Locating Neoliberalism in East Asia: Neoliberalizing Spaces in Developmental States

Copyright © 2012 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

Locating Neoliberalism in East Asia: Neoliberalizing Spaces in Developmental States

Editor(s): Bae-Gyoon Park, Richard Child Hill, Asato Saito

Published Online: 2 JUL 2012 05:59AM EST

Print ISBN: 9781405192804

Online ISBN: 9781444346657

DOI: 10.1002/9781444346657

About this Book

Product Information

About The Product

Locating Neoliberalism in East Asia: Neoliberalizing Spaces in Developmental States examines the influence of neo-liberal ideologies on urban and regional policies and practices in several Asian Pacific nations.

  • Represents one of the few studies of neoliberal changes in East Asia, one of the most important topics in social science research over the past two decades
  • Considers the Asian perspective by focusing on readings from Asian experts
  • Pays special attention to the 'spatial' dimension of the East Asian neoliberalization
  • Examines the influence of neo-liberal ideologies on urban and regional policies and practices in several Asian Pacific nations
  • Explores the evolving relationship between the two political economies

 

Table of contents

    1. You have free access to this content
      Front Matter (pages i–x)

    2. Chapter 1

      Introduction: Locating Neoliberalism in East Asia (pages 1–26)

      Richard Child Hill, Bae-Gyoon Park and Asato Saito

    3. Chapter 2

      Industry Clusters and Transnational Networks: Japan's New Directions in Regional Policy (pages 27–58)

      Kuniko Fujita and Richard Child Hill

    4. Chapter 3

      State-Space Relations in Transition: Urban and Regional Policy in Japan (pages 59–85)

      Asato Saito

    5. Chapter 4

      Developmental Neoliberalism and Hybridity of the Urban Policy of South Korea (pages 86–113)

      Byung-Doo Choi

    6. Chapter 5

      Spatially Selective Liberalization in South Korea and Malaysia: Neoliberalization in Asian Developmental States (pages 114–147)

      Bae-Gyoon Park and Josh Lepawsky

    7. Chapter 6

      Clusters as a Policy Panacea? Critical Reflections on the Cluster Policies of South Korea (pages 148–166)

      Yong-Sook Lee

    8. Chapter 7

      Moving toward Neoliberalization? The Restructuring of the Developmental State and Spatial Planning in Taiwan (pages 167–195)

      Chia-Huang Wang

    9. Chapter 8

      Neoliberalism, the Developmental State, and Housing Policy in Taiwan (pages 196–224)

      Yi-Ling Chen and William Derhsing Li

    10. Chapter 9

      Reforming Health: Contrasting Trajectories of Neoliberal Restructuring in the City-States (pages 225–256)

      Stephen W. K. Chiu, K. C. Ho and Tai-Lok Lui

    11. Chapter 10

      “Detroit of the East”: A Multiscalar Case Study of Regional Development Policy in Thailand (pages 257–293)

      Richard Child Hill and Kuniko Fujita

    12. Chapter 11

      Concluding Remarks (pages 294–302)

      Bae-Gyoon Park and Asato Saito

    13. You have free access to this content
      Index (pages 303–321)

SEARCH