Locating neoliberalism in East Asia: neoliberalizing spaces in developmental states

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 tothe ‘spatial' dimension of the East Asian neoliberalizationExamines theinfluence of neo-liberal ideologies on urban and regional policies and practices in several Asian Pacific nationsExplores the evolving relationship betweenthe two political economies INDICE: List of Contributors viiSeries Editors’ Preface x1 Introduction: Locating Neoliberalism in East Asia 1Richard Child Hill, Bae-Gyoon Park, and Asato Saito2 Industry Clusters and Transnational Networks: Japan’s New Directions in Regional Policy 27Kuniko Fujita and Richard Child Hill3 State-Space Relations in Transition: Urban and Regional Policy in Japan 59Asato Saito4 Developmental Neoliberalism and Hybridity of the Urban Policy of South Korea 86Byung-Doo Choi5 Spatially Selective Liberalization in South Korea and Malaysia: Neoliberalization in Asian Developmental States 114Bae-Gyoon Park and Josh Lepawsky6 Clusters as a Policy Panacea? Critical Reflections on the Cluster Policies of South Korea 148Yong-Sook Lee7 Moving toward Neoliberalization? The Restructuring of the Developmental State and Spatial Planning in Taiwan 167Chia-Huang Wang8 Neoliberalism, the Developmental State, and Housing Policy in Taiwan 196Yi-Ling Chen and William Derhsing Li9 Reforming Health: Contrasting Trajectories of Neoliberal Restructuring in the City-States 225Stephen W.K. Chiu, K.C. Ho, and Tai-lok Lui10 Detroit of the East: A Multiscalar Case Study of Regional Development Policy in Thailand 257Richard Child Hill and Kuniko Fujita11 Concluding Remarks 294Bae-Gyoon Park and Asato SaitoIndex 303

• ISBN: 978-1-4443-4665-7
• Editorial: Wiley-Blackwell
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 336
• Fecha Publicación: 30/03/2012
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés