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Nr. 84 (2002) Artikel Article 31–33 {:en}Comment: Stability and Change: Typifying ‚Atypical‘ Employment in JapanThe restructuring of work is proceeding rapidly through a series of reforms and economic transformations that promise to alter both the industrial structure and the mix of employment arrangements. Comparative studies on the regulation of labour markets, employment policy and industrial relations have not adequately understood these changes despite an otherwise sophisticated development of theories … von by Heidi Gottfried
Nr. 84 (2002) Artikel Article 34–42 {:en}Japan’s Construction Lobby Activities – Systemic Stability and Sustainable Regional DevelopmentThe term "construction state" has been used to refer to a system of vested interests in construction activities that embraced Japan at different geographical levels of scale. A system of collusion between politicians, bureaucrats, and businessmen evolved and led to massive government spending on public works projects. Its pace and scope have resulted in fiscal … von by Thomas Feldhoff
Nr. 84 (2002) Artikel Article 43–46 {:en}Comment: The institutional roots of the Japanese construction stateThe project by Thomas Feldhoff and his associates addresses a basic puzzle of the contemporary Japanese political-economy – why, despite so many wounds to the public good, does the nation's massive public works budget continue unabated? As their core hypothesis, the Feldhoff team proposes that Japan's "construction state" (doken kokka) is largely responsible for this … von by Jeffrey Broadbent
Nr. 84 (2002) Artikel Article 69–76 {:en}Stability and Commercial Information – An Economic Approach and a Look at ChinaStability and information are prominent topics of economic research. Unfortunately though, research concerning the influence of the information system on economic and social stability is scarce. In contrast, Chinese politics argue with the importance of social and economic stability to limit freedom in information flows. The article summarizes theoretical attempts in economic research to grasp … von by Doris Fischer
Nr. 84 (2002) Artikel Article 77–79 {:en}Comment: Stability and Commercial Information – An Economic Approach and a Look at ChinaChina's transition to a market economy is accompanied by an unprecedented economic growth. However, due to structural problems the economic dynamism seems to have been running out of steam since the late 1990s. In its recent report "China in the World Economy. The Domestic Policy Challenges", the OECD attributes the structural problems to a lack … von by Margot Schüller
Nr. 81 (2001) Artikel Article 7–31 {:de}Perspektiven der landwirtschaftlichen Genossenschaften in VietnamDuring the late 1980s Vietnam started a process of decollectivisation in agricultural production. All land had been distributed among the farm families. The former agricultural production cooperatives lost their raison d'être. They had either to transform themselves into modern service cooperatives promoting the farm production of their members or to cease to exist. With the … von by Axel Wolz
Nr. 81 (2001) Artikel Article 32–52 {:en}WTO and implications for the Chinese environment policyRegulatory basis of trade and environment under the WTO are the provisions of the relevant WTO-Agreements. Though these Agreements are basically containing trade regulations, there are also a range of environment related provisions. With the entry into WTO, China has to follow these WTO-rules (reduction of WTO incompatible subsidies especially in the energy, textile and … von by Andreas Oberheitmann
Nr. 80 (2001) Artikel Article 42–63 {:de}Wirtschaftspolitik und State-Building: Die nationalchinesische Industrialisierungspolitik in historischer PerspektiveThe 1997/98 financial crisis not only called into question the validity of interventionist development approaches in East Asia, but also undermined the concept of a unitary "East Asian model" as such. In particular, it exposed differences in industrial policy that previously had been only scarcely noticed. This article analyses the formation of the Nationalist Chinese … von by Michael Meyer
