Transforming East Asia the evolution of regional economic integration /

Munakata, Naoko, 1962-

Transforming East Asia the evolution of regional economic integration / [electronic resource] : Naoko Munakata. - Tokyo : Washington, D.C. : Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry ; Brookings Institution Press, c2006. - xix, 258 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-244) and index.

East Asia in transition -- The new East Asian regionalism -- The state of regionalization -- Competing proposals for regionalism -- The primacy of the Asia Pacific economic cooperation -- New assumptions about regionalism -- The race for a free trade agreement -- Major powers and East Asian economic integration -- How economic integration changed East Asia.

"Analyzes developments in the region since the mid-1980s, highlighting such factors as the evolution of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, the impact of the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis, and the rise of China. Outlines possible future scenarios for the region and offers policy prescriptions for building on regionalism's achievements to date"--Provided by publisher.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






Regionalism--East Asia.


East Asia--Economic integration.
East Asia--Commerce.
East Asia--Economic conditions--20th century.


Electronic books.

HC460.5 / .M86 2006

337.1/5