A Comparative Study of East Asian Capitalism

This book is an initial attempt to compare China, Japan, and South Korea, three close geographical and cultural neighbors whose development trajectories, though previously divergent, have been moving more recently toward convergence. This edited volume examines similar institutions in similar functional areas within the three countries. To understand the findings, the authors suggest a working concept of "institutional templates," a framework that considers the ways in which each country is oriented toward authority, exchange, and networks. We hope that the book as a whole will demonstrate the intellectual utility of a broad comparative study of East Asian economic development.

Contributors:
Lowell Dittmer, Professor, University of California, Berkeley
Fengxia Jiang, Assistant Professor, Beijing Foreign Studies University
Myung-koo Kang, Assistant Professor, Baruch College, The City University of New York
Joongi Kim, Professor, Law School of Yonsei University
Yong-Hak Kim, Professor, Yonsei University
Yong-min Kim, Professor, College of Business Administration, Kookmin University
Hong Yung Lee, Professor, University of California, Berkeley
Seungjoo Lee, Professor, Chungang University
Kun-Chin Lin, Lecturer, Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge
Pingqing Liu, Professor, School of Management and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology
Hideaki Miyajima, Professor, Graduate School of Commerce, Waseda University
Sang-Young Rhyu, Professor of Yonsei University
Junxi Shi, Ph.D. Candidate, Beijing Institute of Technology
Yul Sohn, Professor, Yonsei University
Ji-Whan Yun, Assistant Professor, Ewha Womans University