The Political Economy of the Asian Financial CrisisColumbia University Press, 1 ott 2010 - 304 pagine The Asian crisis has sparked a thoroughgoing reappraisal of current international financial norms, the policy prescriptions of the International Monetary Fund, and the adequacy of the existing financial architecture. To draw proper policy conclusions from the crisis, it is necessary to understand exactly what happened and why from both a political and an economic perspective. In this study, renowned political scientist Stephan Haggard examines the political aspects of the crisis in the countries most affected—Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia. Haggard focuses on the political economy of the crisis, emphasizing the longer-run problems of moral hazard and corruption, as well as the politics of crisis management and the political fallout that ensued. He looks at the degree to which each government has rewoven the social safety net and discusses corporate and financial restructuring and greater transparency in business-government relations. Professor Haggard provides a counterpoint to the analysis by examining why Singapore, Taiwan, and the Philippines escaped financial calamity. |
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... Economy of Malaysia's Capital Controls 3 Crisis, Political Change, and Economic Reform Thailand South Korea Malaysia Indonesia Conclusion Appendix 3.1: Two that Got Away–the Philippines and Taiwan Compared 4 The Politics of Financial ...
... Economy of Malaysia's Capital Controls 3 Crisis, Political Change, and Economic Reform Thailand South Korea Malaysia Indonesia Conclusion Appendix 3.1: Two that Got Away–the Philippines and Taiwan Compared 4 The Politics of Financial ...
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... Reform legislation passed during the transition period, South Korea, 1997-98 Five principles of corporate restructuring, South Korea Popular vote share of the National Front, Malaysia, 1969-99 Election results in Malaysia, 1995 and 1999 ...
... Reform legislation passed during the transition period, South Korea, 1997-98 Five principles of corporate restructuring, South Korea Popular vote share of the National Front, Malaysia, 1969-99 Election results in Malaysia, 1995 and 1999 ...
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... reform process. Electoral politics played a role in the democracies but an ... Economic mismanagement sparked popular protest and led to the defection of ... economic reform. In addition to painful short-run adjustments, the crisis posed ...
... reform process. Electoral politics played a role in the democracies but an ... Economic mismanagement sparked popular protest and led to the defection of ... economic reform. In addition to painful short-run adjustments, the crisis posed ...
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... reform. However, he also notes that governments in the region were poorly positioned to manage the social consequences of the crisis, having relied for too long on informal social insurance mechanisms. Haggard's findings thus mirror ...
... reform. However, he also notes that governments in the region were poorly positioned to manage the social consequences of the crisis, having relied for too long on informal social insurance mechanisms. Haggard's findings thus mirror ...
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... financial and corporate restructuring, but the process faced substantial political resistance and the reform movement appears to have slowed. However, longer-run institutional, legal, and policy changes put in place in the wake of the ...
... financial and corporate restructuring, but the process faced substantial political resistance and the reform movement appears to have slowed. However, longer-run institutional, legal, and policy changes put in place in the wake of the ...
Sommario
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2 Incumbent Governments and the Politics of Crisis Management | 47 |
Ch 3 Crisis Political Change and Economic Reform | 86 |
Ch 4 The Politics of Financial and Corporate Restructuring | 139 |
Safety Nets and Recrafting the Social Contract | 183 |
A New Asian Miracle | 217 |
References | 239 |
Index | 255 |
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