Modern Economic Development in Japan and China ― Developmentalism, Capitalism and the World Economic System

The impressive, and recent, economic development of Japan and China, has led many to seek understanding beyond the theories of the developmental state, varieties of capitalism, and the world economic system. Leading global scholars on Japan and China provide a comparative analysis of the patterns of modern economic development, their political economy, and the historical and global context of their economic development. Japanese and Chinese experiences of modern economic development are larger than individual theories can make sense of. The experiences of China and Japan point to the fundamental challenge nations have faced in organizing economic and political activities under modern conditions.

Xiaoming Huang is Professor of International Relations at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, and Director of the New Zealand Contemporary China Research Centre. He teaches East Asian politics, international relations of East Asia, and China's politics and international relations at Victoria University. He publishes on East Asia's political economy, modern development of China, and international relations of East Asia. He is the author of The Rise and Fall of the East Asian Growth System: Institutional Competitiveness and Rapid Economic Growth (2005).