MFA-Minority of Foreign Affairs
MlNURSO-Mission des Nations Unies pour le Referendum au Sahara Occidental
MIT1-Ministry ofInt. Trade & Industry
MPT-Ministry of Post & Tele Communications (Japan)
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NGO-Non-Govenunental Organization
NlC-Newly Industrialized Countries
NIDL-New Int. Division ofLabor
OAS-Organization of American States
OAU-Organization of African Unity
OCS-Ordinary Feast Squares
ODA-Official Development Assistance
OECD-Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
OECF-Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund (Japan)
OLS-Ordinary Least Squares
PRC-People's Republic of China
RDMHQ-Rapidly Deployable Mission Headquarters
RIGHRO-Regional Inter-governmental Human Rights Organization
RIGO-Regional Inter-government Organization
RMB-Renminbi (Chinese Yuan)
SAARC-South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
SEZ-Special Economic Zone
SOE-State-owned enterprise
UDT-Timores Democratic Union
UNAMET-United Nations Mission in East Timor
UNA VEM III - United Nations Angola Verification Mission
UNDP-United Nations Development Program
UNEP-United Nations Environment Program
UNMOGIP-United Nations Military Observer Group in India & Pakistan
UNOMIG-United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia
UNOSOM-United Nations Operations in Somalia
UNTAET -United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor
WTO-World Trade Organization
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