| Description |
vii, 298 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Explaining precrisis policies and postcrisis responses: coalitions and institutions in east Asia, Latin America, and eastern Europe / Shale Horowitz and Uk Heo -- The persistent liberalizing trend in foreign economic policies: the role of dispersed interest groups, policy legacies, and ideologies / Shale Horowitz -- The world financial crisis: are the IMF prescriptions right? / W. Max Corden -- Thailand: episodic reform, regulatory incapacity, and financial crisis / James LoGerfo and Gabriella R. Montinola -- Malaysia: ethnic cleavages and controlled liberalization / A. Maria Toyoda -- Indonesia: cronyism, economic meltdown, and political stalemate / Kimberly J. Niles -- Japan: prosperity, dominant party system, and delayed liberalization / Eric C. Browne and Sunwoong Kim -- South Korea: democratization, financial crisis, and the decline of the developmental state / Uk Heo -- Taiwan: sustained state autonomy and a step back from liberalization / Alexander C. Tan -- Mexico: crises and the domestic politics of sustained liberalization / Aldo Flores Quiroga -- Brazil: political institutions and delayed reaction to financial crisis / Jeffrey Cason -- Argentina: the political economy of stabilization and structural reform / Walter T. Molano -- Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic: national identity and liberalizing consensus / Shale Horowitz -- Russia: entrenched elites ride out the crisis / Peter Rutland |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-283) and index |
| Subject |
International finance.
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Pressure groups.
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| Author |
Heo, Uk, 1962-
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Horowitz, Shale Asher.
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Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.
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| LC no. |
00057585 |
| ISBN |
0742501329 cloth alkaline paper |
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0742501337 paperback alkaline paper |
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