Emerging Capitalism in Central Europe and Southeast Asia: A Comparison of Political Economies

Abstract

Introduction: National sovereignty: Economic Markets and Legal Systems The Objects of Comparison 1. What is an 'Under-Developed' State in Historical Terms? Groups of Countries in Eastern Europe and Southeast Asia The Historical Consequences of Underdevelopment 2. Political Capitalism and Market Economies Are the Different Systems of Legal Rule Complementary or Incompatible? Personal Rule, Rule by Law, and Rule of Law Two Categories of Capitalism: Political versus Market Conclusion 3. Patterns of Development in Southeast Asia The Transformation of the Japanese Evolutionist Model The Developmental State The Developmental Regionalism The Under-Developed Status of Mekong Delta Countries The Geopolitics of Foreign Investment Conclusion 4. State Liberalism and Market Socialism: A Comparison between Singapore and Vietnam Nomenklatura Capitalism Singapore Vietnam Conclusion 5. Cambodia: Political Capitalism and the Prebendal State The 'Hun Sen System' - The Power of Prebends Special Economic Zones Conclusion: The End of Developmentalism 6. The Improbable German Model: Lessons from German Social and Economic Reunification The Violence of Money: Full Conversion to the Deutschmark, July 1, 1990 The Impossible Transfer East German Dependency Conclusion 7. Industrial Companies and Territories: The Reform Process in Central and Eastern Europe A Non-political Vision of Economic Policy Weak Collective Action Industrial Policy Conclusion 8. Growing Capitalism: The Waves of Expansion in the EU and ASEAN Why Did the EU and ASEAN Expand? Deepening Divides The EU and Central and Eastern European countries: Top-down Deregulatory Pressures Strengthening the Political Personality of 'Smaller' States: The Limitations of Hegemony. Conclusion: Hybrid Forms of Dependent Capitalism ?