Nr. 80 (2001) Artikel Article 64–80 {:de}Das Hainanprojekt und die Grenzen zentralstaatlicher Reformpolitik in der Volksrepublik ChinaIn 1988, the Chinese leadership established Hainan Island as a new province, declaring the whole island a special economic zone with a high degree of autonomy. Hainan was supposed to give new impetus to China's economic reforms by creating basic "Pillars of a Socialist Market Economy" and by realizing the concept "Small Government and Big … von by Jörn-Carsten Gottwald
Nr. 80 (2001) Artikel Article 116–25 {:en}Europe and India: The Need for Greater Mutual AwarenessThe EC is poised to accept several East-European states as new members. In this way it will be preoccupied with its own integration and will not pay much attention to developments in distant places such as India. A consolidated "Little Europe" would certainly be more effective in dealing with the outside world, but it seems … von by Dietmar Rothermund
Nr. 78 (2001) Artikel Article 5–24 {:de}Ökonomische Aspekte ordnungsrechtlicher und steuerpolitischer Maßnahmen zur SO2-Emissionsreduktion in ChinaEspecially the reduction of SO2‐emissions are on the political of Chinese environmental policy as these pollutant currently has the greatest impact on additional social costs in China. To internalise these external effects there are a set of options available, inter alia command and control measures and a SO2‐tax. Focus of this article is the assessment … von by Andreas Oberheitmann
Nr. 78 (2001) Artikel Article 25–49 {:de}Umweltbildung und Umweltkommunikation in der VR ChinaThe concept of sustainable development stresses the anthropocentric nature of environmental problems as well as the necessity to change human behavior towards the environment. Environmental Education and Communication are means of crucial importance to serve this purpose. In this article the concept of EE as based on multiplicators in the political, educational, media and non-governmental … von by Claudia Kruse
Nr. 78 (2001) Artikel Article 50–69 {:de}Zeitbombe Jabotabek? Metro-Jakarta im Spannungsfeld von internationaler Investition, ökologischem Desaster und politischer LabilisierungIndonesia's current social and political tensions culminate in Metro-Jakarta (Jabotabek), South-East Asia's biggest urban agglomeration of 20 million inhabitants, which is located in western Java. Since the beginning of Suharto's 'New Order' policy (1967), the capital has been pushed as a centre of international (mainly East Asian) investment. A number of deregulation programmes increased the … von by Günter Spreitzhofer und and Martin Heintel
Nr. 76 (2000) Artikel Article 5–19 {:de}Asienstudien und Wirtschaftswissenschaften – Facetten einer spannungsreichen KomplementaritätThis is an introductory paper to a series of three papers which cover the relationship of (East) Asian studies and economics in the current issue of ASIEN. The subject is particularly topical, because the Asian crisis and the financing limitations of the German state challenge the prospects of Asian studies in Germany. As for consequences … von by Werner Pascha
Nr. 72 (1999) Artikel Article 7–18 {:en}ASEAN and the EU on the Eve of the Millennium – Introductory Remarks and ObservationsDie internationalen Beziehungen der post-bipolaren Epoche nähern sich einem Dreiecks-Modell an, dessen Komponenten die transatlantischen, transpazifischen und asiatisch-europäischen Beziehungen bilden. Die letztgenannte Verbindung stellt dabei das schwächste Glied dar, welches jedoch seit Mitte der neunziger Jahre durch die Etablierung neuer Institutionen leicht gestärkt wurde. An erster Stelle ist hierbei das Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) zu nennen. … von by Jörn Dosch
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Nr. 72 (1999) Artikel Article 19–28 {:en}The Role of ASEAN in EU-East Asian RelationsDas ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) und das Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) werden als die wichtigsten Initiativen der ASEAN im Beziehungsgefüge EU - Asien betrachtet. Insbesondere die ASEM profitiert von den lang etablierten Beziehungen, welche die ASEAN zur EU aufgebaut hat, wobei die Verbindung nicht nur durch Höhen, sondern auch Tiefen gefestigt wurde, wie der folgende Artikel … von by Yeo Lay Hwee
