Abstract Two mega-regional negotiations are changing the landscape of Asia Pacific trade policy: an Asian track centered on ASEAN (the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership or…
Topic: Political Economy
From the publisher: Although most North Koreans say ‘yes’ in front of power to avoid trouble, they murmur something different behind its back. The main goal…
Abstract In the 1990s Multilateral Development Banks created accountability mechanisms (AMs) that allowed people affected by development projects redress. Currently undertheorized, this paper examines how…
From the publisher: This article explores why the Japanese government did not decisively intervene on behalf of bank bailouts at the early stage of the banking…
Abstract The proliferation of regional economic agreements involving East Asian economies in the years since the financial crises is usually explained in the political economy…
Abstract In the past five years, the Chinese state has made great effort to implement its ‘going-out’ strategy, i.e., the geographical expansion of Chinese capital…
Abstract Unlike the depth of international political economy (IPE) research on finance and money in North America and Britain/Europe, or the amount of work that…
Abstract China’s rapid integration into the global economy has had undeniable implications for the Chinese state – it raises questions about how the state has…
Abstract This article serves as an introduction to the five articles submitted for the special issue on IPE in China. In addition to summarizing the…
Abstract Since 1985, China has attempted to re-structure its automotive industry through an industrial policy approach closely modelled on that of Korean government in the…
Abstract One of the fundamental questions in the study of international political economy (IPE) is the foundation of order, stability and justice in international politics…
Abstract The Asian financial crisis has significantly changed the way in which regionalism in East Asia is taking place. Prior to the crisis, regionalism in…
Abstract This paper examines China’s industrial and trade policy dynamics in the post-WTO context. It does so by addressing the domestic bias of the extant…
Abstract Reflections on hegemonic power have shaped the contemporary field of international political economy (IPE) within China. Shifts in the thinking of Chinese scholars correlate…
Abstract Since 2003 China has faced increasing pressure, especially from the US and Japan, to revalue the renminbi. In July 2005 China responded by announcing…
