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...K. Thirumaran Developmentalism and Dependency in Southeast Asia: The Case of the Automotive Industry . By Jason P. Abbott . London and New York : RoutledgeCurzon , 2003 . xiv, 194 pp. $80.00 (cloth). Copyright © Association for Asian Studies 2004 2004 B O O K R E V I E W S S O U...

.... Criticism of the Asian developmental state became the new conventional wisdom, as the state was no longer seen as the source of Asian dynamism but rather the main cause of the meltdown. Eric Thun's well-researched and strongly argued study of China's automotive development, focusing on the time span...

... in many of these areas, ethnic and political constraints make continuing progress difficult. Evidence from two cases examining the automotive industry echoes the findings of the electronics industry. First, Hans-Georg Leutert and Ralf Sudhoff find that despite significant investment to create...

..., Virginia SOUTHEAST ASIA Developmentalism and Dependency in Southeast Asia: The Case of the Automotive Industry. By JASON P. ABBOTT. London and New York: RoutledgeCurzon, 2003. xiv, 194 pp. $80.00 (cloth). Although Jason P. Abbott recognizes the aws in dependency theory, he nevertheless applies it to prove...

... E A S T A S I A 543 investment capital from within as vital to supporting an upgrading of the automotive industry to transcend beyond dependent relationships. As a work providing a plethora of data and a well-articulated analysis of historyspeci c developmentalism and dependency relationship...

... Automotive Federation (JAF). The effects of government policies are not limited to shaping particular moral stances. While the ultimate goal of personality profiling may have been to create safer drivers, we should consider the way in which its emphasis on self-improvement through regular test taking...

... over 300 subjects—formal and temporary workers of varied sorts, managers, Party and union cadres, local government and trade union officials, labor dispute arbitrators, labor scholars, and automotive industry experts. Their often-quoted words are fresh, straightforward, and revealing, enlivening...

... chapters detail the characteristics of Japanese transplants in U.S. industries such as automobile assembly, automotive parts, steel, rubber and tires, and electronics. The centerpiece of "innovation-mediated production" is the "factory as a laboratory," where workers, engineers, and managers all converge...

... paths. For instance, his efforts to import American automotive technology helped produce vehicles that the Japanese military used to subjugate China (p. 81). During World War II, Nissan became one of Japan s largest conglomerates and by 1945 held seventyfour rms, including Hitachi and Nissan Motors...

... farmers) will be workers in the agricultural and automotive sectors. Where to place the increasing mass of surplus labor is critical to Cheng, and hence, to the leadership in China. He speaks of reducing "redundancy" in the labor market and increasing "efficiency," but Cheng does not, nor should he...

... through mergers. Nolan believes, in the end, that the "Chinese government is still groping for a BOOK REVIEWS CHINA 1355 philosophy with which to reorganize its large-scale, mainly state-owned enterprises" (p. 500). Chapter 8 discusses the indigenous automotive industry in China and focuses...

... they denounced the conquest of Hawaii and the automotive, steel, and electronics industries. The second half of the book examines the resurgence of Pearl Harbor memories after 1991 in the political, cultural, and international context of the ftiethanniversary commemorations; the memory boom in American...

... international investment. But, Ayukawa s career is not evidence that Japanese economic development was a matter of either conglomerates and the regulatory state or small-business and international cooperation, as he combined both paths. For instance, his efforts to import American automotive technology helped...

... productive capacities in the automotive and aeronautical sectors. Mata's chapter effectively shows how exogenous forces (macroeconomics, GATT, NAFTA, and the Washington Consensus) and endogenous forces (infrastructure, high-skilled workers, social networks, and access to education) have coalesced to create...

... such as automobile assembly, automotive parts, steel, rubber and tires, and electronics. The centerpiece of "innovation-mediated production" is the "factory as a laboratory," where workers, engineers, and managers all converge and cooperate, as if engaged in a continual experiment, for constant kaizen (improvement...

... the company to turn to the still-protected and affirmativeaction-subsidized automotive industry to remain profitable. Unfortunately, the volume lacks a concluding chapter that draws together the insights of the various authors and teases out general conclusions or observations, especially so far as specific...

... considerable financial backing, largely at the behest of government stalwarts, proved to be an abject failure. Years later, well after his death in a plane crash, it was resurrected and provided the impetus for the transformation of India's automotive industry. Apart from this failed venture, Sanjay also...

... York: Routledge, 1991. xii, 278 Pp. CONTENTS: Christopher M. Law, "Motor Vehicle Manufacturing: the Representative Industry"; Gerald T. Bloomfield, "The World Automotive Industry in Transition"; Robert Gwynne, "New Horizons? The Third World Motor Vehicle Industry in an International Framework"; Yasuo...

... in the United States and many other countries around the world. Consumers (and their data) are being sold out. Just as with the automotive industry, failure to get ahead of developments in the market may lead to a dramatic loss of American competitiveness in a key industrial sector. The US-China technology...

... Asia ABBOTT, Developmentalism and Dependency in Southeast Asia: The Case of the Automotive Industry [K. THIRUMARAN] BARME´ , Woman, Man, Bangkok: Love, Sex, and Popular Culture in Thailand [LIGAYA LINDIO-MCGOVERN] BARTON, Abdurrahman Wahid: Muslim Democrat, Indonesian President; A View from the Inside...