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Nr. 72 (1999) Artikel Article 29–40 {:en}EU-ASEAN Trade Relations between Political Rhetoric and Economic RealityNach Meinung der Autoren leidet die Handelskooperation der Europäischen Union (EU) mit der Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) unter einem eklatanten "Legitimationsdefizit", welches durch das Spannungsverhältnis zwischen deklaratorischer Bereitschaft zur Kooperation und einer rigorosen Politik der Marktabschottung gekennzeichnet ist. Zur Untermauerung ihrer These stützen sich die Autoren auf die bislang zugänglichen Daten von Eurostat, … von by Tobias Schumacher und and Michael Hampe
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Nr. 72 (1999) Artikel Article 41–59 {:en}The Politics of ASEAN-EC/EU Development CooperationMit dem ersten Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) in Bangkok 1996 sind die fast 20jährigen Beziehungen zwischen der ASEAN und der Europäischen Union um ein weiteres, zentrales Dialogforum bereichert worden. Während ASEM und andere institutionelle Ausprägungen des inter-regionalen Verhältnisses Gegenstand zahlreicher wissenschaftlicher Abhandlungen sind, fand jedoch die Kooperation im Bereich der Entwicklungshilfe bisher nur geringe akademische Aufmerksamkeit. … von by Alfredo C. Robles, Jr.
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Nr. 70 (1999) Artikel Article 5–11 {:de}Asian and European Experiences: Lessons for the 21st CenturyTranslation of a Speech by Federal President Roman Herzog to the Federation of Korean Industry (FKI), Seoul, 17 September 1998. von by Roman Herzog
Nr. 70 (1999) Artikel Article 12–28 {:de}Politische Kultur und die Wirtschaftskrise SüdostasiensSince the summer of 1997 Southeast Asia is facing a deep economic crisis, which has ended decades of sustained economic growth. The causes of the crisis can be linked to concrete developments in the financial and trading sector. At the same time the IMF-programs aim at structural reform of the economies involved. Many Southeast Asians, … von by Vincent J.H. Houben
Nr. 70 (1999) Artikel Article 29–47 {:en}Crisis in Asia: A Crisis of Globalisation?Die Asienkrise hat zu einer neuen Diskussion über die Konsequenzen der Globalisierung geführt. Die heutigen Krisenländer galten jahrelang als die Musterknaben der Weltwirtschaft. Hohe wirtschaftliche Dynamik war gepaart mit einer Strategie der Öffnung zum Weltmarkt. Die Asienkrise hat diese Länder nun in erschreckender Weise zurückgeworfen: Internationale Finanzmärkte, aber auch das Krisenmanagement des IWF erwiesen sich … von by Heribert Dieter
Nr. 70 (1999) Artikel Article 48–53 {:en}Economic Crisis, Employment and Social Protection – The Case of Southeast Asia –The financial crisis revealed that the Southeast Asian development model had a serious design fault in not bolstering it by social protection. Labour flexibility is no substitute for this omission as proven by growing unemployment rates in the region. Introducing social protection as an integrated part of market economies has gained new attention. It is … von by Wolfgang Scholz
Nr. 70 (1999) Artikel Article 54–62 {:en}‚Asian‘ Capitalism: Explanation of Failure as well as Success?Towards the end of the 1980's, it was fashionable to believe in the "Asian Miracle". The headlines were "Decline of America" and "Rise of Asian Capitalism". Since capitalism as such could not very well decline in one part of the world and rise in another, failure and success were conveniently associated with the adjectives "American" … von by Michèle Schmiegelow
Nr. 69 (1998) Artikel Article 5–29 {:de}Soft Landing oder Hard Landing? Perspektiven einer koreanischen WiedervereinigungThe analysis of the economic, social and political crisis in North Korea indicates that three different scenarios for unification on the Korean peninsula are possible. Against this background the article investigates recent developments in North Korea as well as the diplomatic efforts of concerned states to engage the Kim regime: the Four-Party talks, the Beijing … von by Sebastian Harnisch

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