Locating Neoliberalism In East Asia - Neoliberalizing Spaces In Developmental States

• 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 to the ‘spatial' dimension of the East Asian neoliberalization

• Examines the influence of neo-liberal ideologies on urban and regional policies and practices in several Asian Pacific nations
• Explores the evolving relationship between the two political economies

Richard Child Hill is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at Michigan State University. Hill's published writings include Japanese Cities in the World Economy ( 1993), Nested Cities: The State and Urban Development in East Asia (2003), and Innovative Tokyo (2005), all co-authored with Kuniko Fujita.

Asato Saito is Visiting Lecturer in the Faculty of Social Policy and Administration at Hosei University. He is currently involved in studies comparing the governance arrangement at metropolitan and regional scale in four world cities: London, New York, Paris and Tokyo; and one investigating New Regionalism and Smart Growth in US cities.

2. State-space Relations in Transition: Regional Planning Policy in Japan: Asato Saito.

3. Transnational Networks and Regional Development in Sendai, Japan: Richard Child Hill and Kuniko Fujita.

4. Developmental Neo-liberalism and Hybridity of Urban Policy in South Korea: Byung-Doo Choi.

5. Cluster as a Policy Panacea? Critical Reflections on the Innovative Cluster Policies in South Korea: Yong-Sook Lee.

6. A Spatial Process of Neo-liberalization in the Asian Developmental States: Spatially Selective Liberalization in South Korea and Malaysia: Bae-Gyoon Park and Josh Lepawsky.

7. Reshaping Taiwan’s Urban Space/Regional Space: The Taiwanese Developmental State vs. Neo-liberalism: Chia-Huang Wang.

8. Neo-liberalism, the Developmental State and Housing Policy in Taiwan: Yi-Ling Chen and William D. Li.

9. City-States in the Global Economy: Economic Restructuring and Regulatory Changes in Hong Kong and Singapore: Stephen Chiu, K.C.Ho and Lui Tai Lok.

10. ’Detroit in Asia’: Cross-National Hybridization in Rayong, Thailand: Kuniko Fujita and Richard Child Hill.

11. Concluding Essay: Neoliberalizing Spaces in Comparative Perspective: Bae-Gyoon Park, Richard Child Hill and Asato Saito.

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